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Stalin84

Joined: 30 Dec 2009
Location: Haebangchon, Seoul

Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:34 pm Post subject:

redaxe wrote:

Stalin84 wrote:

I was big into punk rock during university and was into studded belts just before they became a 'fad.' It was a little before punk music and skateboarding had anything to do with each other. Then a year later, about every 12-15 year old girl in the entire city had one, which was when I officially resigned from any kind of fashion. I feel your pain.

So, you went to university in the late 1970s?

No, punk was very much dead when I went to university in the 2000s, haha. I mean it was before Avril Lavigne/Blink 182 et cetera cashed in on what was left of it. Studded belts didn't really become popular until Avril started wearing one, which was the beginning of the end for what was left of punk fashion.

chungbukdo

Joined: 22 Aug 2010

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Foreign Guys and Skinny Jeans

seoul777 wrote:

any foreign guys wear skinny jeans?

I wear em. Get a size that fits or with a little stretch and that will solve your problem.

I'm a university student doing an internship here btw. Not a 45 year old teacher with kids and a beer belly.

meridian

Joined: 14 Jan 2011

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:08 am Post subject:

I think some of it has to do with 'adapting' to Korea. Maybe their Korean gf's semi-push them towards wearing that style... no?

Canadian Saja

Joined: 08 Nov 2010
Location: Yatap, Bundang

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:18 am Post subject:

"Don't you hate pants?"

chungbukdo

Joined: 22 Aug 2010

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:19 am Post subject:

meridian wrote:

I think some of it has to do with 'adapting' to Korea. Maybe their Korean gf's semi-push them towards wearing that style... no?

I actually think slim and skinny jeans are a superior style, but guys just wear them more in Korea therefore they are more available. I'm more likely to just grab a pair because I wouldn't be standing out. They're popular back home but not in little hick towns like where I'm from. I would get accused of liking Indy music or being gay or something.

dyc

Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Location: Vancouver

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:27 am Post subject:

fake_blood wrote:

dyc wrote:

fake_blood wrote:

try the Slim Fit jeans from Uniqlo (I believe they are the S001 style).

I've got big thighs too and the jeans fit me great. I think there's a bit of elastane woven in so it's a tiny bit stretchy. They've got some good washes and the quality to price ratio is great.

Thanks for the recommendation. Any idea where to buy them outside of Asia? I tried looking on their website, but to no avail.

I do not know where you are. If you're in the states, they have the one flagship store on broadway in New York.

Any where else in the world....http://www.uniqlo.com/us/store/

Argh no store in Canada.

Squire

Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:46 am Post subject:

I think there came a point a while ago when skinny jeans (actually skinny, not slim) became so widespread they were no longer 'gay'. Just a bit foppish. Wearing skinny jeans isn't very masculine but it is far from, say, a man wearing Ugg boots Laughing

Steelrails wrote:

I have to say though, my favorite look is people from the 20s, dressed in suits, and waving a bunch of betting slips at the track. If you're going to act shady, dress classy.

Haha, yea. All wearing hats of course Very Happy

farfromhome

Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: seoul

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:03 pm Post subject:

Stalin84 wrote:

redaxe wrote:

Stalin84 wrote:

So, you went to university in the late 1970s?

where did you grow up/go to uni???

in junior high (around 1992), kids were already dying their hair with manic panic, putting studs on leather jackets and jersey hoodies, wearing plaid bondage pants (thanks to tim armstrong) and fighting over who was what type of punk.

there was the "old school" group that had mohawks, bihawks, trihawks and liberty spikes and listened to subhumans, crass, conflict ...

the "skate punks" that skated (or didnt) who looked fairly normal, aside from some ridiculous wallet chains and listened to bands on epitaph and fat ...

the "pop/bubblegum punks" with bright blue hair who listened to lookout bands ...

and the jocks/"cool kids" who liked blink, no doubt and wore WHITE studded belts

you never went to warped in the mid-90s???

Stalin84

Joined: 30 Dec 2009
Location: Haebangchon, Seoul

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:43 pm Post subject:

farfromhome wrote:

you never went to warped in the mid-90s???

Where did you grow up? Haha. That sounds truly weird. I grew up in rural Canuckistan. I went to Jr. High from 96-99 and High school from 99-02.

Aside from the few gothic/grunge kids, I remember just about everyone was into rap music and brand names. It was all about Nike. I remember kids getting beat up because they said they liked the "East side" and they didn't care for Wu-Tang Clan.

The Warped Tour never came within 3000km of where I grew up.

farfromhome

Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: seoul

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject:

Stalin84 wrote:

Where did you grow up? Haha. That sounds truly weird. I grew up in rural Canuckistan. I went to Jr. High from 96-99 and High school from 99-02.

i grew up in northern spain and southern/central california. i finished my BS before you got your high school diploma. Embarassed

wasnt propagandhi HUGE when you were in junior high in 96? by then, my peers gave up punk and moved on to subpop/indie/hipster culture. skinny jeans werent "made" back then, so they took to wearing childrens jeans from thrift stores and preteen girls jeans. a lot of my guy friends even borrowed my size 22 diesels!

redaxe

Joined: 01 Dec 2008

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject:

farfromhome wrote:

in junior high (around 1992), kids were already dying their hair with manic panic, putting studs on leather jackets and jersey hoodies, wearing plaid bondage pants (thanks to tim armstrong) and fighting over who was what type of punk.

It wasn't new in 1992 either. Kids have been doing that since my dad was in college in the late 70's.

Triban

Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:03 pm Post subject:

redaxe wrote:

rchristo10 wrote:

redaxe wrote:

I can't even get the regular Korean jeans over my thighs. The "skinny jeans" or "pencil cut" jeans are out of the question. And I'm not fat either, I'm 6'3" tall and have a 32" waist.

I'm 5'8 and 32/33 waist. Go to CK. They have your length and waist size.

I actually found a couple pairs of jeans that fit me at ZARA. Much cheaper than Calvin Klein, too.

I found a wearable pair at Giordano too, but I had to get a bigger waist size so that the thighs would fit, and cinch the waist with my belt. Which of course reminded me of the classic SNL "GAP girls" sketches... "Just cinch 'em!"

http://www.hulu.com/watch/3525/saturday-night-live-the-gap

Giordano in Gangnam is having a sale on their jeans. Usually 90k, I bought 4 pair for 50k each.

All skinny/slim....all sexy as it gets!

farfromhome

Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: seoul

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:42 am Post subject:

redaxe wrote:

It wasn't new in 1992 either. Kids have been doing that since my dad was in college in the late 70's.

agreed. i was referring to Stalin84s comment about punk not being popular in his neck of the woods in the 2000s. it was just shocking to hear that punk/studded belts werent "in" in 2000. i didnt realize until he wrote back that he grew up in a rural area and that he was so much younger than me. Embarassed

i wasnt putting him down.

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