Those New Yorkers!!!

Quigley Brown · Sep 18, 2007

From The Sartorialist site.

I'm not 100% sure if this is Thom Browne he's wearing.... There are risk takers in NYC when it comes to fashion, but this guy may have risked too much.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/Ru5zoOeKVEI/AAAAAAAACFY/qHpx753sdn0/s1600-h/39thStWhtSuitw.jpg

Dinerman · Sep 18, 2007

no. just no.

Sefton · Sep 18, 2007

Just photoshop a Good Humor truck behind him and it suddenly makes sense...

I wouldn't let my child buy from that particular truck though.

StanleyVanBuren · Sep 18, 2007

everything is wrong

The Wingnut · Sep 18, 2007

...I can't understand how someone can look at that in a mirror and say, 'Hah! That looks great! I'm definitely wearing it to work tomorrow!"

I suppose there's a bit of 'screw you, convention' in there, but it misses that boat and wades deep into the absurd.

dostacos · Sep 18, 2007

Quigley Brown said:
From The Sartorialist site.

I'm not 100% sure if this is Thom Browne he's wearing.... There are risk takers in NYC when it comes to fashion, but this guy may have risked too much.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/Ru5zoOeKVEI/AAAAAAAACFY/qHpx753sdn0/s1600-h/39thStWhtSuitw.jpg

is he like PEE WEE HERMAN's dumber brother?

[bad]

Shaul-Ike Cohen · Sep 18, 2007

Boy, you've grown so tall since I last visited! So nice you wear the suit I gave you for your 11th birthday!

Here, I made you a pair of nice, warm socks. And stand upright, young man!

cookie · Sep 18, 2007

Quigley Brown said:
From The Sartorialist site.

I'm not 100% sure if this is Thom Browne he's wearing.... There are risk takers in NYC when it comes to fashion, but this guy may have risked too much.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/Ru5zoOeKVEI/AAAAAAAACFY/qHpx753sdn0/s1600-h/39thStWhtSuitw.jpg

\
sort of retro 60s does punk!

jgilbert · Sep 19, 2007

Why does any of that make sense?

CharlestonBows · Sep 19, 2007

Even the button stance is wrong -- the distance between the jacket buttons is off. The top to middle is much longer than the middle to the bottom.

dhermann1 · Sep 19, 2007

I was watching "Full Frontal Fashion" the other night (with the sound off, rotating between football, baseball and FFF). They had the Spring 2008 shows from Bryant Park from a few weeks ago. After the women's fashions they showed some "men's fashions". Really hilariously, grotesquely, appallingly, disgustingly, bizarrely bad stuff. MUCH worse than this. I think there's some little niche somewhere in the fashionista world that keeps creating this nonsense that has nothing to do with real men's fashion. Just ignore it. It won't go away, but it has no significance in the real world. It's just designers designing men's clothes as if the criteria for men's clothes were the same as for women's clothes. Pure fantasy.

The Wingnut · Sep 19, 2007

Very, very true. In this case, the Thom Browne look is just that side of acceptable that it's trickling down out of his portfolio and being distilled in a less extreme degree into what we're seeing on the racks.

Give it another 6 to 10 years and the pendulum will swing again. Escalation being a terrible thing, however, it'll probably be ugly in another way. It seems in the fashion world that if you're going to do something different, fresh or bold, you've got to be more offensive than whoever had center stage before you.

Mid-fogey · Sep 19, 2007

Well I reckon...

...Things have come full circle. Now the city boys look like the goobers.

MrBern · Sep 19, 2007

70 years ago, HelenNordenBrown wrote: 'FAshion is a FAiry"
She was alluding to odd designs for women which were done by Gay designers.
The THOM BROWNE style is quite appealing to a demographic that is thin, fashionable & has plenty of disposible income.
Not that theres anything wrong with that.
There was a time when long hair on men drew comments.
of for that matter , Elvis' long sideburns.

Feraud · Sep 20, 2007

I see a difference between what is put on the runway and what makes it to the stores and on the backs of men.
This Thom Brown look is a blessing in disguise for those who like slim cut suits. The trickle down effect has already begun as designers cut their suit slimmer. Not to mention the thin ties and slim cut shirts to accompany the suits.
Break out your narrow brim hats, it is going to be a great couple of seasons.

Jerekson · Sep 20, 2007

Has anyone seen that Men's Warehouse commercial decipting the guy with the ill-fitting suit?

That is exactly what this guy reminds me of...

Feraud · Jan 13, 2008

Just a bump for the new year.
Found this picture in an old book I purchased on silent film.

Has anyone purchased any of these slim cut, ultra short suits?

luvthatlulu · Jan 13, 2008

Quigley Brown said:
From The Sartorialist site.

I'm not 100% sure if this is Thom Browne he's wearing.... There are risk takers in NYC when it comes to fashion, but this guy may have risked too much.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_qjpwnPW4c1o/Ru5zoOeKVEI/AAAAAAAACFY/qHpx753sdn0/s1600-h/39thStWhtSuitw.jpg

I think he's the inspiration for Ralph Lauren's offerings these days!

Gawd.
-- Isabella Snow

Flitcraft · Jan 13, 2008

No...

But failed thespian Thom Browne is cranking them out by the metric ton for Brooks Brothers. Don't forget to check out his new cape collection, too.

Bogie · Jan 13, 2008

Jerekson said:
Has anyone seen that Men's Warehouse commercial decipting the guy with the ill-fitting suit?

That is exactly what this guy reminds me of...

Hey, that's Harold Lloyd, isn't he?

Those New Yorkers!!!

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