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Maybe Jacob is actually Tom Cruise under disguise
[Disclaimer - because you (Jacob) don't care that much about fashion, this might not be useful or interesting to you,... but it may be for others here reading the thread]jacob wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:21 amIt seems to me that fashion is more about seeing and being seen compared to doing. I really wear what I think is the most optimal for what I do around the house.
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Well, I think I have. I actually did have a minor phase during my consumer years when fancy clothing was an interest of mine. Admittedly this was mostly due to running out of other things to spend money on. I'm fortunate in the sense that I'm relatively tall as well as height-weight proportional. My BMI is 23 but I'm in excellent shape, so denser than the average specimen, and this means that I can find suits that fit me off the rack w/o alternations. MW suits includes a tailor fit... well, whenever I've bought suits at $250+, the company has usually had a tailor check the fit. I've never owned anything bespoke though.
It seems pertinent to note that in terms of functional clothing, looking good loses to being able to walk 4 miles at any time, sprint, lift heavy stuff, not be cold, warm, or wet, and most importantly, not be subject to dog hair or rips. Ideally, it would contain lots of pockets too.
Business, business-casual, or "English gentleman" simply doesn't meet these objectives as well as outdoor/military/work wear.
I do still batheAugustus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:03 pmI have a pair of gym shorts and some older permanently stained tshirts I switch into before doing manual labor stuff, don't you guys value not smelling stinky? My body pumps out a ton of sweat and what I'll call "musk" when I'm doing hard labor. My wife says it's attractive, but I don't think so haha..
A tangential thought on this relating to the thread subject: the simplest way I would try to describe well-fitting clothes is that when you see a person in clothes that fit well, you can tell what their body looks like naked.
If they are Loro Piana cashmere then $2-3k, and if they are Vince a mere $400. I just read about this in an amusing nyt article on the wardrobe costs of that Billions show, where I learned Steve Jobs’s turtlenecks were a designer Japanese brand. I think I assumed he was wearing Gap.
+1 Not just for professional services. Parties. Interviews. Work. It is much better to err on the side of being over dressed than under dressed.