The Male 'Fashion' Thread III

How come? Do a lot of people not like chinos? I'm usually a jeans person but I bought my first pair the other day and I really like them. I can understand if people are talking about drop crotch or twisted but Straight chinos look quite nice with a shirt. Thanks for the link, I quite like those. What about Vans?

The camo trend is slowly picking up strength. Tinie and Labrinth have definitely done their bit to push it on, given that they can hardly put a foot wrong in the fashion world and have been sporting it since early SS/12. Maybe even a bit before, actually.

If you haven't dropped a trend by the time mouth breathers like Tinie Tempah have picked up on it, you've got serious fashion issues.

If you haven't dropped a trend by the time mouth breathers like Tinie Tempah have picked up on it, you've got serious fashion issues.

Are you serious? Tinie was voted the Best Dressed Male of 2012 by GQ and Labrinth was in the Top 40, and is definitely set to be considered one of the best of 2013.

I'm not even saying that I'm keen on the camo trend myself, I'm generally not very trend driven, I'm merely pointing out that those two have had a big say in getting it into public consciousness more. People are so quick to attack others when it comes to expressing opinions on fashion.

Not that I'm his biggest fan but having seen your blog, he dresses better than you do.
Drop all this 'fashion theory' 'fashion issues' ****, I've quite liked the camo print for a while now (its been huge for well over a decade) and I'm not gonna drop my personal taste just because its been picked up by others.

lol. As if GQ readers/writers have the first clue. This thread gives better fashion advice than the average GQ article.

There's about an 18 month time lag between something being original and stylish and when people like Tinie Tempah's stylists pick up on it and it eventually becomes fashionable.

By developing your own understanding of style, you're able to be at the cutting edge, not just jumping on one band wagon after another. GQ is great at telling you what you would have looked cool wearing a couple of years ago.

In a not very subtle attempt to steer away from the debate happening above me, how are you guys coping with the traditionally British weather we've been having recently? Today, it is warm but overcast and raining on and off where I live, so I ventured out into town for an opticians appointment in jeans and a shirt, and got uncomfortably hot. However, it is not shorts weather today. Any tips on dressing in this weather and ending up not feeling like I've just run a marathon instead of simply walking somewhere? (I did roll my sleeves up on my shirt, which helped a bit but not really enough).

In a not very subtle attempt to steer away from the debate happening above me, how are you guys coping with the traditionally British weather we've been having recently? Today, it is warm but overcast and raining on and off where I live, so I ventured out into town for an opticians appointment in jeans and a shirt, and got uncomfortably hot. However, it is not shorts weather today. Any tips on dressing in this weather and ending up not feeling like I've just run a marathon instead of simply walking somewhere? (I did roll my sleeves up on my shirt, which helped a bit but not really enough).

In a not very subtle attempt to steer away from the debate happening above me, how are you guys coping with the traditionally British weather we've been having recently? Today, it is warm but overcast and raining on and off where I live, so I ventured out into town for an opticians appointment in jeans and a shirt, and got uncomfortably hot. However, it is not shorts weather today. Any tips on dressing in this weather and ending up not feeling like I've just run a marathon instead of simply walking somewhere? (I did roll my sleeves up on my shirt, which helped a bit but not really enough).

Anyone found any good deals in the Asos sale?

Only my Daft Punk sweat. Don't really like shopping with ASOS as you can't try stuff on (although they have an excellent returns policy)

Probably not the first time this has been asked, but does anyone have any recommendations for suits for a slim guy? Just something around the £100 mark for interview/graduation sort of thing. Last one I bought from Burton ripped on its first wearing, so I'm think something like Next, M&S, maybe debenhams, but I don't know what kind of cuts and quality they do?