Why are mens clothes so crap?

jesus_thats_gre

BrynW wrote:

Holy crap....I would only get 2 t-shirts for that!!!

Stick an extra yoyo on that and I would get yore ma

phasers

deswalsh wrote:

Fitted jumpers? Perhaps not for me so - the old ned kelly is beginning ito make an appearance nowadays!!

Still waiting to find out what preppy is. It makes me think of the guy Lisa Simpson marries when she is shown her future - kinda rich collee dude - cravats, lambswool jumpers in pastel colouts, soft leather shoes, college scarf. Is that it?

EDIT: I feel I've gotten in over my head here. The only thing I know about fashion is that Caroline morahan from off the rails is **** hot!

you got preppy to a tee
I hated that British guy
cardigans are also very in for guys, but they really really shouldn't be :eek:
just buy something black and you're set for life
plain t-shirts work with almost everything
maybe layered over a shirt? or is that too casual for you?

omb0wyn5ehpij9

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Stick an extra yoyo on that and I would get yore ma

There is always one......go sit in the corner punk :rolleyes:

jonny68

deswalsh wrote:

Is it just me, or has anybody noticed that buying clothes is getting bloody harder!
Judging by some time spent shopping today, it would appear that men are expected to dress like gay 20-somethings, teenage thugs or grandads.

The clothes are so pink and androgynous, I had to go back out of a few shops just to check that they were indeed 'gents' clothes shops. I'm convinced many of the clothes belonged in the ladies section and just got misfiled. Zara was by far the worst offender for this, they even have a long long wollen jumper with a fake fur trim on the collar.

Pink shirts with puffy sleeves, bolero style tweed jackets, man-bags and dayglo pink Y-fronts (I sh1t you not!) seem to be the order of the day.

I particularly wanted to get some jumpers/tops. 99% of what I saw were hoodies with horizontal stripes.
After that the options consisted mainly of they type of jumpers you'd see in your local golf club on veterans night, or the type of v-neck jumper that scangers like to wear with no shirt underneath.

After several hours I came home with, yes you guessed it, a stripy hoody!

you obviously need advise in style and what to wear, check this website for some really cool mens designer clothing.

http://www.bbclothing.co.uk/

jonny68

And NEVER get a bird to "dress you" like some blokes do,the results are more often than not shocking.:eek:

jonny68

deswalsh wrote:

geek chic? Whats that then?

gayness...avoid

JIZZLORD

Current mens fashion sucks. i'm sick of skinny jeans, cardigans and stripy jumpers.

going into Next, river island, topman etc can be a pain

mcauley

jonny68 wrote:

And NEVER get a bird to "dress you" like some blokes do,the results are more often than not shocking.:eek:

I work in a "clothing shop" and really cant stress this enough. Nothing worse than a bloke comin in with his wife/girlfriend/mother(worst of all). Just dont do it. You are thirty years of age - why cant you dress yourself and know your OWN shoe size you utter pleb!!!!!!!!!!!!

echosound

I've noticed the complete dearth of decent men's clothes alright in recent years - everything is skinny and tightfitting, and uber-gay. If you want regular decent teeshirts that don't cling and display every vein under your skin, surf shops are the best bet - tees that allow for a little breathing space, and a lot with either small unobtrusive logos or small tags so you're not branded to within an inch of your life, same with hoodies, lots of decent size plain hoodies there, and often decent jeans too.
Why does nowhere seem to do normal plain black/white shirts anymore either? Everything is either shiny or glittery or stripy or "distressed" with idiotic college logos on them. Where does the average Irish man get his "normal daywear" clobber from anymore without looking like they're hitting the clubs?

I've also noticed in the past few years sizing seems to be getting tighter and smaller - some of my mates would not be exactly what you'd call big strapping lads but find themselves squeezing into xxl shirts and teeshirts and still looking like they borrowed a bellytop from their 9 year old niece who's going through a pink barbie phase. I'm female BTW, just I notice this a lot when I go clothes-shopping with my hubby or male friends and they lose the head after hitting the 10th shop with no luck finding anything suitable, and I feel your pain, OP!

Stark

Actual size M still fits me okay. You do get a lot of shops though where the overall size of the gartment is large enough, ie: you have space in parts, but it tapers in weird ways so any bit of flab you might have is shown to the world. Most clothes in River Island and the like makes me look like I have a potbelly, but if I go for size L, then they're too long/baggy etc.

DonkeyStyle \o/

eurgh, are mens clothes shops still selling those stupid tops with bits of random material badly stiched onto the outside? (often with daft slogans)
How about the sweatshirts that have the neck of a tshirt sewn into it?!
Man, I rofl'ed my way out of so many clothes shops last time I went looking... every damn shop seemed to have the same rediculous-looking shít.

Shopping for runners also made my brain hurt... everything was either horrible skang-wear, not in X Y Z size, or made for attention-whores.
I went into one shop that had three whole walls (!) of white trainers... which all looked like the same nike-air style shíte I'm not interested in.
After hours of looking I finally found a nice little place in Crown Alley whos name escapes me right now.

I totally share your frustration OP... it's like we're being told to wear this crap by virtue of not having an alternative... I don't care what some asshat buyer thinks is "in" this season, if I find it obnoxious I'm not wearing it.

ferdi

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

I totally share your frustration OP... it's like we're being told to wear this crap by virtue of not having an alternative... I don't care what some asshat buyer thinks is "in" this season, if I find it obnoxious I'm not wearing it.

here here!!
I agree 100%...thank god i'm not alone in this.
check out the clothes on this dude...can you believe anyone actually wears this crap?!!

Magic Eight Ball

****ing stripy **** everywhere and on everyone.. shocking!!

Karl Hungus

ferdi wrote:

here here!!
I agree 100%...thank god i'm not alone in this.
check out the clothes on this dude...can you believe anyone actually wears this crap?!!

The guy looks like he's been trying on his grandmother's clothes...

Why can't you get anything that actually looks cool in shops these days?

DonkeyStyle \o/

ferdi wrote:

check out the clothes on this dude...can you believe anyone actually wears this crap?!!

Wtf? Are those sequins?!! :eek:
I think that guy has been watching those late-night infomercials and bought himself one of those sequin guns... not wanting to destroy his own clothes, he dug through grandmas wardrobe for something even she doesn't wear any more.

ferdi

The best part? that cardigan costs £45stg!!!!!

DonkeyStyle \o/

ferdi wrote:

The best part? that cardigan costs £45stg!!!!!

Ah, the illusion of quality.
It can't possibly be a cheap, tacky garment if I have to pay through the nose for it! :eek:
Oooh, it's so exclusive... I'm buying fashion. :rolleyes:

Gaspode

ferdi wrote:

here here!!
I agree 100%...thank god i'm not alone in this.
check out the clothes on this dude...can you believe anyone actually wears this crap?!!

That's a bloke - you sure about that ferdi?!!