It is spring: the balloon shirts are upon us.
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The running fiction of this “style” is that you had on a jacket and tie but took them off— but it’s just a fiction that leaves all these guys looking half dressed.
The problem is that summer suit fabrics are all seen as too dandy and “on vacation” to wear to an office. So I understand the predicament. At least can it please not be a white shirt without a jacket?
And what is wrong with vests exactly?
@futurebird I could go on an entire tangent about how suit fabrics are also so often polyester or a admixture of whatever compressed so tight and thin because "bulky" is apparently a curse word where really a more loosely woven fabric breathes more... And how most men probably don't even wear a dress shirt in the right size because they're mass manufactured, and fit no one, and thus will not look nice on anyone after five minutes have passed!
But yes. Vests are good, and in theory any kind of linen vest could be made.
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@futurebird I could go on an entire tangent about how suit fabrics are also so often polyester or a admixture of whatever compressed so tight and thin because "bulky" is apparently a curse word where really a more loosely woven fabric breathes more... And how most men probably don't even wear a dress shirt in the right size because they're mass manufactured, and fit no one, and thus will not look nice on anyone after five minutes have passed!
But yes. Vests are good, and in theory any kind of linen vest could be made.
Why not a nice navy blue seersucker without stripes? just textured and a solid color? That would make a lovely summer jacket and be very cool if worn with short sleeves. (and no one needs to know you have on short sleeves) — but I never see options like this.
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The running fiction of this “style” is that you had on a jacket and tie but took them off— but it’s just a fiction that leaves all these guys looking half dressed.
The problem is that summer suit fabrics are all seen as too dandy and “on vacation” to wear to an office. So I understand the predicament. At least can it please not be a white shirt without a jacket?
And what is wrong with vests exactly?
@futurebird but no one wears a suit on vacation, they're wearing jeans and a T-shirt (and maybe a blazer). Bring back seersucker!
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@futurebird but no one wears a suit on vacation, they're wearing jeans and a T-shirt (and maybe a blazer). Bring back seersucker!
“no one wears a suit on vacation”
Well I do. But I have my own thing going on. I’m so excited to wear all kinds of silly things this summer.
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Another solution is to give up on the suit and dress like someone from California. I can’t say I understand work dress from California— maybe someone could explain it?
@futurebird global warming has made suits obsolete. People will just have to give them up.
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@futurebird global warming has made suits obsolete. People will just have to give them up.
@llewelly togas?!?
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@llewelly togas?!?
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"From its probable beginnings as a simple, practical work-garment, the toga became more voluminous, complex, and costly, increasingly unsuited to anything but formal and ceremonial use. It was and is considered ancient Rome's "national costume"; as such, it had great symbolic value; however even among Romans, it was hard to put on, uncomfortable and challenging to wear correctly, and never truly popular. " (quote continues next toot) -
I am very open to many ideas of fashion and even “anti-fashion” but I will always be critical of any mode of dress that manages to be high effort but low effect— fashion tendencies that don’t make the people sporting them happy or anyone who has to look at them. NYC is still very much a suit city. Even a three piece suit city in the fall and winter! but the imperative to have on a suit falls apart in the heat and formless expanses of dress shirts become all that is visible— it’s … it’s *frumpy*
@futurebird do you know about the Cool Biz and Super Cool Biz campaigns in Japan? The government tried to convince salary men to wear polo shirts so that they could reduce the energy usage of air conditioning in office buildings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Biz_campaign
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@futurebird do you know about the Cool Biz and Super Cool Biz campaigns in Japan? The government tried to convince salary men to wear polo shirts so that they could reduce the energy usage of air conditioning in office buildings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Biz_campaign
@th @futurebird that’s an effective advertisement. I want to do cool biz like that person
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@th @futurebird that’s an effective advertisement. I want to do cool biz like that person
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It is spring: the balloon shirts are upon us. Men no longer wear suit jackets—they show up to work in tucked-in dress shirts, but no jackets, because it’s too warm.
However, since shirt stays, have been long been forgotten. As the day wears on, the tucked shirt billows outward, producing a silhouette not unlike a morel mushroom.
We will know no peace until weather grows colder and jackets return, or it becomes so hot that everyone is driven to short sleeves. Pray for us.
@futurebird interesting! I was wearing a dress shirt the other day and was wondering if there’s any way to get it to not puff out and have to be retucked constantly. Thank you for this information!
