Apalling dress sense/style of the average Irish male

Musketeer4 · 05-10-2016 04:23PM #1

I have just over the past couple of months been noticing that its actually relaticly rare in Ireland to see a guy walking down the street who is in good shape and dressed smartly and has a good overall appearance.

What is far more common is guys who would seem to not give a crap and are going around in ill fitting unflattering clothing that almost loos thrown together. I'm talking about what would typically be known as "dad jeans" with XL sized shirts and ugly sweaters that are not nice.

Another poster the other day was on about how difficult it is to get shirts that fit well and that in the vast majority of mainstream outlets, even the slim fit tailored shirts are actually of a "forgiving" fit and can accomodate a pot belly.

Does anyone else think the average Irish man is just does not cut it in the style deparment?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 05-10-2016 04:28PM

Musketeer4 wrote: »

I have just over the past couple of months been noticing that its actually relaticly rare in Ireland to see a guy walking down the street who is in good shape and dressed smartly and has a good overall appearance.

What is far more common is guys who would seem to not give a crap and are going around in ill fitting unflattering clothing that almost loos thrown together. I'm talking about what would typically be known as "dad jeans" with XL sized shirts and ugly sweaters that are not nice.

Another poster the other day was on about how difficult it is to get shirts that fit well and that in the vast majority of mainstream outlets, even the slim fit tailored shirts are actually of a "forgiving" fit and can accomodate a pot belly.

Does anyone else think the average Irish man is just does not cut it in the style deparment?

Is it really a nessecity though? Comfort would be more of a concern for me and frankly, I coldn't give a flying **** what people think of my appearance.

Musketeer4 · 05-10-2016 04:34PM

Whats to say you can't be comfortable and look decent? The two are not mutually exclusive!

Just based on my own daily observations I would think that men have make far less effort to keep in shape and look stylish than women. Someone pointed out here before that it's actually rare to see a man over 35 who isn't mushrooming out over their belt to some degree at least.

Eric Cartman · 05-10-2016 05:24PM

Ireland is a country with an increasingly overwieght population due to a lot of sedantry labour, so it becomes more apparant and more noticable walking down the street. I think the problems lie a lot with the clothing outlets though.

Most menswear shops , are trying to push skinny or slim fit jeans that no man should ever wear, or beige coloured chino's that no man who has ever engaged in manual labour could possibly keep clean.

The collection of very metrosexual looking shirts and tshirts also dissapoints.

When fashion outlets start realising that most men want neutral , not attention seeking colours and baggy / loose clothing, then people will catch up on fashion.

Flint Fredstone · 05-10-2016 05:30PM

Outside of work, I'll wear a tracksuit bottom and sporty tshirt. That's what I like and I couldn't give a flying fanny what anyone else is wearing. In fact, I would find it weird that somebody else would care what I was wearing tbh.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 05-10-2016 05:43PM

Musketeer4 wrote: »

Whats to say you can't be comfortable and look decent? The two are not mutually exclusive!

Just based on my own daily observations I would think that men have make far less effort to keep in shape and look stylish than women. Someone pointed out here before that it's actually rare to see a man over 35 who isn't mushrooming out over their belt to some degree at least.

Very true, but why bother with stlye when you really don't need or want to?

line console zero · 05-10-2016 05:49PM

Having been guilty of this, and moved to London a few years ago after spending my life in Dublin. It's my opinion that there is no fashion sense whatsoever amongst Irish men. I had to up my game pretty quickly in order to not look like a yokel here.

Flannels and jeans. Grey trackies and t-shirts or bearded pervy looking hipster seem to be the 3 variations of mens fashion in Ireland. Which is a shame because I think (from a straight male perspective) that Irish men in general are much better looking than our English counterparts, who tend to lack in the hair and chin department.

We've got the accent and the looks lads, but for fook sake lose the boot cuts and the flannels! And tracksuits, unless you're lounging at home or involved in exercise you look like a total skanger.

Eric Cartman · 05-10-2016 06:09PM

What is with the war in bootcut jeans , theyre very comfy and work with work boots (as intended) and almost every other shoe type.

CruelCoin · 05-10-2016 06:11PM

I spend my life in a cotton v-neck type shirt, shorts, sandals and a fleece.

It's all about the comfort.

I could care less about dressing to impress you OP.

jca · 05-10-2016 06:13PM

line console zero wrote: »

Having been guilty of this, and moved to London a few years ago after spending my life in Dublin. It's my opinion that there is no fashion sense whatsoever amongst Irish men. I had to up my game pretty quickly in order to not look like a yokel here.

Flannels and jeans. Grey trackies and t-shirts or bearded pervy looking hipster seem to be the 3 variations of mens fashion in Ireland. Which is a shame because I think (from a straight male perspective) that Irish men in general are much better looking than our English counterparts, who tend to lack in the hair and chin department.

We've got the accent and the looks lads, but for fook sake lose the boot cuts and the flannels! And tracksuits, unless you're lounging at home or involved in exercise you look like a total skanger.

What are flannels? I never ever wear track suits, either tops or bottoms and never wear t-shirts either.

Jayop · 05-10-2016 06:15PM

Boot cuts FTW!!

Alun · 05-10-2016 06:15PM

Same here, my clothes are to keep me either dry or warm or both, not to impress random people on the street who I'll probably never see again in my life. What they look like, or whether they conform to said random peoples' idea of what constitutes dress sense or style is of no concern to me whatsoever.

IamtheWalrus · 05-10-2016 06:18PM

But there's nobody wearing bootcut jeans in public nowadays is there?

Jayop · 05-10-2016 06:21PM

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

But there's nobody wearing bootcut jeans in public nowadays is there?

I wear boot cut jeans pretty much every day. Straight cut make my feet look ridiculously long and skinny jeans should never be worn by any straight male ever.

IamtheWalrus · 05-10-2016 06:24PM

Jayop wrote: »

I wear boot cut jeans pretty much every day. Straight cut make my feet look ridiculously long and skinny jeans should never be worn by any straight male ever.

But everyone thinks that when they switch to straight/slim leg. I did. It disappeared a day later. Now I wouldn't have the guts to leave the house in boot cut.

line console zero · 05-10-2016 06:26PM

jca wrote: »

line console zero wrote: »

Having been guilty of this, and moved to London a few years ago after spending my life in Dublin. It's my opinion that there is no fashion sense whatsoever amongst Irish men. I had to up my game pretty quickly in order to not look like a yokel here.

Flannels and jeans. Grey trackies and t-shirts or bearded pervy looking hipster seem to be the 3 variations of mens fashion in Ireland. Which is a shame because I think (from a straight male perspective) that Irish men in general are much better looking than our English counterparts, who tend to lack in the hair and chin department.

We've got the accent and the looks lads, but for fook sake lose the boot cuts and the flannels! And tracksuits, unless you're lounging at home or involved in exercise you look like a total skanger.

What are flannels? I never ever wear track suits, either tops or bottoms and never wear t-shirts either.

flannel shirt

line console zero · 05-10-2016 06:26PM

Jayop wrote: »

Boot cuts FTW!!

Dirtbird!

They are millimeters away from being flares.

SEPT 23 1989 · 05-10-2016 06:27PM

Boot cut are great for people who have big feet and actual muscle on their legs

Tigerandahalf · 05-10-2016 06:28PM

I think the Irish weather has a lot to do with it.

It is easier to wear a certain type of clothing when the weather has consistent seasons. Here you could take out some summer clothing and a week later have to put on winter stuff. The constant threat of rain limits what you can wear.

I do find clothing sizes in general to be really poor. Why can't shirts and tops have a body length size like neck size, waist size, etc. That is why so many people end up with poor wearing clothes.

When you have nice warm weather it is so much easier to dress and a simple well fitting tshirt or shirt can look well.

trishasaffron · 05-10-2016 06:29PM

Beauty, elegance and style is something that has been and is highly valued in all civilisations for thousands of years - whether that is women, men, art, music, living spaces....whatever.

I'm a bit saddened by the the responses here as I thought younger Irish men had come to understand this!

PucaMama · 05-10-2016 06:30PM

People should be able to wear what they like and what they feel comfortable with, life isn't a fashion show. A happy man is better than an unhappy but fashionable man.

line console zero · 05-10-2016 06:32PM

What have Irish men got against trousers? Why does it always have to be jeans or tracksuit bottoms?

Dial Hard · 05-10-2016 06:32PM

PucaMama wrote:

A happy man is better than an unhappy but fashionable man.

They're not singular states, you know. It's perfectly possible to be happy and well dressed.

Jodotman · 05-10-2016 06:35PM

Some people can bull off wearing these outrageous skimpy t-shirts and skinny jeans while others cannot. What looks good on one person might not luck good on another.

I generally wear normal jeans and a decent hoodie, usually throw on jeans and a shirt if im hitting the booze in town.

OP you sound like a barrell of laughs judging people on what they wear.

Jayop · 05-10-2016 06:37PM

line console zero wrote: »

What have Irish men got against trousers? Why does it always have to be jeans or tracksuit bottoms?

Comfort?

Jodotman · 05-10-2016 06:38PM

What are trousers? Is that what fat golfers wear?

IamtheWalrus · 05-10-2016 06:40PM

I'm a big stickler on footwear. You can tell a lot about a person by the type of footwear they choose. We all know the blue jean-wearing, black shoe-donning, tucked-in shirt, bryllcreamed male making a beeline for the dishko.

Jayop · 05-10-2016 06:41PM

Jodotman wrote: »

What are trousers? Is that what fat golfers wear?

What people from the South call slacks or pants. Up north (my part at least) we only used trousers as the term and pants were what you wore under them.

OldMrBrennan83 · 05-10-2016 06:44PM

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Ol' Donie · 05-10-2016 06:46PM

Jayop wrote: »

Boot cuts FTW!!

Absolutely.

What's with all the dudes wearing girls' jeans these days?

Jayop · 05-10-2016 06:50PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Absolutely.

What's with all the dudes wearing girls' jeans these days?

Metrosexuals. Blame David Beckham.

Apalling dress sense/style of the average Irish male

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