Death to all hipsters

  theSun said:

i'm a skinny d00d too, 6'2 150lbs. i used to wear large t-shirts all the time but i realized recently that i will always have sissy woman shoulders, so i think i'll be a medium until i get old and fat.

 

i got a grizzly bear t-shirt a few years back that feels pretty hipster when i wear it. just cause it's a small medium and that nice 70s shit brown color.

Wow, you're skinnier than me (I think, I'm 5'11 and 140), are you sure you're a medium? I used to wear mediums all the time, now I wear a small or extra-small in most sizes. The trick with t-shirts is that the seam where the arm joins the torso should sit on your actual shoulder - if it's a few cm down your arm, it's too big.

  keltoi said:

  messiaen said:

explain why they are pretentious.

 

most people seen wearing them wouldn't normally wear such a thing unless told to do so by fashion. it was part of the unwritten hipster uniform. people wearing them now are 2 years behind.

 

these days the discerning hipster shouldn't be seen without a tibetan monk's soiled loin cloth as a scarf.

this is exactly what's annoying me the most about hipsters. there's nothing wrong about wearing scarfs IMO. these massive trends and the goons who follow them blindly are the stupid (and highly pretentious) thing about it all.

and they're making people with a formerly cool/acceptable fashion style look ridiculously stupid over time. I know a girl who adapted a fad for purple two or three years ago (literally wore at least one piece of purple clothing every day). She can't even wear most things now because it would make her look ridiculous. The same thing is happening to coloured blousons/windbreakers at the moment... the stores are full of them. Horrible.

  Iain C said:

  theSun said:

i'm a skinny d00d too, 6'2 150lbs. i used to wear large t-shirts all the time but i realized recently that i will always have sissy woman shoulders, so i think i'll be a medium until i get old and fat.

 

i got a grizzly bear t-shirt a few years back that feels pretty hipster when i wear it. just cause it's a small medium and that nice 70s shit brown color.

 

Wow, you're skinnier than me (I think, I'm 5'11 and 140), are you sure you're a medium? I used to wear mediums all the time, now I wear a small or extra-small in most sizes. The trick with t-shirts is that the seam where the arm joins the torso should sit on your actual shoulder - if it's a few cm down your arm, it's too big.

yeah i'm sure i'm a medium, smalls are uncomfortably tight.

on another note - why do you need to spend $50 on a shirt unless you're a guido with tons of money? is the quality really that much better? what brand are we talking? cause a $50 shirt sounds pretty not worth it to me unless it's for a really fancy occasion.

Materials, construction, fit...

I always instinctively end up liking the look of the most expensive clothes anyway. I've been tempted to drop $80(£50?) on a plain blue hoodie for a few weeks now, but I can't really bring myself to do it as I don't have a real job. I just want that damn hoodie already though.

If it matters to you, then you're less likely to see someone else wearing the same clothes as you the more you spend, I guess. Originality is key.

I think the most I've spent on a button-up shirt is £20... reduced from £90 in the sales, which was a bit of a coup. Living near a Uniqlo makes cheap, good quality basics really easy to get. God bless it.

most of my hoodies are 60-70 quid. its rare you can find a nice one for less, tk maxx has them occasionaly but the genuinely good hoodies are always snapped up well before the three years it takes for them to hit tk maxx. i spent 45 quid on a teeshirt shortly before getting arrested too. crackin shirt.

I'm not one for really expensive clothes except for jeans which are my personal love, I spent £110 on some APC Petit Standards a couple of months ago and I've not really been out of them since. £85 for a Junya Watanabe Comme des Garcons jumper too, but that's actually a good deal less than its original price and the sort of thing that will last forever. I make a trip to Uniqlo every few weeks for cheap, well-fitting shirts and jumpers, and going charity or vintage shopping is a big hobby of mine. I know it's a hipster cliché but it's the best way to find unique and durable clothes!

Haha, this turned into a clothes thread, I think that's some sort of victory!

i buy 2-3 black hoodies for $7 each at wal-mart

i have a pair of skinny black jeans that were dropped from 280 to 60 quid, i grabbed them not even because im a massive fan of skinny black jeans but simply cos i wanted to wear some pants that where worth almost as much as a shit car.

Ha, what brand?

The guy who started this thread must love the way that it's evolved.

according to the ticket, 'for all mankind' ?

sounds pretty gay to me.

Ah, 7 for all mankind, I've never actually handled a pair of those. TK Maxx find? I actually live just ten minutes walk away from one, but I don't really go there that often because you really have to set aside a great deal of time to find something nice that also fits. Some of the discounts are crazy, though.

  messiaen said:

i have a pair of skinny black jeans that were dropped from 280 to 60 quid, i grabbed them not even because im a massive fan of skinny black jeans but simply cos i wanted to wear some pants that where worth almost as much as a shit car.

wouldnt it be possible to price something higher than its worth, then drop the price to its actual worth to make people think its worth more

i just checked the 'for all mankind' website, and the slim fit jeans are all around 100 quid on there

that said... i think it's ridiculous to spend over $50 USD on an article of clothing unless its geniunely dressy, ie for job interviews and such.

good quality clothing does not necessarily cost a lot of money, you just have to know where to look. a lot of people shudder at buying stuff from thrift stores, etc, but i dont know where they get the $ to put together a proper wardrobe without doing at least a little thrift shopping. orrrrr maybe they're all in debt.... yeah.

edit: done posting in fashion thread, half the time i look like a scrub anyways

THE HIPSTER THE

in the uk i dressed exclusively from tk maxx. they have t.j.maxx here (same thing) but i've not been in. i always bought things the wrong size when i shopped there. so i looked like i wore hand me downs or something all the time.

my staple outfit is jeans and white T (i like the jcrew ones best even though i despise jcrew itself) and a shirt is optional on top depending on the occasion. no more graphic tees for me. plain white.

would everyone hate me if i made Now Wearing Thread

I've considered a What Are You Wearing Today thread here like I've seen on some other forums, but I fear it'd sink like a lead balloon or, more likely, just get trolled to all hell.

i'd hit it

i think it would be more appropriate for you to make it

do it

  tauboo said:

i think it would be more appropriate for you to make it

 

do it

I'll always do what you tell me, Tauboo

i love hipster girls