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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsUsually I detest rule-dictators about dressing and grooming, but Esquire's here are a bit fun
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http://www.esquire.com/style/tips/casual-clothes-for-men?src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_13020545
[font size=5]How to Dress for the Weekend[/font]
.... 5. There is a name for men who can pull off wearing sports jerseys. They're called professional athletes. ....
12. The man who imparts opinions via T-shirt has neither the intelligence to form a cogent opinion nor the good sense to keep it to himself. ....
14. Justin Timberlake doesn't look quite as good as he thinks he does. ....
25. The only ribbed items a man should wear are socks and condoms, and he best not confuse the two. ....
33. To our knowledge, tank drivers never wore tank tops. If they did, we might like them better.
34. Khaki is a color. Chinos are a pair of pants. Know the difference but feel free to use the terms interchangeably. ....
39. No one you work with should ever see your toes or your nipples. Please dress accordingly. ....
41. The button fly is:
a) total bullshit.
b) the latest battle in the decades-old war between the all-powerful zipper and button industries.
c) a way to avoid tearing up your johnson.
d) all of the above.
(Answer: c) ....
44. Dress not like Kanye West. That goes for you, too, Kanye. ....
46. There's a 74 percent chance that a man who isn't wearing socks isn't wearing underwear, either. Both endeavors attract the same kind of man.
47. Don't borrow any clothes from that man. ....
50. Unless he's a chef, a gardener, or a jolly fat man from Holland, no one should ever wear clogs in his daily life. Same goes for Crocs.
51. Speaking of: We're not sure what Americans did to deserve Crocs, but whatever it was, we're sorry. We're really, really sorry.
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)no one should ever wear clogs in his daily life. Same goes for Crocs.
This exception also applies to anyone in the medical profession ....
Aristus
(66,409 posts)Never, ever, ever wear them with a tailored wool business suit. I don't care how many episodes of Dallas you watched. Never wear these items with a business suit. Unless you want me to think you're a backwoods, in-bred, shit-for-brains, dipstick, uncultured, unlettered thundering dribbling redneck moron.
Leave the cowboy boots and hats for the John Wayne wannabes and the drugstore cowboys.
Or, you know, real cowboys, who have a need, and have earned the right to wear these essentially utilitarian items. And who would never wear a tailored wool suit to rope cattle, by the way.
Kali
(55,014 posts)wore his boots and a "new" Stetson with his good suit on occasions that demanded more than Levis.
So do a lot of real cowboys and ranchers. Some would fit your description of backwoods, in-bred, shit-for-brains, dipstick, uncultured, unlettered thundering dribbling redneck morons, but not many that I know or have met personally.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)is the influx of Republican yanks that move to TX and immediately start wearing the gaudiest boots and hat they can find with cold-weather suits, big ole plaque belt-buckles, spitting everywhere, hollerin about no good shit and acting a damned redneck stereotype fool...cause they all wanna be J.R. fucking Ewing.
I have little doubt you probably have those assholes in AZ too and think just about as much of them.
Aristus
(66,409 posts)I would argue it demanded more than cowboy boots, too. How hard is it to tie shoelaces, for crying out loud?
great story at the actual you tube link
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)At intermission, he came down into the audience and walked over to the bar to order beer right next to where I was standing
It was a great night!
Up against the wall you Redneck Muthas!
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I suppose that makes me one of those kinds of men.
For the record, shorts and a Hawaiian shirt. Not that anyone wanted to know.
UTUSN
(70,715 posts)hunter
(38,320 posts)Don't fry bacon, walk through nettles, or weld while naked.
Neckties are stupid.
Swimsuits are stupid too, but often required for legal/cultural/religious and other arbitrary reasons.
Try to avoid jobs where you have to dress like this:
or this:
I have a very simple dress code.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Of course, the receipt says "final closeout, no returns accepted."
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)I love the moments of their deaths -- when I am one with Zardoz.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)No shit
UTUSN
(70,715 posts)Despite the nuttiness in the fashion industry, there are few bigger nazis than tailors/seamstresses about how things MUST be, cut to the right/cut to the left, every stitch perfect, etc. So I'm guessing/assuming that belts work the same way?