/fa/ - Fashion

>>13341496
Read sticky, wear basics and lurk till you develop your own style

>>13341496
You shut the fuck up, and you lurk. A lot. Read, watch, observe, learn.

>>13341539
What he said.

>>13341496
if you have to ask
now fuck off and lurk

>>13341496
>I have no sense of style
Gain some requisite for a personality and character life experience. Start by finding a hobby/activity you like doing and get good at it, it will concurrently develop your aesthetic and critical sensibilities. Continue with taking inspiration from whatever aesthetically pleases and appeals to you, consummate by finding clothing that contain those similar aesthetics fashion-wise that you would feel comfortable expressing yourself with daily. Congrats, you have a fashion-style

>>13341496
Just start seeking out art/clothes that you like, try and determine what it is about it you like, then search for more of that specific trait. You will begin to notice patterns in certain clothes that you like, often being referential to other clothing itself (fashion is cyclic in nature).
As far as "good" clothes, you either pay a premium for guaranteed quality + specific style. You seek advice via 4chan/friends/inspirations for recommendations on good quality/price options. Or you learn through trial and error / (a mixture of the above and other things)

>>13341629 sums it up. before you start trying to figure out your style, you need to have a personality to base it off of. invest in basics and keep an eye out for what you find aesthetically pleasing, but most of your time/money should go towards bettering yourself. clothes don't compensate for boring people

>>13341629
>>13341693
I wouldn't disagree that personality trumps style, but I can't quite follow this logic.
There are plenty of people who's wardrobe doesn't match their personality. Think an an engineer or tradesman, just because one wants to wear Gucci or what have you instead of some industry respected work wear doesn't invalidate them as an engineer or plumber.
People could also set out to disrupt your perception-- think about wealthy people who don't want to appear gaudy or flaunt wealth.

>>13341708
>There are plenty of people who's wardrobe doesn't match their personality.
I'm not talking about following wardrobe guidelines for whatever extraneous reasons, I'm talking about actively manifesting personality and character in a distinct fashion-style, i.e. optimally consummating oneself in fashion.

>People could also set out to disrupt your perception-- think about wealthy people who don't want to appear gaudy or flaunt wealth.
which would be reduceable to a motive stemming from one's personality

>>13341708
>>13341804
>There are plenty of people who's wardrobe doesn't match their personality.
And if you're just referring to shallow personalities - the more undetermined a person is in their way of life, the more dispersed and indistinct their wardrobe ends up being

>>13341708
Your profession isn't a 1-to-1 representation of your personality. People work in various fields for purely practical reasons like money and employability, not because it "speaks" to them.

Thrift and ebay. That will expose you to the broadest variety of styles rather than traditional retail stores/sites, which only stock the latest trends according to their personal vision.

>>13341804
Fair enough as a clarification. I am trying to put into words my thoughts for some of the following ideas as an example.
Wear thrasher because you like the design, not because you want to appear to be "in" the skater crowd.
Learn to skate because you enjoy the practice, not because it is a requirement to wear thrasher.
I only use "skate fashion" as an example as they seem to be pretty exclusionary for whatever reason.
>>13341838
This is a bit idealist to me.
As
>>13341839
points out clothing is also a means to an end. It is basically required to own specific clothes for you job in many fields. I don't think this necessary addition to your wardrobe invalidates your personality as shallow

>>13341496
find a person celebrity or whatever that you think looks cool, copy them and slowly begin to develop your own style

>>13341539

What he said.
Lose some weight as well tubby.

>>13341959
Yikes, is this picture like 10 years old?

>>13341708
Spoken like a real redditer

>Wear thrasher because you like the design, not because you want to appear to be "in" the skater crowd.
i.e. (assuming you're not a mimicking mirror-tool) take inspiration from the form of something that appeals to you and apply it your fashion-style

>Learn to skate because you enjoy the practice, not because it is a requirement to wear thrasher.
i.e. engage in an activity you like doing

so everything is in line with what I'm saying here

>clothing is also a means to an end. It is basically required to own specific clothes for you job in many fields. I don't think this necessary addition to your wardrobe invalidates your personality as shallow
Sure, and as I said here
>I'm not talking about following wardrobe guidelines for whatever extraneous reasons
in the second post I was referring exclusively to people with shallow personalities and their resulting wardrobes

>>13341865
>Wear thrasher because you like the design, not because you want to appear to be "in" the skater crowd.
i.e. (assuming you're not a mimicking mirror-tool) take inspiration from the form of something that appeals to you and apply it your fashion-style

>Learn to skate because you enjoy the practice, not because it is a requirement to wear thrasher.
i.e. engage in an activity you like doing

so everything is in line with what I'm saying here

>clothing is also a means to an end. It is basically required to own specific clothes for you job in many fields. I don't think this necessary addition to your wardrobe invalidates your personality as shallow
Sure, and as I said here
>I'm not talking about following wardrobe guidelines for whatever extraneous reasons
in the second post I was referring exclusively to people with shallow personalities and their resulting wardrobes

>>13342001
Whats your take on people who go against expectations of career image in their wardrobe?
A lot of designers don't flaunt their runway pieces in their casual dress. You could even say many of them dress very simply and would rather their products speak for themselves.
You see the same in people like Zuckerburg, its as to say your expectation of what a designer/professional should look like does not fit my world view.

On the other-hand there are people like Rick or Kanye who are inspired to make clothes by what they themselves want to wear.

One can argue that proven designers aren't under any real wardrobe guidelines.

I find the easiest thing is to buy a statement piece and then base a fit around it

how the fuck do i filter all tripfags with the default extension?

>>13342001
>Whats your take on people who go against expectations of career image in their wardrobe?
I consider the careers of such people to be extraneous to their actual passions or lack thereof, otherwise there would be no glaring inconsistencies.

>A lot of designers don't flaunt their runway pieces in their casual dress. You could even say many of them dress very simply and would rather their products speak for themselves.
Such designers in runway projects treat clothing moreso as an art in the crafting sense rather than an everyday language, which is how fashion is interpreted in society. Not to mention a lot of these designers willfully look for ways to radically transcend the language of fashion and consequently place themselves on the extreme, i.e. socially inappropriate side of the imaginative spectrum.

>On the other-hand there are people like Rick or Kanye who are inspired to make clothes by what they themselves want to wear.
They also happen to feel comfortable expressing their art via what they wear.

>One can argue that proven designers aren't under any real wardrobe guidelines.
Nor does their line of work obligate them to be. It's a matter of personal choice whether they decide to express themselves via their art everyday, which is something fashion as a language entertains on a global scale. Some find the socio-cultural-historical conditions they live under to not be capable of adequately comprehending and facilitating the expression of their art, others don't feel comfortable showcasing on a daily basis what they put so much work into. It would be like James Joyce or David Lynch employing the techniques and conventions of their works in every word they uttered or movement they made.

>>13342190
meant for
>>13342064

>>13342190
>Some find the socio-cultural-historical conditions they live under to not be capable of adequately comprehending and facilitating the expression of their art, others don't feel comfortable showcasing on a daily basis what they put so much work into. It would be like James Joyce or David Lynch employing the techniques and conventions of their works in every word they uttered or movement they made.
lol you're way over thinking this, lol, people just wear what they want......what they think looks good on them, or if they are more experienced at trying different things, they will still end up wearing what they think looks good.

>looks good
this is not synonomous with what fits your body. a "good fit" is simmply whatever the person wearing thinks is a good fit, it could fit their body really well, or it could not, that isnt the point of getting good at fashion

people are what they are, and if you have ever spent time around people who are actors or singers or writers, you know that, they are ALWAYS in the process.....they dont turn it off and on like a tap.....it might appear that way, to a casual observer, but inside, they are always doing what they do

a plumber is always plumbing, plumbing something metaphorically, an actor is always acting, it's what they do, and why they are so good at it.

in fact, even if they tried consciously to STOP acting, it would still just be an "act".

>>13342697
>lol you're way over thinking this, lol, people just wear what they want......what they think looks good on them, or if they are more experienced at trying different things, they will still end up wearing what they think looks good.
Cool, so you agree with me. Besides, the post you quoted was referring to people who self-consciously choose not to wear what they create. Rest of your post doesn't touch on the topic of discussion and conflates authenticity and natural ability with a family resemblance of conventions pertaining to artful expression.

>>13341496
>How the fuck do you guys know what to buy for yourselves and how to arrange it all?
have you peeked into a WAYWT thread lately?
do you really want that sort of advice from this board?

>>13342697
>>13343672
Also, this
>a plumber is always plumbing, plumbing something metaphorically,
is beyond retarded