I glanced this way before sitting down for a proper read and was really scared you were making the case for gaucho pants. Phew. I’m about to engage in a lie of sorts this am. Going to Haley’s link to give her some moolah. It’s not to support her candidacy. Rather, it’s purely to aid in what I hope will be her psychological torture of TFG for a few more weeks.
I don't think I would know how to make a case for gaucho pants. You are a good American. I hope she uses every last penny to take him apart, but I am not confident she will.
Ooh, I love Stacey and Clinton, and they are so right about pleats. The only people who can wear pleats are those with a tapeworm. Like seriously emaciated people look OK in pleats. The rest of us look like we're squirreling away nuts for winter in our front pockets. But my daughter showed up yesterday in the biggest bell bottoms I've ever seen and oh the memories it brought back. You are exactly right. I remember all the ugly stuff fashion pushed on me. Rayon dresses that cost $15 but were dry clean only. Collarless shirts (please die, trend). Shirts with no shoulders. Shirts with huge shoulder pads. It's a game for suckers!
Brilliant but I also need help finding dresses lol. I guess that’s more of a spring problem! Right now I’ve found some overpriced options for comfy drawstring cute ish pants from Anthropologie which I basically wear on rotation daily. The price is dumb, but they are a dream to wear and w a (comfy) sweater look decent.
This really hits me hard. This fall I came to the realization that I needed new jeans because I hardly have any jeans left without holes in inopportune places. But you cannot buy anything normal!!! Everything is stretchy, high-waisted, straight out of the eighties, or skinny (I am not skinny). I ordered a bunch of jeans from a variety of retailers and had to return almost every one. The ones I kept I don't even like. I bought one pair that I seriously could have fit a bowling ball in the pants with me. I laughed out loud when I tried them on. I cannot for the life of me understand stretchy jeans. If you want stretch buy leggings or sweat pants. I just want jeans that fit!! Why is that so hard.
Thrift shops are the only place you can get decent jeans any more. If you are really lucky, they are all cotton and mosltly straight leg. Personally, I prefer boot cut. I am pretty sure they are out of style but they are never out of style for curvy persons with skinny legs.
Levi's work for me. (shop the men's dept.- more options) I'm only 5'4" but I manage to find them in the local stores here, and I get the choice of waist size and length.
I enjoyed your article today, I even restacked it! I loved the Tim Russert clip - boy how I miss him. I wonder what he would say of Trump. Lately I have been thinking a lot of the people who are voting for Trump and what is becoming of our country. It is good to know we are not alone. Many thanks 😊
Thank you for the fashion advice, even if only indirectly targeted at men. As an ancient member of that gender, and the proud owner of five sets of pants, I am due for a pant upgrade in 2028 should I so long live. So, updates and more specifics would be appreciated. In the meantime, I will not follow the sartorial (or perhaps "non-sartorial") example of Mr. Jason Kelce, as it would result in early commitment to a padded cell. I agree with you about the upcoming election and wish You Know Who were in a padded cell. Warm regards and best wishes.
You are too kind. Pass. Btw, good luck with your Baker Mayfield fixation. As someone who is growing to like you, I fear you are headed for heartbreak. Just ask the people in Charlotte. Better yet, don't. :)
Can we talk about footwear next? I've reached a crisis stage with my shoes and boots. I had a great pair of brown leather clogs that I loved for fall and winter and this year the soles (really the entire bottom halves of the shoes) completely gave out. And by completely gave out, I mean split in half crosswise and started to detach from the footbed. So I switched to an old backup pair of brown loafers that I dug out of the back of the closet and a chunk of one sole literally fell out of the shoe on my way to the dentist's office. I don't wear leather shoes that often, but is it too much to ask for a pair to stay intact for very occasional wear? And then just today I discovered that my tall black boots, again worn very infrequently, are shedding their manmade uppers like snakeskin. Seriously, do I have to find a cobbler? I'm now depressed that my nicer footwear options are limited to new sneakers and a pair of faux Birkenstocks I picked up at Costco. Help!
You do have a gift. I don't care enough about pant choices to spend 7 minutes thinking about the issue but I like your writing so I spent 7 minutes reading this piece while wearing the same jeans that i have had for the last 6 years. Regular fit, no pleats - and the others you displayed lost me completely at $90 for a pair of JEANS (yeah, not Jean). And I remember when just before Xmas 2012, the late, great, Mark Shields called Mitt Romney the "single worst candidate for President in memory," because his whole demeanor screamed "corporate manager." Now we have a former President who fails the most basic test of a political candidate: "Would you buy a used car from this guy?" And just because I did read your entire piece, with its blessed free association, I will note that this is (for us Washington Husky types) the NFL season that our Jake Browning finally broke through as well.
As a man, let me note that we men are much less bothered by fashion. Thus a man goes into a store looking for a black pair of pants.. and that is what he will buy.
My aunt worked for Brooks Bros inspecting shirts - they made mens and womens shirts thar were identical except the women's buttoned on the opposite side. My aunt would get shirts for me and for my sister. So the "choice" of makers to go for less well constructed garments seems (to me) to be at least partly market driven. The large market for young women that sells lots of cheap garments may dictate the terms to the whole market. With men's wear it is very different. We buy fewer and with less color variety and... at higher average prices for the mainstream market. So much is consumer driven. (For example, for men, there is nothing like hem length in skirts - men's pants must go down to the shoe. Shirt cuffs must go to the wrist).
Thanks for another raucous essay. I discovered soft leggings at Target under A New Day label. They are the best for all day wearing in the house or running errands. They are the sweatpant/s version of skinny jeans.
I glanced this way before sitting down for a proper read and was really scared you were making the case for gaucho pants. Phew. I’m about to engage in a lie of sorts this am. Going to Haley’s link to give her some moolah. It’s not to support her candidacy. Rather, it’s purely to aid in what I hope will be her psychological torture of TFG for a few more weeks.
I don't think I would know how to make a case for gaucho pants. You are a good American. I hope she uses every last penny to take him apart, but I am not confident she will.
Ooh, I love Stacey and Clinton, and they are so right about pleats. The only people who can wear pleats are those with a tapeworm. Like seriously emaciated people look OK in pleats. The rest of us look like we're squirreling away nuts for winter in our front pockets. But my daughter showed up yesterday in the biggest bell bottoms I've ever seen and oh the memories it brought back. You are exactly right. I remember all the ugly stuff fashion pushed on me. Rayon dresses that cost $15 but were dry clean only. Collarless shirts (please die, trend). Shirts with no shoulders. Shirts with huge shoulder pads. It's a game for suckers!
I have fullback shoulders, so remember cutting out the padding in the eighties.
Brilliant but I also need help finding dresses lol. I guess that’s more of a spring problem! Right now I’ve found some overpriced options for comfy drawstring cute ish pants from Anthropologie which I basically wear on rotation daily. The price is dumb, but they are a dream to wear and w a (comfy) sweater look decent.
Drawstrings are the way.
This really hits me hard. This fall I came to the realization that I needed new jeans because I hardly have any jeans left without holes in inopportune places. But you cannot buy anything normal!!! Everything is stretchy, high-waisted, straight out of the eighties, or skinny (I am not skinny). I ordered a bunch of jeans from a variety of retailers and had to return almost every one. The ones I kept I don't even like. I bought one pair that I seriously could have fit a bowling ball in the pants with me. I laughed out loud when I tried them on. I cannot for the life of me understand stretchy jeans. If you want stretch buy leggings or sweat pants. I just want jeans that fit!! Why is that so hard.
I have basically broken up with jeans. Also the GOP.
Fair, but I keep holding out hope for good jeans to return.
And good democracy
Thrift shops are the only place you can get decent jeans any more. If you are really lucky, they are all cotton and mosltly straight leg. Personally, I prefer boot cut. I am pretty sure they are out of style but they are never out of style for curvy persons with skinny legs.
Levi's work for me. (shop the men's dept.- more options) I'm only 5'4" but I manage to find them in the local stores here, and I get the choice of waist size and length.
I enjoyed your article today, I even restacked it! I loved the Tim Russert clip - boy how I miss him. I wonder what he would say of Trump. Lately I have been thinking a lot of the people who are voting for Trump and what is becoming of our country. It is good to know we are not alone. Many thanks 😊
THANK YOU HOLLY!
This is great!
Thank you for the fashion advice, even if only indirectly targeted at men. As an ancient member of that gender, and the proud owner of five sets of pants, I am due for a pant upgrade in 2028 should I so long live. So, updates and more specifics would be appreciated. In the meantime, I will not follow the sartorial (or perhaps "non-sartorial") example of Mr. Jason Kelce, as it would result in early commitment to a padded cell. I agree with you about the upcoming election and wish You Know Who were in a padded cell. Warm regards and best wishes.
I feel like you might be awesome enough to wear whatever you want, including the Jason Kelce.
You are too kind. Pass. Btw, good luck with your Baker Mayfield fixation. As someone who is growing to like you, I fear you are headed for heartbreak. Just ask the people in Charlotte. Better yet, don't. :)
Oh my heart has been broken over and over and over, ever since he was drafted. A mother's love has no end...
Can we talk about footwear next? I've reached a crisis stage with my shoes and boots. I had a great pair of brown leather clogs that I loved for fall and winter and this year the soles (really the entire bottom halves of the shoes) completely gave out. And by completely gave out, I mean split in half crosswise and started to detach from the footbed. So I switched to an old backup pair of brown loafers that I dug out of the back of the closet and a chunk of one sole literally fell out of the shoe on my way to the dentist's office. I don't wear leather shoes that often, but is it too much to ask for a pair to stay intact for very occasional wear? And then just today I discovered that my tall black boots, again worn very infrequently, are shedding their manmade uppers like snakeskin. Seriously, do I have to find a cobbler? I'm now depressed that my nicer footwear options are limited to new sneakers and a pair of faux Birkenstocks I picked up at Costco. Help!
You can get shoes resoled if that’s the only problem.
I know, it's potentially doable for probably one pair. Just seems too hard to find that kind of craftsmanship anymore.
Thanks. And I forgot completely about the Kelce mention. That brings up an entire line of free-association of its own, but for another day I think.
You do have a gift. I don't care enough about pant choices to spend 7 minutes thinking about the issue but I like your writing so I spent 7 minutes reading this piece while wearing the same jeans that i have had for the last 6 years. Regular fit, no pleats - and the others you displayed lost me completely at $90 for a pair of JEANS (yeah, not Jean). And I remember when just before Xmas 2012, the late, great, Mark Shields called Mitt Romney the "single worst candidate for President in memory," because his whole demeanor screamed "corporate manager." Now we have a former President who fails the most basic test of a political candidate: "Would you buy a used car from this guy?" And just because I did read your entire piece, with its blessed free association, I will note that this is (for us Washington Husky types) the NFL season that our Jake Browning finally broke through as well.
You’re doing just fine George. With your jeans, your politics, and your football. A+
As a man, let me note that we men are much less bothered by fashion. Thus a man goes into a store looking for a black pair of pants.. and that is what he will buy.
You may know this, but manufacturers deliberately make women’s clothes out of cheaper fabrics and more haphazardly than men’s.
If I could wear men’s pants I would shop exclusively for men’s pants. They are usually far better quality, natural fibers, and less trend driven.
My aunt worked for Brooks Bros inspecting shirts - they made mens and womens shirts thar were identical except the women's buttoned on the opposite side. My aunt would get shirts for me and for my sister. So the "choice" of makers to go for less well constructed garments seems (to me) to be at least partly market driven. The large market for young women that sells lots of cheap garments may dictate the terms to the whole market. With men's wear it is very different. We buy fewer and with less color variety and... at higher average prices for the mainstream market. So much is consumer driven. (For example, for men, there is nothing like hem length in skirts - men's pants must go down to the shoe. Shirt cuffs must go to the wrist).
Thanks for another raucous essay. I discovered soft leggings at Target under A New Day label. They are the best for all day wearing in the house or running errands. They are the sweatpant/s version of skinny jeans.
Can't wait for your book!
me too lol. But it's not really funny :( I tried a little here and there but overall teh subject matter is not conducive.
May I ask what it’s about?
Laughed out loud at this! Thanks, I needed it.
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