[quote]dianab wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
If you’re a man and you’re carrying anything that has one and only one shoulder strap, you are making a huge mistake. Use a briefcase, or like Lanky said, a laptop bag w/o the shoulder strap. If you are wearing a suit, a matching briefcase in some sort of leather or other animal skin is the ONLY option.
A backpack is only appropriate if you are wearing shorts or jeans or you’re a Jehovah’s Witness.
A fannypack is only appropriate if you are big enough to discourage anyone from calling you out on it by your sheer size, in which case wear a pink fucking fannypack and a bright orange feather boa if you want to because you have earned that right.
If you use a case with a shoulder strap, you’d better be Indiana Jones or frolicking on the French Riviera with Jude Law. Otherwise you are gay. There are some things that are simply timeless and only seem old-fashioned or out of style to those who are slaves to all the current trends, and as such are lemmings. Would Patrick Bateman ever rock a shoulder-strapped “carry-all”? I think not, and neither should any T-Man.[/quote]
Timeless=dated and old.
Nothing wrong with straps as long as they are worn cross body, not over the shoulder.
If a “T-Man” (so stupid that name) has stuff to carry and doesn’t want to look like an old man, there is nothing wrong with a messenger bag.
Any guy who equates a cross body bag to gayness is probably secretly attracted to other men anyways.
And BTW, Patrick Bateman ATE people, gross.[/quote]
Okay, let’s address these points one by one. First of all, never take men’s fashion advice from a woman. I know that us men should try to do whatever we can to get laid and that on surface this may include listening to the fashion advice of women, but that’s how you end up wearing pirate shirts like that Seinfeld episode. Men should take fashion advice from well-dressed men, not women. Do you take fashion advice from straight men? Probably not. Do you ask men what kind of dress you should wear on a night out with a new man? No. Anyways back to your points.
1.Timeless does not equal old and dated. Timeless looks have the advantage of being unencumbered by the slavish current trends and as a result, a man with a timeless look radiates confidence, self-assuredness and independence.
2.You’re right: there is nothing wrong with a shoulder-strap worn crossbody…if you’re Indiana Jones
3.Again, you’re right: T-Man is a stupid term and I regret using it. But do not let that distract from the fact that a nice briefcase is never an old man look, unless used in a casual situation where a backpack or a laptop case w/o shoulder-strap is more appropriate
4.It is no secret that I am attracted to men, like Count Rockula. I want men to think that there is something entirely gay about wearing a carryall so that only gay men use them and I can avoid any awkward situations when prowling the streets in search of disease-free asshole. Just kidding. Seriously though, the shoulder-strap carry-all simply doesn’t carry the same visual connotation that a nice briefcase (when worn in conjunction with a nice suit) does. If you are wearing anything from a suit to a nice pair of slacks and a collared shirt, a briefcase is more than appropriate and is a better choice than a carryall.
5.Patrick Bateman may indeed have eaten people and walked around his penthouse apartment with the severed heads of women on his erect dick, but he looked damned good while carrying on with this “gross” behavior, so where’s the beef with his fashion choices?
