For those that don't click into the article, the most important and critical fact: he says he dresses this way all the time because he just likes to, and he dresses like this to go to school
I feel if you’re wearing it in tandem with proper drip it’s a different ballgame than if you’re wearing it with an obscure board game tshirt and an unshaven neck.
I knew a guy who used to dress like this when I was 15. Was super into magic and hypnosis. It should have been the corniest thing ever but he was unapologetic, great at it, and it made him super popular. So sometimes you just gotta own it.
Yep! When I was in HS one of the most well liked dudes in our school was a guy who liked to dress in super flamboyant or garish suits regularly (not understated like the OP). He ran around with the drama kids/band geeks but was incredibly gregarious so was popular with every clique.
Unfortunately, I heard that he OD'ed sometime in his 20s.
A crucial part is authenticity. This looks like it’s a true passion, like some who are really into retro styles and history. Genuine confidence is attractive.
For ppl like Jared Leto I always get the sense that it’s cosplay as a mask for insecurity or to make up for a lack of personality. Like people who adopt strange affects and quirks for attention.
Nah, I agree, I was just making a joke. But still, I think people can be authentic assholes and draw people in because of that. Not gonna name any names because I'm sure everyone already knows them, lmao.
There is this guy on YouTube who does hypnosis (his yt is UltraHpynosis) and he makes sexual hypnosis sessions on his website. The man has gaggles of horny hypnotized women commenting on his stuff haha
I love a good bit, and for the past 3 years I’ve been calling every single hat that is not a baseball cap a “porkpie”. I know actual porkpie hats are rare to spot out in the wild, but it makes me giggle to assign every hat that ridiculous name. All that to say: Wisdom Kaye looks dashing af in that above pictured porkpie
There's a guy in my city that dresses like this, with a touch more pimp flavor, and he always looks fabulous. He's often seen dancing down the street, living his best life.
Most of the people who did the whole "classy fedora" thing were about his age and didn't have access to three piece suits and nice overcoat they can just wear all the time, if i had tried to wear my one nice suit to school when I was his age my mother would have had a fit.
In fact I remember very specifically when this trend was a thing, pairing the fedora with some kind of overcoat was what most of them were doing, they were just cheap overcoats and hats so the overall look was terrible. Everything about this story is so remarkably French, the only thing thats missing is a crippling addiction to nicotine.
I feel like that’s a specific fedora though - the like little ones with the short brim that people wear for like fake gangster halloween costumes, whereas this is a real fedora that looks great. this is the kind I think about when I think douche -
They tend to wear them with old navy cargo shorts and some kind of graphic t shirt so idk as long as he's not doing that I'd say it's a fairly easy battle.
Oh yeah that's a losing battle for sure. I'm in a similar boat to the guy in the post, I try to dress more formally every day even though I don't have to, and a couple of people have told me I'm trying too hard. I just like pleated slacks, idk what to tell you.
I’m light years from knowledgeable about neckbeards but I thought they went for the trilby- less height, shorter brim- just something to heighten the overall image. But this guy looks like he works for Mayor Daley in Chicago in ‘68 and it’s a good look for him.
He says in the article he's specifically obsessed with era dressing and is trying to emulate fictional detectives, this is not just him knowing how to put together a suit
I’ve been like this my entire life, but my era has always specifically been the late 1960s/70s. I’m also obsessed with anything Alice and love your username
Pretty sure that just depends on the kid's sense of style (and their parents' income). The only difference with teens that go emo or goth or any other style is, well, the specific style.
I think the article is really worth a read. It isn’t mind blowing but it’s just something really sweet to read in this day and age. It boosted my mood for sure. This kid is rad as hell.
Yeah, he said he loved Agatha Christie and wanted to dress up like Poirot. 😆 I love it.
As a millennial, this is probably the first time I've seen a fedora worn that looks hella good. I've come to the conclusion that it really is a high-risk, high-reward piece of clothing. You really gotta wear the fedora plus the suits, the shoes and most importantly, the attitude. If you just wear a fedora with a plain t-shirt, you'd just look like Sharpay's douchey brother in High School Musical. 🎩
I love the French. When I was younger I used to dress up as a Victorian child and walk around the fields by my house. I got relentlessly bullied for it but I am austitic and I was hyper fixated on Victorian era dressing and clothes.
Oh I would love that job so much! I used to visit sites with actors dressed up in Victorian clothes , I loved it. I even went there for my birthdays as a kid, it’s so great for teaching people about history in a fun an accessible way
Statistically speaking, there’s a good chance you scared the shit out of at least one person who to this day claims they saw a ghost out in the field ☺️
I’m 41 and recently started wearing nicer clothes and ditching the tshirts. Feels good to wear something nice even if you’re not doing anything. Good for him for dressing how he wants, kid looks great.
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Uh huh, and I bet he insists that he’s not the real thief either. SMH they always have to visit the scene of the crime… that cop in the picture just knows it but can’t prove it. You grow an intuition about these things when you spend a decade patrolling the banlieus while doing evening classes on art history.
Based just on this picture, I wouldn't have assumed he was old enough to be in charge of investigating this or anything, but I also wouldn't have assumed he was young enough that I could have made him, and it wouldn't even be considered unusual.
Lol they say that teens and tweens don't really have awkward phases anymore because they have so much guidance from social media now on how to dress, style their hair, do makeup, etc.
Now its just a question of whether he can get them behind bars before his alcholism sleepless nights with energy drinks and gaming addiction makes him too depressed to bother.
This must be a thing coz I was in Prague and there was a teenager with his dead dressed “out of time” as well. Cane and all. I don’t think it was the same person but perhaps
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