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https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1966945803471101990I've seen people here suggest Obama was a stylish president. I couldn't disagree more. Outfits like these read better in 2025, but during the slim-fit, Euro style craze of his presidency, Obama was routinely panned for his "frumpy dad style." See Vanity Fair.
https://twitter.com/LuxImperii/status/1964215549111779672This bias, of course, stems out of the 1960s and 70s, from which many of our contemporary politics also spring. I don't need to belabor this point because you already know it. The framing is neatly summed up in this Mad Men scene — the rag tag hippie vs man in a suit.
https://twitter.com/LinkofSunshine/status/1961619137404576034We will start with the most formal and work our way down, so that you can adjust things in ways that make sense for you.
https://twitter.com/MJKauz/status/1960184128071958586
https://twitter.com/imkaiarhodes/status/1957238885441819036Chinese factories also have these machines. All you've done is deskill the worker, making it harder for their wages to grow. Your land and labor costs are still higher than China, India, or any other place where they can pay someone to do this simple manual operation.
https://twitter.com/DODResponse/status/1952451465580077244Let's start with an experiment. Here are two men wearing tailored jackets with jeans.
https://twitter.com/MysterySolvents/status/1950381743187362113As I've mentioned before, there's a lot of coded language in menswear. Navy suits can be worn with black oxfords because this was the uniform of London businessmen. Brown tweeds go with brogues because these clothes were worn in the country. In this way, we get formal vs. casual.
https://twitter.com/tipsformenx/status/1948284542512484722First, let's do an experiment. Here are two relatively similar outfits: a blue shirt with a pair of dark blue jeans.
https://twitter.com/mooseinabath/status/1948133140771340626If we agree on this, then there are certain ideas that naturally flow from this principle, partly because men's dress during this period was governed by time, place, and occasion. As stated before, one such idea was city vs country clothing.
https://twitter.com/u_m_a_m_i/status/1946483913934749753IMO, it's absolutely true that American Protestants were uniquely against certain forms of ornamentation, including fashion. For instance, the Quakers deliberately shunned adornment and extravagance in dress, stressing the importance of simplicity.
https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1945884508261158949I don't think there's anything wrong with buying clothes made abroad (I believe in free trade). However, I think it's strange when people rail against "globalism" and free trade, while benefitting from these things. Talk is cheap; one should put their money where their mouth is.