The Male 'Fashion' Thread III

My new Nudie Grim Tim jeans came today, and they came up a lot tighter than I thought they would. How much are they going to stretch by? A significant amount or a very small amount because I'm not sure whether to return them or not now.

Original post by Narcissist

I sized up in mine, I think they run a little small. With Nudie you'll often find on ASOS that in the notes it will say "Model is a 32 waist wearing a size 34" I had to return a pair myself in January.

RE nudies: You can size down by at least 1/2 sizes and be safe, their denim stretches out a lot.

Give the GTs like 2 days to a week and they'll have stretched out. Then when you do decide to give them their first wash just be prepared to have to go through letting them stretch out again.

Like someone previously said check mynudies and supertalk's denim forum is huge and there's a vast wealth of knowledge there.

You will also realise fairly shortly that nudie's quality vs price for raw denim is a bit of a joke although they do fade pretty quickly so they're good as "gateway" raw denim.

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paddy

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Original post by YMLT

I wear black jeans with these http://www.next.co.uk/x503582s5 & it looks fine.

The one thing I cannot stand is people mixing black and brown. The most common is when people wear black trousers with brown shoes or accessories - it just looks lazy in my opinion. In London the thing I always see is people wearing otherwise fine black-based outfits, then having a brown leather bag (usually a Louis Vuitton or Gucci monogrammed bag) and it just looks stupid IMO.

I'm not really one for strictly following fashion rules, but in this case I just cannot condone it. Some colours just don't mix tbh.

As for red and green, they're actually complementary colours and go really well together in principal, it's just that it's so associated with Christmas that it looks out of place at other times. You can still do it though if you go with less obvious shades, like pairing a light khaki green with a dark burgundy.

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JaCkT794

Original post by toastehmonstah

Does this outfit work?

http://www.hm.com/gb/s/03FB2C

No.

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Peachz

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Original post by paddy

The one thing I cannot stand is people mixing black and brown. The most common is when people wear black trousers with brown shoes or accessories - it just looks lazy in my opinion. In London the thing I always see is people wearing otherwise fine black-based outfits, then having a brown leather bag (usually a Louis Vuitton or Gucci monogrammed bag) and it just looks stupid IMO.

I'm not really one for strictly following fashion rules, but in this case I just cannot condone it. Some colours just don't mix tbh.

As for red and green, they're actually complementary colours and go really well together in principal, it's just that it's so associated with Christmas that it looks out of place at other times. You can still do it though if you go with less obvious shades, like pairing a light khaki green with a dark burgundy.

Thank you, someone with some sense! I agree with the red/green thing too, they do look quite well good it's just the whole I don't want to look like an elf in the middle of July thing..

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toastehmonstah

Original post by YMLT

The red trousers are a bit brave... I'd be tempted to just go for jeans :smile:

I'm trying to avoid wearing jeans all the time, hence the trousers :P

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ЯOЯЯIM

Original post by toastehmonstah

Does this outfit work?

http://www.hm.com/gb/s/03FB2C

I'm trying to avoid wearing jeans all the time, hence the trousers :P

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ЯOЯЯIM

and don't buy shoes from H&M. They aren't the ugliest ever [lol river island] but see where it says "imitation leather"? Yeah, that's bad. Buy real leather shoes/boots on eBay or a vintage store, they'll look much better and they'll last longer--and they'll probably be cheaper too.

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Breeze

Would it look OK to wear a shirt under a T-shirt?

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Tokyoround

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Original post by ЯOЯЯIM

and don't buy shoes from H&M. They aren't the ugliest ever [lol river island] but see where it says "imitation leather"? Yeah, that's bad. Buy real leather shoes/boots on eBay or a vintage store, they'll look much better and they'll last longer--and they'll probably be cheaper too.

I once bought some shoes for a tenner on ASOS. I tried to polish them with a rain resistant coating. Instead, the polish somehow reacted with the "leather" and turned it all crusty and bubbly.