male style icons

[Jay Park]

 

[Aladdin]

 

[BillRiver]

 

[Jay Park]

Sole of a nation: how Clarks became Jamaica’s favourite footwear

There has long been a unique connection between the Somerset-based shoe-maker and the Caribbean island. It goes way beyond shoes - as a new edition of book Clarks in Jamaica demonstrates

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Bout the 5th article the Graun has done on this but yo....



rudeboi

 

[Kaka Tim]

no matter how dreary their music could be, still think they looked the bollocks back then. definitely of the time though

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nah - they were - very astutely - described at the time as looking "like someone shaved a monkey and kicked it through top shop".

 

[Kaka Tim]

shame about his vile sprog - but the man had style.

 

[ska invita]

Judging by the way a lot of young hip folk dress I think Timmy Mallet probably deserves some respect

 

[BigMoaner]

iconic. such swag

 

[RainbowTown]

 

[Reno]

I've had a crush on Jeff Goldblum since the 70s and he now is a style icon, which is especially great for an older chap.

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[petee]

 

[ska invita]

...Jeff Goldblum.... now is a style icon

...

 

[krtek a houby]

 

[krtek a houby]

 

[krtek a houby]

Is this cheating/bending the rules? For many (male/female/etc) Grace Jones was/is an absolute icon of fashion...

 

[Reno]

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That's the thing about style. It means if you have taste and the confidence to pull it off, you dont have to stick to every "rule". The most stylish people often are sartorial rule breakers.

Nice ankles !

 

[surreybrowncap]

 

[Reno]

Is this cheating/bending the rules? For many (male/female/etc) Grace Jones was/is an absolute icon of fashion...

The reason why her style is so striking, is because she's a woman.

 

[ska invita]

 

[nogojones]

 

[RainbowTown]

 

[hitmouse]

The reason why her style is so striking, is because she's a woman.

I reckon if I saw a bloke with that eyeliner and lipstick combo it'd still be pretty striking. Anyway, saw this picture of Rowland S Howard recently and bloody hell:

 

[krtek a houby]

The reason why her style is so striking, is because she's a woman.

A woman who turned ideas of fashion, and who could wear it, upside down.

 

[Reno]

A woman who turned ideas of fashion, and who could wear it, upside down.

A woman who dresses in an androgynous manner is not a male fashion icon, she's still female and she's a trendsetter for female style. Where is the point in suggesting to men to wear a man's suit, which is what they do anyway ? Her look is edgy on a woman, but not on a man, that's the point. Also, denying a woman her femininity for daring to take on some masculine attributes is dicey.

To turn this around, was Kurt Cobain a female style icon for having worn dresses ? Him playing with gender was the edgy thing about his look. He was a male style icon, his gender fluid grunge look inspired young men.

 

[Raheem]

To turn this around, was Kurt Cobain a female style icon for having worn dresses ? Him playing with gender was the edgy thing about his look. He was a male style icon, his gender fluid grunge look inspired young men.

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Nothing against Cobain, and I'm sure he sincerely felt he was "playing with gender", but for me the visual effect is a little too close to this:

 

[Dystopiary]

Fabulous coat.

 

[killer b]

for me the visual effect is a little too close to this:

yeah, that's because men in dresses have been a well-worn comedy trope for centuries. Any man in a dress - apart perhaps for one who was particularly statuesque & adrogenous - would bring the laughable comedy trope to mind before anything else.

 

[killer b]

one of the reasons why wearing dresses remains quite a brave thing for men to do tbh. you're up against a lot.

 

[Raheem]

yeah, that's because men in dresses have been a well-worn comedy trope for centuries. Any man in a dress - apart perhaps for one who was particularly statuesque & adrogenous - would bring the laughable comedy trope to mind before anything else.

...which any man putting on a dress for a photoshoot ought to be aware of.