random fashion thoughts

[Fuuma]

i'm really sorry for you :p not because you've changed your style (nothing wrong with that), but because the reason you've changed it is merely getting older. and because that implies being more conservative. it reminds me of that maxim: "revolutionary when young, conservative when old" - which is a dead-end of one's brain. speaking of culture or politics, if one can't stand behind certain ideas independently of one's age, if the reasons are conditioned by such an external factor, then what is the value of such reasons? they completely fail as arguments, and become non-reflected views or cheap excuses. and when it comes to style, they become trend-following, trying to fall into a certain group identity, etc.
again, i am not saying one's style can't change or shouldn't change. what i am saying is that one can remain as non-conservative as before, though what that means may change. for instance, due to a change in certain aesthetic views. but if getting adapted to the expectations of the society is that factor which causes one's style to change, then i wonder what is left there of one's style. i don't speak of dress-codes that one needs to fit in because of the job they are doing (though i think such dress-codes are inhumane). i'm speaking of what one wears in their free time (or, for example, what they wish they wore if they could afford it).

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

[525252]

http://thefashiondiagram.tumblr.com/

I don't even think its funny, but it is excellent.

[Crowzer]

Dolan going fashion.

[0JSIMPS0N]

CdG one made my smirk haha

[Faust]

I don't think it's funny or excellent. Didn't expect such reductive nonsense from you, 52, especially given your propensity to over-intellectualize matters in the first place.

[888]

Sometimes I'll see someone on the street in interesting clothing and won't be able to tell if they're stylish or just homeless.

[michael_kard]

Thanks for that link 52. My fav:

[i-d-g]

this thread seems like most fitting place to ask this question:

did anyone else feel distanced from their friends as they became more interested in clothing?

being 18 years old, i look back on myself a few years ago, before i became interested in fashion in any sense, and i see myself sharing a tighter bond with my friends over other topics, such as music or art in general.

as i began learning about designers such as yohji, ann d, and damir doma, my perspective on clothing broadened and i started paying close attention to what i wore. as that started happening, my friends started labeling me too "out there", or suggesting that i was just going through a phase. i don't live in an area saturated with avant-garde fashion, so i stick out like a sore thumb.


could anyone provide me with their personal experience on this sort of matter?

[HWith]

this thread seems like most fitting place to ask this question:

did anyone else feel distanced from their friends as they became more interested in clothing?

being 18 years old, i look back on myself a few years ago, before i became interested in fashion in any sense, and i see myself sharing a tighter bond with my friends over other topics, such as music or art in general.

as i began learning about designers such as yohji, ann d, and damir doma, my perspective on clothing broadened and i started paying close attention to what i wore. as that started happening, my friends started labeling me too "out there", or suggesting that i was just going through a phase. i don't live in an area saturated with avant-garde fashion, so i stick out like a sore thumb.


could anyone provide me with their personal experience on this sort of matter?

There has been a lengthy discussion about this somewhere - maybe it was even in this thread, or did it have it's own? You should try and find it, it's actually great.

EDIT: Here it is :-)

http://stylezeitgeist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7047&highlight=friends

[525252]

I don't think it's funny or excellent. Didn't expect such reductive nonsense from you, 52, especially given your propensity to over-intellectualize matters in the first place.

of course i could academically argue why these pictures are great

...but i'm not going to :)

[zamb]

of course i could academically argue why these pictures are great

...but i'm not going to :)

you could argue the virtues of anything in this world, no matter how reprehensible that may be..............we just had a jackass from the NRA calling for armed security at all schools in America. Somehow i wish I had the chance to take a brick to his face..........

[525252]

ahh dear.

[zamb]

Listen

I dont know what you wrote or why you redacted it, but let me make it clear that i am not picking on you, I say this because our last two interactions on this forum may make it seem that way.

its just there is a time and place for everything under the sun...........

[i-d-g]

@HWith:

Thanks for the link! It's definitely an interesting discussion. Probably the most interesting thread i've found on sz, only because it's so prominent in my day to day life.

[525252]

you could argue the virtues of anything in this world, no matter how reprehensible that may be..............we just had a jackass from the NRA calling for armed security at all schools in America. Somehow i wish I had the chance to take a brick to his face..........

I dont know what you wrote or why you redacted it, but let me make it clear that i am not picking on you, I say this because our last two interactions on this forum may make it seem that way.

Hey there Zam, lets just assume that the story about the jackass from the NRA is not a "random fashion thought" and just make an assumption that you equate that senseless idiocy to whatever aspect of myself you think should as such.

I respect all your good intentions and generally nice demeanour but I was basically expressing a distaste for what I will call your virtuous fervour, which I think is particular to cultural variances and so on. Though I thought it frustrating not to mention it, I redacted it because it was probably unnecessary, but there you go.

In the same way I don't think H&M is bullying the world by flooding it with awful clothing, I never really thought you were picking on me with your criticisms. But thanks anyway, merry Christmass to all