Troper Fashion Thread (yeah)

Interesting. I tried googling hair + train + clothing, but didn't get anything that could be relevant.

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Here ya go.

And here's my favorite train rocking character.◊

edited 7th Jul '15 8:29:23 PM by Parable

The second link is forbidden. :S :(

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Fixed.

Who's that?

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Kongou.

Trains are ideal to carry little children on while running very very fast. WEEEEE!

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I wish I had an Armani suit.

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No! For that price, get yourself a bespoke one, made specifically to fit you. Proper, exact fitting is the most important element of menswear. Everything, absolutely everything, is secondary to that. Then come colour and fabric, and only then do we move on to the little fashion-y details, like peaked lapel vs. notched lapel, number and type of buttons, single vs. double-breasted, number of pockets, two, one or zero pleats on the trouser, vents in the jacket, etc.

Seriously, brands are a scam at best.

Also, have a look at this related tread on OTC. Ain't no reason not to have both on the watchlist.

edited 8th Jul '15 1:18:47 PM by TheHandle

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Yeah, that.

A really expensive, designer off-the-peg suit is still just an off-the-peg suit.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'

But I want one.

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<sees the pics about trains> Ah, so that's what they are. Makes sense in both meaning and in actual function (when it comes to Rapunzel Hair, I mean).

BTW, any feedback on this question about jumpsuits?

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On the jumpsuit question: Yes, they are jumpsuits. Fashion jumpsuits. Red carpet jumpsuits. Practical jumpsuits are for practical times. These are not.

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Someone ought to update the definitions for "jumpsuit" then, to note this alternate usage.

On a different, sort-of-fashion-related note... Can the idiom "legs that go all the way up" be used to describe the legs of a woman if she's wearing a knee-length dress/skirt?

I'm trying to figure this one out, because someone used it in a fic that I've recently started reading, and I pointed out in the thread for discussing the fic (which the author himself made and participates in) how I think it's not appropiate because you can't tell that the legs are long and shapely if all you can see of them are the parts below the knees◊ (for all you know, the thighs are quite misshapen and thus ugly-looking), thus the idiom should really be only used if the woman is wearing a miniskirt/minidress (or a microskirt/microdress if you want to really emphasize the legginess), rather close-fitting pants (baggy ones obscure the outline too much), or mid-thigh shorts (skirt-based example). Yet apparently more than a few people disagree with me, though at least one person said that I may have a point, and another eventually admitted that it might be a dated usage, as the phrase seems to have been in use back in the 1950s, which is a time when dresses and skirts were always below the knee, and anything higher than that would be utterly scandalous.

So... What do you guys think?

PS: The fact that both pics are of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters isn't really important.

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You know.... I completely forgot this thread existed.

To anyone here who uses them... what's the appeal of high heels? From my understanding they are pretty uncomfortable to use.

"Please crush me with your heels Esdeath-sama!

The other fashion thread.

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Then you're doing it wrong.

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My mom would like to dispute that. She's used to wearing 4-inchers for weddings for decades by now, and she still hates them with a passion as they leave her with a lot of foot pain. If she could, she'd get heel-less ones, but the market here is so obsessed with high heels for formal occasions to the point where she can't find anything else at all.

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One main advantage of high heels is that they make you taller. They also emphasize the leg and, due to the shifts in stance, the curves of the body. As such, they're generally considered to help emphasize attractiveness.

Due to the psychological aspects of the above, they can be a confidence booster. Also, at least for those who don't wear them on a regular basis, there can be an aspect of fun with them, along the same lines as any sort of special dressing up.

Yes. :)

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No feedback on the idiom question?

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And unless I'm mistaken, they also encourage a Sexy Walk, do they not?

I guess the idiom could be used that way. I've seen it used to describe long, sexy legs more than how covered they are. But I may be wrong.

By the way, I have a ykttw for a Useful Notes section on clothing. If anyone here wants to help with those, you are more than welcome.

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Well, I did point out above that I find it hard to believe that you can tell that a pair of legs are "long and sexy" (or, to use better phrasing IMO, "sexily long" or "long in a sexy way") if all you can see of them are the parts below the knee.

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That depends on how long the visible parts of the legs look, and how the skirt implies the rest of them are.

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