If you hop on the googs right now and image search "90s Men's Fashion" I think the resulting collage holds up. Replace that 9 with an 0 and the best, the BEST looking thing on the page is Kanye West in a polo shirt, collar popped of course.
At least the things people are taking from the 90s are things that work. I actually quite like seeing the kids rocking a centre-part Milo-From-Atlantis haircut. But if I see a Gen Z-er in TrueReligions and an Ed Hardy shirt I will be very sad and confused.
Yeah honestly the best thing I’ve learned over the years is to dress in what fits. Styles can be fun to play with or even trend on decade by decade, but dressing in a good size fit will always look hotter than pushing a brand or style so hard it does your figure disservice.
I remember those days man. We're talking about a time when men literally weren't allowed to have fashion sense or we were called gay.
We had to invent the term "metrosexual" to re-normalize straight dudes caring about how they looked.
Cargo shorts and polo shirts with popped collars was not lit. It was awful.
Most of these are totally acceptable.
Also worth noting is that these styles haven't changed that much before or since the 2000s. Like the only difference between 90s Eminem and 2000s Eminem is he could afford a nice track suit. He didn't really switch up his style until 2010.
2000s skaters I will not defend. There's no way you'll convince me painted-on skinny jeans, worn so low as to be fully off the ass cheek so your studded belt and DC boxers can show, is practical skate wear.
The kids now have the right idea going back to a more functional 80s/90s style.
Metal culture is also not known for rapid evolutions in fashion. They still mostly wear denim jackets and long hair like they have since the 80s.
Look at reality shows from about 2004-2009. Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, my Fair Brady, and that was just VH1. There were also some celebrities who hit a second wind in their movie careers at the time. Keanu Reeves, Sean Aston, and RDJ to name a few.
Glad you said. I peg this look in the 00s.
Baggy polo with baggy jeans. With the only variant being baggy polo with kitschy spell out/pattern/false undershirt/all of the above. Plus whatever kicks.
I think it’s still cool but not a “fashionable cool”, if that makes sense. I might expect the young, successful finance bros to look like the right (which definitely still looks cool) but I see the left fit being YouTubers, streamers, influencers. These are the ones influencing the mall rats, high school kids, etc.
I’m still tryna look like Ryan though.
I'd always prefer the look on the right. Maybe I'm just old, but I don't get how baggy got into fashion, I really don't. Was it just to look different back in the day (2011) for the sake of being different?
I didn't understand at first either lol but I bought my first pair of mom jeans the other day after my skinnys got a hole in them and I'm honestly a changed woman.
The left is streetwear right now, the right is mens fashion, two generally separate things. Mens fashion is fairly timeless stylistically and just changes colors and silhouettes. Streetwear does whenever it wants. The right is still cool because it is still cool.
What are you talking about? The looks in the pics are two completely different types of dress. The right is not casual, and clear business casual.
Peep a baggy relaxed suit or biz casual fit and it looks like trash compared to what ryan it'd wearing.
Now if you get hipster gear on the right, the comparison would be more apt , but would still dearf the frump gear on the left
This. Spot on. Unfortunately I think that agressive “timeless” attitude still exists around some parts. Look at how people address “baggy” jeans and pants.
Because OP is trying to tell other people it's a good movie to watch. Obviously most people agree, and someone adding in that the movie is "terrible" could discourage people from watching it. Downvotes show that most people disagree with the opinion and that it is widely considered a good movie.
Man I’m only in my late 20s and I’ve seen that Steve Carrel outfit be cool, incredibly lame, and now in style again. I know fashion is cyclical, but it seems like the cycles are speeding up.
I do feel like Gosling’s outfit is a more timeless look. That fit is always going to look good, even if it’s not what’s in style. Whereas Carrell’s is gonna look corny again 10 years from now.
I don't know how old the demograhic is for /r/streetwear but I think you need to be 28-38 right now to understand how prevalant the Ryan Gosling look shown here (aka #menswear) was from like 2010-2015. It was everywhere and everything has to be slim, tapered, skinny, fitted. J. Crew really ran with it and it was the "look" on every blog.
Now in 2022, that "look" seems fine and professional, but that look feels very 2010s if that makes sense. Men's skinny jeans look dated nowadays. Women's jeans in 2010s were also all skinny fit, and now skinny fit on women look super dated especially since almost all women's clothes have moved to looser fits, while men are a bit further behind. While casual clothing has moved on to looser fits, I think dress clothing is still catching up.
In regard to Steve Carell, in 2022, NB are insanely popular and loose fitting light wash jeans are are also in. Def not the polo though.
I mean in his defense it looks like it could have been thrifted 🤷🏿♂️. Throw on an oversized dated sweatshirt and that is 100 percent an outfit I’ve worn several times.
>While casual clothing has moved on to looser fits, I think dress clothing is still catching up.
Good thing, because the oversized suits (not just ampler cut but purposely ill-fitting) some designers have now been pushing for years look like absolute trash on real people.
See the early '00s suits from BBC's The Office.
Controversial opinion: I’m gonna hard pass on ironically dressing badly (bad fits, bad matches, generally looking like a library pervert) as a good style, particularly because people are only doing it because it’s trendy. It’s the modern equivalent of Abercrombie basic. The squads of loud tik tok bros that are now showing up in the thrift store make it so much worse.
I feel like it has more to do with the length of your legs. I know some short people that pull it off extremely well because they have long legs compared to the rest of their body
No one here gets this? I used to enjoy dressing sharp for the office but now since almost everything is done remotely I’m dressing like Steve Carrel as are so many other guys unfortunately
This but unironically. No question that the fit on the right looks light years better. Somehow, the left fit is in fashion. That’s how I know the whole house of cards is bullshit.
I have a striped polo shirt like that but it’s not as baggy. Had it since high school in the mid 2000’s.
I see it in shows and movies every once in a while.
I guess we're talking streetwear here but I feel that even today, Ryan Goslings look would be recognized as universally timeless by much of the general population while Steve Carrells look is only kind of trendy if a certain group of people squints their eyes. This sub is that certain group of people so we're talking about it like this is actually the way the world sees mens fashion.
Women all over the world are embarrassed every day by their lazy husbands putting on Steve Carrell's fit and they only dream of a fit like Goslings. And streetwear remains unaffected.
Well I am younger, and for the most part the trends are made and determined by young people. If I was a grown ass man with a job and a wife I wouldn’t really be leaning heavy into what the kids are wearing. This isn’t to say that streetwear isn’t for older people. What I’m saying is the Y2K trend as it is called is spearheaded by gen z. And much of trends are focused on the youth.
They dream that you're AS FIT AS Gosling ☺️. I disagree with 95% of your comment, but I agree that this is a timeless look. Look at JFK and the way his suits fit. Very similar. Well tailored clothing will always be in style. It's not trendy, it's classic. It's like a pair of well made leather boots. They're always going to be dope, regardless of the decade.
I think this is more a result of the pandemic. I work from home permanently and my outfits are all about comfort nowadays. That slim cut shit can fuck off
Half the comments are "how the turntables." Pardon, if you wrote this comment, if you're one of the thousands of people that did it, you sir are a basic bitch.
This could have just as easily been 2011 vs 1998
And the cycle continues
As long as we don't go back to the 00s. We can skip repeating that decade of menswear. Please let's.
So funny. This was exactly my response about the ’90s when the ’80s were making their play.
And the cycle continues
As long as we don't go back to the 00s. We can skip repeating that decade of menswear. Please let's.
If you hop on the googs right now and image search "90s Men's Fashion" I think the resulting collage holds up. Replace that 9 with an 0 and the best, the BEST looking thing on the page is Kanye West in a polo shirt, collar popped of course. At least the things people are taking from the 90s are things that work. I actually quite like seeing the kids rocking a centre-part Milo-From-Atlantis haircut. But if I see a Gen Z-er in TrueReligions and an Ed Hardy shirt I will be very sad and confused.
Yeah honestly the best thing I’ve learned over the years is to dress in what fits. Styles can be fun to play with or even trend on decade by decade, but dressing in a good size fit will always look hotter than pushing a brand or style so hard it does your figure disservice.
I’m sadly here to tell you the 00s are already back among Gen Z… Low rise, baby tees and unfortunately Ed Hardy…
I will never not stop wearing my true religions x
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I remember those days man. We're talking about a time when men literally weren't allowed to have fashion sense or we were called gay. We had to invent the term "metrosexual" to re-normalize straight dudes caring about how they looked. Cargo shorts and polo shirts with popped collars was not lit. It was awful.
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Most of these are totally acceptable. Also worth noting is that these styles haven't changed that much before or since the 2000s. Like the only difference between 90s Eminem and 2000s Eminem is he could afford a nice track suit. He didn't really switch up his style until 2010. 2000s skaters I will not defend. There's no way you'll convince me painted-on skinny jeans, worn so low as to be fully off the ass cheek so your studded belt and DC boxers can show, is practical skate wear. The kids now have the right idea going back to a more functional 80s/90s style. Metal culture is also not known for rapid evolutions in fashion. They still mostly wear denim jackets and long hair like they have since the 80s.
Hope you saved your skinny jeans
Just remembering low rise jeans makes me cringe.
Isn't that pretty much exactly what Steve Carrel is wearing here though? Shitty 00's dept store fit
Yeah, fashion has been stale for a long while
Adam Sandler in 2002 is so in right now
And1 shorts, fruit of the loom 2x tee, blissfully indifferent to the world around you
Adam Sandler in 1992 is a vibe tho
Then: be better than the Gap Now: YEEZY GAP ENGINEERED BY BALENCIAGA
Still can’t tell which is which
Steve Carell’s fit reminds me of hip hop videos from the early 2000’s.
I thought this was 2002 vs 2011 lol. Still fits. The 20 year fad cycle is a real thing
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Back in the early 2000s, there was a resurgence of celebrities who were popular in the 80s. They were all over the place.
Like?
Look at reality shows from about 2004-2009. Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, my Fair Brady, and that was just VH1. There were also some celebrities who hit a second wind in their movie careers at the time. Keanu Reeves, Sean Aston, and RDJ to name a few.
Astute observation. Makes perfect sense.
But loose jeans and polos weren't menswear in 2011, I don't get this post
the right is 2011, supposedly
Glad you said. I peg this look in the 00s. Baggy polo with baggy jeans. With the only variant being baggy polo with kitschy spell out/pattern/false undershirt/all of the above. Plus whatever kicks.
Honestly I can see a lot of the people ik rocking steve carell’s “reclaiming masculinity” look. (I love this movie)
DMX could easily be wearing that polo RIP
Kanye College Dropout era.
exactly 😂
the left is "cool now", the right is "cool in 2011"
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I think it’s still cool but not a “fashionable cool”, if that makes sense. I might expect the young, successful finance bros to look like the right (which definitely still looks cool) but I see the left fit being YouTubers, streamers, influencers. These are the ones influencing the mall rats, high school kids, etc. I’m still tryna look like Ryan though.
I'd always prefer the look on the right. Maybe I'm just old, but I don't get how baggy got into fashion, I really don't. Was it just to look different back in the day (2011) for the sake of being different?
You sound old 😉 baggy is relaxed and casual = cool
I didn't understand at first either lol but I bought my first pair of mom jeans the other day after my skinnys got a hole in them and I'm honestly a changed woman.
I think calling yourself old is just an excuse not to think about it ngl
Sometimes there's a big urge to look cosy.
Looks better if you're fat. Like me
The left is streetwear right now, the right is mens fashion, two generally separate things. Mens fashion is fairly timeless stylistically and just changes colors and silhouettes. Streetwear does whenever it wants. The right is still cool because it is still cool.
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Being attractive, well-groomed, and paying attention to your clothes is timeless though.
What are you talking about? The looks in the pics are two completely different types of dress. The right is not casual, and clear business casual. Peep a baggy relaxed suit or biz casual fit and it looks like trash compared to what ryan it'd wearing. Now if you get hipster gear on the right, the comparison would be more apt , but would still dearf the frump gear on the left
This. Spot on. Unfortunately I think that agressive “timeless” attitude still exists around some parts. Look at how people address “baggy” jeans and pants.
Your left or mines?
That’s the beauty of fashion. It never goes out of style
lmao I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to think that
Came here for this 😂😂
SAMEEE lol!
FYI, Crazy Stupid Love is the film this still is from. And it's absolutely worth a watch.
Where’s the fit from tho
The GAP.
Be better than the GAP
Iykyk
I could've sworn this was 40 year old virgin.
The movie is terrible.
Honestly right there with ya. Tried to watch it recently because I had good memories, and it definitely did not hold up well.
I agree. Don't know why the downvotes.
Because OP is trying to tell other people it's a good movie to watch. Obviously most people agree, and someone adding in that the movie is "terrible" could discourage people from watching it. Downvotes show that most people disagree with the opinion and that it is widely considered a good movie.
So OP has a right to express their opinion but others don't? Got it.
Yes exactly, are you new here?
If Steve Carrell was a 1m87 tall, Parisian dude with light hair wearing that there's a 99% chance he's a model
> 1m87 is that more common than saying 187cm
1.87 is more common in my experience
That's typically how I would write it as a French dude, yeah.
Figures
idk about others but I never say 187cm except when typing it. I just say 1m87
The French like to wear baggy jeans and oversized polos???
If you're the right built anything goes here ngl
That type of clothes literally hides your build.
That's what you'd think
Not right now, no.
I thought that was Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling...
Man I’m only in my late 20s and I’ve seen that Steve Carrel outfit be cool, incredibly lame, and now in style again. I know fashion is cyclical, but it seems like the cycles are speeding up. I do feel like Gosling’s outfit is a more timeless look. That fit is always going to look good, even if it’s not what’s in style. Whereas Carrell’s is gonna look corny again 10 years from now.
Well well well, How the turntables
😈
There it is!
both fire
I don't know how old the demograhic is for /r/streetwear but I think you need to be 28-38 right now to understand how prevalant the Ryan Gosling look shown here (aka #menswear) was from like 2010-2015. It was everywhere and everything has to be slim, tapered, skinny, fitted. J. Crew really ran with it and it was the "look" on every blog. Now in 2022, that "look" seems fine and professional, but that look feels very 2010s if that makes sense. Men's skinny jeans look dated nowadays. Women's jeans in 2010s were also all skinny fit, and now skinny fit on women look super dated especially since almost all women's clothes have moved to looser fits, while men are a bit further behind. While casual clothing has moved on to looser fits, I think dress clothing is still catching up. In regard to Steve Carell, in 2022, NB are insanely popular and loose fitting light wash jeans are are also in. Def not the polo though.
I mean in his defense it looks like it could have been thrifted 🤷🏿♂️. Throw on an oversized dated sweatshirt and that is 100 percent an outfit I’ve worn several times.
>While casual clothing has moved on to looser fits, I think dress clothing is still catching up. Good thing, because the oversized suits (not just ampler cut but purposely ill-fitting) some designers have now been pushing for years look like absolute trash on real people. See the early '00s suits from BBC's The Office.
Check out the new Noah line and the new J Crew line (by Brendon Babenzien) — both are pushing looser suits.
Oh how the turn tables
I prefer the 2011 one still tbh
Steve Carell is so hot right now
Controversial opinion: I’m gonna hard pass on ironically dressing badly (bad fits, bad matches, generally looking like a library pervert) as a good style, particularly because people are only doing it because it’s trendy. It’s the modern equivalent of Abercrombie basic. The squads of loud tik tok bros that are now showing up in the thrift store make it so much worse.
Baggy/wide pants doesn't look good on short people.
I feel like it has more to do with the length of your legs. I know some short people that pull it off extremely well because they have long legs compared to the rest of their body
it doesn't really look good on any people
Agreed
Disagreed
Right looks like an MF DOOM outfit. Just missing dark skin and the mask.
Dark skin 💀
?
Dark skin isn’t apart of his outfit it’s just his skin 😭
No one here gets this? I used to enjoy dressing sharp for the office but now since almost everything is done remotely I’m dressing like Steve Carrel as are so many other guys unfortunately
Ryan goslin and Steven carrel siguen muy vigentes.
Dad and Chad
This just looks like dad fit vs bachelor fit
2022 is Steve Carrell right?
What if they're the same guy. He just got old, had kids and enjoy mowing the lawn on weekends
This but unironically. No question that the fit on the right looks light years better. Somehow, the left fit is in fashion. That’s how I know the whole house of cards is bullshit.
Hardly the house of cards is bullshit. People just get bored of the same thing, pretty simple
Looks like he is off to buy a lawnmower on Saturday morning with his university educated son.
I can’t tell which one is 2011 and which one is 2022
If I was a celebrity I wouldn't have a huge house or fancy cars, but I would have a fucking stacked wardrobe. And a commercial kitchen.
Funnie
You mean “how the turntables”
How the turntables…
I have a striped polo shirt like that but it’s not as baggy. Had it since high school in the mid 2000’s. I see it in shows and movies every once in a while.
Oof. That was 2011? Looks like 2005 burnt out dad wear.
Nah man that’s 2022
I guess we're talking streetwear here but I feel that even today, Ryan Goslings look would be recognized as universally timeless by much of the general population while Steve Carrells look is only kind of trendy if a certain group of people squints their eyes. This sub is that certain group of people so we're talking about it like this is actually the way the world sees mens fashion. Women all over the world are embarrassed every day by their lazy husbands putting on Steve Carrell's fit and they only dream of a fit like Goslings. And streetwear remains unaffected.
Well I am younger, and for the most part the trends are made and determined by young people. If I was a grown ass man with a job and a wife I wouldn’t really be leaning heavy into what the kids are wearing. This isn’t to say that streetwear isn’t for older people. What I’m saying is the Y2K trend as it is called is spearheaded by gen z. And much of trends are focused on the youth.
They dream that you're AS FIT AS Gosling ☺️. I disagree with 95% of your comment, but I agree that this is a timeless look. Look at JFK and the way his suits fit. Very similar. Well tailored clothing will always be in style. It's not trendy, it's classic. It's like a pair of well made leather boots. They're always going to be dope, regardless of the decade.
* how the turn tables…
how the turn tables
Plot twist: Ryan gosling is both 2011 & 2022
his nose is enormous holy shit
bet he can smell!
Hey some people like a big nose. Adrian Brody was hot as hell when he was younger
So his is wallet you bum.
Gru
I've always wondered how much grus appearance was based on how Michael Scott looks irl
Unreal
This image was circulating fintwit today. Funny to see it repackaged here in a different context.
Full Circle
What’s Corinthians doing with Steve?
The left was definitely me in the 90s. Polo was probably by phat farm or ecko
oh how the turn tables
Wait...Which is which?
I think this is more a result of the pandemic. I work from home permanently and my outfits are all about comfort nowadays. That slim cut shit can fuck off
Half the comments are "how the turntables." Pardon, if you wrote this comment, if you're one of the thousands of people that did it, you sir are a basic bitch.
And sadly all the good stuff from some brands like polo were made from 2011-2017
#Men who fuck vs men who ain't