when you dress yourself you are sending messages whether you want to or not that message includes information about your status, your disposition, your age, your aspirations, your culture (macro or micro), and more people in turn interpret this message deliberately or no
-
Show this thread
-
since this is happening regardless it is in your best interest to send the message that you want to send, to the people to whom you want to send it this is a mix of broadcast and narrowcast it is *both* expressive of yourself--often a genuine--and socially instrumental
5 replies 2 retweets 58 likesShow this thread -
this asserted as a framework, here are some things to do to help you better express yourself in the way you like
1 reply 1 retweet 31 likesShow this thread -
1. Start with your existing wardrobe. Think about how you wear your outfits. What do you like best? What do you only wear grudgingly? In each case--why? Spend some time with a mirror and think about this. Then ask why you don't wear things like the stuff you like all the time
3 replies 1 retweet 43 likesShow this thread -
I emphasize starting at home because a common failure mode for people who are learning to dress themselves (rather than simply cover themselves) is diving in headfirst to flamboyancy, and while dandyism has its place it's best to work up to that
5 replies 0 retweets 43 likesShow this thread -
2. Ok, now that you have some motivation or some curiosity, go learn about some things that are possible One option is /r/malefashionadvice, which is a nice introduction to contemporary stuff or was eight years ago (I assume a distaff version exists)
2 replies 0 retweets 28 likesShow this thread -
There are (or at least were?) lots of good fashion blogs and tumblrs They have some good practical advice but what's more important is learning how other people look at clothes; these blogs are people viewing and interpreting messages from others' attire, and many are good at it
2 replies 0 retweets 26 likesShow this thread -
You can also get proper books on the matter I liked this one when I got it; lost it at some point but it had plenty of advice about pattern, fit, and color More importantly it had /history/https://www.amazon.com/dp/1588167461/
2 replies 0 retweets 21 likesShow this thread -
Clothes are not just things you put on your body; they are cultural artifacts with decades or centuries of semiotics encrusting them like barnacles The stripes of a Breton shirt, the origin of broguing, the wool of a flat cap, the fade of a Nantucket red: you wear History
4 replies 6 retweets 71 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @eigenrobot
Nantucket red is for effete soy New Englanders and low-rent Kennedy sycophants
2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
Aha and see you already see and understand the message Also mostly yeah although there are iterations on it depending on who you wanna piss off
-
-
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.