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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on August 23, 2004, 09:03:00 am
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Isn't this a fashion faux-pas? Does anybody think this looks good?
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(looking down to see what I'm wearing today...)
uh-oh.
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I'd say they do it because they're idiots...but that's just my guess.
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Better yet, why do dudes and dudettes flip up the collar of their polo shirts? What is this, 1985? Seriously, everybody in Bethesda and Chevy Chase is sporting that shit lately, and I have to look at it on my ride home. Bogus.
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
Better yet, why do dudes and dudettes flip up the collar of their polo shirts? What is this, 1985? Seriously, everybody in Bethesda and Chevy Chase is sporting that shit lately, and I have to look at it on my ride home. Bogus.
maybe his fault
<img src="http://www.4thandb.com/bandphotos/kanye.jpg" alt=" - " />
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technically, you should not wear a crew neck tshirt unless you are buttoning the top button of any shirt. personally, i don't care, but i do not wear undershirts with polo shirts.
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
Better yet, why do dudes and dudettes flip up the collar of their polo shirts? What is this, 1985? Seriously, everybody in Bethesda and Chevy Chase is sporting that shit lately, and I have to look at it on my ride home. Bogus.
I know - silly. Rhett are you talking about t-shirts under a polo shirt? Nothing wrong w/ that. What is up today? Hair & shirt, analysis...
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Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Flava:
Originally posted by nkotbie:
Better yet, why do dudes and dudettes flip up the collar of their polo shirts? What is this, 1985? Seriously, everybody in Bethesda and Chevy Chase is sporting that shit lately, and I have to look at it on my ride home. Bogus.
I know - silly. Rhett are you talking about t-shirts under a polo shirt? Nothing wrong w/ that. What is up today? Hair & shirt, analysis... [/b]
Only small boys and old men should be wearing vests...call them t-shirts if it makes you feel better, but they're vests, plain and simple.
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i don't care if they wear a crewneck. anything that covers up ambient chest hair sounds like a good idea to me.
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I'm twinky as hell.
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Why do dudes wear crew neck t-shirts under polo shirts?
hairy backs (http://www.hairyback.com/)
I apologize if I ruined any lunches.
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
i don't care if they wear a crewneck. anything that covers up ambient chest hair sounds like a good idea to me.
I took your for an earthy and natural kind of gal...what's wrong with chest hair?
I do like your choice of words in your description of "ambient" chest hair.)
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Originally posted by grotty:
[QB] Why do dudes wear crew neck t-shirts under polo shirts?
Maybe it's because they have titties and polo shirts are real clingy, so they decide to wear an undershirt, and the only one clean is a crew-neck. Or maybe they just don't give a shit about fashion.
As for the collar being up, it's for the "hosses," bro. It's the preppy version of a tattoo, I suppose. It makes them feel sloppy and rebellious. You gotta feel cool while you're singing along to Dave Matthews.
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Originally posted by dotdot:
Or maybe they just don't give a shit about fashion.
dingdingding
As for the collar being up...
I blame VH1's "I Love The 80's" for this.
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
Better yet, why do dudes and dudettes flip up the collar of their polo shirts? What is this, 1985? Seriously, everybody in Bethesda and Chevy Chase is sporting that shit lately, and I have to look at it on my ride home. Bogus.
believe me, I know...I had to go to parties with these people for the last four years.
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i don't know, but i'm disturbed about the trend i've been seeing in georgetown with the kids wearing two polo shirts, each with the collar flipped up.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Isn't this a fashion faux-pas? Does anybody think this looks good?
It's fashionable if one measures by clothes ads. Models have been pictured wearing layered shirts for years. It's all about getting you to buy more shirts than you need.
Marketing is all about making you "need" something that you don't. Ergo, cell phones.
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Yes, I grasp the layered clothing look. But I was specifically talking about the dudes that wear WHITE (forgot to mention that before) crew neck t-shirts underneath their polo shirt, leaving the polo shirt unbuttoned to show off the shiny undershirt.
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Isn't this a fashion faux-pas? Does anybody think this looks good?
It's fashionable if one measures by clothes ads. Models have been pictured wearing layered shirts for years. It's all about getting you to buy more shirts than you need.
Marketing is all about making you "need" something that you don't. Ergo, cell phones. [/b]
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Yes, I grasp the layered clothing look. But I was specifically talking about the dudes that wear WHITE (forgot to mention that before) crew neck t-shirts underneath their polo shirt, leaving the polo shirt unbuttoned to show off the shiny undershirt.
shiny? since when is a white undershirt shiny
who the fuck cares? glad to know I am not fashionable in Rhett's eyes
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Mine are shiny when i first take them out of the package. Hanes is usually my brand of choice.
i wear them because they prevent stainage under my dress shirt. though my polos don't seem to retain stainage, so i don't wear them under polos.
i used to wear just the t-shirt with Levis, ala James Dean, until I got too fat to pull off that look.
But i prefer v-neck style, it shows off my manly chest hair...
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You mean, like this: <img src="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/images/us/local/products/productsall/p114588b.jpg" alt=" - " />
'Cos urban outfitters thinks it is cool?
I really hate polo shirts, adorned by other t's, collar up or collar down there is always something suspiciously camp about them.
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Originally posted by pollard:
glad to know I am not fashionable in Rhett's eyes [/b]
Why?
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With what are you staining yourself?
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
i wear them because they prevent stainage under my dress shirt. though my polos don't seem to retain stainage, so i don't wear them under polos.
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i'm with markie on this one... i've never understood the white tshirt under a polo look and now the colored t-shirt looked is carrying it way to far...
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i don't know, but i'm disturbed about the trend i've been seeing in georgetown with the kids wearing two polo shirts, each with the collar flipped up.
Ambercrombie and Fitch.
Required dress to work there I might add.
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All this collar up/collar down discussion reminds me of my wife and her sister....my sister in law has a three year old son, who she dresses with all the brand names. Anyway, she always puts the collars up on his little polo's, which I think is silly (on anyone) but it bugs my wife to no end, so she would put his little collar down, then her sister would notice and put it back up, then she'd leave the room and my wife would put it back down again. This goes on for the whole day and the little tyke thinks it's the funniest game.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
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Ambercrombie and Fitch.
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That place is classic. Unless you have the body of an asian (male or female) nothing fits.
And all those good looking employees???? Ever tried to get help from them? Talk about lights on but nobody's home!!!!!! :eek:
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
With what are you staining yourself?
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Remember Monica's dress????
Okay, three responses in a row, I'll back off now.
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well i think the fact i had to look up what exactly crew neck means, shows that I don't care much about fashion
the polo shirt over a white undershirt is not about a look for me, it is just what I wear
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
That place is classic. Unless you have the body of an asian (male or female) nothing fits.
they do 36 inch waist jeans..... If you cannot get into them, you are clearly not of the right image to wear them. It makes perfect sense.
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So, would you call that the pollard look?
Originally posted by pollard:
the polo shirt over a white undershirt is not about a look for me, it is just what I wear
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Originally posted by econo:
So, would you call that the pollard look?
shhhh, as soon as you name a trend, its not cool anymore
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No this is the pollarded look:
<img src="http://www.denarend.com/denarendcom_images/works/environmental/iron_pollard/01.jpg" alt=" - " />
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I go Pollard all the time. Keeps the pit stains away during the summer.
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Hell yeh. Now when I see a fellow dude rockin' the Pollard look, I'll give him a thumbs up.
Originally posted by nkotbie:
I go Pollard all the time. Keeps the pit stains away during the summer.
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
No this is the pollarded look:
Pollarding is useful and, to some, pretty (http://www.homeandgarden.canoe.ca/HGGardening0201/14_pollarding-ap.html)
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
I go Pollard all the time. Keeps the pit stains away during the summer.
but this is so effective.....
<img src="http://www.manekineko.us/catalog/images/product/Mitchum_Super_Sport_enlarge.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Regarding collars, I found this pretty amusing:
http://www.georgetownheckler.com/collar.html (http://www.georgetownheckler.com/collar.html)
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by Bollocks:
That place is classic. Unless you have the body of an asian (male or female) nothing fits.
they do 36 inch waist jeans..... If you cannot get into them, you are clearly not of the right image to wear them. It makes perfect sense. [/b]
Actually, 36" are a little big on me, 34"s still a little snug, and I've never seen anything larger than a 34 in there, not that I go in often.
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by nkotbie:
I go Pollard all the time. Keeps the pit stains away during the summer.
but this is so effective.....
<img src="http://www.manekineko.us/catalog/images/product/Mitchum_Super_Sport_enlarge.jpg" alt=" - " /> [/b]
I was confused about this "staining" thing, having never had sweat stains myself...then markie cleared it all up for me (pun intended) because that's my brand of smellies!
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
because that's my brand of smellies! [/b]
Is it me getting sweatier,, or does it become less effective if you use it all the time?
Why would you want A&F clothing?
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Actually, truth be told, this was a past problem of my youth that resulted in my addiction to undershirts. Now, I put them on under almost anything except t-shirts, and mostly because I'm super fickle about my shirts feeling itchy or uncomfortable, and because it's just second nature now.
I can't say I've ever consciously chosen to coordinate my undershirt with my outfit, although t-shirts sometimes fill in the role when I'm too lazy to do laundry.
Oh, and Mitchum didn't help one bit with my problem. I guess I just had to grow out of being so hot-blooded.
Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by nkotbie:
I go Pollard all the time. Keeps the pit stains away during the summer.
but this is so effective.....
<img src="http://www.manekineko.us/catalog/images/product/Mitchum_Super_Sport_enlarge.jpg" alt=" - " /> [/b]
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by Bollocks:
That place is classic. Unless you have the body of an asian (male or female) nothing fits.
they do 36 inch waist jeans..... If you cannot get into them, you are clearly not of the right image to wear them. It makes perfect sense. [/b]
In other words, Markie has the body of an Asian (male or female)
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Forchristssakes, some people just always wear an undershirt! Get over it!
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
I go Pollard all the time. Keeps the pit stains away during the summer.
Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't forget the big wet spots on the back after walking a couple of blocks.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by nkotbie:
I go Pollard all the time. Keeps the pit stains away during the summer.
Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't forget the big wet spots on the back after walking a couple of blocks. [/b]
Don't forget the ones under the man-tits.
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Originally posted by dotdot:
Forchristssakes, some people just always wear an undershirt! Get over it!
vneck is proper with a polo, however
can't believe i agree with rhett
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V-neck t-shirts are only slightly less trailer park than wifebeaters.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by dotdot:
Forchristssakes, some people just always wear an undershirt! Get over it!
vneck is proper with a polo, however
can't believe i agree with rhett [/b]
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i only know this because a friend of mine got yelled at for wearing a crewneck undershirt with a polo at the superconservative company i worked for back home
i wear sneakers with my jeans and enon tshirts to work, so i really don't care
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
That place is classic. Unless you have the body of an asian (male or female) nothing fits.
And all those good looking employees???? Ever tried to get help from them? Talk about lights on but nobody's home!!!!!! :eek:
I always go there. Love that place. Been there easily 200 times. Have never bought a single thing, though I fit them all with my girlish figure.
My bosses daughter works there and gave me the low down on all the rules - simply ridiculous. The cute ones are out front welcoming customers, the "less cute" ones do the clothes folding, restocking and ringing up of customers. No black flip flops. All clothes must be from A&F. The tighter the better. It's a group hiring process, similar to a line-up. Classic exploitation at its finest in this PC world.
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Some people wear the t-shirts under the polos just for an extra layer of warmth. I know that's hard to remember now at this time of year, unless you work on my unit which is freezing! I wear camisoles under mine but they never show.
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I think that pretty much sums it up. Look out for patrons wearing those at the Black Cat sometime next year.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
V-neck t-shirts are only slightly less trailer park than wifebeaters.
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i like v neck t-shirts...............you are all crazy
i do really hate polo shirts with the collars up though............that "style" is always favored by twats
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i've pretty much always worn an undershirt, unless i'm wearing a t-shirt. however, i hate v-neck's. . all types of them- t-shirts, sweaters, whatever. ugh.
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V-neck sweaters are good with button down shirts.
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
however, i hate v-neck's. . all types of them- t-shirts, sweaters, whatever. ugh.
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Because they show cleavage.
Originally posted by poorlulu:
i like v neck t-shirts...............you are all crazy
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<img src="http://bare.speedera.net/www.barenecessities.com/csi_assets/products/large/T20007Nau.jpg" alt=" - " />
again i say you all are crazy.....................
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How about V-Neck sweaters with crew neck t-shirts?
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While we're on the topic of fashion, when did it become acceptable for women to wear sleeveless shirts in the workplace? This is not professional.
Not that I'm complaining. So many beautiful armpits...a guy can't help but occasionally look, right?...
But then again, I have beautiful armpits, and I manage to wear shirts with sleeves on them to work.
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I'm sure my style, or lack there of, breaks every rule mentioned on this thread. Like NKOTBIE, I detest the V-neck, no matter what kind of shirt. But I always wear a T-shirt under polo's, under sweaters, under button-downs, under everything basically. Mostly cause at some point in my youth, it was comfoartable, and now it always will be. I hated undershirts for a very long time, cause they always shrunk in the wash and never fit me after one wear. However, I discovered the soft world of jockies, and now I can wear undershirts again, cause they fit and they feel good. But I still tend to wear them only with dress shirts. Cotton T-shirts will always be my undershirt of choice. It's all about comfort to me.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
While we're on the topic of fashion, when did it become acceptable for women to wear sleeveless shirts in the workplace? This is not professional.
Not that I'm complaining. So many beautiful armpits...a guy can't help but occasionally look, right?...
But then again, I have beautiful armpits, and I manage to wear shirts with sleeves on them to work.
My thought is that women are allowed to because they typically shave their underarms, same with legs, which is why women can wear skirts w/o hose but men don't usually wear shorts to the office. And generally the showing of private body hair like pit and leg hair is really not appropriate for the office.
I just get away with both, even though I don't shave because I think nobody in my small office cares or notices and my leg hair is light and I don't go running around high-fiving people on days that I'm wearing sleeveless shirts. I still think hair is kind of private and am a little shy about everyone seeing it.
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I don't high five anybody when i wear a sleeveless shit either...
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I don't high five anybody when i wear a sleeveless shit either...
You beat me to it......I don't think I've laughed out loud at work quite as loud as when I read that the first time. Thanks Celeste :D
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everyone wears shorts to my office. i don't often, mostly because my legs get cold
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by Bollocks:
because that's my brand of smellies! [/b]
Is it me getting sweatier,, or does it become less effective if you use it all the time?
Why would you want A&F clothing? [/b]
I don't really want A$F stuff, but I can't pass up a "clearance rack" in any store....that being said A$F clearance prices are the prices they should be normally....feckin thieves that they are.
Oh, Mitchums still works fine for me, you must be getting smellier in your old age. I bet you smell like a combo of mothballs and sour milk like all old men do.
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Yep, that's pretty much how I shop as well for clothes.
Originally posted by Bollocks:
I don't really want A$F stuff, but I can't pass up a "clearance rack" in any store....
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the problem with razzing someone for typos is that they can go back and correct them, taking the steam out of the joke a bit :p
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Me too, but I still wouldn't go into an A&F store...unless I was trying to pick up a 22 year old "boy" along with my clearance purchase.
Originally posted by econo:
Yep, that's pretty much how I shop as well for clothes.
Originally posted by Bollocks:
I don't really want A$F stuff, but I can't pass up a "clearance rack" in any store....
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Originally posted by Celeste:
the problem with razzing someone for typos is that they can go back and correct them, taking the steam out of the joke a bit :p
Usually, edit privilages get timed out after a bit. I guess you caught your mistake early.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by Celeste:
the problem with razzing someone for typos is that they can go back and correct them, taking the steam out of the joke a bit :p
Usually, edit privilages get timed out after a bit. I guess you caught your mistake early. [/b]
I guess you've read the rules of Forum Posting Etiquette? (http://projectboil.pixel10.co.uk/posting/Posting.html)
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Sorry fella's, but you're all failing your Metrosexual tests. Didn't any of you have sisters?
I wear dress shirts everyday, and an undershirt is a must, especially with the white dressshirt.
I prefer the whitest of all whitetrash, the wife-Beater, for comfort sake. Sleaved undershirts bunch up around the sleeves throughout the day.
V-neck undershirts look inappropriate with anything besides a v-neck overshirt or polo shirt. And yes, the original post is correct, Crew-neck with polo-shirts is wrong. It must be a v-neck or a beater.
Two polo shirts is very east coast preppy and it wish it would have stayed there with boat shoes, but people move. Damn it. Two polo shirts is just wrong.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
How about V-Neck sweaters with crew neck t-shirts?
The t-shirt has to be of a higher grade, ribbed or something of that stock with a smaller neck collar than your standard t-shirt.
I never do that look, but then again, I don't wear sweaters much.
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Wearing a t-shirt under a dress shirt is like wearing white socks with loafers. It's just wrong.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Wearing a t-shirt under a dress shirt is like wearing white socks with loafers. It's just wrong.
uh-oh, I agree with GGW on something.
Now my whole day is eff'd up.
BTW...Why do some blokes have their initials embroidered on the cuffs of their dress shirts? That's just wrong too.
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What's wrong is pit stains on a dress shirt. how do you propose preventing that?
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Wearing a t-shirt under a dress shirt is like wearing white socks with loafers. It's just wrong.
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Learn to perspire less.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
What's wrong is pit stains on a dress shirt. how do you propose preventing that?
And seeing people's back and chest hair through the shirt, not to mention nipple regions.
If people paid attention to thread count, I would agree with you, GGW, but since most people don't, under shirts for white (and light colored) dress shirts have become a must.
And nothing absorbs sweat quite like a dress shirt. Even light sweat shows up on colored dress shirt very badly.
And don't get me started on dress shirts and no tie, with no undershirt. Absolutely wrong!
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Because they believe that showing that they could afford the extra $6.00 monogramming fee will exhibit their wealth. It's a nouveau-riche thing.
Originally posted by Bollocks:
BTW...Why do some blokes have their initials embroidered on the cuffs of their dress shirts? That's just wrong too.
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
BTW...Why do some blokes have their initials embroidered on the cuffs of their dress shirts? That's just wrong too.
We can't all put a coat of arms on our crest, now can we?
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Point taken. But rather than spending the money on the t-shirts, they should just buy a dress shirt that is opaque enough to cover their hairy torsos.
My personal favorite was the intern we had a few summers ago who would wear his white dress shirt with his Coed Naked Whatever shirt underneath.
Originally posted by vansmack:
If people paid attention to thread count, I would agree with you, GGW, but since most people don't, under shirts for white (and light colored) dress shirts have become a must.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
My personal favorite was the intern we had a few summers ago who would wear his white dress shirt with his Coed Naked Whatever shirt underneath.
I was assuming plain white shirts. T-shirts with writing are never OK, even when you think there's no way they can be seen. One wrong stretch and you're exposed.
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Originally posted by Bollocks:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Wearing a t-shirt under a dress shirt is like wearing white socks with loafers. It's just wrong.
uh-oh, I agree with GGW on something.
Now my whole day is eff'd up.
BTW...Why do some blokes have their initials embroidered on the cuffs of their dress shirts? That's just wrong too. [/b]
Tassles on shoes is what's wrong.
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Tassles on shoes, and boat shoes.
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Hopefully it was work appropriate, so I'm going to guess...
Coed Naked Corporate Mergers?
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
My personal favorite was the intern we had a few summers ago who would wear his white dress shirt with his Coed Naked Whatever shirt underneath.
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Rough, Tough, and Totally Leveraged
Originally posted by econo:
Hopefully it was work appropriate, so I'm going to guess...
Coed Naked Corporate Mergers?
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
My personal favorite was the intern we had a few summers ago who would wear his white dress shirt with his Coed Naked Whatever shirt underneath.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Tassles on shoes, and boat shoes.
I knew a guy, we call him "Tassle Man". He wore white crew necks under purple plaid (starched) button down short-sleeved Polo oxfords. He wore tassled shoes w/ no socks showing off his white feet vs. tan legs.
I'm so mean. Why did I post this? I hate this thread.
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I had a high school English teacher who would marvel the class with his tales of shopping at outlet stores up and down the East Coast. He wouldn't pay over 25 bucks for a pair of shoes, and most of his pants were the Bike brand.
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Rhett was your English teacher?
Originally posted by econo:
I had a high school English teacher who would marvel the class with his tales of shopping at outlet stores up and down the East Coast. He wouldn't pay over 25 bucks for a pair of shoes, and most of his pants were the Bike brand.
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There was this psudo-goth local band called Clay People from back when I was in college. Their singer was named Dan. My friends and I called him "One Vest Dan" in honor of the fact that he seemed to wear the same time every time you saw him around. I drunkenly told him his nickname at a part one time, and he was none too pleased.
http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/clay.people-3.html (http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/clay.people-3.html)
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Yes, he kept a switch in the corner next to his banjo. If you didn't read the Eudora Welty chapter assigned, hell, you were in for a whippin.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Rhett was your English teacher?
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And you guys think that we women are crazy when it comes to fashion! :roll:
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
And you guys think that we women are crazy when it comes to fashion! :p
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Tassles on shoes, and boat shoes.
BOAT SHOES!!! :eek: Unless you're on a fucking boat (and even then it's questionable) don't wear those god-awful things.
What about beige shorts? Is it standard doodle issue or something?
Baseball cap (worn the wrong way round for some reason)
Oakley sunglasses
Polo shirt (collar up for the wanker contingent)
Beige shorts
Cellphone clipped to hip
Boat shoes (That have never seen shoe polish)
The uniform of the doodle male.