Men's fashion dealbreakers

I've always hated bow ties and immediately distrust a man who wears one.

Shoes without socks. So disgusting.

Anyone who still wears those "trendy" thick black framed geek glasses. That look is SO tired and unoriginal.

Socks without shoes. More disgusting.

rolled up pant cuffs and rolled up short sleeve shirt with loafers and no socks. bleeeech.

Hi tops

Hawaiian or any garish patterned shirt

Hoodies on any man over 30 unless a pro-sportsman or travelling to or from a gym or sporting activity as a participant NOT a spectator

Acid-washed, distressed, tie-dyed or bleach splattered jeans

Black tie on black shirt

Cargo shorts

Utility leisure sandals

Flip flops

Espadrilles

What's with the current trend of really loud, "wacky" socks I see a lot of men wearing with suits or dress slacks? It's killing my black socked ankle boner.

I'm assigning OP and R1 to write a fanfiction gayporn script starring Irving R. Levine and Christoper Kimball.

Sweatpants outside of a gym, or sporting event. Nothing sadder than a man walking around in sweats in the middle of the day.

R9, but what if he's hot and he's not wearing underwear under the sweats?

"Normcore"

I hate bowties unless they're paired with a tuxedo!

Capris pants and tank tops also warrant a trip before a firing squad.

Suspenders

R8 - I don't know who those people are. You must be OLD.

Further to R13:

Clip-on suspenders, or suspenders worn with jeans or casual clothes.

With suits or formal wear they're fine - in fact, they're imperative to maintain the line of the design. Belts are so constricting and unattractive.

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Anything that screams of overstyling. Maybe I'm showing my age - but one or two cool pieces or accessories with regular good clothes is fine.

Not every damn thing - it's distracting and looks like you're trying too hard.

For example - beard, horn-rimmed glasses, plaid shirt buttoned to the top, suspenders, cool jeans rolled up, plus loud socks and cool shoes. And really coiffed hair.

Ugh.

I don't know, R10. I want to give a pass to the hot guy going commando, but then I'll have to give a pass to the fat guy with a gock.

Crocs. My boyfriend thinks I'm a snob for hating them, but I have limits.

Well what does a bowtie mean, politically?

[quote]Hoodies on any man over 30 unless a pro-sportsman or travelling to or from a gym or sporting activity as a participant NOT a spectator

This seems a little overrestrictive. I'm 51 and live in the Pacific NW and I wear hoodies all the time in the rainy season because they're good for dealing with sudden rain showers.

For heaven's sake: I have been coming here for 12 years. And it's always good for a laugh.

But I would NEVER in a million years take style advice from DL. For whatever reason, DLers absolutely hate fashion. They hate personal style. I imagine them all in their Dockers khakis, tasseled loafers, or pleated corduroys, assuring themselves of the virtues of understated good taste. Do YOU want to take style advice from these people?

Find your own look and stick with it. Look like the best possible version of you. But don't look to these sad bitches here for affirmation.

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I have no interest in fashion, thus I would never consider what a man wears a dealbreaker.

Pleated loincloth.

Thank you, R22.

Personal style is all. It doesn't mean you have to dress as an anarchist to feel like an individual, but it does mean what you wear is a reflection of how you see yourself in the world.

I wear bow ties all the time and always get compliments because they suit me and my personality. And I like to wear blazers, sometimes with suspenders, and…

Now that I think about it, what are these whingers on this thread wearing?

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This thread needs to merge with this thread:

I know, R22. If we listened to what we're NOT supposed to wear, we'd be naked.

T-shirt sleeves rolled up/too short, bowtie, GAME OVER!

pleated dockers. v neck sweaters. fedoras.

Crocs

Drop crotch pants

Ed Hardy

Thread Closed

So the theory goes, "Old men who wear bow ties are liberal, while young men who wear bow ties are conservative"...

A man who wears a bowtie had damn well better have a TARDIS to back it up.

Boat Shoes. Capeezios. Chinese Slippers. Slouch Socks. Leg Warmers. Sergio Valente. Benetton. Guess. Ton Sur Ton. Generra. Esprit. Old NAvy. Gap.

Do ANY of you realize that bow ties became stylish again a couple of years back? Do any of you follow the way stylish men, particularly (but not exclusively) younger men dress?

If this thread were about, say, movies, theatre, or food, you would be ripping each other to shreds for your ignorance. And rightly so.

Get your heads out of the basement. Or the mall food court. Or the Sears catalog. Or wherever your sense of style has been trapped for the past couple of decades.

R31 is correct.

I'll have some of what R22 is having; and I [italic]like[/italic] the look linked at R29 (with the exception of the belt).

Skinny jeans

Boardshorts

R37 - he looks ridiculous in R29. The black bow tie looks so stupid.

Crocs.

Hoodies with the hood up, especially when it's neither cold nor wet.

Brown shoes with a grey suit.

Crocs.

Droopy ass jeans. It just looks like a toddler took a dump in his diaper.

I have seen only one man look great in drop crotch pants, at Charles de Gaulle airport. He was probably a model or PA to a designer. Black, tall, slim, wearing the pants in a black jersey with ankle cuffs, I think they were T by Alexander Wang.

These were worn with black loafers, the soft nappa kind not the solid fall kind, and a dark tee, a linen unstructured blazer and he was carrying a large black bag, I think that was one of the Saint Laurent models by Hedi Slimane.

This guy looked incredible. And completely at ease and comfortable, which anyone with real style needs to convey.

ITA with R21.

I live in SF, and there a hoodie is a necessity for dealing with the fog.

What are we supposed to do, wear cardigans after age 30?

A well made hooded waterproof jacket is what a man over 30 should opt for if they live in a region whose climate requires one.

Hoodies look slovenly and shlubby on all but sportsmen and the young and attractive.

French outdoors brand Aigle has the goods. As does Barbour.

Clip on ties. I used to have to wear them at work as part of my uniform. For us, it was safety reasons (so they would pull off). However, I know that some people actually purchase these things. When the uniform changed, I was so glad.

But what if the bow tie spins and lights up? You'll be the life of any party!

Wear rolled up hems, bow ties, hoodies, flip flops - whatever the hell you want, at whatever the hell age you are.

Dudes in speedos or short shorts.

Gingham button-down shirts are played out.

Tattoos in any form. Especially sleeve tattoos.

Anything cockgobbler Aaron Schock wears when he's at cockgobbling leisure.

Wife-beaters.

R44 = Nigel from The Devil Wears Prada.

MARY!

[quote]Dudes in speedos or short shorts.

Erm, this totally depends on the dude, dood.

Clothes.

Short sleeved button up shirts, tucked into dress pants. Especially button-down collared ones. So nerdy. Just wear a long sleeved shirt and roll the sleeves up if your forearms get too damn hot.

Sleeveless or tank tops. Arm pits are to be shown at the gym or at the beach, only.

Pleated pants are a no-no, unless it's a suit, and even then, not so much.

But OP is WRONG about bow ties. They are much more stylish and interesting than a boring old conventional neck tie.

pleated pants.

Why would anyone under 69 wear pleated pants today? Who is buying that stuff?

R14 So you celebrate your ignorance?

R56) Straight, "big and tall" guys have it bought for them by their wives. I have seen it at many a staff function over the years. Where I live, it's a step up over the free John Deere ball caps, at least. Hey, I might be a lesbian, but even the hardcore amongst us wouldn't wear that shit. My male friend said to add cheap, generic underwear if it's worn on an obvious hook-up night.

HIPSTER WOOL CAPS. STOP IT!

On a hot day ...at the gym...while working out. We get it. You are such an individual ... ironically wearing wool while sweating at the gym...I promise not to forget how superior you think you are.

STOP

Should I really take fashion advice from a guy that doesn't even recognize that that's not a t-shirt, R29?

Are you bitches saying that I can no longer wear my pink capri pants, granted there are some wine stains and a few unidentified stains,that won't come out, however, I have been told by many ,that I look really cute when I wear them.

R61) Let me consult my copy of "The Preppy Handbook" to see what this year's rules are about pink and green, although Miss Manners may want to chime in about the stains.

A few guys do look decent in bow ties ... VERY few.

Grown men wearing backwards baseball caps.

Wearing half-socks or no-show socks with dress shoes.

Guys, can I still wear my culottes sometime, they look so cute on me.

WOW! Some of you are sooo picky. It really explains why you have no one in your life! "No sweats outside of a gym"? C'mon!!!

R22, has it spot on.

As for bow ties (I sport one every now and then) for me it says a lot about a man that properly knows how to knot one.

Madras print bermuda shorts, on any man over the age of 12. Don't wear kids' clothes, you look like a complete douche who was dressed by his Mommy.

Big, black, horned rimmed glasses. Copy cat douche, everyone's "done" this already.

Hoodies, unless you're a 17 y/o drug dealer.

Wool caps, worn anywhere at anytime, except outside, in the dead of winter. Otherwise, you're just a poser douche.

Anyone who wears a bowtie, is either a member of the Nation of Islam, or a douche. Or both. Extra douche-points if the bowtie is striped.

Not exactly "fashion", but nose/eyebrow/lip piercings, are simply disgusting. Wearing your self-loathing on your face, impresses no one.

The OP is too poor to go to a function where you have to wear a tuxedo.

Has nothing to do with fashion, but any male over the age of 12 who throws around the word dude or bro is a dealbreaker.

Yea, I'm looking at the douche at R48.

R65 Are you sure that's not a SKORT?

I hate men who wear dresses and call them kilts. It's a skirt.

R67, right on, except for the hoodies.

You guys know nothing about fashion.

Do-rags.

Pants hanging down off your ass, with underwear visible above the waist band.

That woolen cap/"beanie" look is so 2000s and before.

The grunge years are over.

Breasts hanging out.

Speedos or brief underwear

I live in Paris and there are so many male fashionistas here gay and straight it's nauseating. It almost makes me long for the days of cargo shorts and backward baseball caps.

Capri pants are a terrible look on men

Fauxhawks are awful, too

Bow ties are cool

Shorts with black socks.

Shorts with navy socks.

Shorts with dark grey socks.

Shorts with light grey socks.

Shorts with argyle socks.

Sandals with socks.

Underwear stuffed with socks.

[quote]Black tie on black shirt

I so agree with that one. Dreadful.

How about black tie on navy shirt?

Any clothes at all on Cody from Big Brother. Let it all hang out, baby!

I hate long hair on guys. It feminizes the face.

Gay, gay, gay even for Mary.

Espadrilles. I actually had to look them up. It's been 30 years since I heard that word.

goatees.

cargo shorts.

oakley sunglasses.

mandals.

Whats wrong with cargo shorts? with sneakers and a tee

Hotties look good regardless of what they wear. Only ugly people care about fashion.

I can't imagine fashion being a dealbreaker. You'd really have to be shallow if the guy was otherwise OK to have what he wore prevent you from seeing him.

I guess that's why I'd never live in LA.

R89, So true.

The “dud” in the board game “Mystery Date” was the best looking guy of them all.

r88, the 90's is calling and they'd like their fashions back.

Bad fashion, but who cares?

A wallet chain immediately marks you as a douchebag.

Harlequin hostess pants.

Bowler derbys

The Guy Fieri look. Ed Hardy shit is the male equivalent of Frauwear.

Mullets.

Spiky hair with too much product in it.

I hate bow ties too.

r89 is a fool. Models and actors are often very well dressed - it's not just "ugly people"

Ugly people probably care less, because they know no one will be looking at them anyway

Unless you're a deep sea diver or an airline pilot, the only message that gigantic flashy wristwatch is sending is that you're a prick, and not in a good way.

We assume it's a fake and so are you.

Well, at least it signifies that you probably don't have limp wrists, R101.

black dress socks when not in a suit or at work

I am a recent graduate of the Datalounge Charm School and Fashion Institute. I know I'm supposed to be calm, cool, and collected at all times, but PLEASE fellas...

NO MORE TOUPEES!

You know R104 I always thought Lucy looked wonderful in that dress!

Love this thread.

BUMP.

You would haaaaate me, R17

That may be a generational thing. The aging Boomers still worship at the altar of Not Trying Too Hard (which often translates in straight life into not trying at all, sadly).

The Millennials don't really understand this concept of Trying Too Hard.

Assuming that R107 is a Millenial, or dresses like one.

Prada loafers. Seriously, it 2015!!!!!!

Don't you mean Prada PURSES, R109?

What R22 said.

Y'all need to try to butch up a little!

Great thread. 100% agree with R22 & R35.

scarves

Briefs

speedos

I recently sat next to a straight senior VP who was wearing Prada loafers at a party. He looked awful in them despite looking like Alex Baldwin.

Alex Baldwin is the nelly brother who stays out of the spotlight, okay?

Fedoras (over it), plaid "dad" shorts (sloppy), soccer slides and flip-flops (gack! Who wants to see your crummy-looking feet -- and everyone knows you've never played a game of soccer in your LIFE!). Backward-facing ball caps. (Yeah, it doesn't make you look young; it makes you look retarded.)

Guys with evolution toe that wear sandals.

Manbuns.

Bow ties have been redeemed. Whats the problem?

mullet

shoes w/o socks

children's underwear

clam diggers

logos

What's an 'evolution toe'?

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Earrings

Caftans

This is NOT my Datalounge!

speefos, briefs, thongs, jockstraps when not playing sports

cerulean blue bump!

EARRINGS without CAFTANS

[quote]Madras print bermuda shorts

Madras is woven, not printed.

Flip Flops

Denim vests with no shirt under it and daisy dukes.

A "Make America Great Again" t-shirt

I win!

Sandals