djrajio

Assuming that your rescues are still deep blue, your best bet is black, BUT your stripped jacket has no vents which will make the look somewhat "off". I would definitely try to coordinate with the jackets with the best fit and those that have side vents. Also, all your jackets are three buttons, which depending on the cut and styling may be too conservative and also make the look "off". You can always tell that I guy doesn't "get it" if he just pairs his regular no vents boxy 3 button work blazer with some jeans. I'm not saying that happens in all cases but you gotta make the look relaxed and comfortable, not stuffy or clumsy. That said, simple navy with deep blue will be somewhat difficult unless you can offset the too much blue with a constrasting shirt/t-shirt in a complementary color. If you can't afford a seperate blazer; black, side vents, slim fit/not boxy, then I would go with the charcol grey and accent the blue and grey with a wild color t-shirt/shirt like hot pink/neon green, etc, or a simple white/yellow, etc... I dunno, just throwing out ideas. Either the grey or the blue stripped jacket with red or black or dark colored/pattern t-shirt/shirt. These are just my opinions though, so don't interpret them as written in stone.

Currently, I'm smitten with these two labels/designers:

WOUTERS & HENDRIX (Belgium)

GARNI (Japan)

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I want to believe that fashion designers/retail brands do watch this board. Honestly, why are so many lines up on raw denim this season...

Ok, DUDE. It would be totally radical if you went to Ragtag or Heatwave in Shibuya to "chop" it. Cowabunga.

Quote: Is Cloak cheaper than Dior or are they about the same?

Price points are slightly cheaper, maybe 200~400 dollars less. I would also suggest you try Costume National. Very nice slim fitted blazers for less than a 1000.

Yeah, all the labor day sales were liquidating their slow-moving mechandise, i.e. suits, formal wear. Barney's Warehouse sale was selling Hickey Freeman and Barney's suits for 400 ~ 500 and there were some Burberry and Armani thrown in there for below 1000. I would suggest you try Mulburry outlet center at Off the 5th, etc. Last time I was there I bought a 90% wool/ 10% cashmere suit for below 400 and a Missoni suit for below 500, both made in Italy (but that honestly doesn't mean anything anymore, heh).

Edited by djrajio on Sep 14, 2005 at 08:03 AM

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Yeah, for jeans, very skinny. The tailored pants not so much, more "fitted".

Just got back from the fashion runway show in SoHo. Fucking amazing. Hands down, a better concept than Dior's spring/summer and Ann Delakjdflkjdaf (whatever the belgians name is)... Everything bout this collection oozes with rock n' roll/punk. Like dior, skinny jeans still prevailed and I'm beginning to think by next season, it'll be the end of "bootcut/flare" forever...or until another resurgence. For the guy looking for slim blazers, Alexander did em naturally. Also cool were his new boots and sneakers, a mix of carpe diem/dior with some military punk. Prolly the best thing were the jackets, grays/blacks/cremes in trench, varsity, and riders in all these fucking amazing cuts and the striped sweaters and cardigans. I serously wish I had the money for it all...

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Edited by djrajio on Sep 13, 2005 at 08:06 PM

What does chop mean?

LA is way better than the yuppie Gap-bay. I'd suggest any of the beaches: Manhattan, Redondo, Santa Monica, Venice. You can't go wrong.

I think you are on the right track. I actually religiously work out and I can see why you took the time to micro-manage all your inventory; its very similar to how people mico-manage their workouts to lose weight, build muscle. Frankly I think its great that you took the time to do but I usually take a more casual approach to determining my style. Everytime I am iching to buy something on impulse, I ask myself a couple of questions:

For 10%-20% of my clothing; trendy clothing:

1) It is a trend or fad. My definition of a trend is very different than what many people on this board consider a trend to be. For me, a trend is something that has been evolving as a style, concept, in fashion for several years. A good example is the distressed/worn jeans trend/vintage trend vs. low-rise jean fad. Obviously, if its a fad, I automatically don't bother.

2) If its a trend, I then try to assess weather it has been fashionable for some years already and weather it can still maintain fashionability. I then try to take into account cut/style/price/material.

For 80%-90% of my clothing; classic staples

1) I take into account material and cut as the most important aspects for staples. Style wise, they tend to be very traditional, maybe a solid shirt, a pair of slacks, a wool coat, etc. Price tends to be less of an issue because I tend to buy clothing that I forsee wearing for years after.

I'm fairly short and extremely skinny, around a 28-29 waist, so my clothing style tends to be very tight/slim minimalistic look and with an emphasis on solid colors or stripes to make myself appear taller.

Its good that you are trying to lose weight. Working out improves your posture, your energy level, makes your skin look better and your sex life better, so totally good luck on that!

I wasn't impressed with memes at all. THe t-shirts were all average IMO and the other goods could have been had at other locals in NYC. Plus the japanese girl didn't look up at her cell phone the entire time I was there and the hard lookin' thug Azn boy didn't say a word to me, just mad staring. Pretty wack. Why can't people just be friendly?

Yeah totally agree. Your jeans shouldn't be the center of attention, you should be. So I would have to agree with Tragic and get some raw/dry/simple/non-faded/slighty-faded/muted jeans. When you wear a blazer, you want to focus attention to it because that is what frames "you". Plus, don't just wear your suit blazer meant for work, cuz typically, especially American designers tend to design their blazers wide, broad shouldered which looks "off" against a pair of sharp/tight jeans. Its all about balance, so either invest in a tighter more fitted blazer or sans the blazer. In addition, I recommend a t-shirt rather than a fitted-shirt, but that's my own opinion.

Don't be a pussy. No one's gonna rape you.

Search the forum.

Go to Ginza.

Do Brooks Brothers. They make amazing slim fitted shirts. Plus they can do custom tailor for not that much. There shirts are conservative for office too.

Search the forums.

Quote: I only buy 100% cotton tees

This statement is total BS. Because of economies of scale, technological advances, and distribution, you'd be hard pressed to find any t-shirt this day and age NOT 100% cotton. Its such a load of bull when companies try to market this aspect to inflate the price. Cotton is cheap. Don't let anybody fool you into thinking differently. The quality of the cotton and how it has been processed is a totally different matter. But the fact that something is 100% cotton should be the rule rather than the exception.

Serge. I've actually read that book myself. Great book. Speaking of great books, this weekend I blew through Neil Strauss's new book The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society of Pickup Artists. I know it has nothing to do with the original topic, but it touches upon some interesting issues concerning the differences between how pick-up artists dress and "rest of the pack". The guys in this book have slept with hundreds of different women and use "pea-cocking" flashy/gaudy clothing like purple fur coats, platform shoes, eyeliner/makeup, google-glasses, as an edge to meet women. Very interesting because it goes in direct contradiction to what society has deemed attractive to women concerning men's style.

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I used to frequent soompi when they use to have the live streaming of all those music variety shows. Didn't understand a word of korean though...lol

Edited by djrajio on Sep 11, 2005 at 09:10 PM

It is a double edged sword but invariably that was fashion feeds on. High fashion, street fashion, even mast-ige fashion in the end all feeds off trends. Its why we have this New York fashion week going on and why designers have to constantly "re-imbrace" retro styles/styles from the past and constantly change their image. Its why Diesel was "space-agey" last spring/summer and now cowboy/southern-bell western this fall/winter. People are affected by trends because society has conditioned us through marketing that if its cool and you aren't wearing it, you aren't cool.

I think this was one of the reasons why I was SO DRAWN to the street wear culture back when I first discovered it in 2000 (a little late, yes). It went against everything that high fashion proclaimed was cool, must have, etc. It was utilitarian. It fed off sub-cultures like skateboarding, hip-hop, punk-rock which were ORIGINALLY all about going against the mainstream. I've always been very confident and somewhat of a renegade so these style appealed to me.

But like anything that revolutionaries/first-adopters create and make for themselves, the rest society becomes drawn to it as well because, IMO, the majority of society it drawn to confident individuals/sub-cultures and lack the ability to do it themselves, so they appropriate it for themselves later in the food chain.

I have left street-wear because I feel it has gotten saturated and because I feel it lacks the right individuals who are doing new interesting things for the right reasons. I also tend to be somewhat too far off the fashion-curve, to the point where if I did see someone sporting the same outfit, I'd be very interested in how they thought, what they were into, because I tend to like obscure designers, labels, people doing very new and interseting things. In a sense, I'd be totally estatic. And I also would probably question, how someone could be so manical and crazy of about something as shallow as clothing like I am, lol.

Edited by djrajio on Sep 11, 2005 at 09:18 PM

The sony "walkman" is very weak compared to the ipod. Sony STILL insists on using their stupid formats and if you want to use your existing mp3s they still must be converted. Also, no color screen, no easy dial, no itunes... I just bought an ipod Nano. While it is only 4 GB, its finally an ipod player that I can literally put IN my wallet/pocket and forget that I'm even carrying it. Plus, I'm very particular about my music and constantly am changing what I'm into and what I don't like. I actually rarely listen and can stand all the music I have.