ShardPhoenix comments on Why Real Men Wear Pink - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Yvain 06 August 2009 07:39AM

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Comment author: gwern 06 August 2009 08:21:59AM 4 points [-]

I'll hijack this thread a little - I've always wondered what would happen if someone decided to simply start wearing only upper-class clothes from decades ago. eg. if one picked the 1940s, one would stock up on the trench coats & fedoras etc. What do the more fashion-knowledgeale LWers think would happen?

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 07 August 2009 09:59:05AM *  4 points [-]

trench coats & fedoras

Some people already do this and they're generally considered clueless meganerds by the mainstream, as far as I can tell.

Comment author: gwern 07 August 2009 10:23:24AM 3 points [-]

Hm. I too have seen such people at conventions and such, but they're always mixing trench coats/fedora with other things - they don't genuinely look like they've stepped out of the 40s, which is what I'm suggesting.