Skinny jeans and shirts on guys?

kev9100

What are peoples views on the above? Personally, I think skinny jeans and a shirt work almost everywhere.

Twee.

I like the look. It's basically what my boyfriend wears everyday. Shirts are great, they can look really casual and laid back, say a red check shirt, or dressy, for example a nice blue and white stripe. I love really dark indigo skinny jeans with a crisp white shirt.

gleep

Fashion Fax Pas, metro sexuals will be wearing leggings next, because someone in a band wore them, just wait and see..........

kev9100

gleep wrote: »

Fashion Fax Pas, metro sexuals will be wearing leggings next, because someone in a band wore them, just wait and see..........

Ah now, I can't see that happening to be honest. Seriously though, so long as the skinny jeans aren't insanely skinny, they're my favourite type of jeans.

phantom_lord

i think they look awful.

although i guess they're ok if you wanna show how indie and alternative you are.

miss5

I think fitted dark jeans and a nice shirt looks great, Not sure about really skinny
jeans on men.

Bloody Nipples

I think skinny jeans are very effeminate. You only really see them on the fairly fashion conscious guys and they lack broad appeal. They'll probably go the way of the shoulder pad when the next craze comes along.

I'll stick to my boot cut jeans anyway.

wixfjord

Wouldnt be a fan of skinny jeans at all, but bootcut can look almost as bad. Theres been a definite move towards the more streamlined straighter jean, and as was stated above you cant beat a well fitted pair of dark indigo jeans. Nothing worse too than a guy wearing flared bootcut jeans that are a bit too short, looks terrible!

super_furry

Five years from now blokes will look back on photos of themselves wearing them and shudder.

wixfjord

super_furry wrote: »

Five years from now blokes will look back on photos of themselves wearing them and shudder.

Aye but thats the way with most if not all of fashion tbh.

fillefatale

I like them, only a certain build of guy can pull them off. Anyway, tight jeans on guys & girls have been around since the mods surely?

jam_mac_jam

I dont like them, I think they make guys look very skinny and scrawny.

lookingfor?

I love my skinnys ps I am a man so I just think that fit 1000 times better then bootcut crap ones
I was on a date last night I had black skinny jeans waist cut a skinny gray shirt on a skinny tee
as you can see I love my skinny and love going out nice and does not give a **** if some peaple say I look gay

all I can say that she loves my style

Eddie Ere

phantom_lord wrote: »

i think they look awful.

although i guess they're ok if you wanna show how indie and alternative you are.

Just because you wear skinny jeans doesn't mean your alternative/indie.:pac:

kev9100

wixfjord wrote: »

Wouldnt be a fan of skinny jeans at all, but bootcut can look almost as bad. Theres been a definite move towards the more streamlined straighter jean, and as was stated above you cant beat a well fitted pair of dark indigo jeans.

True enough, I can't stand most bootcut jeans and I especially hate sagging jeans:mad::mad:.

Sapsorrow

I can't stand it, it's so teenagery and metrosexual. Just makes me think of angsty rich kid emo's and they do nothing for the male form. It's become such a generic look with the checked shirt thing.

madrabui

This is a bad photo, but Paul Galvin (Kerry Gaa fella) carries it off well.

speedboatchase

The problem with any "indie" Irish person is that they all shop at the exact same stores and have no unique pieces of clothing or sense of individuality, topman shirts and jeans with rubbish high-tops or cons from Office and Schuh. Skinny jeans are dead too, fitted or slim jeans look a lot better. And bootcut are always awful bogger detectors

seanbmc

I prefer slim/fitted jeans to skinny jeans, they look much better imo.

Nervous Wreck

Skinny jeans are part of a fashion trend. All my jeans are either "slim" or "skinny". I'm not overly skinny so I carry it quite well and I know how to dress in general so attention is generally drawn to whatever shirt, jacket, coat or whatever I'm wearing on top.

To the person who said something along the lines of skinny jeans only being worn by "fairly fashion conscious guys", well I'd rather be fashion conscious and know how to dress than walk around like half the lads in Dublin who look like they were dressed by their blind mammy in a Dunnes Stores fitting room. That's just me though.

Willbbz

Go to temple bar. Skinny Jeans central..

miss5

I think once they are not too tight and well fitted, They can look great,
Really depends what kind of shirt/jacket they are teamed with to complete
the look!

Sangre

Personally, if I had legs skinny enough to pull off the look the last thing I'd want to do would be show them off.

Melion

I dont think they make them in my size . I still love my flared jeans, can't stand any other style.

jellie

i really dont like skinny jeans on a man. I want a man to have manly legs, and if theyre legs are fitting into skinny jeans theyre probably not too manly!

i saw a guy on the buy a few weeks ago wearing them & my God the skinniness of his legs. they were like a normal persons arms. i wanted to feed him!!

Iolar Iontach

I think it's an awful trend.

xoixo

A lot of guys can overdo it, leading to the OTT indie/alt look a lot of people in this thread are hating.

But I think it looks really good once its kept casual and toned down.

Wilde86

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Skinny jeans are part of a fashion trend. All my jeans are either "slim" or "skinny". I'm not overly skinny so I carry it quite well and I know how to dress in general so attention is generally drawn to whatever shirt, jacket, coat or whatever I'm wearing on top.

To the person who said something along the lines of skinny jeans only being worn by "fairly fashion conscious guys", well I'd rather be fashion conscious and know how to dress than walk around like half the lads in Dublin who look like they were dressed by their blind mammy in a Dunnes Stores fitting room. That's just me though.

Tee hee.. My sentiments exactly.

Men can look like men in skinny jeans. The emo kids that hang out in temple bar etc. are just that. Kids. They are skinny little things who wear hoodies and high tops with the jeans that are usually too tight and hanging off their arses. A nice fitted, but not too tight, skinny or straight leg jean with a nice pair of brogues is smashing. One can make a pair of skinny jeans look classic with a good peacoat, jumper, shirt or plain t-shirt. Not everyone buys their clobber in topman or urban outfitters. One can buy online.

Iolar Iontach

I don't think skinny jeans can look classic with anything, probably because they are not "classic" in any sense of the word.

Oh_Noes

Iolar Iontach wrote: »

I don't think skinny jeans can look classic with anything, probably because they are not "classic" in any sense of the word.

+1

They're a bit trendy and I tend to think when guys are wearing them, they're either very young or else they look like they're trying too hard. Especially when combined with artificially-aged converse, it has try-hard written all over it.

Pandoras Twist

I love it. Not necssarily drainpipes, but slim/skinny fit jeans and a nice casual shirt with rolled sleeves makes me weak at the knees

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But there are some guys who can pull off the drainpipe look

Eddie Ere

Oh_Noes wrote: »

+1

They're a bit trendy and I tend to think when guys are wearing them, they're either very young or else they look like they're trying too hard. Especially when combined with artificially-aged converse, it has try-hard written all over it.

Or they could, just possibly, like wearing them. With their artificially aged converse of course.

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

But there are some guys who can pull off the drainpipe look

That last pair wouldn't be half as bad without those shoes and that belt

Oh_Noes

Eddie Ere wrote: »

Or they could, just possibly, like wearing them. With their artificially aged converse of course.

Of course they do. That's implicit. Very few people wear pants against their own will.

The question the thread is asking is do YOU like them.

Grolschevik

I wouldn't normally -- usually a bootleg guy -- but these Levis were only €20 in TK Maxx. What you reckon? Honestly!

Grolschevik

Grolschevik wrote: »

I wouldn't normally -- usually a bootleg guy -- but these Levis were only €20 in TK Maxx. What you reckon? Honestly!

Pic didn't upload?

Dr. No

There is nothing indie/alternative about skinny jeans because they seem to be everywhere.

eviltimeban

Grolschevik wrote: »

I wouldn't normally -- usually a bootleg guy -- but these Levis were only €20 in TK Maxx. What you reckon? Honestly!

We used to have that exact mirror!!!

I think its got something to do with age. I'm 35 and I wouldn't go around in skinny jeans cos I would look ridiculous. Plus being 6'5" it would just be too much. But on the other hand I would never go the "older guy" look and wear jeans with shoes, bootcut or otherwise. That is a truely horrible look.

I was raised on the Stone Roses and the 90s dance scene where skinny jeans would've got you shot so its very hard for me to look at anything other than loose / baggy / flared being the jeans for me. Worn with a nice pair of runners and it could almost be 1995.



Ahh...

jason31

im 36 and have to agree that there is noting as bad as the older guy in shoes and bootcuts its like a statement im gettin old.

i was a 90's kid so its baggys/combats and sneakers all the way. wonder in 20years time will the near 40 year olds still be in skinny jeans!!!!

eviltimeban wrote: »

We used to have that exact mirror!!!

I think its got something to do with age. I'm 35 and I wouldn't go around in skinny jeans cos I would look ridiculous. Plus being 6'5" it would just be too much. But on the other hand I would never go the "older guy" look and wear jeans with shoes, bootcut or otherwise. That is a truely horrible look.

I was raised on the Stone Roses and the 90s dance scene where skinny jeans would've got you shot so its very hard for me to look at anything other than loose / baggy / flared being the jeans for me. Worn with a nice pair of runners and it could almost be 1995.



Ahh...

connollys

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

I love it. Not necssarily drainpipes, but slim/skinny fit jeans and a nice casual shirt with rolled sleeves makes me weak at the knees

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or these



more than these



But there are some guys who can pull off the drainpipe look

First two very nice jeans, any ideas of brand or type they are or where I could pick up a pair, useless with shopping, really need new jeans though.

phantom_lord

jason31 wrote: »

im 36 and have to agree that there is noting as bad as the older guy in shoes and bootcuts its like a statement im gettin old.

i pretty much always wear shoes and bootcuts? never thought of it as some old man style.

eviltimeban

phantom_lord wrote: »

i pretty much always wear shoes and bootcuts? never thought of it as some old man style.

By "shoes" I'm taking proper brogues, either slip on, lace ups, brown or black; worn with boot cut jeans? No that's not a good look! I know there are millions of men who wear them but its just not for me. It is quite aging. Jeans and boots or trainers is OK, shoes for me should only be worn with trousers or a suit. Not jeans. Especially not bootcut jeans.

Iolar Iontach

I disagree with you, eviltimeban. I wear brown Barker or black Borgioli mocassins with jeans & a shirt quite regularly, I don't think it's ageing at all. The jeans would have a slight bootcut e.g Diesel Zathan/Zhav or Energie Morris, not a crazy flare cut. I wouldn't wear a pair of brogues (Oxford shoes) with jeans, just a suit or dress trousers.

Azureus

Grolschevik wrote: »

Pic didn't upload?

Honestly? I think they look uncomfortable and a lil restrictive.

Drainpipes are difficult for girls to pull off, nevermind guys. I really do not like em. Each to their own, but I definately think they are associated with a particular kinda indie style, one that I find generic and unattractive. I like muscular manly legs, not scrawny ones thatd fit into clothes that shape.

That said, I know a girl who lives for her boys in skinnies. Different strokes...

Hogzy

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

HAHAHAHA!!!
Reminds me of:



Those jeans are awful!!!!!!!!!

Kersmash

I wear skinny jeans the vast majority of the time, and I like how I look in them. They just suit my legs I guess, I've gotten a good few compliments about em

I usually just wear them with a t-shirt, I hate how overdone the check shirt look is, and I never really liked it in the first place. But that's just MY personal preference. Wear whatever the hell you like.

Pandoras Twist

connollys wrote: »

First two very nice jeans, any ideas of brand or type they are or where I could pick up a pair, useless with shopping, really need new jeans though.

One is Levis and I cant remember the other.

Stick straight leg jeans or slim fit jeans into google and it should throw something up

Grolschevik

Azureus wrote: »

Honestly? I think they look uncomfortable and a lil restrictive.

Yep, they are! And a bugger to get on... Thought for €20 I'd give them a lash, but apart from a couple of try-out days, the only time I've worn them was to take the pics for this thread!

Creamy Goodness

Pandoras Twist wrote: »

One is Levis and I cant remember the other.

Stick straight leg jeans or slim fit jeans into google and it should throw something up

second pair look like cheap monday jeans, which you can get in urban outfitters.

Delicate_Dlite

I think with any piece of clothing, esp trend pieces, it depends on how you wear it and finding a version that suits your shape and style.

The op reminded me how much I LOVE shirts on men, compared to tee's (which I do like). It's just shirts are sexier to take off;).

Am I alone on this ppl? Is it just me that likes certain things on the opposite (or same) sex just because of the fun of taking them off?:rolleyes:

Seloth

You should really only wear skinnys if yer a teen or young 20's.

Saw an older fella wearing them and me and my mates((In what is the equivlent to Temple bar ((for sub-cultures that hangout there)) here in Cork))and we burst out laughing :L.

con1982

Completely agree with Seloth.

I'm 27 and would never consider skinny (drainpipe) jeans. I think its a teen trend.

Seloth wrote: »

You should really only wear skinnys if yer a teen or young 20's.

Saw an older fella wearing them and me and my mates((In what is the equivlent to Temple bar ((for sub-cultures that hangout there)) here in Cork))and we burst out laughing :L.