Middle aged men in grubby blue jeans and tracksuits

boobar

umop apisdn wrote: »

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

I never said it was the only alternative, I wear what I want, you wear what you want.

12gauge dave

Fashion Is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every 6 months.
Oscar Wilde

badabing106

Cut off age appropriate behaviors according to large survey in uk

Having a new tattoo - 31
Routinely ending a text or email to a stranger with a kiss - 35
Using text short-forms such as LOL - 29
Using emoticons in texts and tweets - 26
Wearing a baseball cap - 32
Listening to Radio 1 - 29
Wearing a bikini - 48
Riding a skateboard - 26
Wearing a football replica shirt - 37
Having a ponytail (for a man) - 29
Having a goatee beard - 34
Having a body piercing - 29
Wearing grubby blue jeans - 33
Wearing very high heels - 34
Going to a music festival - 41
Kissing in the street - 24
Wearing Speedos - 26
Watching reality TV - 31
Wearing a mini-skirt - 27
Voting for an act on X Factor - 26
Dancing at a nightclub - 37
Dressing up and behaving outrageously at a hen or stag do - 37
Riding a snowboard - 36
Wearing Croc sandals - 33
High fiving anyone - 27

Help!!!!

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.

I wear jeans & tshirts ( never tucked in ) mainly for comfort but also because I have always wore them. If going out somewhere nice I will put on a shirt with a nice pair of jeans or maybe a suit.
From what I've seen of the youth of Ireland (males & females) they are the ones that could seriously do with some fashion tips.
For us auld fella's we don't need to dress to impress, its all about the comfort

Help!!!!

umop apisdn wrote: »

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

So tell us OP....what should we be wearing? Are you male or female?

umop apisdn

Help!!!! wrote: »

I wear jeans & tshirts ( never tucked in ) mainly for comfort but also because I have always wore them. If going out somewhere nice I will put on a shirt with a nice pair of jeans or maybe a suit.
From what I've seen of the youth of Ireland (males & females) they are the ones that could seriously do with some fashion tips.
For us auld fella's we don't need to dress to impress, its all about the comfort

Jeans aren't comfortable, that's the strange thing

Help!!!!

umop apisdn wrote: »

Jeans aren't comfortable, that's the strange thing

Yes they are if you get the right pair for you

Joe prim

Monkeysgomad wrote: »

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

I agree totally, I recall from the Bible that Jesus himself said 'Let him who weareth a tracksuit be excluded from the attestation of faith, and whomsoever cometh to me in baggy jeans shall be an abomination in my sight, and lo, he can fcuk right off,and I'm looking at you, Judas!" (Adidas 1.24.6)

umop apisdn

Help!!!! wrote: »

So tell us OP....what should we be wearing? Are you male or female?

wear whatever you want, there's plenty of alternatives for middle aged men other than the now seemingly compulsory kids style grubby blue jeans, tracksuits, hoodies / tops etc.

Help!!!!

umop apisdn wrote: »

wear whatever you want, there's plenty of alternatives for middle aged men other than the now seemingly compulsory kids style grubby blue jeans, tracksuits, hoodies / tops etc.

Why are they kids style? Do you not realise the kids are trying to dress like middle aged men?

umop apisdn

Help!!!! wrote: »

Why are they kids style? Do you not realise the kids are trying to dress like middle aged men?

back in reality, jeans look good on the young, not out of shape middle aged Irish males

tabby aspreme

umop apisdn wrote: »

wear whatever you want, there's plenty of alternatives for middle aged men other than the now seemingly compulsory kids style grubby blue jeans, tracksuits, hoodies / tops etc.

I think the op has a fetish for Farah slacks and wants to see more of them

Deep Six

umop apisdn wrote: »

back in reality, jeans look good on the young, not out of shape middle aged Irish males

That's your opinion but that's all it is. Tell us, what do you wear?

Call Me Jimmy

umop apisdn wrote: »

wear whatever you want, there's plenty of alternatives for middle aged men other than the now seemingly compulsory kids style grubby blue jeans, tracksuits, hoodies / tops etc.

Wait a second... what if someone ELSE doesn't like this new thing that they wear?!

Zaph

umop apisdn wrote: »

wear whatever you want, there's plenty of alternatives for middle aged men other than the now seemingly compulsory kids style grubby blue jeans, tracksuits, hoodies / tops etc.

You keep saying there are plenty of alternatives, but refuse to give examples and just keep saying wear what you want. Personally I want to wear jeans and t-shirts, but if I decided to change all that in the morning, what would you suggest I wear instead?

tabby aspreme

Here we go

umop apisdn

Zaph wrote: »

You keep saying there are plenty of alternatives, but refuse to give examples and just keep saying wear what you want. Personally I want to wear jeans and t-shirts, but if I decided to change all that in the morning, what would you suggest I wear instead?

Anything else you think of, can you think of anything else for yourself, is that the issue ?

smurgen

People who follow trends and fashion are the biggest muppets in my opinion . especially looking back at the trends retrospectively.some trends were just ridiculous and people just followed them blindly because they were trying to be sophisticated.what do you want middle aged men wearing? Shirts get boring very quickly . especially for those of us who wear them to work everyday.

kneemos

There's a hint of the ghey off the well dressed look in fairness.
Maybe that's the problem.

Zaph

umop apisdn wrote: »

Anything else you think of, can you think of anything else for yourself, is that the issue ?

No, the issue is that you've been prattling on for a couple of pages now about how much you hate a particular style of dress, and yet you refuse to offer any opinion other than that. I have other clothes that I wear depending on the occasion, but you tell me what is, in your view, acceptable for a middle aged man to wear other than jeans and t-shirts for day-to-day casual wear. Anything other than those clothes is not an acceptable answer by the way, I want specifics.

umop apisdn

kneemos wrote: »

There's a hint of the ghey off the well dressed look in fairness.
Maybe that's the problem.

Did you not get over the yes vote and homophobia yet ?

kneemos

umop apisdn wrote: »

Did you not get over the yes vote and homophobia yet ?

Almost stopped shaking .

umop apisdn

Zaph wrote: »

No, the issue is that you've been prattling on for a couple of pages now about how much you hate a particular style of dress, and yet you refuse to offer any opinion other than that. I have other clothes that I wear depending on the occasion, but you tell me what is, in your view, acceptable for a middle aged man to wear other than jeans and t-shirts for day-to-day casual wear. Anything other than those clothes is not an acceptable answer by the way, I want specifics.

Other clothes ? There you go.
If you keep asking the same question, I'll keep giving you the same answer.
Literally anything other than the seemingly now compulsory uniform of the grown middle aged Irish man-child with grubby ill fitting blue jeans and tracksuits, hoodies etc.

Zaph

umop apisdn wrote: »

Other clothes ? There you go.
If you keep asking the same question, I'll keep giving you the same answer..

So basically you're trolling then? Fair enough, whatever amuses you.

Grueller

umop apisdn wrote: »

Did you not get over the yes vote and homophobia yet ?

I feel like back seat modding here. That is the second time you have given a response like this. If people voted no its their own prerogative just the same as if they are middle aged and want to wear jeans. I hope you never have any power or influence over other people op. By the way I am wearing jeans and an untucked tee shirt, no socks and crocs. I am nearly middle aged.

umop apisdn

Zaph wrote: »

So basically you're trolling then? Fair enough, whatever amuses you.

Are you that stuck ?, there's even a whole other men's section of shelves and hangers in penny's and dunnes that doesn't have blue jeans, and just as cheap.

kneemos

umop apisdn wrote: »

Are you that stuck ?, there's even a whole other men's section of shelves and hangers in penny's and dunnes that doesn't have blue jeans, and just as cheap.

Don't think you're getting it.
People can wear what they want and are not interested in your opinion .
All sounds a bit snobbish to me.

umop apisdn

Grueller wrote: »

I feel like back seat modding here. That is the second time you have given a response like this. If people voted no its their own prerogative just the same as if they are middle aged and want to wear jeans. I hope you never have any power or influence over other people op. By the way I am wearing jeans and an untucked tee shirt, no socks and crocs. I am nearly middle aged.

You'll get over the yes vote too, like the previous two posters that tried to bring sexuality into it, maybe you the grubby blue jeans will protect the middle aged from all the marauding 'gheys' that have been released to terrorise old ireland is that the thinking ?

umop apisdn

kneemos wrote: »

Don't think you're getting it.
People can wear what they want and are not interested in your opinion .
All sounds a bit snobbish to me.

penny's and dunnes is snobbish to you ? I don't think you're getting it, is it inverted snobbery you've got perhaps ?

Grueller

umop apisdn wrote: »

You'll get over the yes vote too, like the previous two posters that tried to bring sexuality into it, maybe you the grubby blue jeans will protect the middle aged from all the marauding 'gheys' that have been released to terrorise old ireland is that the thinking ?

I never mentioned sexuality just the fact that you are using the referendum result to throw at posters who don't agree with your viewpoint. You know nothing about me, my lifestyle or how I voted. You are the one making wild assumptions here, that we are all sheep conforming to a uniform based on how we dress. Truth is most of us think that following fashion or spending too much time thinking about appearance is time wasted that could be better spent with family or on pastimes hobbies etc that we actually enjoy.

kneemos

umop apisdn wrote: »

penny's and dunnes is snobbish to you ? I don't think you're getting it, is it inverted snobbery you've got perhaps ?

Wouldn't have thought Penny's or Dunnes's was snobbish,more your attitude to jeans.

Dunne's clothes are ill fitting,uncomfortable and look cheap imo.
Chinos and cheque shirts are obviously your thing.

umop apisdn

Grueller wrote: »

I never mentioned sexuality just the fact that you are using the referendum result to throw at posters who don't agree with your viewpoint. You know nothing about me, my lifestyle or how I voted.

The other posters brought up sexuality and gay people, not me, and you jumped into defend their remarks.

Grueller wrote: »

You are the one making wild assumptions here, that we are all sheep conforming to a uniform based on how we dress. Truth is most of us think that following fashion or spending too much time thinking about appearance is time wasted that could be better spent with family or on pastimes hobbies etc that we actually enjoy.

If that's the case why follow the middle aged Irish men's fashion of grubby jeans and tracksuits ?

umop apisdn

kneemos wrote: »

Wouldn't have thought Penny's or Dunnes's was snobbish,more your attitude to jeans.

Dunne's clothes are ill fitting,uncomfortable and look cheap imo.
Chinos and cheque shirts are obviously your thing.

Jeans are grand on the right person, not middle aged Irish men with ill fitting blue jeans and tracksuits trying to look like man-childs.

Deep Six

umop apisdn wrote: »

Jeans are grand on the right person, not middle aged Irish men with ill fitting blue jeans and tracksuits trying to look like man-childs.

I'm sure there are people who would find your dress sense ridiculous too. Whatever that may be, you still haven't answered it.

Eugene Norman

umop apisdn wrote: »

Jeans are grand on the right person, not middle aged Irish men with ill fitting blue jeans and tracksuits trying to look like man-childs.

You just keep repeating your idiotic claim. It's like arguing with a very stubborn mollusc.

There's nothing "childish" about jeans. They don't signal youth. They are just a form of clothing worn by people in an era who are now growing older.

( and I don't wear them but then I didn't when I was 20)

Grueller

umop apisdn wrote: »

The other posters brought up sexuality and gay people, not me, and you jumped into defend their remarks.

No, I attacked your use of the referendum and kind of your aggressive posting style too. I never defended anybodys remarks precious. This thread hasn't went how you envisaged, has it?
Now, enjoy the rest of it cos I am off to pull on cleaner jeans and t shirt, socks and a pair of comfy hiking boots to go over to my local to drink about 10 pints of red diesel.

umop apisdn

Grueller wrote: »

No, I attacked your use of the referendum and kind of your aggressive posting style too. I never defended anybodys remarks precious. This thread hasn't went how you envisaged, has it?
Now, enjoy the rest of it cos I am off to pull on cleaner jeans and t shirt, socks and a pair of comfy hiking boots to go over to my local to drink about 10 pints of red diesel.

Actually its gone exactly as planned, don't spill any on the jeans or the belly when you're giving outabout 'da gheys' and da vote, there's a good auld lad.

Grueller

umop apisdn wrote: »

Grueller wrote: »

Actually its gone exactly as planned, don't spill any on your jeans when you're giving outabout 'da gheys' and da vote

Can't give out, at least not tonight, I'll be drinking with two mates, one of whom I was a witness for at his same sex civil partnership. Suppose he will have to go tho the toilet at some stage though.

I should coco!

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.

So...does everyone on boards with a 'witty' username just steal them from Reddit?

Sure seems that way.

longfellow deeds

I've had great entertainment reading this thread for the last couple of hours but now it's time for Saturday night pints in the local with the lads,
I'm off upstairs now to find my jeans, a polo shirt ( i might have a fresh one in the pile )
and my trusty pair of runners,
as there's a bit of rain about I might take my hoodie as well.
I'll catch up on the thread when i'm back (about 1 ish) with my kebab.

I don't agree with the OP at all. I wear jeans and t shirts all the time (then again im 20s not middle aged).

What does annoy me though is when men wear those t shirts out with 'witty' slogans like "if found please return to the pub" and that kind of shiz, I find those kind of t shirts really tacky.

Letree

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.

A lot of middle aged men in their relatively normal jeans and polo shirts look at some 20 year old in his super skinny jeans, his far too tight shirt buttoned up to his neck, his hair clattered is some type of wax to held at some strange angle across and think look at the state of that fashion victim.

Peregrine

umop apisdn wrote: »

Did you not get over the yes vote and homophobia yet ?

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R P McMurphy

umop apisdn wrote: »

Jeans are grand on the right person, not middle aged Irish men with ill fitting blue jeans and tracksuits trying to look like man-childs.

When you say jeans and tracksuits, do you mean jeans worn with tracksuit tops? Bit of the Ian Brown style?

myshirt

Guys with one of those suit t-shirts, now that's lazy.

It's a suit for formal occasions. It's a t-shirt for casual situations. No lads, it's not. It's a t-shirt with a picture of a suit on it. F%ck sake.

Eugene Norman

myshirt wrote: »

Guys with one of those suit t-shirts, now that's lazy.

It's a suit for formal occasions. It's a t-shirt for casual situations. Is it.

No. It's not. It's a t-shirt with a picture of a suit on it. F%ck sake.

This may have been a dream you had. Deep breaths.

Letree

Eugene Norman wrote: »

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.

What a vision so in 50 years Dublin's 70 year olds will be wearing grey tracksuits tucked into white socks..

doulikeit

Mortage, kids health,kids schooling, water bills, gas bills,electric bills, weekly shopping, car maintenance, petrol, lpt, kids hobbies, work, b#llock cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental wellbeing, pets, tax, car insurance, home insurance, phone bills, sky bills, broadband, college funds, holidays, christmas,birthdays, beer belly, aches and pains and now your telling me I have to worry about my poxy jeans, fcuk you buddy fcuk you

umop apisdn

doulikeit wrote: »

Mortage, kids health,kids schooling, water bills, gas bills,electric bills, weekly shopping, car maintenance, petrol, lpt, kids hobbies, work, b#llock cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental wellbeing, pets, tax, car insurance, home insurance, phone bills, sky bills, broadband, college funds, holidays, christmas,birthdays, beer belly, aches and pains and now your telling me I have to worry about my poxy jeans, fcuk you buddy fcuk you

So you think wearing a pair of scruffy blue jeans is going to solve your soft middle aged whimp problems ? Man up.

Filmer Paradise

umop apisdn wrote: »

So you think wearing a pair of scruffy blue jeans is going to solve your soft middle aged whimp problems ? Man up.

Anyway OP. What age are you?

What do you wear? (I'd say I'll get no answer from ya' anyway :rolleyes:)

I'm 47 & I wear Jeans. (W32 L32). Been the same size for more than 20 years & I still think I can continue do so without any shame.:cool: