![]() ![]() Italian fashion house Gucci has been extolling the look, presenting seasons of crazy gender-less mismatching that says everything about individuality, but much of the credit has to go the sports guys, the ballers, the skaters, and the hip hop crowd. It’s a look you once thought was the realm of the shy, socially awkward brainiac or bird twitcher but it’s probably now some skater dude who’s been dropping thousands of dollars at the Supreme store. Clashing prints, floral shirts, corduroy suits. There is greasy hair, with side parts, geek glasses and 70s moustaches (even US talk show host Jimmy Fallon is currently sporting one). Shirts are tucked in, Harry High Pants style. It’s that they are worn all at once, and styled in the daggiest possible way. It’s not enough that the new cherished items are ugly on their own – the slide, the loud Hawaiian shirt, the baggy shorts, the too-short trousers. Looking like a Type A nerd is now the height of fashion in menswear. It’s a thing.” Pairing socks with sandals is no longer a fashion crime. “Mum, it’s fresh,” Sam said, rolling his eyes. How could my sons publicly shame me like this outside Foot Locker on a Saturday? I mean, sure, the former fashion director of American Vogue, Grace Coddington, always wore Birkenstocks and socks to the shows, but she is in her 70s, and she’s Grace Coddington. They were for dags, for nerds, for tourists in canvas hats, they were un- Australian. I’d been raised to think that sandals and socks were the most clueless thing on earth. ![]()
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