Baraka_Guru

How to Dress Like a Mac

This is so useful because I'm pretty clueless about fashion. But, hey, I wouldn't mind dressing like this guy. Anyone else have any tips on this? I have Winners gift certificates.

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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Hain

For a minute there I thought I was going to see a bunch of people wearing only one (annoying) color.

Sad thing is... I look like the mac guy most days...

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World's King

Jeans and a t-shirt is fashionable? I find it more lazy.

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Baraka_Guru

Well, I'm not about to wear a suit everyday.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

roachboy

huh. i had no idea that the way i dress usually could be confused with fashion.
this because i agree with wk that it is a lazy look---but i am lazy when it comes to fashion.
that's why it surprises me.

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Baraka_Guru

I don't get this "lazy" thing. Do you mean lazy-looking, or logistically lazy? I mean, it takes, what, an extra 5 to 10 seconds to do up a dress shirt?

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

World's King

Why not? I wish I could wear a suit everyday.

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Baraka_Guru

You know, I wish I could too. I'd have the same sense of fashion as T. S. Eliot did (a four-piece suit), if people wouldn't look at me as though I were an eccentric freak.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

World's King

I'd go more towards the Rat Pack look.

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roachboy

well, i am explicit about it in 3-d: i do not like shopping and am not occupied particularly by engineering my look via clothing.
i know folk who are the opposite, and see them as busy shoppers, people who like to work at shopping for whatever reason--and compared to them, i am a slug.

i could wear suits all the time if i wanted to--but that would require looking for them--and that i'm not inclined to devote the time and energy to doing.

i suspect that alot of this comes from my extended past as a guy weighing 500 lbs, during which there was not a whole lot of point in going shopping at most stores because there was little chance of finding anything that'd fit. and i found "big man" stores to be abysmal places, full of clothing that seemed designed around the idea "if you weigh this much, it doesnt matter how you look"--but that might be a consequence of my simply not liking the stores i could find.

at this point, i could change my attitude, but i kinda like not shopping, not taking it seriously, not looking for a new version of myself or to version myself via accessorizing.

tho a little chanel number never hurt anyone.

so yes: i am a lazy consumer of clothing---but there's nothing perjorative about it. in fact, i affirm non-activity with respect to retail clothing outlets as a positive thing.
but i have no problem with folk who enjoy clothes and find that they are sometimes like interesting trees in the garden of my visual field.
so those folk devote attention to shopping--i'd rather devote the time to sitting around in a coffeehouse doing other things.

besides, i get snippy in retail stores.
so i figure reducing my exposure, and that of others to me, is a win-win situation.
being lazy is a public service.

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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite

World's King

For the most part I'm a t-shirt and jeans guy.


But it's all designer.

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Baraka_Guru

I'm generally coming where you're coming from too, roachboy. If I did wear a suit, it would be the same high-quality suit worn everyday, cleaned when required and worn until ruined.

Shopping is a rare thing for me, so I try to do it "right."

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

RangerJoe

I'm disappointed. I was expecting pimp wear. ): I suppose that would have been mack, not mac.

I, personally, don't think that I could spend 90 dollars on a pair of jeans. Seems pretty ridiculous to me.

Plan9

I wore nature-colored polyester for the last four years.

Thanks for posting, Baraka. I benefited from this thread.

It reminds me that I can be cool yet acceptably tame.

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Baraka_Guru

Same here, which is why I shop at Winners, where you can buy $90 jeans for around $40.


Crompsie, did you ever get that new footwear?

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

World's King

I've spent more then $90 on a pair of jeans.



And damn do they make my ass look great.

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roachboy

some of my jeans come with a prosthetic ass.
that ass-model looks great.
from time to time, i remove it from my jeans and wear it as a hat.

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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite

Plan9

Converse All-Stars. Useless rubber-bottomed socks. EXTREMELY stylish.

Who needs a prosthetic ass when McDonald's can help you grow a real one?

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Willravel

I love my Chuck Taylor's. Unless I have to do something or it's raining. Around the house or just running out to take care of something.

Plan9

I must admit, the Mac guy outfit looks like it would be pretty good to fight in should you need to throw-down outside the GAP.

Loose but not baggy clothing and lightweight, flat-bottomed shoes.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

ngdawg

$90 for jeans?????

$15 at Walmart....get'em a size too small and your ass will look just fine.

RangerJoe

Or just go to Value Village. That same pair of 90 dollar jeans for 5 bucks. (;

Plan9

If I get jeans a size too small you can see my coccyx.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Willravel

I've had a pair of Express jeans since High School (used to be tight black, now are comfy gray). When you pay, you pay for quality, so long as you've done your homework.

RangerJoe

Mangina?

JustJess

That's the point.

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Plan9

Hahaha. Wrong side, lady.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Willravel

True.dat. Man jeans are all about the mooseknuckle.

Plan9

See, the Mac guy would be cooler with a new iCod, the iPod holding codpiece available in five annoying glossy colors you don't want.

Keep your throbbing bass near your throbbing member... iCod.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Willravel

50,000 songs, a phone and a camera... on your wiener. The commercials? I'll leave that to you imagination you sickos.

Plan9

iCod Video: "Dude, stop staring at my crotch."

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Willravel

iCod: You know how I know you're gay? You're listening to Coldplay... and it's on your shlong.

Plan9

ICod: Why is Elton John singing "Rocketman" by my lumbering manshaft?

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Baraka_Guru

iCod: Why smaller isn't always better.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Plan9

I have an iCod because I don't have an iWang.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

belezabaub

I'm no fashion expert but... The importance of this sort of style is comfort. Think of it in terms of how Apple want to market themselves, cool but very useful at the same time. Don't wear two items that our the same colour, ie you can wear a light grey and a dark grey but don't get them too close in shade. Keep it loose but not baggy. Jeans should be dark, jean shaped cords are another option.
It should look nice but have a function, zipped hoodies are good because you can zip them up if your cold and put up you hood if it rains. Avoid anything dressy, like don't try to wear anthing but smart/casual trainers, no scarves neither.