Fashion Victim, Pt. 1

[prog]

Have commenced wardrobe refreshment with a visit to the HSq Gap today. My bank is being mean to me and wouldn't let me spend too much money today (there is a pathetic reason for this I may share some other time) so I bought only a shirt. It's the first patterned shirt I've bought in many a year. Lots of crazy-colorful vertical stripes seem to be the thing on men's shirts right now; I've noticed this around town, and the Gap was pushing them mightily. They were also the cheapest casual shirts there, so I chose up the most demure one I could find. I think it's pretty good.

Still on my list:
(1-2) pair of blue jeans. I haven't owned blue-colored jeans in years and years. Maybe not since college. Maybe not since high school. Any reasons I had for a black-only jeansdrobe are now long forgotten. But I'd really like to wear jeans and a black shirt at the same time and not get shit from strangers about being in all black.

(1-2) more shirts. I also have several perfectly good shirts with dead buttons that I really ought to fix sometime. They are all black. I haven't cared too much about them since most of my pants are black as well, and therefore these shirts have been unwearable. (So long as I insisted on wearing pants.)

(1) nice blazer. The Gap has some promising-looking, light-material black blazers on sale now, but they were all attached to the floor via elastic cords with alligator clips, and this intimidated me, so I let them alone. Will visit the Burlington Coat Factory later.

(200) socks. I still insist on black crew socks. There is no other sock for me. But they are stupidly hard to find... plenty of black dress socks (I may as well strap on some paper towels, thanks), white crew socks (white? fooey) and those weird things that are shaped like shoes but are actually socks (cognitive dissonance is unwelcome in my closet).

Comments

[jordanwillow.livejournal.com]

IDTYSSWABJBOPAJ. DGITTI!

[prog.livejournal.com]

But why not?

[jordanwillow.livejournal.com]

W,YS,AMSHP.

You'll have to forgive me. Tonight you're the victim of my very bizarro mood. :-)

[cramerica.livejournal.com]

Compromise! Gray crew socks. Good for most occasions that don't require corsages.

[temvald.livejournal.com]

1st plug: No Sweat. union-made, sweatshop-free clothing. they carry blue jeans and black crew socks. the garment district carries some of their stuff if you want to see it in person, though i'm not sure about the jeans and socks.

2nd plug: American Apparel. non-union, but also sweatshop-free. there's a store in boston, i think.

i have success getting black crew socks at sears, also.

But I'd really like to wear jeans and a black shirt at the same time and not get shit from strangers about being in all black.

i don't understand the problem. hurm, maybe you should think twice about taking clothing advice from me.

American Apparel

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Yes - store on Newbury St, within a block or two of Copley Sq. I loooooove their tank tops :)

Re: American Apparel

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

we used to use mostly AA for our shirts and stuff at the keith haring foundation. good garments, good quality, and good company. not so keen with regard to clothing for big girls, although they were starting to branch out into big girl sizes when i left the KHF.

also of note: early on in the company's life, their models were strippers from the joint across the street from the warehouse/factory in LA.

Re: American Apparel

[prog.livejournal.com]

I don't like being told what to wear by that user icon. It scary me

Also I need to pay for my LJ account again so I regain access to something other than Jenna as a negative-reaction icon. grunt

Re: American Apparel

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

what, this one?

your pals just want to make REAL sure you are dressing to the best of your ability. they will use knives, guns and beer if they have to.

[prog.livejournal.com]

You successfully read my subtextual request for more places to shop. Thanks!

So are you saying that random people don't turn into har-de-har comedians when you're wearing all-black? Or that you just don't care? If the former, I accuse you of pulling off the look better than me.

[aspartaimee.livejournal.com]

wouldn't target or kmart or someplace sell a bag of black crew socks?