September 12, 2005

• I think men should still dress in the "Anglomania" style.
• Excellent. Interesting that sports clothes have been a leading source of innovation in men's fashion for so long - and still are, I suppose.
• i'm chalk full of elegance biaatch. *fart*
• Top post, Fes. /preening tart
• Frock coats should definitely make a comeback. Not so much with the stockings, though.
• Did I mention how vain I am? I also have lovely clothes.
• You prob'ly think this post is about you. Don't you?
• Okay, the 18th century-style vests really need to make a comeback. I'd seriously stock up on those bad boys. I'd wear 'em everywhere. Just no neckties.
• I want tail coats to come back - much better looking on men than the current style. Many )s for an excellent post.
• Indeed.
• Splendid stuff. Frock coats, waistcoats, breeches and cravats are teh hotness. Sartorial bananas for Fes.
• *studies coffee, notes presence of clouds*
• mmm...men in well-fitting vests always make me want to swoon a bit.
• You should loosen your corset :) More seriously, I feel like women have gained choice in the last 100 years, but men seem to have lost the opportunity to be peacocks.
• I also bemoan the lack of range in the professional man's wardrobe, and I'm not much of a clothes horse. You're pretty much limited to business casual (button-up shirt or polo, dress pants or khakis) or business (shirt-and-tie, jacket-and-tie, suit-and-tie), and that's pretty much it. The only real room for variation is in the necktie itself, which is both (a) too limited in scope and phallic to be taken seriously, and (b) the single most uncomfortable and useless element of men's fashion. Which is why I'm digging the hell out of those vests. We should start getting creative. Professional-dress kilts, maybe. You never see those around here.
• Utilikilts.
• MCT, I must take exception - the necktie, far from being either limited or uncomfortable, is the one aspect of a man's wardrobe where he may exercise a bit more creativity - a blue suit will always be a blue suit, but selecting the right tie? An art form. Example: I am right now wearing a khaki suit - cut well, but still, pretty much like any khaki suit you might find. But the shirt and tie? The shirt - purple, grey and khaki stripes, with a tie of purple, light blue and silver stripes. An eye-popping clash? On the contrary - it's bright and cheerful, suitably anarchic (I'm director of marketing, after all, not some repressed actuary or anal-retentive compliance guy), and each complements the other as well as the suit itself. I've received two compliments on the combination this morning already (ego? feed!), and will look rakish and devil-may-care when I loosen it at the obligatory Fes-is-in-town-let's-go-out-drinking post-work debauch later this evening. I concede on phallic, but useless? A stout necktie may serve equally well as an impromptu tourniquet or a gentle wrist binder for a bit of light BDSM. You can flick it like a locker-room towel to deliver a substantial snap to nearby bottoms, or use it as a convenient gag or blindfold when dealing with a captive.
• By "limited" I meant only to refer to surface area. Compare your tie's effect to that of those embroidered vests. To me, the vest makes a bigger impact on the room, and allows one to display one's peacockishness from a hundred yards away. The tie is simply too small, and has no pockets. Advantage: peacock vest. I'm one of those who can hardly bear to have anything around their necks. When forced to wear a tie, I find myself clawing for freedom. So I'm constantly on the lookout for more comfortable ways to achieve that professional dress. That's a problem, though -- most companies absolutely require the necktie, as if it alone makes a man look well-dressed and professional. I agree that men look good in ties, but I disagree that that's the only way. But you've opened my eyes to a tie's potential uses. I never conceived that a necktie could serve so many functions. It's a wonder Batman never incorporated one into his uniform.
• Wolof: You are indeed, Teh Hotness, in your contrasting codpiece-enhanced union suit with the mother-of-pearl "backdoor" double buttons. Don't forget Fes, you can garrote with a cravat.
• I refuse to comment on this topic as my opinion as a hetrosexual male sans any style might cause those other members of mofi with style to attack me. So don't ok. Really. Jerks...