law student attire Forum

[valrp]

I don't think hipsters think much about what they put on themselves (as far as thinking the dress "ironic")...they just do what their friends do, no?

[Oklahoma Mike]

Oh, I think most hipsters recognize and seek irony, that's the whole point.

[chup]

I agree, hipsters ruin everything.

However, I like the tie look because it's a throwback very cool, classic WWII-era fashion that also doesn't require looking radically out-of-place and drawing a bunch of attention to oneself. If I could rock the 3-piece + hat, I totally would. Fuck irony, I just think it's classic style.

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[Nike6075]

I agree, hipsters ruin everything.

However, I like the tie look because it's a throwback very cool, classic WWII-era fashion that also doesn't require looking radically out-of-place and drawing a bunch of attention to oneself. If I could rock the 3-piece + hat, I totally would. Fuck irony, I just think it's classic style.

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This only works if you live in a sepia-toned, dimly-lit world. Which, I guess, means it is only acceptable at Cornell...

[OperaAttorney]

Dressing up for class? Not a chance. I too will rock my tees, tanks, shorts, jeans, flipflops, sandals, sneakers, baseball hats for class.

But for OCIs and other events that require business attire, I'll flip the script and show up in a Gucci suit. I hope .

[OperaAttorney]

It's true - and all the pathetic intentional battery, trespass to chattels, and conversion claims you make subsequently will fall on deaf ears as people's first question will be "Did you or did you not have a good reason to wear that tie today?" Rule 1: Prateck ya neck.

FALSE: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/fashi ... ref=slogin

Seriously though, anyone else a big fan of the tie + jeans look? If someone asked me, "Did you or did you not have a good reason to wear that tie today?" my answer would be "Yes, I had a good reason. Because it's baller. Now leave me be, peasant."

This look screams "I read that this look was popular in a magazine and I don't think for myself". Jeans + tie on a law student = slightly less annoying than hipsters trying to be ironic by wearing ties.

Hmm. The above statements screams "I'm young, straight, unimaginative, and...."

I was rockin' ties with my jeans and sneakers years before men's fashions mags began advocating the shabby chic look.

[thedogship]

It's true - and all the pathetic intentional battery, trespass to chattels, and conversion claims you make subsequently will fall on deaf ears as people's first question will be "Did you or did you not have a good reason to wear that tie today?" Rule 1: Prateck ya neck.

FALSE: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/fashi ... ref=slogin

Seriously though, anyone else a big fan of the tie + jeans look? If someone asked me, "Did you or did you not have a good reason to wear that tie today?" my answer would be "Yes, I had a good reason. Because it's baller. Now leave me be, peasant."

This look screams "I read that this look was popular in a magazine and I don't think for myself". Jeans + tie on a law student = slightly less annoying than hipsters trying to be ironic by wearing ties.

Hmm. The above statements screams "I'm young, straight, unimaginative, and...."

I was rockin' ties with my jeans and sneakers years before men's fashions mags began advocating the shabby chic look.

Good for you. That doesn't mean that it looks good when a million other fools are trying to rock that look. I wore argyle years before it became trendy. And I haven't worn it in years for that same reason because every other "unimaginative" DB out there is wearing it. And I'm not too sure what being young and straight have to do with thinking that looked is played out. Do you have to be old and gay to appreciate something about a look that has past its time? Give me a break. Tie with jeans screams "I'm trying too hard to be noticed" or "I'm trying to be an ironic hipster".

[JusAbstinendi]

WTF is an ironic hipster. Don't make me google this junk.

[Mosel]

to sum up:

hipster = what bitter, out-of-style people call effortlessly stylish people?

khakis = bad. always.

Young + straight = tragically out of style

Older + gay = effortlessly stylish; ergo, hipster?

I can't follow any of this shit...it's making my head spin. I live in L.A. where everyone is a hipster, no one notices a tie with a pair of jeans because everyone wears it, preppy is considered fashionable, irony is parodied as ironic, and Ed Hardy is the dress-code for any starbucks cafe east of West Hollywood.

Something tells me I'm going to stick out horribly at LS.

[valrp]

I'm just going to stick to my own personal style. I don't understand why anyone would change the way they dress just for law school. A nice suit or two for OCI's will be neccesary, but I do not see any need for additional clothing purchases. It's funny to me to see so many male's worry about this, though. I thought guy's didn't care what people thought of them?

[JusAbstinendi]

Almost all of this thread has a bit of envy laced throughout it. I don't understand why it's fine to wear jeans and a t-shirt, but if you wear slacks and a tie, you're a tool. Is a more formal attire undesirable because people don't want to look dressed down in comparison and because it raises the bar? Is a less formal attire desirable for the opposite reasons?

Some guy wears a suit to class and you "can just tell" he's doing it to stand out, as opposed to that casual, I-wear-suits-with-panache guy. What? What a ridiculously subjective evaluation. It's interesting seeing the new-style conformism here by lambasting what appears to be the old-style conformism. Maybe in forty years it'll switch back. Fashion's cyclical, right?

[thedogship]

to sum up:

hipster = what bitter, out-of-style people call effortlessly stylish people?

khakis = bad. always.

Young + straight = tragically out of style

Older + gay = effortlessly stylish; ergo, hipster?

I can't follow any of this shit...it's making my head spin. I live in L.A. where everyone is a hipster, no one notices a tie with a pair of jeans because everyone wears it, preppy is considered fashionable, irony is parodied as ironic, and Ed Hardy is the dress-code for any starbucks cafe east of West Hollywood.

Something tells me I'm going to stick out horribly at LS.

Yeah, I can see how that argument got fairly absurd. Hipsters are definitely not effortlessly stylish though. They put as much effort into that look as anyone else. You may stick out a bit, depending on where in the country you end up, but i wouldn't sweat it too much. However, you can't compare style in LA to anywhere else in the country; it's its own little oasis in that regard.

[thespinstartshere]

I think this thread got "fairly absurd" about four pages ago. My opinion - wear whatever you want as long as it is not obscene and/or distracting. Personally, I prefer a preppy style (polos, oxfords, topsiders, and yes, even khakis). If people think I am stylish, great; if not, I couldn't care less. Perhaps we will all be enlightened by the styling choices of our peers. I am fairly certain that dress is really only significant when interviewing.

[NeedAllTheHelpICanGet]

Hmm. The above statements screams "I'm young, straight, unimaginative, and...."

Hmm. The above statement screams "I'm old, gay, and judgementally creative, !"

I was rockin' ties with my jeans and sneakers years before men's fashions mags began advocating the shabby chic look.

Well aren't you special, deary? Would you like some more cookies and milk?

[NeedAllTheHelpICanGet]

I think this thread got "fairly absurd" about four pages ago. My opinion - where whatever you want as long as it is not obscene and/or distracting. Personally, I prefer a preppy style (polos, oxfords, topsiders, and yes, even khakis). If people think I am stylish, great; if not, I couldn't care less. Perhaps we will all be enlightened by the styling choices of our peers. I am fairly certain that dress is really only significant when interviewing.

I love how you correctly identify the absudity of this whole thing, and then make your own whole-hearted, earnest contribution! LOL !

...Ah...love it...

[thedogship]

Hmm. The above statements screams "I'm young, straight, unimaginative, and...."

Hmm. The above statement screams "I'm old, gay, and judgementally creative, !"

I was rockin' ties with my jeans and sneakers years before men's fashions mags began advocating the shabby chic look.

Well aren't you special, deary? Would you like some more cookies and milk?

My thoughts exactly.

[kritiosboy]

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[chup]

I was rockin' ties with my jeans and sneakers years before men's fashions mags began advocating the shabby chic look.

Well aren't you special, deary? Would you like some more cookies and milk?

I think OperaAttorney was offering himself as a counterexample to the implication by dogship that the only reason someone would wear a tie with jeans is because they're some hipster lemming or because GQ or the NYTimes told them to. I, too, have been wearing ties with casual dress for years because I LIKE IT AND I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD ON ME. If the Times wants to offer me props my style, good for it.

[chup]

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Every day, all day. my assitant will be wearing a matching suit/

DE PLANE BOSS, DE PLANE!

[thespinstartshere]

I think this thread got "fairly absurd" about four pages ago. My opinion - where whatever you want as long as it is not obscene and/or distracting. Personally, I prefer a preppy style (polos, oxfords, topsiders, and yes, even khakis). If people think I am stylish, great; if not, I couldn't care less. Perhaps we will all be enlightened by the styling choices of our peers. I am fairly certain that dress is really only significant when interviewing.

I love how you correctly identify the absudity of this whole thing, and then make your own whole-hearted, earnest contribution! LOL !

...Ah...love it...

You are certainly correct in pointing out the irony. Unfortunately, my gunner personality will not allow me to pass up an opportunity to opine, regardless of the level of absurdity. Rest assured, though, my contribution was only half-hearted.

[kritiosboy]

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Every day, all day. my assitant will be wearing a matching suit/

DE PLANE BOSS, DE PLANE!

lol

[chup]

Rest assured, though, my contribution was only half-hearted.

A real gunner would never have written that sentence.

[thespinstartshere]

Rest assured, though, my contribution was only half-hearted.

A real gunner would never have written that sentence.

Isn't that the truth. I guess I need to put away the E&Es and Hornbooks and concentrate on what I am typing.

[nate_2001]

to sum up:

hipster = what bitter, out-of-style people call effortlessly stylish people?

khakis = bad. always.

Young + straight = tragically out of style

Older + gay = effortlessly stylish; ergo, hipster?

I can't follow any of this shit...it's making my head spin. I live in L.A. where everyone is a hipster, no one notices a tie with a pair of jeans because everyone wears it, preppy is considered fashionable, irony is parodied as ironic, and Ed Hardy is the dress-code for any starbucks cafe east of West Hollywood.

Something tells me I'm going to stick out horribly at LS.

The wikipedia article on hipsters is actually pretty good, but you'll find it perhaps somewhat East Coast centric.

The vintage clothing and thrift store appearance of hipsters in a modern liberal context reveals a wish to consume ethically, combined with a desire to superficially evade their privilege; to avoid purchasing new clothes from large corporations accused of unfair working conditions, such as Gap and Nike. This choice usually manifests itself through refusing to purchase items such as clothing from large corporations, but also extends to a preference for bands who are not signed to major labels and/or who do not offer their creative output for use by the advertising industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%2 ... culture%29