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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

Clothes for dudes basically comes down to t-shirts and trousers. And for shirts, one's mostly limited to brands, bands, and sports teams. Or, even fucking worse, some pithy comment like "not married and happy", or "have drink, me good", or whatever the feck people find clever these days. I oftentimes default to the H&M look, as it's the least corny looking style I see, and that's not saying much.

Women's clothes have all these cute tops with no shit written on it. There's more variation in colours and shape. You can mix it up by having a half top (whatever you call those). Don't want to wear a top and trousers that day, then wear a dress or a skirt.

Obviously the huge advantage of being a guy is that you can be ugly af, indeed I am an ugly fecking dude, and you're accepted. I assume it's harder for women in this regard, let me know if I'm wrong.

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[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The answer here is to embrace historybounding. Even embracing the masculine 19th century styles we still have opens up a lot of colour and shillouette options. A colourful tailored dress greatcoat with heavy waist suppression and full skirts is a great fit, for instance.

And of course there's always the 1970s

Though of course even here there's a lot of feminine styles to try too. It just gets more equal (and arguably tilted towards men before 1600)

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Becoming a RETVRN guy but for Beau Brummell

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Zack Pinsent already took that era.

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Ugh fine

Becoming a RETVRN guy for landsknecht fashion

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Well how else are we going to get enough pikemen to form a Tercio in the revolution!?

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago
[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The answer here is to embrace historybounding. Even embracing the masculine 19th century styles we still have opens up a lot of colour and silhouette options.

My mind immediately went to Matt's description of Martin Van Buren's wardrobe, lol. Lace-tipped, orange-tinted silk cravats sound cool.

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Please attach pics. I'm curious.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

For modern stuff, something like

For a more 19th century look, I've always been a fan of the androgynous look of the 1830s (When feminine looks were hyper-feminine to compensate)

Tight, steel corseted jackets with raglan shoulders, pleated pants for wide hips, 2.5 inch heeled Chelsea Boots (Elastic sides, very-modern!) and burgundies, dark greens and blues, russets, plums, and loudly coloured check pants.

Obviously that stuff is hard to find or even sew today, given you need the skills of both 18th century and modern tailors to make the jackets. But you can lean into an archaic shilouette and raid both gender's racks at the store to gesture towards earlier, less rigid style languages.

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Cool. I want to dress like that now.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Excellent, honestly I just want to walk down the street wearing this and not look odd.

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Let's hang out and do it together!

this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2024
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