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Skinny jeans?

drillyeye

Now its like all fashion trends, they'll come and go, and probably look ridiculous when looked back upon.

That said.......what the f^^k is up with blokes wearing skinny jeans?

I mean, is it a stated mission to wear the most uncomfortable clothes possible, while looking like a ballerina wearing leggings that exaggerates the size of your fat hole and makes your legs look like sticks?

Or what?

Niece was looking at television the other day, some skinny-jean proto-human appears and I laugh at what hes wearing. "Whats wrong with that?" she says, "I'd wear that."

"exactly" I said!

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Middle Man

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Man Tights!

dexter_morgan

For all you guys wearing skinny jeans.......I think you took the phrase "getting into her pants" the wrong way!

thebull85

tapered, slim fit is the only way. skinny jeans are for girls. and bootcuts are for yer da..

irishguitarlad

I wear skinny jeans always black ones, they look awesome on me as I'm tall. They beat chinos, that chino phase a while back was awful, the brown ones always reminded me of an alcoholic drinking out of a brown paper bag.

Middle Man

thebull85 wrote: »

tapered, slim fit is the only way. skinny jeans are for girls. and bootcuts are for yer da..

The one size fits all fashion is no way! Slim tapered jeans will suit some men and not others - they'd never suit me. Wide leg jeans/trousers will suit other men including me. The one size fits all fashion mentality is IMO an old relic of the 20th century that has to go - it's time for a more dynamic thinking in terms of men's style that's more fitting with this century. Anything from drainpipes to bootcut trousers/jeans should be made available to suit individual body shapes and tastes. If you want men to follow fashion, then it must be dynamic or it will eventually become irrelevant to most men.

thebull85

Middle Man wrote: »

The one size fits all fashion is no way! Slim tapered jeans will suit some men and not others - they'd never suit me. Wide leg jeans/trousers will suit other men including me. The one size fits all fashion mentality is IMO an old relic of the 20th century that has to go - it's time for a more dynamic thinking in terms of men's style that's more fitting with this century. Anything from drainpipes to bootcut trousers/jeans should be made available to suit individual body shapes and tastes. If you want men to follow fashion, then it must be dynamic or it will eventually become irrelevant to most men.

youd be lucky to even find a pair of bootcut or slim taperd in any of the high street shops these days anyway.. its all skinny, super skinny jeans the mens clothes are getting extremly feminine in those shops.

Beanntraigheach

Middle Man

thebull85 wrote: »

youd be lucky to even find a pair of bootcut or slim taperd in any of the high street shops these days anyway.. its all skinny, super skinny jeans the mens clothes are getting extremly feminine in those shops.

I'm going to resort to getting trousers made up from scratch - that's how bad it has got - what's funny is that many men out there are actually wearing wide leg formal trousers and yet, they're not to be had in the shops. I'm thinking of contacting Louis Copeland on Capel Street about getting bootcut trousers made - I'm actually going to make the openings around 10" wide.

MadYaker

Baggy clothes look sh!te so I only buy stuff that's slim fitting so it fits me properly. Boot cut trousers with a wide leg make you look sloppy imo. The really skinny ones that are skin tight look silly imo though but who really cares?

Yer Da sells Avon

thebull85 wrote: »

youd be lucky to even find a pair of bootcut or slim taperd in any of the high street shops these days anyway.. its all skinny, super skinny jeans the mens clothes are getting extremly feminine in those shops.

I usually get slim-fit jeans in Topman. I've often been tempted to try on a pair of skinny jeans in the shop, but I'd inevitably need a lot of help getting out of them. And that would be a waste of fire brigade resources.

Middle Man

MadYaker wrote: »

Baggy clothes look sh!te so I only buy stuff that's slim fitting so it fits me properly. Boot cut trousers with a wide leg make you look sloppy imo. The really skinny ones that are skin tight look silly imo though but who really cares?

Bootcut trousers measured out properly do not look sloppy (getting the seat to fit correctly is the main thing) - ditto for loose fit clothes (there is actually a proper measurement for loose fit.). Just because many of the clothes in the 1990's had no shape to them doesn't mean that all loose fitting clothes are shapeless. I bet in the next decade, it will be a mortal sin to wear anything even remotely fitted as such will be considered uncool - that said, just because many of the clothes of the 2010's were worn so tight that they didn't even fit, doesn't mean that all fitted (or even trim cut) clothes are bad. The main problem is the tendency of many younger men to follow a style whether it suits them or not. Again, slim clothes suit some while loose clothes suit others - the one size fits all fashion doctrine is simply unfit for purpose.

Didactic Ninja

Normally people who haven’t the physique to fit in them are the ones casting the most aspersions.

Gwynplaine

Saw a lad last night in a pair of skinny jeans, also wearing those plimsoll slippers things and no socks. He had a cool haircut too. I wanted to say him "lad, in a few years you'll think back to when you wore this stuff and get very embarrassed". Like I do when I think of when I was 13 - 15 going around in Petro Motion jeans and a Joe Bloggs stripey top. Cringe.
It's a fad, it'll pass, hopefully.

Middle Man

Didactic Ninja wrote: »

Normally people who haven’t the physique to fit in them are the ones casting the most aspersions.

I'm 44 and quite thin for my age, but I'm not skinny - I simply don't buy into this super skinny or body building crap (this fad and that fad). Just because a man can fit into a pair of skinny jeans doesn't mean they suit him. I like to wear clothes that actually suit me and look good.

rodneyTrotter.

Didactic Ninja wrote: »

Normally people who haven’t the physique to fit in them are the ones casting the most aspersions.

Yeah because we are all nine stone men

Didactic Ninja

I’m 12 stone and I wear them .

larchielads

Was in my sisters house a few weeks back and my nephew was wearin a pair of these skinny jeans and i commented sayin that they're for girls and he laughed at me. I says where'd ye buy them things? Penneys he said. Prob in the girls section, yeah he replies. Jesus christ i thought.
Then theres a knock at the door and its a few of his mates all dressed the same as him, boy band rejects. I knew one of em and i got into him too about his jeans, suppose u got them in penneys too ay? No he said, theyre me mothers!!!
For cryin out loud lads

Roger Hassenforder

Didactic Ninja wrote: »

I’m 12 stone and I wear them .

My left leg is about that

Didactic Ninja

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

My left leg is about that

that seems like a lot.

Rubberchikken

Definitely depends on the wearers shape. Plus no sagging in the arse. Thats ikky. Also be the right age. Over 25 forgetaboutit.

thebull85

Middle Man wrote: »

I'm going to resort to getting trousers made up from scratch - that's how bad it has got - what's funny is that many men out there are actually wearing wide leg formal trousers and yet, they're not to be had in the shops. I'm thinking of contacting Louis Copeland on Capel Street about getting bootcut trousers made - I'm actually going to make the openings around 10" wide.

If you are looking for bootcut, i recomend Tommy Hilfiger they always have that particular style, yeah they are expensive but so is Louis Copeland, decent jean too will last you a while.

yesto24

I used to wear boot cut jeans because that was the style and the real reason because I wore boots. But then something strange happened to boot cut jeans they got wider and wider and just didn't fit right. At the same time it was decided that a narrower fit was in style.
That's what happens, fashion trends change.
And a straight or slim fit is not too bad, can look good if you get the size right. If you can fit stuff in you pocket and have a bit of ball room its all good.
But then something very strange happened the fit got tighter and tighter and no one has said stop.
It looks stupid. The pendulum has gone too far but it will come back sometime.

razorblunt

There seems to be different fits.
Skinny fit, Super Skinny and Spray on.

I'm 6'3 with quads and calfs only the first gets on.
The second won't get passed the calfs and the third I've only seen recently.
The wife wants me to try them for lolz but I'm afraid I'll have to get cut out of them.

razorblunt

yesto24 wrote: »

I used to wear boot cut jeans because that was the style and the real reason because I wore boots. But then something strange happened to boot cut jeans they got wider and wider and just didn't fit right. At the same time it was decided that a narrower fit was in style.
That's what happens, fashion trends change.
And a straight or slim fit is not too bad, can look good if you get the size right. If you can fit stuff in you pocket and have a bit of ball room its all good.
But then something very strange happened the fit got tighter and tighter and no one has said stop.
It looks stupid. The pendulum has gone too far but it will come back sometime.

Strangely, a lot of "straight leg" jeans now serve as Bootcut.
I have 2 pairs of Diesels, both straight leg, one goes perfectly with shoes the others look like a farmer in a nightclub in the city. They only go with my boots.

topper75

Once in a few years I might get a trip to the U.S.

I always stock up on jeans there. You get good Wrangler range in any old Walmart.

They are a generous fit with full movement in crotch area, also available in odd number waists 31,33,35 etc., and they are a fraction (sic) of the prices charged by Irish shops - circa $12 or so.

WoollyRedHat

I just can't wait until spacestyle jump suits become part of the fashion consensus.

El_Duderino 09

These threads come up regularly. Older, tubbier men complaining that fashion has changed in the time while they were getting old.

Don't worry about young fellas. They're made of the exact same stuff as you. The only difference between them and you is that they grew up on a world shaped by the older people.

There's nothing interesting about old people grumbling about young people's fashion. The interesting thing is why the older people haven't figured out they need to start shopping in older people shops like M&S for example.

topper75

Don't know Duderino.

When something changes - it ought to be for the better, right?

If you can explain how skinny jeans are somehow better, I and all the other 'oldies' are paying attention to you... you have the floor.

If you can't, and it is merely some kind of whimsical imposition by some less-than-virile fashionista, then the complaint can't be dismissed just because they are older than the skinny jeans purchasers.

El_Duderino 09

topper75 wrote: »

Don't know Duderino.

When something changes - it ought to be for the better, right?

If you can explain how skinny jeans are somehow better, I and all the other 'oldies' are paying attention to you... you have the floor.

If you can't, and it is merely some kind of whimsical imposition by some less-than-virile fashionista, then the complaint can't be dismissed just because they are older than the skinny jeans purchasers.

When things of consequences change, the ought to change for the better. Fashion is (notionally) a matter of style and expression. It would be wrong for fashion to stay so similar that the old folks approve it.
You’re saying fashion changes ought to be better than what preceded them? That’s not something I would argue. Do you think fashion changes ought to be for the ‘better’?

I think that when old people resort to calling young people ‘less-than-virile’ or not ‘real men’ then you’re hearing the old boy’s swan song.

Could all the old boys think back to when they were young and skinny and tell me if the old folks back then thought the new fashions were a good thing? Is anyone going to tell me that 60 year old people were sitting around complementing punks on their fashion when it was new?

The old boys probably need to start shopping in old boy shops, cos Top Man ain’t making jeans for you.

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topper75 wrote: »

Don't know Duderino.

When something changes - it ought to be for the better, right?

If you can explain how skinny jeans are somehow better, I and all the other 'oldies' are paying attention to you... you have the floor.

If you can't, and it is merely some kind of whimsical imposition by some less-than-virile fashionista, then the complaint can't be dismissed just because they are older than the skinny jeans purchasers.

Skinny jeans actually work well for Ireland's climate tbf. I have a few pairs of flares and bootcut jeans, wearing them at any point between September and May means running a moderate to high risk of ending up with jeans rained on from above and soaking up water from the bottom.