It's official, I am out of style

[Rorpen86]

http://www.primermagazine.com/2012/s...-your-wardrobe. Not that the author of this is the only one with an opinion on these matters but based on the 11 points listed I am in need of some news style items. Ever since discovering this forum I have wanted to try and update all my wardrobe with classic/timeless pieces. This article just proves while doing that I should still hang onto my current stuff for when they are back in style temporarily in 20 years.

[Mike H]

I love my baggy cargo shorts...

...hey kid, get off my lawn!

[Krona Kruiser]

Get clothes that fit, avoid square toe shoes and keep it simple. Oh yeah, please don't wear wrap around glasses, it's "the Mullet" of sunglasses.

[Vlad]

Get clothes that fit, avoid square toe shoes and keep it simple. Oh yeah, please don't wear wrap around glasses, it's "the Mullet" of sunglasses.

100% fashionable here...easier than I thought.

[professorchaos]

I wouldn't take fashion advice from an online magazine article about men's fashion trends. That's how you end up with a closet full of baggy jeans or skinny jeans, square toed shoes (as opposed to the chisel toe) and Ed Hardy t-shirts.

[maxman]

I almost dropped my monocle and top hat when I read that!

[ironfisted]

Indeed man! I share your vexation and join you in a hardy harrumph to this matter!

I almost dropped my monocle and top hat when I read that!

[Austin]

I love my long side burns. What is this talking about?

[Agravic]

The author didn't offer any worldly fashion advice about razors though....hmmm. I guess this month's issue didn't get enough advertising dollars for a proper endorsement of the flavor of the day 'multiblade/powered/autoclean/digital indicator/glow in the dark' product.

[nannahill]

Square toe shoes - that's funny, bought a pair of J&M square toe shoes yesterday on sale. I had a pair that I loved but they died.
Jeans - agreed.
Ties - don't wear one, so whatever.
Wallet - work yes, beach and weekend no. I was born and bred on Quicksilver, Billabong et al.
Sunglasses - again, that's funny. I think the sunglasses pictured are Monster Dogs, my go to sunnies. Wayfarers, on S White and K Block look stupid, sorry fellas.
Madden shoes - meh, got a couple of pairs of these.
Dress shirts - agreed.
Sandals - meh. It's TX and hot. Could be worse, could have said Crocs.
Jeans # 2 - this is TX. Good luck luck with that.
Cargo shorts - love my Old Navy shorts. No thanks to the prep look.
Sideburns - pass. Bradley Wiggins didn't get this memo either.

Colour me old or doesn't care about fashion trends.

[Phog Allen]

Get clothes that fit, avoid square toe shoes and keep it simple. Oh yeah, please don't wear wrap around glasses, it's "the Mullet" of sunglasses.

In my opinion Kruiser you have made the post of the day. Now mind, I am a live and let live sort with fashion. Who is this blue collar boy to be looking down his nose? However, a few years ago I started looking for a pair of Balmoral style shoes and since the budget would not allow Alan Edmonds or Alden the chain stores were it. I could scarce find a normal shoe. ALL of them were square toed or so it seemed. One of the funniest comments I heard was at a local shoe store shortly thereafter. One of the clerks who agreed with me looked straight up toward the heavens and said "God save us from the square toed shoe!" I just about laughed myself silly. Again, wear what you want but yeah, I am sort of tired of looking at them.

Cheers, Todd

[joshmpdx]

All sound advise.

[Face&Head]

If you have baggy shirts send them to me, I'll fill them out nicely.

[Haggises]

Other than overly large shirts, I have never participated in any of the 11. I was ahead of time it seems.

[drocu]

I'm not entirely sure I agree with the tie recommendation in that article. Also, I like how the wider tie has a very sloppy knot while the skinny tie looks sharp. That alone introduces a lot of bias in evaluating what looks better.

[little Big feather]

Ha! Ha! I've been in style all my life......If the world looked more like me,it would be such a wonderful place....

[Prince]

Agreed for the most part. My jeans are nice and dark denim and I'm slowly finding trim dress shirts in my size.

Now that I lost 30 Lbs, I got rid of my cargo shorts and replaced them with nicer flat front one's.

[turtle]

I wear what is comfortable to me and don't worry about being "in"

[The Knize]

I wouldn't take fashion advice from an online magazine article about men's fashion trends. That's how you end up with a closet full of baggy jeans or skinny jeans, square toed shoes (as opposed to the chisel toe) and Ed Hardy t-shirts.

Exactly!

Staying in style is a tough goal to meet, unless one is willing to keep buying new stuff all the time, based on the whims of clothing manufacturers. That does not seem like a very worthy goal to me, but to each his own. Let'd face it, unless one really follows this stuff and is willing to replace wardrobe frequently, and probably does not shop at standard department stores, one is never going to keep up, anyway. For instance, buying the latest at Macey's is not going to keep one up with either the GQ or the hipster crowds, or even the college kids!

I think part of the idea is to not get too radical in the first instance. I could probably pick out any number of the 11 points.But I would say that the standard American necktie these day is 3.25 " wide. Whatever powers that be tried to make a much skinner tie the standard, but they were unsuccessful. However, I think they were successful in killing off any new purcahses of ties wider than 3.25." I think one can still wear a 3.5" tie. In fact doing so makes it look like one has actually worn a tie for longer than starting a year ago. I do not think one wants to wear just 3.5" ties. That would make it look like one never buys new clothes or is oblivious when they do!

I own and wear a fair number of skinner ties. But to me it is something of a statement to wear them. They are not inappropriate. They are not, however, "standard" either. At least something narrower than 2.75" is not.

I do not know what to say about square-toed shoes! I am wearing a pair of Allen-Edmond Balmoral style shoes today with a somewhat squared toe, that I would like much more if the toe was rounded. I do not think the shoe is really out of style. It is not that square. But it bugs me! I hate to say it, but the high-end chisel toe from say Crockett and James, does not appeal to me as much as it might because of this Kenneth Cole squared-toe stuff.

If I am wearing shorts, I am not usually going to think very hard about whether they have cargo pockets on the side or not. If I am wearing shorts I am generally not trying to me at my most fashionable.

I do not see anything wrong with flip flops, Rainbows, or whatever. Baggy shirts are traditional preppy, and I do not see anything wrong with them, if they are baggy in the way a traditional Brooks Brothers button down shirt is baggy. I never did wear my jeans dragging down off my butt, but I do not wear skinny jeans either. If my jeans are wore and ragged at the back, if is because I was too lazy to pick out the precise length or to roll them up every time. I know it seems suddenly hip again, but I have always liked the look of jeans rolled up a bit or more a the bottoms. Jeans came from working clothes. They were probably cut too long for most folks so that they would be long enough for everyone. Folks dealt with that by rolling them up before going out to toss some hay around or crawl under a car. Rolled up is absolutely an appropriate part of a traditional jeans "look"!

May 2 cents anyway!

[BigBull]

I agree with Turtle, wear whats comfortable for you and don't worry about anyone else. The ONLY thing that should be on this list is wearing a white t-shirt as an undershirt.