Middle aged men in grubby blue jeans and tracksuits

Mikefitzs

Anyone who really gives a fcuk has nothing better to do with their time!

Gooners

I think middle aged men are old enough to make up their own minds about what to wear.

Conall Cernach

Well here I am 43 years of age sitting reading Boards in my jeans and tee shirt and now my day is ruined. I suppose I better go and comfort eat.

umop apisdn

Cienciano wrote: »

I've news for you OP, middle age men don't give a fúck what you think about the type of jeans they wear

Clearly you do though

Severard

If you want to be concerned with what you are wearing then fine but for people to complain what others are wearing is ridiculous. Oculus is a new company that specializes in Virtual Reality (VR) technology, its founder is Palmer Luckey, is 22 years old, when he is in work he doesn't wear shoes (not even at board meetings) he has a completely laid back attitude and routinely is seen wearing cheap jeans and t-shirts. Yet he has completely reinvigorated the VR industry, his net worth is at least $500 million and he sold the company to Facebook for $2 billion.

Put simply what a person wears is irrelevant.

Monkeysgomad

I really hate seeing people in tracksuits or other sports wear outside of sports! You don't wear them outside of it what can't they understand about that ? I was at a communion this year and one of the boys there not getting communion just a guest I'm guessing had a full green Adidas tracksuit bottom and top...at a communion ? I would no more leave a child of mine out in one. Just as well I didn't know who he was or I would have said it to them

Redbishop

Conall Cernach wrote: »

Well here I am 43 years of age sitting reading Boards in my jeans and tee shirt and now my day is ruined. I suppose I better go and comfort eat.

I m in my cycling shorts after a quick cycle and herself has just told me put on my jeans as the lump on me arse from he pad looks ridiculous. So a quick shower now and on with me denim shorts. I m 55.

Mesrine65

Monkeysgomad wrote: »

Just as well I didn't know who he was or I would have said it to them

Who died & made you head of the fashionista's?

Cienciano

umop apisdn wrote: »

Clearly you do though

Clearly :rolleyes:

meeeeh

Severard wrote: »

If you want to be concerned with what you are wearing then fine but for people to complain what others are wearing is ridiculous. Oculus is a new company that specializes in Virtual Reality (VR) technology, its founder is Palmer Luckey, is 22 years old, when he is in work he doesn't wear shoes (not even at board meetings) he has a completely laid back attitude and routinely is seen wearing cheap jeans and t-shirts. Yet he has completely reinvigorated the VR industry, his net worth is at least $500 million and he sold the company to Facebook for $2 billion.

Put simply what a person wears is irrelevant.

Yes and if he was in banking, he would be told to go home and scrub up. Most people are not talented or lucky enough to ignore the dress code.

LETHAL LADY

Once you're middle aged if it is not beige and elasticated then you shouldn't be wearing it.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I think middle aged men dress rather well in my locality, I often see them wearing brown brogues, dark jeans, a shirt and sports coat. Or else a nice golf sweater or something. Some of the younger males dress very poorly imo.

OldMrBrennan83

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Miley30

umop apisdn wrote: »

When did the middle aged Irish male become so scruffy and useless looking ?
Clinging onto their grubby out of shape blue jeans and t-shirts, that wouldn't look good on a 18 year old male model, never mind a grown man.
They look even more stupid than Jeremy Clarkson does, and that's the thinner ones.

What should they wear then ?

discodiva92

Brogues were good till every irish lad wanted to be conor mcgregor

Eugene Norman

meeeeh wrote: »

Yes and if he was in banking, he would be told to go home and scrub up. Most people are not talented or lucky enough to ignore the dress code.

Bog all dress code in most IT.

Greentopia

meeeeh wrote: »

Yes and if he was in banking, he would be told to go home and scrub up. Most people are not talented or lucky enough to ignore the dress code.

"Never trust any enterprise that requires new clothes" Thoreau

You don't have to need remarkable talent or luck for many occupations where dress code is not required.

Eugene Norman

I don't like (bad) jeans on (most) middle aged people either but ... There is no old man look you grow into

People wear what they wore when young. When sartorial fashions change that's obvious. For instance when growing up in the 80's and early nineties there were still 70+ yr old guys wearing the cloth cap. This seemed like an old man look only because the world changed around them. It's the look of youth from 1920-1940. Look at the old pictures of Irish revolutionaries. In the same period, in London, I saw old men wearing bowler hats. A decade earlier I would have seen old men in top hats.

The cloth cap wearers died off; modern 70 year olds were not hat wearers when young and they didn't wear jeans either, so they look pretty well dressed now. This isn't something they changed to at 40, having previously worn jeans -- They grew up in suits or jackets. Not jeans.

However jeans became the dress of young people around the 70's/ early 80's and for many or most that's stayed the same for casual and often work clothing. Middle aged men only seem to be "trying to be young" because the young still wear jeans.

Greentopia

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I think middle aged men dress rather well in my locality, I often see them wearing brown brogues, dark jeans, a shirt and sports coat. Or else a nice golf sweater or something. Some of the younger males dress very poorly imo.

A contradiction in terms. God save us from golf sweaters, especially draped over the shoulders.

Nermal

Severard wrote: »

If you want to be concerned with what you are wearing then fine but for people to complain what others are wearing is ridiculous. Oculus is a new company that specializes in Virtual Reality (VR) technology, its founder is Palmer Luckey, is 22 years old, when he is in work he doesn't wear shoes (not even at board meetings) he has a completely laid back attitude and routinely is seen wearing cheap jeans and t-shirts. Yet he has completely reinvigorated the VR industry, his net worth is at least $500 million and he sold the company to Facebook for $2 billion.

Put simply what a person wears is irrelevant.

How surprising, a total nerd who wants to escape into a virtual world doesn't pay attention to what looks attractive in this one.

Whatever you wear makes a statement. Even if the statement is 'I have no aesthetic sense whatsoever'.

Youngblood.III

Nothing worse than the unisex grey tracksuit bottoms they (twenty-somethings) all wear today

umop apisdn

Miley30 wrote: »

What should they wear then ?

Is the groupthink really that bad, that the only acceptable choice for middle aged men is rotten blue jeans or tracksuits ?

freshpopcorn

umop apisdn wrote: »

Is the groupthink really that bad, that the only acceptable choice for middle aged men is rotten blue jeans or tracksuits ?

No, most people here don't really care what middle aged men wear.
Your the one that has an acceptable dress code for middle aged men.

Mesrine65

I'm 50, I wear jeans, t-shirts/sweatshirts/hoodies, steel-toe boots & a leather motorbike jacket.

Yes I am a biker, but it would be my clothing of choice regardless as they are comfortable, functional & timeless.

I wear a uniform in my day to day work because I am obliged to.

I don't feel comfortable in formal attire, shirt, tie, slacks, shoes etc., despite being in uniform most of my working life, it's just not me.

Why should I or anyone else have to conform to a dress code because of their age in their day to day existence?

umop apisdn

Mesrine65 wrote: »

I'm 50, I wear jeans, t-shirts/sweatshirts/hoodies, steel-toe boots & a leather motorbike jacket.

Yes I am a biker, but it would be my clothing of choice regardless as they are comfortable, functional & timeless.

I wear a uniform in my day to day work because I am obliged to.

I don't feel comfortable in formal attire, shirt, tie, slacks, shoes etc., despite being in uniform most of my working life, it's just not me.

Why should I or anyone else have to conform to a dress code because of their age in their day to day existence?

Bikers go out of their way to conform to their particular clics dress code and fit in, and middle aged men wearing rotten blue jeans and tracksuits is exactly conforming to the prevailing group think style dress code.

Eugene Norman

umop apisdn wrote: »

Is the groupthink really that bad, that the only acceptable choice for middle aged men is rotten blue jeans or tracksuits ?

Fashion is the ultimate groupthink, particularly in people bucking the trend. The exception is people who design and wear their own unique clothing. That's nobody.

As I said these middle aged guys are wearing what they wore when young. That's always the case. Young people should move on from jeans, if they want a young look.

kneemos

umop apisdn wrote: »

Is the groupthink really that bad, that the only acceptable choice for middle aged men is rotten blue jeans or tracksuits ?

Still haven't told us what you think they should wear.Despite ridiculing them for wearing jeans.

umop apisdn

kneemos wrote: »

Still haven't told us what you think they should wear.Despite ridiculing them for wearing jeans.

Whatever they want, as long as it doesn't conform to the past it looking Irish/English middle age man groupthink uniform of grubby jeans and tracksuits. Other European men seem to be able to handle this apparently Irish/UK dilemma.

Mesrine65

umop apisdn wrote: »

Bikers go out of their way to conform to their particular clics dress code and fit in, and middle aged men wearing rotten blue jeans and tracksuits is exactly conforming to the prevailing group think style dress code.

Agreed to a certain extent, mainly because for me it's functional, comfortable & the only thing that will protect my ass when I'm on the bike if I have an off.

I care not a jot about cliques or fitting in, I've always been an anti-social outcast by nature :pac:

It's when society expects me to conform to a dress code that is 'age specific' that I have an issue with.

I like the clothes I wear, they are the clothes that I feel me in & that's the deciding factor.

Eugene Norman

umop apisdn wrote: »

Whatever they want, as long as it doesn't conform to the past it looking Irish/English middle age man groupthink uniform of grubby jeans and tracksuits. Other European men seem to be able to handle this apparently Irish/UK dilemma.

Whatever they want except what you don't like? That's probably giving yourself too much importance in the scheme of things.

And if you really think other Europeans don't like denim, well, you are wrong. It's the 80's across much of Europe.

Areyouwell

Fúck everybody else, wear what you want and whatever makes you happy

kneemos

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Whatever they want except what you don't like? That's probably giving yourself too much importance in the scheme of things.

And if you really think other Europeans don't like denim, well, you are wrong. It's the 80's across much of Europe.

If the influx of immigrants are an indication stonewashed denim is high fashion.

_Tombstone_

I remember when AH was a great read, now we have the likes of this crap about people wearing Jeans.

Greentopia

I'm not a fan of the manky looking grey tracksuit bottoms or the scruffy blue jeans with belly hanging our over it on anyone, male or female.

Is it my business what middle aged men wear? no, I wouldn't tell anyone what to wear, but surely it's about having a modicum of self respect and not go around looking like a complete slob as long as you have the means to dress better. You can pick up a lot of clothes that look better than that in your nearest Dunnes or Pennys so it's not a cost thing for most men.

I'm a middle aged woman who wears a lot of hippy/boho type clothes (clean and well presented I should add!) so I'm probably not one to give fashion advice anyway :pac:
In fact I hate fashion, but that's another story.

PizzamanIRL

Deleted User wrote: »

With all due respect, that's a load of b*llocks. There are certain minimum societal expectations which are healthy, such as not walking down Grafton Street with no shirt on. Similarly it's just not great when people go out in public wearing tracksuits and sh*tty clothes.

I always admire the continental Europeans when they come over, they are always better dressed and make the most of themselves.

Mesrine65 wrote: »

With respect Wojtek, fúck societal expectations, live your life as you see fit as long as you do no harm to others or yourself.

Took the words out of my mouth.

There are too many expectations drilled into people's heads that they think they have to live by. I feel bad for anyone who is getting dressed in the morning and thinks "Oh no, I can't wear this in case someone (who you may never talk to in your entire life) in Tesco thinks it's wrong to wear it"

umop apisdn

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

I remember when AH was a great read, now we have the likes of this crap about people wearing Jeans.

Surely one of the great things about after hours is not having to conform, including not having to conform to the past it middle aged slob's now compulsory dress code of blue jeans, tracksuits etc.

Greentopia

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Fashion is the ultimate groupthink, particularly in people bucking the trend. The exception is people who design and wear their own unique clothing. That's nobody. .

I make (sew and knit) some of my own clothing, as do some of my friends.

I agree with your point about fashion though. Then there's all the problems with low cost fast fashion-selling items dirt cheap made in sweatshops where workers often go hungry because they don't earn a living wage and sleep under their machines so overworked are they, plus the huge environmental damage the industry causes.

F*ck fashion and it's dictates.

Sam Kade

Old Jakey wrote: »

Or when they wear runners or cons. What are they thinking?

Wtf are cons?

Mesrine65

umop apisdn wrote: »

Surely one of the great things about after hours is not having to conform, including not having to conform to the past it middle aged slob's now compulsory dress code of blue jeans, tracksuits etc.

May I be so bold as to ask how old you are?

freshpopcorn

Sam Kade wrote: »

Wtf are cons?

Have a wild guess!

Mesrine65

Sam Kade wrote: »

Wtf are cons?

Converse runners.

http://www.chinablueshoes.com/media/images/converse-landing-page-block.jpg

Greentopia

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Converse runners.

http://www.chinablueshoes.com/media/images/converse-landing-page-block.jpg

That's exactly what I have on my feet right now. Red as well.

This middle age woman loves her cons and doesn't give a sh1te who doesn't like them on me :P comfy, they go with most things I wear and good for walking in.

tayto lover

Greentopia wrote: »

That's exactly what I have on my feet right now. Red as well.

This middle age woman loves her cons and doesn't give a sh1te who doesn't like them on me :P comfy, they go with most things I wear and good for walking in.

Skechers are much better.

jaymcg91

Converses are just ugh.

So are grown men wearing Hollister and Abercrombie.

Everlong1

Mesrine65 wrote: »

I'm 50, I wear jeans, t-shirts/sweatshirts/hoodies, steel-toe boots & a leather motorbike jacket.

Yes I am a biker, but it would be my clothing of choice regardless as they are comfortable, functional & timeless.

I wear a uniform in my day to day work because I am obliged to.

I don't feel comfortable in formal attire, shirt, tie, slacks, shoes etc., despite being in uniform most of my working life, it's just not me.

Why should I or anyone else have to conform to a dress code because of their age in their day to day existence?

Respect. I'm in the same boat. Although I do find it nice, occasionally, to go for the whole suit and tie thing. Makes me feel all James Bond.

Del2005

When I was young and my mother was forcing me to wear some clothes that at least 3 other relations had worn before me she used to always say who'd be looking at you and some of the clothes really where ghastly. Now she keeps pointing out the state of other people's clothes while I couldn't give a toss what someone wears. Best fashion now is everyone is getting the same tattoos to be individual!

boobar

Well I'm a middle aged guy and generally wear suit, shirt, tie, nice shoes to work...

So at the weekend, the jeans go on, t-shirts, sweatshirt or hoodie...unless I'm going out I won't be dressing up...

If it offends anyone, well that's the good thing about getting older, I couldn't give 2 sh1ts...

Deep Six

You must have a great life OP if your only concern is how other people are dressing. You seem obsessive about it.

umop apisdn

boobar wrote: »

Well I'm a middle aged guy and generally wear suit, shirt, tie, nice shoes to work...

So at the weekend, the jeans go on, t-shirts, sweatshirt or hoodie...unless I'm going out I won't be dressing up...

Why do you think the only alternative to a suit and tie for a middle aged man is jeans and a hoodie ?

kneemos

umop apisdn wrote: »

Why you think the only alternative to a suit and tie for a middle aged man is jeans and a hoodie ?

It's the alternative he likes.