Manky grey tracksuits

Deleted User wrote: »

It's just comfy. Probably the most convenient thing to wear on a normal day to day basis.

Not just an Irish trend either, you see this in a lot of countries in Europe and probably further afar. I don't see why it bothers anyone. If the wearer is happy, then all's good. This isn't the late 1800s where everyone's expected to have a top hat and cane, or carry a ladies umbrella.

Nothing worse than seeing people in tracksuits with the arse of them stretched down to their knees from constant wearing.

I wear grey tracksuit bottoms from time to time.

I also wear shorts and jeans from time to time.

I always look awesome.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's just comfy. Probably the most convenient thing to wear on a normal day to day basis.

Not just an Irish trend either, you see this in a lot of countries in Europe and probably further afar. I don't see why it bothers anyone. If the wearer is happy, then all's good. This isn't the late 1800s where everyone's expected to have a top hat and cane, or carry a ladies umbrella.

Easier to scratch your nutsack too no doubt

We (the taxpayer) technically paid for those tracksuits if you think about it.

I have a pair of grey tracksuit bottoms I wear sometimes. They make it easier to chase and wrestle with my son than in jeans.

jimmy blevins wrote: »

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/22/style-tips-for-college-men/

Turtlenecks, leather shoes and dad jeans in college - top, top advice.

Sure, you'll look a stereotypical dweeb from a mid-2000s gross-out high school comedy, you won't get invited to parties, and you'll never get laid. But, apparently, you'll be showing respect to your professor. And at the end of the day, isn't that all that really matters to young people?

Chuchote wrote: »

I have a pair of very aged brown trackie bottoms, and if I find a pair in a charity shop that have deep pockets I'll buy them – grand for walking the dog in winter. But I'd be unlikely to wear them into town.

It kind of says something about how people feel about themselves, the lack of self-respect and the sense of personal depression, that these would be the universal wear of people without a chance in life.

Watching La Haine now, a film about riots in French 'projects', as the Americans would call them, and there's the same sense of hopelessness among the characters, unviersally tracksuited; at the point I've got to (spoiler!) the nicest character,

a black kid with a lovely sense of calm and wisdom, is falling into drugs

. Brilliant film.

Without trying to instigate an argument, thats not true..its a generalisation

I wear tracksuit pants pretty much everyday, and the reason why is simple. I had a surgery a few years ago that's left me pretty uncomfortable in jeans or anything related. Sure i can bear them occasionaly for a couple of hours, but im stripping them off as soon as i get home, as its serious effort to wear them

Also I weight train and have large legs. This also isnt that optimal for wearing jeans (More of a tangential issue, but still has an effect)

Whats more to the point, I enjoy wearing them, they are comfortable, practical and easy to wear with most things

So I either wear a suit pants or a tracksuit pants, but suit pants are impractical a lot of the time

Im just finishing my masters thesis with a 1.1 to date and I'm looking at PhD options for January/Sept 2017...I'm none of the above, and I'm sure there are many others who have perfectly good reasons to dress that way

Dont judge a book by its cover:o

Also the uniform of "peaceful protesters"

They don't look great when someone turns up for a court appearance wearing them.