douchebag: collars
there are many ways a guy can end up looking like a douche. and one of the most prevalent ways is through the use of collars
walk down the street and you’ll see douchebags EVERYWHERE with their “popped” or upturned collars. i mean seriously, only gum and bubbles were meant to be popped. (joke may be bad but the collar-douche is seriously worst)
i sincerely do not understand the need for a guy to reach for his collar and turn it up. it’s incomprehensible and it’s just really weird. i mean. does it make you look better? not really. it’s just so obnoxious and screams “i’m a jock/jock wannabe and i think i’m so cool”.
all that’s missing are khaki shorts, aviator shades, and that i’m-too-sexy-for-my-shirt swagger.
as separates, all these things can kind of work. khaki shorts can look really cool with a white top and sandals. aviator shades can look really good when paired with a shirt. and that swagger. haha. i myself will admit to be guilty of the occasional swagger , but i refer to it by a different name – the dance-walk. it’s the walk you adapt when you hear a beat or feel really confident (like when i’m wearing my gucci ponyhair loafers).
but that collar should NEVER be turned up. please. they’re bad enough on polos but are worst on dress shirts.
another crazy and, in my books, more reproachable trend is that of the exposed collar.
i don’t watch the hills, but Spencer Pratt (photographed above), just pisses me off. i mean look at that outfit. it’s not a bad suit per se. but it’s that inappropriate unshaven face, deliberately tanned skin, glaring jerk-smirk and most importantly, that disgusting exposed collar.
i mean. the whole deal is just so unnecessary. do you know how much more effort it takes to KEEP that collar out of your jacket than it does to keep it in? it looks stupid, trashy, sloppy and pretentious all at the same time.
the same people who pop their collars are most probably the same people who commit the exposed collar offence as well because they belong to the same group of people. people who simply try too hard. that’s really what it is. fashion and style should be something very natural. sure, a thought process should be carried out, or what i call intention, but at the end of the day, don’t end up looking like the guy everyone loves to hate.
there also needs to be a belief we invest in our outfits. there’s no point TRYING to look like something or TRYING to give off a certain kind of effect. believe in the garments you wear and then style will develop subsequently. i guess that’s why models are perceived to be empty vessels, because the more insipid and bland their personalities on the runway, the more the garment will be the main focus. it’s all about the clothes.
the exposed collar in particular is very costumey. let me tell you who commits this offence the most: teenage boys, and the men who believe they are teenage boys. it’s true. think about your prom and think about the number of guys who flared out their collars. picture one of them in your head and try to recall whether you thought they looked cool or not.
not happening.
very john travolta circa Saturday Night Fever.
of course some guys can pull this look off. they’re the same 5% minority who can pull any look off. these people, as derek zoolander would say, ridiculously good looking, or just too cool to be judged. otherwise you’re just a douchebag. i happen to be able to think of only one friend who can pull off the popped collar, but he happens to be a polo player, and to some extent i can understand how polo players try to diversify the eponymous polo shirt.
i guess that this whole collar saga is very phallic in the sense that we as men constantly see the need to keep them up and are unable to keep them in.
