Style is Better than Fashion.
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Fashion is a funny old game. It changes every month, it costs loads, and most of it is shit. How many lads do you know who would wear a knee length, see-through vest? None, I hope. It’s fair to say that it’s mainly for girls. However, there is plenty of lads clobber out there in the ‘fashion world’ and it’s getting bigger and bigger. The other thing is, it’s not really ‘stylish’ is it. It’s weird shapes, weird materials and weird colour combinations. It’s weird. Style is something that you take home and your mum says, your dad used to have one of those. Style comes back round. Fashion doesn’t, it’s got an expiry date. My Grandad used to wear a pair of cords or grey flannel trousers with boat shoes or brogues. I think you get my point, I could wear the same clobber, fair enough with a bit of alteration, and it would still look good.
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Style Over Fashion By John Towner
I think the main thing about style is that it’s personal. You want to wear it, it has no time limit and no one is going to tell you it’s shit 6 months
after you’ve bought it. This makes it worth the money, because you’ve pictured it with the rest of your wardrobe and it’s going to last. The ‘personal’ bit about style is important. It’s what separates the celebrities from those who you’d see on a street style blog for example. Most celebrities would have crap rig outs if it wasn’t for someone else dressing them. That’s exactly my point it’s someone else’s personal style but on someone else. This is why Gary Barlow and his X Factor buddy Dermot don’t look as good as they should in their perfectly tailored suits. If it was their choice they wouldn’t be wearing them. Yes Dermot, I’m onto your three-quarter length cargo shorts and crap pumps when it comes to judge’s houses. Street Style is where inspiration should come from. We all follow plenty of blogs where someone is doing something that little bit different with a classic piece. Just have a look at how many of these people are wearing simple combinations, like a shirt and blazer or jeans and a t-shirt. To the untrained eye they’re all just wearing
the same thing. However those who know can see it’s the little details that count. These people spend time and money making their personal perfect wardrobe. They don’t have bottomless pits of money or a clothes rail in the makeup department before they go on before the cameras. There’s a personal touch about it all. Celebrities however get one of these people to do it for them. That is why they look stiff. Like a mannequin in a shop window. There’s no personal touch. Obviously there are some exceptions to this, and even some people who work with clothes have become celebrities, but I think we should think carefully next time we call anyone who get’s in the Daily Mail on a regular basis, a style icon. You’re probably wondering how I got from saying fashion is shit to celebrities aren’t style icons. But I think there’s a parallel. There’s only a short period where these people look good and it’s the same with fashion. Style lasts, and can ensure you look good for a long time.