Apalling dress sense/style of the average Irish male

IamtheWalrus

Tracksuits are for jippos. End of.

BabyE

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Lets nip that one in the bud. A Tracksuit is never stylish.

Beckham bieber efron look way better and stylish in some ripcurl shorts and a tank top than some loser who works for kpmg and heads out to sams bar in a 3 piece suit

J Mysterio

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Tracksuits are for jippos. End of.

Skinny jeans is what is really for jippo's. Tracksuits are for people who dont give a ****.

BabyE

J Mysterio wrote: »

Irish men dress ok really.

In this day and age of instant celebrities, constant social media, and all the other sh1te, people are quite fashion conscious. Way more so now than when I was growing up.

People are also quite health conscious now too; particular about their food, exercise and lifestyle, and that plays into the world of looks and presentation.

Some lads do disturb me though with their tight girl pants and fop hair. I almost checked a lad out there the other day for ffs. Those pants are just ridiculous. To look at or try and wear.

Other thing is lads wearing tracksuits all the time. In some countries that's just for sport and exercise :pac:

The thing about the OP's argument though, is that it implies that the majority of people in other countries dress better, and thats not neccesarily the case. Not these days anyway.

Legit everyone and their mother dresses "stylish" its nearly better nowdays to just dress simple because stylish has become cringeworthy over the past 5 years.

stampydmonkey

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Tracksuits are for jippos. End of.

Traxedos on the other hand are for real men. Fashionable and functional

https://traxedo.com/product/traxedo-classic/

mzungu

Jayop wrote: »

I wear boot cut jeans pretty much every day. Straight cut make my feet look ridiculously long and skinny jeans should never be worn by any straight male ever.

FYP.

eoinfitzokk

Any good UK/Irish Male style blogs then to educate the jippo mass? When it comes down to it, sloths of us are just lazy

KingBrian2

Another member of the Fashion police is out and about. Down with your fascist rhetoric.

PucaMama

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

line console zero wrote: »

guy's, no ones advocating skinny jeans or the metrosexual look here. I am far from that myself, but there is such a thing as normal straight jeans. If you guys want to walk around with a pair of denim wings round your ankles be my guest.


You can wear an 'I shot JR' tee shirt to complete the look.

Are you old enough to remember baggy jeans?

You would have loved them

I miss baggy jeans.

stampydmonkey

PucaMama wrote: »

I miss baggy jeans.

Still have 3 pairs of road jeans unworn in wardrobe....their time will come!

PucaMama

stampydmonkey wrote: »

PucaMama wrote: »

I miss baggy jeans.

Still have 3 pairs of road jeans unworn in wardrobe....their time will come!

Paired with a hoody or tshirt? Band tshirt?

Pawwed Rig

Mod note
no racial slurs lads.

groucho marx

Not sure why anybody would Care about the fashion sense of strangers

stampydmonkey

PucaMama wrote: »

Paired with a hoody or tshirt? Band tshirt?

You better believe it....topped off with a retro Adidas tracksuit jacket

mzungu

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Still have 3 pairs of road jeans unworn in wardrobe....their time will come!

Ahh Road, can't beat em. Bit too baggy for me now, but back in the day* they were the bees knees.

*They were like a tent on me though!

moc moc a moc

Musketeer4 wrote: »

Does anyone else think the average Irish man is just does not cut it in the style deparment?

The day I spend time worrying about how other men dress is the day I re-evaluate my life choices.

brickmauser

Musketeer4 wrote: »

I have just over the past couple of months been noticing that its actually relaticly rare in Ireland to see a guy walking down the street who is in good shape and dressed smartly and has a good overall appearance.

What is far more common is guys who would seem to not give a crap and are going around in ill fitting unflattering clothing that almost loos thrown together. I'm talking about what would typically be known as "dad jeans" with XL sized shirts and ugly sweaters that are not nice.

Another poster the other day was on about how difficult it is to get shirts that fit well and that in the vast majority of mainstream outlets, even the slim fit tailored shirts are actually of a "forgiving" fit and can accomodate a pot belly.

Does anyone else think the average Irish man is just does not cut it in the style deparment?

I wear 32/32 Levi's and wear large size t-shirts which are a perfect fit for my size and build since I am 12 stone and 6 foot tall.
A bomber jacket goes well with jeans and a T-shirt and either Doc Martin's or runners or brogues.
I bought a tweed sports jacket which I would wear with a white shirt and either Levi's or a suit pants or chinos again with polished brogues.
I like to slick my hair either with a side parting or slicked back from the forehead.
I sometimes go for a clean shaven look or else wear three days of stubble.
I like to wear aviator sunglasses on a sunny day.
A the sleeve seams of shirt or T-shirt or jumper should rest on the shoulder and your pants should fit your backside instead of hanging off you.
If you have a gut you look worse if you wear your shirt hanging out rather than tucking it into your pants.
A good tie knot makes a cheap tie and suit look good while you could be wearing the most expensive suit and tie money can buy and if you have a slapdash knot you will look like a Muppet.

GLaDOS

Runners
Jeans
Black band tshirt
Hoody

/sorted

me_right_one

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I'm a big stickler on footwear. You can tell a lot about a person by the type of footwear they choose. We all know the blue jean-wearing, black shoe-donning, tucked-in shirt, bryllcreamed male making a beeline for the dishko.

What do you mean? Sounds like every sound lad I know.

Eric Cartman

GLaDOS wrote: »

Runners
Jeans
Black band tshirt
Hoody

/sorted

swap to button up shirt for going out,
tuck that in if going to dinner or something.

done.

IamtheWalrus

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I'm a big stickler on footwear. You can tell a lot about a person by the type of footwear they choose. We all know the blue jean-wearing, black shoe-donning, tucked-in shirt, bryllcreamed male making a beeline for the dishko.

me_right_one wrote: »

What do you mean? Sounds like every sound lad I know.

It's a very countryboyish style. The shoes are worn because runners are usually banned at small town discos.

It's a style that 'does the job' but it is a style for men who don't know anything about fashion. The man will don this attire, look in the mirror and nod in positive assessment. But to those who appreciate fashion, you are labelled as someone who doesn't have good dress sense.

GLaDOS

Are we not allowed wear black shoes anymore?

IamtheWalrus

GLaDOS wrote: »

Are we not allowed wear black shoes anymore?

No one is saying that.

Stealthfins

I'm very lucky man an old pair of slacks grand father shirt and peaked cap would look as well on me as anything on Milan's catwalk....

SEPT 23 1989

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Still have 3 pairs of road jeans unworn in wardrobe....their time will come!

My teenage daughter is wearing one of those black bomber jackets so it's only a matter of time before those jeans get an airing

John_Rambo

There's no excuse for over priced boot-cut jeans in 2016. Manky looking things with the torn ends dragging under the heels of the pointy shoes poking out the front! Then, the golfy, pastel shirt tucked in over a belly!!

Lads? And young lads, in their thirties!!!!

jca

line console zero wrote: »

flannel shirt

Sweet Jesus no way!!!

The One Doctor

No money. I'm on the dole, I can barely afford a new set of clothes every year, I have a little girl to clothe and feed. And I hate fashion. Fashion is a substitute for personality.

jca

Stealthfins wrote: »

I'm very lucky man an old pair of slacks grand father shirt and peaked cap would look as well on me as anything on Milan's catwalk....

Lads Lads. The Healy Ray's are on boards.

seamus

Boot cut jeans will never go out of fashion.

A pair of boot cut jeans still look good on a female or male arse provided they're a pretty good fit. They're comfortable. And they're pratical.

Baggy jeans are sloppy looking. They're comfortable, but not that practical as they get caught in things and get shredded. And flop about ridiculously if you put something in the pocket.

Skinny jeans are neither comfortable nor practical. And unless they fit perfectly, are not at all attractive on anyone's arse. A bad fitting pair of skinny jeans either makes an arse look like a sumo's, or if too loose looks like a baby walking around with a full nappy.

Boot cut 4fr

BabyE

Eric Cartman wrote: »

swap to button up shirt for going out,
tuck that in if going to dinner or something.

done.

Lnao yeh man i always cringe at people wearing 3 piece suits and **** on a night out,
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Jaggo

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Shirts - check is gone.

What!!!! When did this happen.
My wardrobe is Ruined RUINED.

Stealthfins

jca wrote:

Lads Lads. The Healy Ray's are on boards.

We also wear the 7 jeans you know one for every day of the week.

For all mankind loike....

Hugh the boss are nice shlacks tuu...

Barbour jackets are cool too,got two pairs of the Daniel Day Lewis style...
Biker one and the trooper is a nice cut.

BabyE

The cringiest thing Irish men do is that once they reach a certain age they just abandon all what would be perceived as 'younger' fashion, its so try hard its hilarious. The M&S range is actually pretty good, but unless your over 35, probably shouldn't be the majority of your clothing.

I'm talking specifically about those 32 year old D4 types, who look about 15 years older going to Leinster games when they are in the AVIVA, dad jeans and jack wolfskin wind breakers.

riffmongous

Horses for courses imo, even a tracksuit can be 'fashionable' in the right district or company.

BabyE

riffmongous wrote: »

Horses for courses imo, even a tracksuit can be 'fashionable' in the right district or company.

I don't know where this thing that tracksuits are scummy is all about, nowdays that kinda stuff is seen as fashionable(its not) but its not like the days of McKenzie tracksuits and socks with air maxs.

Eric Cartman

BabyE wrote: »

I don't know where this thing that tracksuits are scummy is all about, nowdays that kinda stuff is seen as fashionable(its not) but its not like the days of McKenzie tracksuits and socks with air maxs.

mckenzie and tapout are two brands of clothes worn in social situations exclusively by the bottom feeders of society.

Pac1Man

Fashion or a sense of style is purely for the benefit of others.

People don't like hearing that though.

SEPT 23 1989

You wore a tracksuit for PE or training for football but now only out walking

Never in a social setting

Letree

The worst look is the big bootcut jeans with dress shoes and the shirt tucked in. I don't see it as much anymore but i used to see it a lot among men in their 30's and 40's.

Men don't need alot to be fashionable but the cut of their clothing makes a big difference.

JamboMac

What did i just waist 5 minutes reading?

py2006

I find straight cut jeans uncomfortable and that is IF I can get a pair that would fit around my Arnie calves.

Bootcut is definitely the most comfortable especially if your legs are a little on the short side as they don't hike up like straight cut.

Don't even get me started on the skinny jeans thing.

Eric Cartman

Letree wrote: »

The worst look is the big bootcut jeans with dress shoes and the shirt tucked in. I don't see it as much anymore but i used to see it a lot among men in their 30's and 40's.

Men don't need alot to be fashionable but the cut of their clothing makes a big difference.

agh its a comfortable look , works well for dinner or going down the pub.

Lemming

All hail the concept of the rock bar; jeans (boot cut), boots, and a t-shirt are all you need.

So, OP ... what is the definitive definition of fashion please? Your answer can be no more than 30 words and it must be be all-encompassing, spanning every subculture, age group, and geographical region. Otherwise, get over yourself and your mistaken belief that you know better than everyone else about fashion and move on .... Plenty more of us just don't g1ve a sh1t what you think.

Letree

Eric Cartman wrote: »

agh its a comfortable look , works well for dinner or going down the pub.

So long as the shoes aren't lost under them

idnkph

Looks like the OP has some self esteem issues.
People who focus on other people's looks and fashion usually look down on others to try to make themselves feel better about themselves but it will never work OP.
You need to focus on yourself and what makes YOU feel good. Stop buying into what the media and magazines say how you should look and accept yourself for how you look and what really makes you happy unsuperficially.

Anyone else think there's something .. self-indulgent .. about wearing skinny tracksuit bottoms as a man? When I see groups of young lads with big mops of hair, tight at the sides, in gaa zip-up tops, part of me wants to clip them around the head for being self-indulgent but another part of me is jealous that such form-fitting fashion wasn't acceptable when I was their age 7 or 8 years ago.

My instinctual reaction to looking at mens fashions nowadays is that they are doing all the most self-induglent things all at the same time. Like when you think back to/ look back at the fashions/ norms of the early/mid 2000s, things are very different:

- Super-preened haircuts: getting their haircut very regularly, fades, being very specific with their cut, making sure everyone is certain they aren't going bald by having the hair at the top very heavy and the sides really short. Lads whose older brothers invariably had a manly (if intimidating at the time) one-at-the-side with the top gelled down in 2005, now go around with self-induglent boyband haircuts that their older brothers would have looked in disgust at.

- Extremely form-hugging clothes: tight t-shirts, slim-fit shirts, skinny tracksuit bottoms, skinny jeans

- men who in the fairly recent past wouldn't have had any interest in going to the gym now walk around with very visbily developed muscles, particularly their arm muscles. Men caring a lot more about nutrition, not drinking too much, giving up smoking, being more concerned about themselves ("trying to be a better man" as that loathsome phrase seen on the likes of joe.ie goes). On that note, I often wonder why people talk about there being an obesity crisis - at least among 20-somethings, my observation is that most people are in good shape.

- otherwise grooming themselves - shaving chests, deliberately leaving a few days of stubble, carving out manicured beards in an attempt to maximise how attractive they can look, plucking eyebrows (when did you last see a man with a unibrow, something which even in the mid 2000s was not unusual) ...

The last 10 years has seen massive social change and I for one miss the old days.

lazybones32

Musketeer4 wrote: »

I have just over the past couple of months been noticing that its actually relaticly rare in Ireland to see a guy walking down the street who is in good shape and dressed smartly and has a good overall appearance.

What is far more common is guys who would seem to not give a crap and are going around in ill fitting unflattering clothing that almost loos thrown together. I'm talking about what would typically be known as "dad jeans" with XL sized shirts and ugly sweaters that are not nice.

Another poster the other day was on about how difficult it is to get shirts that fit well and that in the vast majority of mainstream outlets, even the slim fit tailored shirts are actually of a "forgiving" fit and can accomodate a pot belly.

Does anyone else think the average Irish man is just does not cut it in the style deparment?

Did you ever think that the men you accuse of dressing in "dad" clothes are in fact dads? They might have priorities beyond impressing randomers who they pass on the street.

I've no interest in fashion and even trying on clothes is a chore to me but I like having new stuff.
I walk upright with decent posture and I have a clean face, teeth, ears and hair when I'm out. Beyond that, I'm not too pushed. I don't neglect my appearance but I don't spend too much time on it either and I think the preoccupation with fashion just isn't part of the male Irish psyche.

MeatTwoVeg

Flint Fredstone wrote:

Outside of work, I'll wear a tracksuit bottom and sporty tshirt. That's what I like and I couldn't give a flying fanny what anyone else is wearing. In fact, I would find it weird that somebody else would care what I was wearing tbh.

Do you not like to walk down a street with nice architecture?
Or stroll through a countryside with beautiful scenery?

Of course it matters what people are wearing when you're out and about.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to live in a world where every second person is dressed in a tracksuit and "sporty T-shirt"
There's really no excuse for it unless you're engaged in some sort of sporting endeavor at that moment or are morbidly obese.

Make an effort to make the world more esthetically pleasing for your fellow citizen and stop being so selfish.

JamboMac

MeatTwoVeg wrote: »

Do you not like to walk down a street with nice architecture?
Or stroll through a countryside with beautiful scenery?

Of course it matters what people are wearing when you're out and about.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to live in a world where every second person is dressed in a tracksuit and "sporty T-shirt"
There's really no excuse for it unless you're engaged in some sort of sporting endeavor at that moment or are morbidly obese.

Make an effort to make the world more esthetically pleasing for your fellow citizen and stop being so selfish.

But who are you to define what is aesthetically pleasing, if i don't like the sound your voice on a bus do i have the right to tell you to stop talking.