George Will is an angry old man

[Mirai Gen]

I have no problem with a picture to emphasize a point or respond but I thought just one would have been fine.

Like the third one didn't even seem tangentially related except I think that if George Will saw that he would have a conniption.

Just like, member to member.

[Azisien]

That's it Mirai you're banned from General for...Hey, I don't have any special buttons.

[Premmy]

He seems to be obsessed with social roles and societal levels, what If I want to say "I'm a close designer, I make my own shit" with my clothes? what then?

[BitVyper]

Denim being more accepted in polite society is a damn good thing. I've had friggin labour jobs where it wasn't allowed. Non-denim pants last about two months for me just going through my daily activities, so that kind of bullshit gets expensive fast.

Denim just plain kicks ass, and it looks pretty good too (not when overdone though, like in certain pictures). If it's a class indicator, it's not a very good one since, as this guy's article says, just about everyone wears it.

Why in Christ's name would I want more expensive, flimsy pants for everyday use when I can have cheap durable ones? It's like gold sword vs steel sword. Which I guess means you should use your denim jeans to kill businessmen and then sell their pants at the local item shop.

[CelesJessa]

A serious note I wanted to make earlier, but I've been in freaking class since the last time that I posted, the biggest problem with the whole "people dress like slobs unlike people of the past" deal is that clothing and fashion has, throughout the history of time I believe, faced this problem of the next generation not dressing how a previous generation believes is acceptable and "nice". The same kind of thing probably happened when the Ancient Greeks stopped wearing chitons, when petticoats went out of style, and when women stopped wearing dresses all of the time, etc etc etc. It's just the history of clothes in action.

Now, I agree that people shouldn't dress like slobs, but I don't immediately see "jeans" as slobbish, as long as the setting is acceptable. I wear jeans to class because I am an art student and it's likely that I will get paint on my clothes, so I see no problem in that. Jeans at a wedding? Unacceptable. But, you know, in 50 years, maybe they will be, and it will just be the changing times.

That's just my 2 cents.

[Fifthfiend]

If it's fifty years from now and I'm spending my time bitching about all these kids today with their fancy-shmancy Hyperpants and why can't they just wear a decent pair of jeans the way God intended I hope someone has the decency to haul me down to a EuthanasiaMart (formerly 7-11).

[bluestarultor]

When I was in pharmacy school, jeans were literally unacceptable attire for classes and even labs. I had several pairs of jeans lying around that were nice jeans, but I couldn't wear them except on weekends. If I did, it was points off my grade in each class up to and including automatic failure. It was total bullshit, because I had only two pairs of khakis along to wear and one of them got a hole burned in it during chemistry lab by some stupidly strong hydrochloric acid, and they weren't cheap khakis. I have yet to get rid of them, but I also have yet to go out and find more that aren't cargo pants.

Moral of the story: because they didn't let me wear jeans while working with highly poisonous and corrosive chemicals, I only have one pair of good pants to my name.

[01d55]

Originally Posted by CelesJessa

It's just the history of clothes in action.

Which is exactly like the history of music (rap, metal, rock 'n roll, jazz, swing) and the history of new media (internet, video games, tv, movies, radio, ect. ect.) and yet every goddamn generation has to put up with the same goddamn bullshit nattering from angry old men who are totally sure that no, you guys, Jazz was fine but Rock 'n Roll is totally the devil's instrument.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

When I was in pharmacy school, jeans were literally unacceptable attire for classes and even labs. I had several pairs of jeans lying around that were nice jeans, but I couldn't wear them except on weekends. If I did, it was points off my grade in each class up to and including automatic failure. It was total bullshit, because I had only two pairs of khakis along to wear and one of them got a hole burned in it during chemistry lab by some stupidly strong hydrochloric acid, and they weren't cheap khakis. I have yet to get rid of them, but I also have yet to go out and find more that aren't cargo pants.

Moral of the story: because they didn't let me wear jeans while working with highly poisonous and corrosive chemicals, I only have one pair of good pants to my name.

Like 95% of the people in our labs are wearing jeans at any one time. Why didn't they let you wear jeans?

[Satan's Onion]

Originally Posted by Grampa Simpson

This is not complicated. For men, sartorial good taste can be reduced to one rule: If Fred Astaire would not have worn it, don't wear it. For women, substitute Grace Kelly.

So, corset and high heels then? Ladies, take note: According to George F. Will, a woman is not attired tastefully until both her ankles are sprained and she can't breathe.