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She tried not to show it, but the hesitation was there, and everyone in the room could tell she was having reservations as the words sputtered out of her mouth.
But I knew what she was thinking.
“Getting roasted by a girl in a kitchen full of this guy’s friends is going to be embarrassing for him. Maybe I should hold off.”
But I encouraged her, merely saying “No, no. Go on. I’d like to hear to what you think of this outfit.”
“You look…well, you just look different. It’s not an outfit you’re going to see anywhere tonight.”
I had a classic navy blue blazer on, paired with a scoop t-shirt and Levi 501 jeans in a shade of blue that could best be described as “90s cool.” My hair is a little shaggy at the moment and I am fully aware that I look like an asshole. Wearing socks with Birkenstocks isn’t normal and I know this. I’m aware of how ridiculous some of my outfits are. Nobody in their mid-20s is wearing a navy blue blazer out on a Friday night unless they’re going to a rehearsal dinner. And that’s precisely why I did it.
Like any other generation, we have a uniformed style of dress that doesn’t really differ all that much when you’re looking at a guy in his twenties with a college degree. Anything outside of the status quo at a bar or club gets you a side eye and an unoriginal comment from some bro with three of his friends who hates the outfit simply because it’s different.
People dislike things for a variety of reasons. But I’d wager that a large percentage of people who were used in some bullshit survey would say that for the most part, they hate things because they’re threatened by them. Change, or anything deviating away from the mean is terrifying.
Socks n’ Stocks?
Why do you think I do that? Yes, it’s extremely comfortable to walk on what can only be described as plush couches for the foot. But more to the point, it’s a conversation starter. I’m automatically more interesting than the other fifty assholes wearing the Sperry’s that don’t come with laces in them. When that girl hesitated ever so slightly before telling me how she really felt, I knew I had the right outfit on.
You walk into a bar on a Friday and Saturday night and you will essentially see the same outfit on every male there. It’s a button down shirt, untucked and adorned with a polo player and his horse on the left breast. It’s khaki pants or blue jeans, and it’s a haircut cropped on the sides and left a little bit longer on top to allow for the Overconfident Male to slick it to the side. Think of every character’s hair in Peaky Blinders. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that outfit (although that haircut is atrocious). I like the look of a button down from time to time, and I’d be lying to you if I said that there were some nights where I’ll wear something similar.
But you have to look at yourself as a product on the market. The issue with this outfit and others of the same ilk is this: you’re oversaturated. Consumers, and for the purposes of this article, women, see their ex-boyfriend in you.
They see the creep from that hotel bar last summer that got a little too handsy after buying her a drink. They see their dad or their little brother who just got to college. In short, your outfit that you think is working because of its uniformity is actually hurting you.
Look at yourself next weekend before you call your Uber to that pregame you don’t really want to go to and ask yourself one question; is someone going to make a comment regarding this outfit?
If the answer is yes, then you’re doing something right.
Switch it up with the wardrobe and you’ll see returns. I know you think you look like Zac Efron in Neighbors, but I can assure you, you don’t. Or don’t take this advice and continue to stand in a corner of the bar with your phone in hand pretending to text someone. .
Image via Dave’s Instagram That He’s Making Me Cite Right Now
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jduda@grandex.co
Awful take, Dave and that other guy look fucking fitted.
However, your peaky blinders take is right on point. Haircut is the douche code of conduct. Regester take notice.
Ok then, Duda. Ok.
This wasn’t a shot at you, Dave.
If you’re gonna take a swing at least commit to it, man.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
Employed and Depressed comes for Duda’s neck like Duda goes at LaCroix
Advice coming from a guy that has such a shitty room it makes girls immediately call Uber? That’s like hiring Rosie O’Donnell as a personal trainer. No thanks.
Also, a girl walking out of your bathroom the next morning in your button down is hot. Don’t think the same could be said about her slipping on your Birks the next morning…
You don’t want them walking out of your bathroom in your button down in the morning.. you want them to go home… and not steal anything…
Username definitely checks out
From a girl, this is just…no. Nothing makes a dude look better than a button down and jeans.
If it’s during colder out I would have to say a great sweater beats a button down every time. I’m a sucker for a guy knows how to pick out and wear a great sweater.
My cardigan collection is getting close to rivaling that of Mr. Rogers himself.
sup?
Great sweater with a button down under it gets the best of both.
This is true. I remember every guy I’ve met who truly knows how to dress well and I’d say 80% of them were wearing a sweater.
Sup?
I agree, a fitted button down with the sleeves partially rolled up is always a great look
The man’ll wear stocks ‘n’ socks but not a condom
Respect
One in the same
Hawaiian shirt is my go to no matter what the time of year. Definitely a conversation starter
my friend met her husband because he was wearing a bright yellow shirt and bright red suspenders. both of us were like WTF IS THIS HOMIE WEARING.
Lol Stewie from family guy.
*aloha shirt. But agreed. And if that shit ain’t vintage, gtfo
Took a girl home in my younger days because my shirt had the same floral print as her romper.
You should use the same move on Claire.
Charcoal Slim fit blazer with a collar-less mid button up, streetwear-ish black jeans, grey suede Clark’s chukkas, slicked back yet messy-ish hair that’s not wicked shiny and weird looking yet has some lettuce flow curling out the back, unshaven but not full beard status, friendly disposition, holding cardboard sign that says “will have sexual intercourse with your bored/lonely housewife while you’re away at work for food and lemonade”
Duda is quickly becoming the most insufferable person on this site.
He has been for a long time
quickly becoming?
“Don’t call what you’re wearing an outfit, don’t ever say your car is broke
Don’t worry about losing your accent, a southern man tells better jokes” – Isbell
Duda, I think you’re onto something here but go too far with it. Have something different enough to notice, maybe a shirt with a different pattern than every other dude with the blue or blue and red button down, but not so different that you’re wearing birkenstocks
Agreed… Keeping with the stats analogy, you can step away from the mean without being an outlier. I like to stay within at most two standard deviations.