What are you wearing today?

[Fuuma]

So much spite flying back and forth...Please guys, I like some fits, dislike others but so far I've appreciated everyone I met from the forum so can't we all get along.

We're all beautiful snowflakes.

[Sombre]

[QUOTE=zamb;146773]

Maybe this is because some people favor looking good over being healthy....................

Don't the two go hand in hand?

[casem]

I'm with Fuuma

So much spite flying back and forth...Please guys, I like some fits, dislike others but so far I've appreciated everyone I met from the forum so can't we all get along.

We're all beautiful snowflakes.

[BeauIXI]

funny you should say this, beau.. i always pointed out how kunk's aesthetic always reminded me of stuff in bilal's 'beast' quadrilogy..someone should post up good-quality scans of that in the 'inspirations' thread, by the way..

take a look at this, by the way..

dude on the right is steezing some crazy jointed poell number, kunk-style.

Haha, really! I agree. Fabulous. I enjoy the obeliskian quality of a greatcoat on a large male frame, and personally exploit my large shoulders as much as I can, where possible, though my legs often come off as twiglike in comparison to the upper, and ruin the effect.

I think you're right in that Kunk's look is reminiscent of Bilal's stuff, but it all comes from an earlier time, I would say, I'm not going to try to pinpoint anything, but I would say a long long time ago, consider Egyptian hieroglyphs showing the most important figures as towering over their entourage. It's much older than the glorified broomstick (not meant in any offense to you, or any other SZ member). Interesting how the two interact nowadays as far as power relations- maybe it has something to do with globalization, people like Bruce Lee, etc, popularizing strength minus the stature. European underwear models versus sexualized asian boys in DH.

But again, fuck, Bilal comes through. I love the fantasy and science fiction element all these great designers unwittingly(?) have.. Someone earlier mentioned a series called Ergo Proxy, I checked it out, and apart from being entertaining and inspiring, the outfits were like a mix of Pugh and Gaultier. Or maybe someone else, I don't know, but I do know I liked them. Once again, I've gotten ahead of myself and posted too much in the wrong place.

[QUOTE=SombreResplendence;146769]

Plus, I like the gym fits. takes me back to the Rick athletic period, and who doesn't love a Shwarzeneggerish man in Raf Simons and Rick Owens?QUOTE]

I never understood why anyone would belittle a muscular man. From a medical perspective, obviously it's better to be physically fit than to deliberately decrease intake to be waifer-thin. I can respect someone who works hard to be in shape a lot more than a chronic dieter who religiously watches every piece of bread just to stay thin.

Is it not hard work to diet, or lose weight to gain that perfect physique à la Christian Bale in the Machinist? I would applaud those who live with constant stomach cramps before I gave accolade to one who suffers for an hour or two in the gym.. However, I can appreciate large male bodies, and often find myself mesmerized, as many other straight men are, by muscled men.

@Faust/Kunk: Can you overintellectualize anything? I think not.

[Sombre]

Is it not hard work to diet, or lose weight to gain that perfect physique à la Christian Bale in the Machinist? I would applaud those who live with constant stomach cramps before I gave accolade to one who suffers for an hour or two in the gym.. However, I can appreciate large male bodies, and often find myself mesmerized, as many other straight men are, by muscled men.

@Faust/Kunk: Can you overintellectualize anything? I think not.

I acknowledge it's hard work, but somehow I see the vain upkeep of borderline anorexia far less noble than consistent intense exercise.
EDIT: Not aimed at anyone here, but rather at people who insist on subscribing to a narrow view of body type.

[BeauIXI]

I think it's that people see runway models, enjoy what they see on the runway, and want to emulate that look in the best way they can, since that's the archetype.

But I do like the idea that clothing does look better when the wearer is slightly skeletal (depending on what clothing it is, of course!) and the clothing becomes the outer body, replacing skin and muscle. It's nice to remove what one might call extraneous parts and ambiguities, heh heh.

Merz: To be totally honest, I have no hard copies of my Bilal stuff, it's all in digital format. I could try to find it and upload images, if it pleaseth the forum.

If I ever started a clothing line, my first main piece would be something similar to a Bilal coat, the mainstay of which would be the strange, pockmarked texture.

[Sombre]

lets just try to avoid ascribing health benefits to any particular type of frame

Point taken.

Done.

[cjbreed]

uh.....what?
too many pages in a row without new posts of what people are wearing today. sheesh. everybody gettin all booty swole

[the breaks]

this whole threatening to leave or take a time out thing is getting tiresome.

I think its more amusing than anything. OK GUYS YOU BETTER BEG ME TO STAY

[BeauIXI]

uh.....what?
too many pages in a row without new posts of what people are wearing today. sheesh. everybody gettin all booty swole

Better than a zillion guys posting their new drkshdw tees all in a row.

[Babyshamble]

90% of the posts over the weekend need to be hard deleted or moved to "chat edition". I come to this thread to see what people are wearing and look for inspiration, not to see page after page of people arguing. Sorry, but it's not the type of thing I expected on this forum, I thought it was different. Let's leave all this to the other crappy forums. Just my 2 cents...

[BeauIXI]

If there is no argument or critical insight, how do we expect to remain different from other forums? We'd just degrade into back patting and stagnation. I've learned to like the back and forth conversations over your typical high-fashion pornography that one might expect to find in post after post here.

[Babyshamble]

If there is no argument or critical insight, how do we expect to remain different from other forums? We'd just degrade into back patting and stagnation. I've learned to like the back and forth conversations over your typical high-fashion pornography that one might expect to find in post after post here.

I did not mean remove it completely from the forum, my point was to move it from this thread. Critical insight is fine, but 4 or 5 pages, really? No thanks! :)

[cjbreed]

what sucks is argument without critical insight. we need criticism/opinion, but it needs to be criticism like how a knowledgeable "critic" would be. not like how an ass would be. mona hit it on the head. anyway whatever there's enough solid posters here that this'll be back on track in no time.

but this has gone on too long. first the unfortunate thomas.buckler/mike lowery shit now whatever this shit was (i skipped most of it).

[Avantster]

So much spite flying back and forth...Please guys, I like some fits, dislike others but so far I've appreciated everyone I met from the forum so can't we all get along.

We're all beautiful snowflakes.

Word.

The carebear pic is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh at the end of a long day at work.