A while ago, someone asked us why we only wrote about fashion when it involved things we hate or dudes in underwear. The answer's quite simple–I don't know shit about men's fashion. My personal "fashion philosophy" mostly involves throwing on a plaid shirt, jeans and the same shoes I wear every day. So sue me if I'm not rocking the latest looks from the runway!
Today I was browsing through pics from recent shows on Major Models, and my confusion grew even stronger. There were a few points where I thought, "Hmm, I might wear that." Occasionally I thought, "This is kind of boring and safe." But most of the time, I was left thinking, "What the fuck is that thing?"
The latter reaction was most present when I came across Thom Browne's collection (pictured above), which I can only describe as the fabric equivalent of Lady Gaga having sex with a Star Wars character. I know everything you see on the runway isn't supposed to be made for everyday living, but was this even intended for looking at?
If you'd like to take a look at the good, the bad and the "WTF", click through for a roundup of some of the looks that can be seen on the runway. Would you wear any of them? Are there any that you wouldn't be caught dead in?
– Dewitt
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It gives us something to go OMG WTF at … but honesty, women’s fashion, in this sense, is no more indicative of what you really see women wearing. But often it accentuates the woman – many of these just ridicule the men. OMG WTF!
Wouldn’t wear ANY of it except maybe the brown jacket the black guy has on..That thing looks pretty effin sweet, haha!
a jacket, a sweater and a couple of scarfs. But most is ugly and one even looks like it was in “Coming to America” with Eddie Murphy. WTF
The top one looks like Exidor from Mork & Mindy.
you really have to pity the models in the photos….remember brad pitt in those capri pants? these photos will be around to haunt FOREVER. and is that a costume from “willy wonka” in #16?
i don’t understand this “fashion.”
OK, what cocksucker is taking bad acid and designing this shit??
Sorry, gents; this DOES make me ashamed to be gay.
Day-um!
Is it sad that I like the shiny suits?
I think that most of the separates in this line exist in a similar fashion in American Apparel, H&M, or the Gap. Fashion shows create “looks”, that then get watered down and paired with less intense things and become pieces that live in our closets. Who would be afraid of a simple cardigan? Sure, there are pieces in here that would raise some eyebrows, but tucking pants into boots have been done for decades. It’s silly to get so upset about things we’ll all be wearing in a few years anyway. And even if you refuse to believe this is true, understand that EVERYTHING starts in its runway form. Even your plaid shirt from Walmart was probably once shown by Marc Jacobs in New York Fashion Week. Some cheeky “designer” for Walmart took it and made it for you. God I feel like Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
Dewitt,
This is not “Lady Gaga has sex with Star Wars”, this is “Lady Gaga puked on Star Wars.”
Most of this fails miserably, but a couple, like the last pic, actually work nicely.
makes me glad I’m heavy, and Nautica doesn’t do crap for big men which is the only label I wear.
Some of those pieces seperately wouldn’t be bad.
and i think i know, now, why these Models have to take drugs.
this is so they can tune out all those “why in the Bloody Hell are you wearing this crap??” stares that they receive while walking down this Runway that brassknucks mentioned.
Is this why “Alexander McQueen” topped himself?
A lot of what you see in shows are only trying to provide a designer’s point of view. They’re not trying to appeal to your tastes, nor do they expect you to support them by buying what’s shown on the runway.
I liked the suspenders and boots but the rest of these make want to hurl
Does anyone else think the seventh one down looks like Nazi in purple?
Honestly I’d wear a lot of what you posted…
My general rule is “If it comes in black or grey I’ll wear it.”
Most of those clothes are pretty easy to wear at least as seperates.
When people say they don’t “get fashion” or don’t know how something is supposed to be worn I usually say for tops, imagine it with jeans. For bottoms, imagine it with a tee.
Fashion (especially menswear) is really all about the styling.
Does the metalic suit look kind of stupid? Yes. Would the jacket look fantastic with a black tee or dress shirt and a pair of beat up jeans? Absolutely.
Fashion really isn’t really that scary…
4th down, lose the hat and scarf, and add a vest, and I’d probably wear it. I like the whole gypsy/folky style sometimes. And 11th down, if you turn those pink pants into a normal color, that’s be a pretty awesome casual-formal (formal, but not actually suit and tie formal. “sunday-go-to-meeting”, as my mother says) outfit. LEast I think so. The rest is just purely “artistic”. It’s like post modern art. All the designer seems to go for is “hey, lets see how much we can shock people…”
Pretty obvious the designer here was Stevie Wonder, because only a blind man would wear those combinations.
First off: Fuck you Joni for the Alexander McQueen comment.
Secondly: Most of the pieces above can easily be worn as separates. The runway is about a show, catching your eye, the shock factor. It evokes the audience to be creative themselves and pick apart the outfit to mix and match as they would like.
People believe that fashion should be practical and everyday wear… but frankly, I think it would be pretty boring to see a show with the all of the models in jeans and t-shirts. Fashion is about being creative and going over the edge. The pictures above aren’t the cream of the crop probably because you were trying to make a point that “you really don’t get men’s fashion”, however each piece works in its own right.
I’m with daveS on the “Fuck you, Joni for the Alexander McQueen comment.”
I’d wear the sweater in the next to last photo and possibly a scarf from one of the others and that’s about it.
well some of the stuff is not so bad, just NOT worn in ensebles like the ones shown, but some i could definetly see myself wearing a few of the pieces on there separately. 😀
then it’s settled: a certain number of these are okay, on their own.
a mish-mashing isn’t.. ..so apropos.
i don’t know where this idea came from, that One has to look a hot, disjointed mess, in order to appeal to… …?
who are these Fashionistas trying to appeal to?
for it certainly isn’t to the Layman.
it’s fine if 60 – 90 per cent of appears on The Run Way will eventually make its way down to regular, plebeian retailers; we, The People, will ultimately determine what’s fashionable, or no.
or, if they want to make Rich, Drugged-Out Peoples fashion: then let them have at It, as well — and they can knock themselves out, from within the Comforts and Confines of their little secret societies.
A LESSON IN FASHION.
I READ A LOT OF RESPONSES OF “WTF” AND “WHO WOULD WEAR THAT?” SO I THOUGHT I WOULD RESPOND TO HELP CLARIFY IT UP A BIT.
WHEN A DESIGNER SHOWS HIS PIECES FOR A COLLECTION HE/SHE IS MERELY STATING A CONCEPT FOR THAT SEASON. HE WILL THEN MEET WITH POTENTIAL BUYERS, WATER THE PIECES DOWN AND CREATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SAID BUYER.
Whoa, there tim! Voice levels. Calm down a little.
What a bunch of poofs you all are – talking about fashion….. I let my mother buy my clothes.
Oh Alexander McQueen, I’d be choking myself in my wardrobe too if this crap was my life!
Good move mate and rest easy, its all over for you.