Friday WAYWRN Challenge: MC Does SW&D - YOUR WINNER ANNOUNCED

[BillyMaysHere!]

^And I'll accept deep discount offers for TF blazers or suits (size 36 here) in exchange for 80 sock accounts, all believable and all ready to accept some Spoo.

 

[SpooPoker]

Originally Posted by BillyMaysHere!

all ready to accept some Spoo.

 

[Threadbearer]

Originally Posted by EZETHATSME

Most of us accept bribes. I wear a 38 jacket, 30 waist, size 9 shoes...
There you have it, folks. Best argument so far in support of allowing multiple votes.

 

[niidawg3]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

you were basking in the bukake till it got wierd ... lol.

 

[SpooPoker]

I dont know if it was bukakke, but...erm.... yep.

 

[BB1]

Interesting how many MCer's choose to dismiss SW&D approved styles as being entirely age inappropriate for themselves. The premise being that once you reach a certain age and have certain responsibilities, then it is only proper for you to wear bland/boring (i.e. non-edgy) clothing for your casual wear just like all the other guys your age do. And on the SW&D forum this attitude is displayed in a nearly inverted manner. There is very little acceptance there for anything that even remotely mimics the casual clothing commonly worn by the middle aged man. Anyway, I have compiled a summary of the comments in this thread which display this common ageism attitude....

Originally Posted by Metlin

Hahaha. Well, I guess when it comes down to it, I will take comfort over aesthetics, always. And aesthetics over looking like a highschool emo kid.

Originally Posted by luftvier

[oldman]Buy your damn pants in the right length, hippie/hipster.[/oldman]

Originally Posted by AJL

Q: How many of these looks would allow the wearer to go virtually unnoticed at an indie rock club, to "blend in", as it were? Just sayin'...

Originally Posted by F. Corbera

Also, nearly everything posted in SW&D is truly terrible, unless the dude is a teenager or in their twenties, living in a fashion capital, working in a artistic or media profession, or ideally all three.

Originally Posted by F. Corbera

The most common weakness with this contest was interpreting "MC Does SW&D" as a costume-y mimicing of obviously loud SW&D forms rather than dressing normally as one might in a way intersecting with what the kidz wear. The SW part is not going to happen; the D part might. In the reverse contest, I expect nothing except really terrible things. This is because doing tailored clothes right appears hard for grown men in the first place, let alone children who still live with their parents or in dorm rooms.

Originally Posted by niidawg3

I know you know they dont like being called kids ... or being told they live with their parents/in dorm rooms?

Originally Posted by F. Corbera

There is nothing wrong being a kid or living in a dorm room, and dressing accordingly. There might be something awry with being a man with responsibilities, including being responsible for the welfare of others, and dressing like you have moobs that you want show off.
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[F. Corbera]

Originally Posted by BB1

Interesting how many MCer's choose to dismiss SW&D approved styles as being entirely age inappropriate for themselves. The premise being that once you reach a certain age and have certain responsibilities, then it is only proper for you to wear bland/boring (i.e. non-edgy) clothing for your casual wear just like all the other guys your age do.

This analysis would make sense if diapers were "edgy."

I guess they are when worn by adults. Or maybe not.

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by F. Corbera

This analysis would make sense if diapers were "edgy."

I guess they are when worn by adults. Or maybe not.

Actually, the analysis holds trued regardless. Basically, and I agree with him, BB1 is saying that rocking the boat is generally applauded in SW&D, and frowned on in MC.

 

[Reevolving]

Great tie by Holdfast, but, somehow, the outfit comes off as "1870s accountant" b/c of the vest/pocketwatch. Bob Cratchit, anyone?

aeglus comes off as very natural. This is a nice low-key date outfit.

Very interesting shoes by D Yizz. I really like these. More edgy than stodgy brogues. Details?

JPQ. Wow, an even better casual date outfit. A woman would say he's well dressed, yet would be unable to say why. There's nothing overtly remarkable to identify. (I mean that in a good way)

LOL @ niidawg3's jumping Surprised Baron got so many votes. Outfit seems generic and forgettable. Any comments on NYR's shoulders? Someotherstyle: Cool boots

 

[F. Corbera]

Originally Posted by LA Guy

Actually, the analysis holds trued regardless. Basically, and I agree with him, BB1 is saying that rocking the boat is generally applauded in SW&D, and frowned on in MC.

You're a thoughtful and reasonable person, so I'm prepared to suspend my conclusion that SW&D has become more and more a straight-jacket of niche conformity. I will look again tomorrow.

Instead, what I will say about the MC WAYWRN thread is that it has become a writhing mess of non-conformity. Most days, it's like Salvation Army and Filene's Basement exploded onto an online thread.

In either case, there are the few that can always harvest a good look from the chaos.

 

[SpooPoker]

Originally Posted by F. Corbera

it has become a writhing mess of non-conformity.

Conforming to whose standards exactly? I ask this seriously.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

Conforming to whose standards exactly? I ask this seriously.

I am not Senor Corbera, but here's my suspicion: In basking in the freedom to wear whatever they like, MC posters can become more focused on individual items than on the ensemble as a whole. Outfits appear to have been assembled because the individual items are cool, or unusual, or expensive, rather than because those items relate to each other in a pleasing or logical way.

I am guilty of this myself.

Ultimately, even the craziest outfits need to look cohesive.

 

[SpooPoker]

I can understand that, and have done that myself... but thats just a generalization of some posters there. But Vo...er, Corbera said non-conformity, and I was just curious to whom we were not conforming too.

Im not stirring ****, Im really genuinely curious.

 

[niidawg3]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

Im not stirring ****, Im really genuinely curious.

 

[SpooPoker]

Nii.....