The Top 10 Guy Fashion Trends That Must Stop

peacock
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:01 am: [report]

Kill the graphic tee. Please.

Christinaval
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:11 am: [report]

MANPRIS!?!? UGH!!!!! I agree with all.

jubee
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:19 am: [report]

@peacock with all the pretty designs? they NEED to stop.

amandabear
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:19 am: [report]

Yes to all of these except scarves. I actually like those on guys.

SouthOC
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:31 am: [report]

They’re called “trends” for a reason.  They’re short lived, and if you’re caught wearing them 5 years from now, you stick out like a sore thumb.  Stick with the classics!

Riley
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:36 am: [report]

I missed the boat on all of these.  :(

I didn’t know about half of them anyway.

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:43 am: [report]

Headbands – are for chicks
Skinny jeans – are for chicks
V necks – are for homosexuals and women with big boobies
Necklaces – Mr T starter kits…
Mandals – these exist?
What the f is a flood?
Diamond earing – pro football players (black ones) can pull this off.  We cannot.
Scarves – muslims wear scarves too.  Unless ur muslim or out in the snow, don’t wear one.
Ed hardy?  I missed that trend…

_jsw_
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:44 am: [report]

The sad thing about these is that, since these involve men, they’ll still be on display for another 20 years since we so rarely change our wardrobes in general.

Fortunately for me, I bought in at the start of the droopy-pants-hanging-beneath-your-ass trend back in the ‘90s, so I’m good to go for a bit.

I Go To 11
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:45 am: [report]

Amen to the skinny jeans! Last night, I was walking to class at school when I ended up behind a rather rotund fellow sporting “skinny” jeans. Not a pretty sight, let me tell you.

I Go To 11
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:47 am: [report]

@ jsw: Are you pairing those with flannel, Doc Martens or backwards baseball caps?

_jsw_
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:48 am: [report]

@I Go To 11: “or”??

bumbler
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:56 am: [report]

Looks like the hairband is a backward sun visor which has it’s own problems namely that it entirely defeats the purpose of a visor. 

Scarves as an accessory when it is not cold need to go away for both genders. 

Can I suggest an open season on people wearing Ed Hardy to thin the herd?

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 09:57 am: [report]

what about sagging your skinny jeans?  i want to punch kids like that in the ear and then jog away at a casual pace…  they wont catch me!

Arsenic
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:03 am: [report]

I actually really like scarves and skinny jeans on guys, but - and this is a big but- it has to be the right guy. Skinny jeans look good on skinny guys, not so much guys who have eaten one to many taco.

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:09 am: [report]

or guys who have spent any amount of time at all in a gym…  normal jeans ARE skinny jeans when you do squats every once in awhile…  oh and im not trying to say im hung like a shetland pony or anything, but where does the package go when you wear jeans that tight?  are these guys taking salt-peter and ibuprophen to avoid boners and to deal with the pain of constantly crushed grapes?  no thanks…

retro chic
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:10 am: [report]

@Riley: you’re a lapels and medium starch kinda guy, aren’t you? If you go lighter on the starch, no crease on the skinny jeans and do a half-windsor on the pressed scarf it could work.

toyen
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:12 am: [report]

I don’t care. I like Jude Law in a V-neck.

I Go To 11
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:14 am: [report]

@ jsw: Maybe I should’ve said “and/or” instead of just “or”. Bonus points for a ratty tshirt featuring an ad for a well-known brand that has been humorously altered (like this: http://oldglory.com/lp/product?product_id=005555SLTS&atc=froogle&utm_source=Froogle&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=Froogle) underneath said flannel.

_jsw_
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:25 am: [report]

@Arsenic: Nice “big but” comment.

@I Go To 11: I mainly accessorize with the boxers I wear, since the pants show so much of them. My Tshirts are from the 80’s, mainly for bands that have disappeared. But my boxers? They’re usually no more than a decade or so old. My favorite has a bunch of birdhouses on it. I like it because when women ask about it, I ask if they want to see a woodpecker. It’s an absolutely hilarious play on my name which has almost led to interest on their part numerous times.

Queen Frostine
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:27 am: [report]

I like v-necks on a man. I also like chest hair. Oh well.

Mercury
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:29 am: [report]

I really really don’t appreciate the mandals. I have never seen those before, but I think they just look plain ugly.  The scarf I don’t mind, I think it’s kind of nice on some men.  Capris, no. Headbands, also a no. The earrings, no. The Flood thing I just don’t understand, but I guess it is fashion.  All the other ones I’m ok with.  Ed Hardy doesn’t really bug me or not bug me.  It depends on the guy’s style, but definitely with the mandals.  WTF.

Oreo
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:34 am: [report]

I know that this is a typical guy response, but I’m not going to start or stop wearing something depending on whether or not it’s “in style.”  If I see it and I like it, I’ll wear it.  If I get tired of it, I’ll stop.  What the rest of the fashion world does is none of my concern.

I’ll wear skinny jeans until I’m 40 because I like them, but you wouldn’t ever catch me dead in a a pair of “mandals” or “manpris” even at the height of their trendiness.

I can live with not being a sex symbol.  I can’t live with pretending to like or dislike something for the sake of fitting in.

writergirl
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:36 am: [report]

V-necks only if they are wearing a t-shirt underneath.

I like scarves on men.  Not worn like Timberlake has it, but a very nice one draped over a cashmere coat is very classic and elegant.

Even in Europe, the manpris or whatever they are need to go.

lizzmilk
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:47 am: [report]

okay here’s the thing, and this comment is probably not going to be very popular, but aren’t we being extremely sexist?  the reason against almost everyone of these trends is that it’s “for women”... so, do we wish that someone would have stopped women from wearing pants because it was for men? “okay honey i know you think you look cute in those pants, but please go put a dress on”....

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 11:10 am: [report]

is it sexist to prefer men to not dress like women?

MissChaotic
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 11:17 am: [report]

Um, did anybody notice that Matthew Mcconaughey is not wearing a headband, but instead a visor backwards?

Riley
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 11:54 am: [report]

@Retro - Does eating fries with my sandwich count as medium starch?  Probably heavy.

Jamie Lee
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 12:32 pm: [report]

I take it upon myself to notify dudes that are wearing ed hardy that they look like total d-bags…my friends say I am mean and embarassing, but I think I’m just doing the world a favor.

cottonstar
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 12:41 pm: [report]

the earrings must come to an end. i think it’s tacky and really unattractive.

Oreo
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 12:51 pm: [report]

MuchoMacho: Flip that around.  I think most women would consider it extremely sexist if someone were to find fault with a woman because she “dresses like a man.”  Like Lizzmilk says, it’s an unfair double standard.  Who would dare tell a woman to “go put on a dress” in 2009?

Isn’t it about time that society become enlightened to the point in which gender equality works for both sexes?  I’ve long subscribed to the theory that if we, as a society, didn’t shame our sons out of playing with dolls when they were very young, perhaps they’d be more inclined as adults to stick around and be a father to their children.  It’d make an interesting correlation study.

I suppose that slow progress is being made though.  Fifty years ago, a guy would be called a “fag” for wearing an earring.  These days, I’m the only man I know that doesn’t have pierced ears.

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 12:52 pm: [report]

remember popped collars?  when i was a bouncer my fellow doormen and i decided to add “no popped collars” to our dress code.  we brutally and efficiently enforced it, and got zero complaints from anyone not breaking the dress code…

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 12:57 pm: [report]

this is my opinion, and im very happy it isnt the only one, but as far as im concerned, women should dress however they want to, as long as its hot, and men should be men.  little boys playing with dolls?  i mean maybe im a caveman, but im looking forward to it being socially acceptable to act like a man again.  when a bully pushes someone around, and gets his @ss kicked, people should be happy, not appalled.  the feminization of american males makes me a sad panda.

Perceptible
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 01:12 pm: [report]

Oh, oh, oh! What has happened to that poor man’s “package” on the right in pic number 3. It looks like an old comforter that’s been washed too much and the stuffing is all lumpy! That looks PAINFUL! I would totally stop and stare if I saw him on the street… and not in a good way!

Riley
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 02:03 pm: [report]

Oh, to be a bouncer.  I’d get to work-out all the time so the chicks would think my huge traps and chest are teh sex.  On my off-days I could keep trying to re-enlist in the Army or the Police force, but they won’t take me because of my awesome tribal tattoos and barbed wire around my bulging biceps.  It wouldn’t get me down though, because I’m king of the bar from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.  My world would be filled with high-fives and constantly saying “what is she doing with that #&@$%?” to my brahs.

It is also less “feminization” of America and more of people doing what makes them happy instead of what society dictates.

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 02:34 pm: [report]

lol @ “teh sex”...  and ur not all that far off with the rest of it either.  if it makes a certain segment of people happy to live that way, who are you to judge?  society is currently dictating that guys acting macho are wrong, and guys acting femmy are right.  so who is the one bowing to trends?

retro chic
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 02:36 pm: [report]

@Riley: The Bouncer… Hi-larious. I wasn’t thinking bouncer but that works much better. And nix on any temptation for large perfed or carbon/CZ earwear, might be a little too-too. Seriously, you should rebroadcast your comment as another idea for the “Halloween Costumes That Won’t Get You Laid” post. And ‘cause it’s so important to stay in character. All.night.long.

“It is also less “feminization” of America and more of people doing what makes them happy instead of what society dictates.”
Agreed. [throws makeup trowels and wired contraptions into the Pacific]

C.Munro
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 02:57 pm: [report]

What y’all are calling skinny jeans these days, I’d call tight jeans.  I always thought skinny jeans were slender-fitting, but not skin-tight.  What you’re calling skinny jeans remind me of the spandex-enhanced denim the metalheads wore in the ‘90s. 

Oh, and I like scarves when it’s cold outside.

verynervous
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 04:57 pm: [report]

John Barrowman is cheesy sexy, and Ed Hardy looks good on him.

Oreo
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 05:34 pm: [report]

Riley = “It is also less “feminization” of America and more of people doing what makes them happy instead of what society dictates.”

Amen.

Hurricane KC
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 10:03 pm: [report]

For those who hate the Ed Hardy garb, and are on facebook, check out the group “Down With Dragon Shirts”.  Hilarious.

secretstevie
wrote on October 23 2009 @ 02:23 am: [report]

“The Man Hairband. Need I say more? Methinks not. Hairbands are for girls. Do not put a rubber band, a shoelace, or a folded-up handkerchief around your head. Ever. Period.”

Hairbands are for girls?  I am usually one to pick my battles but this is just silly and not a quote I would expect from The Frisky crew.  I thought we were all above frivolous gender stereotypes.  “It looks silly” is a fine reason.  “Its for girls”?  DUMB.

And besides, I love me a man with his long hair pulled back into a bun or ponytail, mmmm.

Riley
wrote on October 23 2009 @ 07:55 am: [report]

@MuchoMacho -

“but as far as im concerned, women should dress however they want to, as long as its hot”

I think you just answered your own question about bowing to trends.

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 23 2009 @ 08:57 am: [report]

its a trend to like women who dress hot?  this vexes me.  im vexed.  if it is, in fact, a trend to like women who dress hot, then i am super duper trendy.  like majorly.

Riley
wrote on October 23 2009 @ 09:42 am: [report]

Don’t be obtuse.  Of course it isn’t a trend to appreciate a woman that dresses up. 

However, your statement expects it.  Do whatever you want as long as I approve?  So many options.

I guess I’d see things differently if I expected people to perform for me.

MuchoMacho
wrote on October 23 2009 @ 09:49 am: [report]

u live your life.  ill live mine.  ill approve of the fashion trends i want to approve of, and dislike whatever i want.  im commenting about them on frisky.  it isnt like im running around throwing red paint on guys in skinny jeans, or pointing and jeering at women wearing ugly clothes.  my gf wear ugly sweaters and scarves once in awhile, and it isnt like i love her less.  i just dont approve of her wearing ugly stuff.  believe me, her day isnt ruined when i think something she has on is ugly.

DancingGeek
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 01:46 pm: [report]

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ootie grl
wrote on October 28 2009 @ 04:18 pm: [report]

super tight jeans on guys are just creepy.  That picture is gross. I feel bad for his balls.