Be "GQ"

[sonick182]

It seems everybody at my school thinks dressing GQ is simply dressing in a dress suit and pants...

The #1 thing i did when i started bein more stylish/fashionable is stopped wearing baggy shirts and wore baggy pants less. Though I am a tad on the skinny side, I still try to get shirts in S, XS that'll fit trimmer to my body. Even M's are too big. Now im not sayin all baggy is bad, usually pants can be baggier, esp khakis, cargos, etc. But jeans.

Go out, buy some magazines, check out the ads. You can find looks that are similar to the magazines if you look hard enough. Check out stores like WINNERS, TJMAXX, and the like.

Check out askmen.com, they have some nice fashion articles occasionally. and styleforum.net (thats for $$$ style, but they're friendly)

 

[Fred Da Head]

The suits thing, I think is a cop out... any guy can go to a shop, ask a tailor which suit hangs right, then wear it all the time... it's not your own image, it's just the conventional and conservative, you should express your own personality in your clothing... for me a suit doesn't let you do that

Maybe a suit doesn't fit YOU and YOUR personality. But what if I happen to look good and comfortable in a suit?

I'm more a preppy type, and I usually wear classy stuff (although I've been told I look classy even when I wear old t-shirts) so a suit is just a step higher for me.

Also, clothing has to fit your attitude. As I said, I'm a classy guy, and I try to act as "Bondish" as possible, so classy and even dressy looks good on me. If I was a punk, Polos and suits wouldn't look right on me, so obviously I wouldn't go with that.

It's all about finding YOUR style.

I think for most of you, GQ doesn't cut it, because it doesn't fit your attitude. That's cool, 'cause it'd get boring if everyone wore the same outfits.

 

[Jay26]

Okay, chicks love good shoes, it's just seems to be one of the things they notice, so have good shoes! only black!

Suits, hell yes, I wish i had more occasions to wear mine but definitely it turns heads, suits look sharp, best to get one tailor made cos lots of guys have pretty bad suits. All the same I live in a hot climate so not that much chance to wear them, I'd look overdressed if I wore my suits in lots of places.

At the end of the day though, what's more important is you overall body shape, if you're in shape anything looks good, I tend to lean towards slim fit tops and what not, since I don't go the gym just to look at the old men in the showers.

So yeah, course they notice how you dress, so dress stylish but don't go overboard so you look like a poser or anything.

 

[Chemistry]

Originally posted by Fred Da Head
Maybe a suit doesn't fit YOU and YOUR personality. But what if I happen to look good and comfortable in a suit?

I think for most of you, GQ doesn't cut it, because it doesn't fit your attitude. That's cool, 'cause it'd get boring if everyone wore the same outfits.

How did you manage to make the first comment based on what I said?

What I'm sayin' is that anybody with money to buy a suit can be the definition of stylish that's floatin' around here... I've always viewed style as an individual thing tho', and a suit just isn't that, it limits you, how can you disagree? It's basically pre-defined... yup, for formal occasions it's all good, but I simply don't agree at all with wearing the same suit I know half of these people are gonna wear to a job interview, to the club at night...

Bottom line is any fool can rock a suit and look 'good'... but you're no better than the next man who wears a suit, the only factor in who looks better will be who had the better tailor & more money to spend, as well as looks...

And the post by CGE333 about his friend who would be going out and not gettin' laid... so after a while he'd break his suit out and wear it to the club... either he had no idea how to dress, or he just didn't look good, and the suit ended up conveyin' to the girl that he had some money, or at least authority... deception at it's greatest

Ask the question tho about what it is about the suit that gets you these improved results... why weren't you gettin' girls before? I mean look at all the guys in the club who are successful without wearing their suit to the club... and there's you, only successful when you're wearin your suit... say it's a confidence thing, but why can you only be confident when you're in the suit?

Oh, and I've done GQ... I still do it, but I vary my **** up greatly, to the extent that I'm 4 wardrobes deep with clothes as well as a number of cupboards and drawers... like I said before, I'll rock Roc-A-Wear and looser clothing when it's hotter or I just wanna relax and I'll be successful with day pickups in town, I even had some velour suit on last night and had 4 girls approach me to try and dance whilst a bunch of guys in their suits stood at the edge of the dancefloor allllllllllllll night long, with one or two havin' one approach

 

[es_mer8]

I wear clothes like Rocawear and P. Miller and I get the ladies all the time. The point is, wear what you like as long as its clean and looks new. Trust me, I've tried the A & F/AE/Gap look and it just made me look faceless amongst the seemingly hordes of people wearing the exact same clothing style. Its a good attention getter if you're white. Most guys think you're a wigger or they go and say "you're white." I scoff at them by saying "Damn I didn't know. Thanks for telling me." The girls love it.

Although I wouldn't mind owning a few white suits (white as in the color of the fabric, not the race) to make me look slick.

 

[Mr. Latte]

VERY few people can pull off a white suit. Hell, I can pull off leather pants, and there's no way I could look good in a white suit. That being said, there's a world of difference between FUBU and Prada. Nobody's impressed by Rocawear. Go out, spend money, and buy a real suit, and you'll be beating the ladies off with a stick It'll cost you a MINIMUM of a thousand dollars, but it's well worth it. Like it or not, you're judged by what you wear. Or try www.bluefly.com, you can buy Armani, Hugo Boss, D&G, Gucci, etc, all for WELL under retail.

 

[es_mer8]

My dream suit would be white suit, white silk tie, a blue shirt underneath, white pants, a nice panama hat, and Gator shoes. Of course this costs me at least $1500 and before I go to college, I'll make maybe $1500 at most. I may spend $500 on a few nice shirts, a couple nice pair of slacks, and some nice shoes. However I like my wigger getups and I feel that if I wear that and my step above A&F/AE/Gap ****, people will think I'm a poser. Any thoughts?

 

[oreo_renegade]

ohhh yeah?

Okay, well thats all nice and junk, but if your like me, and are straped for cash, dont feel like dishing out $400 for some suit, then I have a suggestion for you.


Yes, now your poor ass can TOO look like the stylish hip cat you really are.


With some materials already contained within your home, I will lead you through step by step on how to make the most fashionable outfit ever.


Forget spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on clothes from big time tailors, follow my advice and use that twenty to make yourself the badass attaire you deserve.


Materials:
1. Safety Pin, If you do not have a safety pin, go to some local charity, like the salvation army and ask for a button pin. A man who sports button pins is very sexy.

2. Flip Flops.

1. Long Stick, I just went to my backyard and found a good long stick around some woods, you can also use a broom handle.

1. Large Square piece of fabric. If you do not have a square piece of fabric, find some fashionable bedsheets. If your residence does not contain bedsheets, or if you have no residence, please consult your local K-Mart for some plain white bedsheets.


Steps:

1. Spread fabric square out, use floor, try to pick a clean spot, avoid kitchens and dirt/mud.

2. Fold fabric diagonally, making a triangle.

3. Now, pick the fabric up, and drape over naked body, with the triangle edge over your shoulder.
4. Let go of one edge, and let the triangle unfold halfway downwards. This creates a stylish "mistery" affect. (Mysterious because it covers up your genital area, and a great DJ always wants the chick wondering whats behind his cloth sheet )

5. Attach the remaining piece of the triangle over you shoulder to the other 2 corners of the bedsheet with the safety pin.

You should now have a stylish robe, complete with its own safety pin or stylish sexy button pin.

6. Wear slippers, also make sure your feet and nails are halfway clean.

7. Sharpen one side of the stick, be careful not to poke yourself. Make the stick rather sharp, chicks love a badass punk who can stick a mofo in the gut. You want to go for the badboy stylish guy look dont you?

**OPTIONAL** If you are near a fire(consult your local hobo/bum for the nearest garbage fire pit), then stick the sharpened edge of the stick into the fire momentarily.

This gives a mean "black" color.

Now, take the stick, and draw all sorts of hip gangster signs on your fabric cloth.

Let all the chicks know your sporting only the highest brands.
(I drew a couple of Nike checks on my robe, and then I also tried to spell Abercrombie, but I misspelled that, also I wanted to enhance by bad boyness and wrote "westside" on the back).


Now you have the most badass, hippest, stylest clothes any one could dream of, and it didnt cost you the years worth from the March of Dimes jar.

 

[es_mer8]

LOL...thanks for the suggestion.

I checked out bluefly.com and found an outfit (shirt, pants, belt, and shoes) but the total comes to $350 w/o shipping whereas my check might be only $300 at most. Damn, I hate being poor. I'm going to start working more to get my clothes so I can get about 3-4 outfits like that for college.

 

[Crotch Sniffer]

BOOOOOOOO!!! HISSSSSSS!!!!

Wrong wrong wrong wrong!!

The best PUAs I ever met didnt give 2 sh-ts about their clothes. It was part of their charm! Just make sure you smell nice and are well-groomed. Save the hard-earned cash for something you can invest in! Being GQ will just attract superficial hoes and gold-diggers. Why portray a rich image when you know most of you are living in your Mom´s basement?

PS - LOL that sh-t was funny oreo!

 

[Reto]

I agree with crotch sniffer.

If you are well groomed, you'll look good in rags. Just make sure they are clean rags...

Wearing a suit to a club is just being fake. What? You want people to think you're a Lawyer? Wear the current styles or what's appropriate for god sake...You wouldn't wear a clown suit to a funeral would you?

 

[tx_xp]

Originally posted by Reto
I agree with crotch sniffer.

If you are well groomed, you'll look good in rags. Just make sure they are clean rags...

Wearing a suit to a club is just being fake. What? You want people to think you're a Lawyer? Wear the current styles or what's appropriate for god sake...You wouldn't wear a clown suit to a funeral would you?

I agree with this, I wouldn't wear a suit to a club. I would wear it to a live performance or a wedding for example.

 

[Mr. Latte]

What kind of clubs do YOU go to? Most clubs that I know of won't even let you in the door in the outfits that you guys have been describing. Nightclubs are in the business of making money. The reason that they have bouncers is to keep everyone in order, and make sure that people with money to spend get in. Here on Miami Beach, bouncers are trained to look at one thing...your shoes. If you have expensive shoes, you're in. People will spend decent money on their clothes, and then wear $50 shoes with it. But if you're wearing $400 Prada shoes, you have the money to drop @ a club. You wouldn't see anything but the back of the line all night if you showed up in Rocawear.

 

[tx_xp]

Nice The shoes I wear are $20 (got em on sale). They are normally around $60 I think. Got news for you, club doesn't let me in with the shoes I have on, scew em I don't need that club. But I seriously doubt I couldn't get in with ease.

 

[Crotch Sniffer]

Originally posted by Mr. Latte
Here on Miami Beach, bouncers are trained to look at one thing...your shoes. If you have expensive shoes, you're in. People will spend decent money on their clothes, and then wear $50 shoes with it. But if you're wearing $400 Prada shoes, you have the money to drop @ a club. You wouldn't see anything but the back of the line all night if you showed up in Rocawear.

HAHAHA!!! That is utter bullshiot dude. I go to the Winter Music Conference every year and hit up all the clubs on Washington and not only do I get in dressed like a bum with sneakers, but I get in WITH my friends for free! I just roll up with a small stack of promotional nightlife magazines saying how I am reviewing the club for X Magazine. They always look at me skeptically like I am a punk, but after 5-10 minutes of professional chitchat and talking to the supervisor/manager, they almost always come around. Its all how you handle yourself. I learned this technique from my boy Joe, who actually worked at a club magazine and would pull this routine every time with 100% success rate. I cant claim such success but 9 times out of 10 I am in like Flynn. You know the funny part? These clubs with their Prada DKNY attitudes are BORING as fvck! Buncha snobs who dont know how to have a good time. Give me a low-key underground house party ANY day!

But hey if you want to blow $400 on kicks, be my guest. Some poor suckers got to make Prada rich, right?

 

[sonick182]

Speaking of style

omg, i found these awesome old-school asics shoes at the SportChek i work at... Only they didnt have my size! And we;ve only had them for like a week! Anyways i tried on 1.5 sizes larger than what i wore.. oh man, they look sooooooo nice.. i want them sooo bad.. and i get 50% off... damnit!

Anyways, just wanted to vent that