Topic: Help from snappy or snazzy dressers needed.
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You reached over with your hand and knocked my Jap over
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Hi,
Casual - Smart Casual - Smart.
I'm ok with casual - jean and t-shirt, trainers. I'm ok with smart - suit, shirt, tie, shoes I'm not ok with smart casual...
I just don't k n o w h o w to d o i t.
I need help...
I have two venues coming up which demand smart casual. This middleman of fashion is neither hither nor thither(sp?). If it was a sexuality it would be "bi". If it were a wine it would be Rosé. If it were a political party it would be Lib dem... probably, I don't know much about politics either.
Both venues request jackets to be worn, trainers are not allowed, jeans are not allowed.
...Jackets - in my mind I think of old men in tweed blazers, blue button down shirts (no tie), navy 'slacks' creased down the front, brown loafers. Whilst this look can easily and cheaply be achieved by simply going "dead-man-shopping" in the local charity shop it's not what I want as a (relatively young man about town.
Can anyone suggest a look (links or pics appreciated) to help me out of this dilemma.
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You might as well totally sexxus it up with pinstripe trousers, shirt with rolled up sleeves, tie, waistcoat even. I love that formal / half-formal look on men. I mean, they can bar you for being too casual but they'll never bar you for being too smart, right? Jaunty little tie, half-loosened. Charity shop jacket. Crush a red carnation into your lapel for added effect. Dandy but not homosexual. Repressed in a good way, like a thousand twisted magics might lie beneath. IAN, this might just give your wardrobe the wake-up call it's been wishing for!
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smart casual doesn't exist. its basically office wear for people who don't like being smart. if you want to go casual go casual, farahs, sambas, pringle and polo shirt. then ask them where stanley is.
but seriously. don't go smart casual. make the effort.
smart casual = blazer and slacks. think on.
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One Mojito, two Gin and Tonics, Three Bacardi Lime Sodas, and a couple of pints of Stella please.
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Bandy has an extraordinary array of slacks. Bandy?
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What about those trousers that Dr Benway used to wear for work, that swathed really wide around the thigh, then tapered toward the ankle to show off his square-toed, chunky-heeled work loafers? Benway? Can you help the good I Am Not out?
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fuck it i am. go for it. go skinny jeans, big white trainers, ripped t, awful jacket, hair back combed to fuck. and say you're from the future. it might have worked in wierd science.
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You reached over with your hand and knocked my Jap over
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Thanks for the flurry of early responses. Misc you have found everything I h8 about the idea of smart/cas.. London, your post is inspiring. Repressed but not homo. You are so right. It time to reinvent my wardrobe.
I'm going smart casual and I'm going to f**kin love it.
I have done some intial research and I'm thinking along these lines
I particularly like the fact that the shirts not tucked in and am surprising myself by liking white shoes.
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Wish more men wore stuff like this. We hoik tits up to chins, shave our areas, pancake our faces, trot around on stupid heels; they rock up in loose jeans record company t-shirt and a stubbly chin and expect fucking applause. More men should do formal; make the effort, refine, repress! No burping either.
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smart casual - dress smart then replace one object of clothing with a similiar casual piece except - stay with nice shoes and watch and don't 'over-do' the hair sez i
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I used to get loads of bewildering invites for smart-casual events, and no one ever seemed to know what they meant. Certainly no-one ever turned up looknig like these guys photo-ed above. Mind you, that's journalists for you. Unless the invite specified 'Black Tie' people just turned up looking like a sack of shit. In the event of a 'Black Tie' event, people turned up looking like a sack of shit, in a tux.
I dunno. I'm gifted with the ability to make whatever I'm wearing look really really fucking bad, so I try to work with that, rather than against it. Any look looks like guff if you can't pull it off. Often I just feel sort of embarrassed for people who've spent a lot of money on a 'look', especially if it's a look that's currently fashionable. It just seems so desperate. But then, clothes are something that I've never really understood, like numbers or drawing or colour.
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Don’t be fooled into thinking there is anything called ‘smart casual’ for men. Supposed ‘Smart casual’ for me at work means I have to wear a shirt (my boss has said how much she prefers a tie but we’ll get back to that) shoes. Black trousers. My shirt So basically I have a one outfit choice: A shirt, standard trousers (because a shirt tucked into casual trousers looks ridiculous, like you are neither able to dress smartly, or casually), shoes – mebbe a tie if I feel like acting up. If I sound like I’m sulking, it’s because I’m not allowed to wear a pair of say: lime Firetrap loafers, or my favourite purple v neck jumper which is great to wear in the office. I’m not allowed these things and was asked if I would take out my earrings. Are these really going to be conditions I’d willingly buckle to when other women are allowed to wear T-shirts or bright flowery skirts.
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I have a fashion dilemma too. Is it ok to borrow your thread, IAN? It is about Russian military apparel.
Is it permissible to wear a Soviet Army pilotka sidehat? What if it has a Red Army sickle and scythe badge pinned to the front of it? Is that acceptable? Or does it make you a Communist? And does looking like a Communist mean you are almost but not quite as evil as a Nazi? Would I therefore be mistaken on the street for a RickJ? My second-hand pilotka sidehat goes so well with the rest of my outfit, you see. I just don't know. It is the sort of hat you used to wear at Boys' Brigade. If you were a boy. It is worn at an angle. It is canvas brown.
Also. I got all my hair chopped off today. I look SUCH the geek. Not good geek either. Just. Plain. At least the wind is no longer my nemesis. It is actually quite nice, wind. Not the burping kind.
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this is a menswear store that does a lot of 'dress casual' business - link is to an article discussing what the look is all about. For what it's worth.
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quote:Originally posted by Fionnula the Cooler: Also. I got all my hair chopped off today. I look SUCH the geek. Not good geek either. Just. Plain. At least the wind is no longer my nemesis. It is actually quite nice, wind. Not the burping kind.
Statements such as the above are clearly not allowed without photographic evidence.
So...? We're waiting.
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This thread reminds me. A few days ago while scouring the interweb for sartorial pieces of shit, I discovered the hottest boy on ebay. He models some of the worst kinds of charity shop clothes you have ever seen in your life. But he is so hot it makes you want to buy them. It is an exceptionally clever idea.
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The hottest boy on ebay reminds me of someone. He's the sort of person who would get all the hot girls, fuck all of the mediocre girls who still won't give you a look-in and get a hand job off of the plain ugly girl. The hottest boy on ebay reminds me of charrudeboy.
quote:Originally posted by froopyscot: No worse than my most recent "summer" haircut, honestly.
ohh let's compare bad haircuts! not-so-brilliant idea of mine get a haircut to look half decent for the interviews i've been trying sooo hard to secure
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