Right. But my waist, measured is 32". Have you ever tried to squeeze your crotch into a pair of 32" jeans?
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I was off; you wear 34" jeans!Originally posted by: brigden
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I thought you had a 36" waist?Originally posted by: brigden
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Word. Saved me the effort of typing out the same thing. Somebody who's blowing $1500/year on clothes is doing it to look better, but they probably don't spend much time actually looking better; they're using that money to disguise an awful body. I buy cheap, crappy clothes infrequently and I know I get more looks from ladies than the average puffy guy my age who may be walking around with $400 in clothes on.I can look good in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
It's not the clothes that make the man, it's what is underneath. No amount of money you spend on clothing is going to overcome a fat ass, a pasty white skinny geek, or a flabby gut.
Want to look good? Stop wasting you time and money at mall stores and following the crowd, and hit a gym.
That's what makes me dashing in a suit, or out of it
What about a guy like me? Good-looking, charming, in-shape, and wearing $1,500 in clothing.
Fvck, no; 32".
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: brigden
What about a guy like me? Good-looking, charming, in-shape, arrogant and wearing $1,500 in clothing.
Fixed. :thumbsup:
My wife said that if she saw you and your $1,500 clothing and popped collar she'd know immediately what a dumbass you were.
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Word. Saved me the effort of typing out the same thing. Somebody who's blowing $1500/year on clothes is doing it to look better, but they probably don't spend much time actually looking better; they're using that money to disguise an awful body. I buy cheap, crappy clothes infrequently and I know I get more looks from ladies than the average puffy guy my age who may be walking around with $400 in clothes on.I can look good in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
It's not the clothes that make the man, it's what is underneath. No amount of money you spend on clothing is going to overcome a fat ass, a pasty white skinny geek, or a flabby gut.
Want to look good? Stop wasting you time and money at mall stores and following the crowd, and hit a gym.
That's what makes me dashing in a suit, or out of it
Originally posted by: dderidex
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Word. Saved me the effort of typing out the same thing. Somebody who's blowing $1500/year on clothes is doing it to look better, but they probably don't spend much time actually looking better; they're using that money to disguise an awful body. I buy cheap, crappy clothes infrequently and I know I get more looks from ladies than the average puffy guy my age who may be walking around with $400 in clothes on.I can look good in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
It's not the clothes that make the man, it's what is underneath. No amount of money you spend on clothing is going to overcome a fat ass, a pasty white skinny geek, or a flabby gut.
Want to look good? Stop wasting you time and money at mall stores and following the crowd, and hit a gym.
That's what makes me dashing in a suit, or out of it
'Puffy' is obviously all wrong.
But a guy who is in decent shape if not "incredibly well built" and wearing $400 in clothes is going to get more attention from women* than a super-buff muscle man in TJ Maxx refuse.
* FWIW, the teeny bopper type and probably blonde bimbo crowd is going to prefer the muscle man regardless of what he is wearing (preferably a wife-beater), but less vacuous women prefer men with a sense of style over pure physical shape (although, it's clearly a factor....if you can't take care of yourself....)
Originally posted by: Slvrtg277
Originally posted by: dderidex
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Word. Saved me the effort of typing out the same thing. Somebody who's blowing $1500/year on clothes is doing it to look better, but they probably don't spend much time actually looking better; they're using that money to disguise an awful body. I buy cheap, crappy clothes infrequently and I know I get more looks from ladies than the average puffy guy my age who may be walking around with $400 in clothes on.I can look good in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
It's not the clothes that make the man, it's what is underneath. No amount of money you spend on clothing is going to overcome a fat ass, a pasty white skinny geek, or a flabby gut.
Want to look good? Stop wasting you time and money at mall stores and following the crowd, and hit a gym.
That's what makes me dashing in a suit, or out of it
'Puffy' is obviously all wrong.
But a guy who is in decent shape if not "incredibly well built" and wearing $400 in clothes is going to get more attention from women* than a super-buff muscle man in TJ Maxx refuse.
* FWIW, the teeny bopper type and probably blonde bimbo crowd is going to prefer the muscle man regardless of what he is wearing (preferably a wife-beater), but less vacuous women prefer men with a sense of style over pure physical shape (although, it's clearly a factor....if you can't take care of yourself....)
Shopping at A/F and buying that crap shows absolutely zero sense of style. All it shows is ability to follow a fad.
I remember when MC Hammer pants were in "style". I didn't like them then because MY sense of style said hell no. I guess according to you I didn't have a sense of style then either because I didn't follow the fad.
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Word. Saved me the effort of typing out the same thing. Somebody who's blowing $1500/year on clothes is doing it to look better, but they probably don't spend much time actually looking better; they're using that money to disguise an awful body. I buy cheap, crappy clothes infrequently and I know I get more looks from ladies than the average puffy guy my age who may be walking around with $400 in clothes on.I can look good in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
It's not the clothes that make the man, it's what is underneath. No amount of money you spend on clothing is going to overcome a fat ass, a pasty white skinny geek, or a flabby gut.
Want to look good? Stop wasting you time and money at mall stores and following the crowd, and hit a gym.
That's what makes me dashing in a suit, or out of it
Originally posted by: brigden
Originally posted by: Slvrtg277
Originally posted by: dderidex
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Word. Saved me the effort of typing out the same thing. Somebody who's blowing $1500/year on clothes is doing it to look better, but they probably don't spend much time actually looking better; they're using that money to disguise an awful body. I buy cheap, crappy clothes infrequently and I know I get more looks from ladies than the average puffy guy my age who may be walking around with $400 in clothes on.I can look good in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.
It's not the clothes that make the man, it's what is underneath. No amount of money you spend on clothing is going to overcome a fat ass, a pasty white skinny geek, or a flabby gut.
Want to look good? Stop wasting you time and money at mall stores and following the crowd, and hit a gym.
That's what makes me dashing in a suit, or out of it
'Puffy' is obviously all wrong.
But a guy who is in decent shape if not "incredibly well built" and wearing $400 in clothes is going to get more attention from women* than a super-buff muscle man in TJ Maxx refuse.
* FWIW, the teeny bopper type and probably blonde bimbo crowd is going to prefer the muscle man regardless of what he is wearing (preferably a wife-beater), but less vacuous women prefer men with a sense of style over pure physical shape (although, it's clearly a factor....if you can't take care of yourself....)
Shopping at A/F and buying that crap shows absolutely zero sense of style. All it shows is ability to follow a fad.
I remember when MC Hammer pants were in "style". I didn't like them then because MY sense of style said hell no. I guess according to you I didn't have a sense of style then either because I didn't follow the fad.
You're assuming he shops at A&F.
Originally posted by: Parrotheader
If a girl's so superficial that she'd turn me down because I'm not wearing an expensive shirt then I don't need her anyway.
Originally posted by: Parrotheader
I guess one of the joys of being a guy who's married and in a job where business casual is the norm is that you don't have to worry much at all about clothes. I exercise regularly to keep myself in good shape and looking nice for my wife. And I do have nice enough clothes (as well as a few very nice suits for client presentations) but I don't spend a fortune on clothes. For most guys like me (and I imagine guys like Skoorb and Amused) clothes is clothes. Just a different mindset. Some guys here upgrade their video card every 3 months too. Even when I was super hardware geek when I was younger I never even came close to that and most definitely wouldn't do that now. But different strokes I suppose.
Perhaps if I was in an industry where image was more important (like my little brother in the music industry who spends a fortune on clothes) or if I was single I might look at it differently. Although even if I was single, I still doubt I'd spend that much more on clothes. If a girl's so superficial that she'd turn me down because I'm not wearing an expensive shirt then I don't need her anyway. Fortunately I don't have to deal with all that though.
Originally posted by: veggiefrog
they used to be really good and their stuff was kinda expensive but worth it -- now every little 15yo wannabe-prep loser wears it and they have gotten complacent.
Originally posted by: squeeg22
To Amused/Skoorb:
Obviously, you're against spending money at these mall stores, regardless of the quality/style/brand. I absolutely agree with you that these clothes are not worth spending upwards of $80 on a pair of jeans or a shirt. But I am curious as to how you feel when someone can go into one of these stores and purchase the items for 1/4 of the price? I do feel that these stores offer above average quality items. Also, I do happen to like some of the styles (not the collar-popping teen clothing, but I do like the more traditional dressware). So whenever I can go into A&F and pick up a button down collar dress shirt with no outward logos or a pair of nice pants for $10-15, I don't hesitate.
Originally posted by: Passions
Originally posted by: Amused
I don't understand why people buy from any namebrand store.
I can get the same stuff at TJmaxx for a fraction of the price.
Clothes wear out too damn fast to pay that kind of money for them.
But then, I'm not a fashion plate metro.
AF clothes are higher quality than Old Navy. If you are saying that the fabric and stitch from AF is the same as Old Navy, you must be smokin crack!!!
The $80 shirts are nicest.
Originally posted by: Amused
I don't understand why people buy from any namebrand store.
I can get the same stuff at TJmaxx for a fraction of the price.
Clothes wear out too damn fast to pay that kind of money for them.
But then, I'm not a fashion plate metro.
Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: Amused
I don't understand why people buy from any namebrand store.
I can get the same stuff at TJmaxx for a fraction of the price.
Clothes wear out too damn fast to pay that kind of money for them.
But then, I'm not a fashion plate metro.
I mostly wear designer stuff but never pay retail. Retail is for suckers.
Bluefly, TJMaxx & Factory Outlets > *
Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
Originally posted by: The Boss
Originally posted by: Amused
I don't understand why people buy from any namebrand store.
I can get the same stuff at TJmaxx for a fraction of the price.
Clothes wear out too damn fast to pay that kind of money for them.
But then, I'm not a fashion plate metro.
I mostly wear designer stuff but never pay retail. Retail is for suckers.
Bluefly, TJMaxx & Factory Outlets > *
I'll agree to that. I've gotten some good quality Polo, A&F, AE, Banana stuff from TJMaxx.
Originally posted by: RegularK
It's your money, and you can spend it the way you want; however, if I had all the money in the world, I'd probably still choose to walk around in thrift store clothing and look like a hobo.
Also, I never particularly liked A&F. Some of their clothes are alright when on clearance (along with their sister-store, Hollister), but their staff just makes the store so incredibly unattractive and unappealing to me (in the sense that they're almost always rude, unwilling to help, etc)
Originally posted by: Qwest
if you buy a shirt there, are the collars pre-popped for you?