diesel clothes have always been some of the worst out there i think.
i bought a tshirt with diagram of a heart on it the other day. first tshirt i've bought in years.
diesel clothes have always been some of the worst out there i think.
i bought a tshirt with diagram of a heart on it the other day. first tshirt i've bought in years.
3underscore
Well-known member
Diesel are crazy. 95% of the stuff they put out is absolutely awful.
But if you find bits of the other 1% (about 4% of the 5% are just bootcut jeans), they are absolutely incredible. I have a diesel jacket which I bought after months of looking for a coat - excellent cut, nice non-diesel design.
It is rare to find them though, and apparently I am XL (I take a 40 chest suit and 32 waist, so am not exactly big.)
But if you find bits of the other 1% (about 4% of the 5% are just bootcut jeans), they are absolutely incredible. I have a diesel jacket which I bought after months of looking for a coat - excellent cut, nice non-diesel design.
It is rare to find them though, and apparently I am XL (I take a 40 chest suit and 32 waist, so am not exactly big.)
N
nomadologist
Guest
they're "drainpipes." i like em better. i don't wear anything that's wider than straight leg. because that is very 90s looking.
Leo
Well-known member
N
nomadologist
Guest
that's a levi's logo in the back
or 60s. or 70s.
and "drainpipes" are surely 80s looking???
I just can't get into the whole tapered scene. makes most people look like midgets on stilts. guess I'll stick to my thin straight cut.
same with the 3-button suit - people say they're "so 90s" but I say the 2 or 1-button is very 80s!
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mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
It depends on what sort of build you are with regard jeans. I kinda like seeing fat mods squeezed into drainpipes but it was never me, being slim to stocky but short, I always went with straight leg, not loose fit, not tight. They're always too long in this country anyway.
I think you have to be really tall to pull off boot-cut jeans, or a girl, or a cowboy. On short men you're right, it just adds dwarf status to the proceedings. Those ones are those Levi twisted leg jeans.
Three button suits? Are you mad?
I think you have to be really tall to pull off boot-cut jeans, or a girl, or a cowboy. On short men you're right, it just adds dwarf status to the proceedings. Those ones are those Levi twisted leg jeans.
Three button suits? Are you mad?
3underscore
Well-known member
Well, showing a pair of mens jeans and a pair of womens jeans is hardly going to get a fair result!
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
It's probably very telling but I'd not even noticed that!
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nomadologist
Guest
yeah, maybe it's 80s looking. but bootcut is the 90s trying to look 70s. so i'll pass.
with only 1 exception, all my jackets / sport coats / suits are 3 buttoned afairs. works perfectly well, maybe just for me - thin, medium build, not tall. does look terrible on some people. what is your objection exactly?
a few noteworthy things part 1 - alexander McQueen:
understand the need to offset top with wrinkly/baggy bottom, but this ninja should keep looking in the pants department.
wow. don't know if I'll ever be brave enough to wear belts outside of long coats, but wow.
the toy robot look is in. notice the tights - boot combo.
a bit on the fence about this... striking or tacky? sharp or creepy?
still have a weak spot for android electricians...
craner
Beast of Burden
I don't know, I'm tall and very slim and go for the mid-70s Robert Evans look, so I choose bootcut with the caveat that most companies cannot make a decent or attractive pair or anything near, as you can see by the pair above which are hideous and, surely, blending toward forwards flaired.
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nomadologist
Guest
i fucking love mcqueen, especially his earliest stuff. legendary. that show based on the shining he did? i used to get up at 11AM Sat when i was 10-years-old to watch Style with Elsa Klensch on CNN and that show made my year.
oliver is right, there's a distinction to be made between bootcut and flaired.
oliver is right, there's a distinction to be made between bootcut and flaired.
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io
Just found out about this brand IO, menswear from Berlin, some of which is brilliant. Have a look.
www.io-berlin.com
The white shirt, grey trousers and grey leather jacket with big collar in particular. Can't find a way of buying it other than by appointment at Temporary Showroom in Berlin though! Agh!
Just found out about this brand IO, menswear from Berlin, some of which is brilliant. Have a look.
www.io-berlin.com
The white shirt, grey trousers and grey leather jacket with big collar in particular. Can't find a way of buying it other than by appointment at Temporary Showroom in Berlin though! Agh!
