designers don't wear design
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- travieso
why is it designers avoit to wear prada or burberry tailor-finished custom clothes? instead, YOU choose the so called "trendy" pair of adidas vintage limited edition pair of shoes which look even more fake to me... any explanation? THEN, why should anybody trust your judgment when a client approaches you when you don't even know how to dress up properly? your answers are welcomed!
- peanuts0
you can get second hand designer clothing... hehe
- monNom0
hey, it's THIS thread!
and not a moment too soon.
- swollenelbow0
i heard tailors touch your crotch when they fit you. that's gay. oh, and where is the burberry man that started this thread.
i can only surf the web in my burberry scarf, no more, no less.
- dequinix0
I wear what I want. I mean, seriously, what the fuck is up w/ everyone with protocol?
And yes, I'm in NY and I like black. Club Monaco too (albeit, I can only afford the sales at this point).
- halfstring0
I don't wear clothes.
- monNom0
clothes are for conformists.
ESPECIALLY underwear. and i wear my pants low boy, REAL low!
- CyBrainX0
Thanks to whoever brought this month old thread back. I posted my angriest comments ever to this thread. I got a good laugh too.
- unknown0
you don't really wear prada anyway.
all they make is like wallets and shit. a few shoes.
- Chip_Duggit0
Steve Jobs has it all nailed down. You wear the same thing each day. No guess work, no over dressing, no under dressing.
I usually wear a t-shirt, a pair of jeans and my vans/new balance/oakleys to work each day, and on warm days, I wear shorts. If I have a client meeting, I wear a nice collared shirt, jeans or khakis.
I totally understand where some people say that designers should look the part in a big corporate meeting, and that is very true, but honestly, I don’t care to spend my hard earned cash on designer t-shirts and foo foo labels. Yeah I have a really really nice suit (its the one thing I did go overboard on) but I would much rather spend the cash on my wife to look good, and not me.
As for the correlation of me not wearing haute couture and not knowing how to design...that’s horse shit. If I buy a $12 gap t-shirt vs. a $60 Diesel t-shirt that only means that I have $48 to spend on a taco dinner for myself and friends, or a book on Gerhard Richter or skateboard parts. Being penny wise doesn’t mean that you are design foolish.
- flossyB0
i had this gay boss named dan a few years ago at my old dot-com. he sat in his cubicle all day and listened to dancing queen remixes on napster with somebig ass headphones. one three day weekend he returned with a rash around his mouth. he had it bad. the black girls in the mailroom told me it was from eating too much ass, but I tried not to think about it (big shirl, who told me, also coined the term dry-snitching, and threatened to jump one of the supervisors in the ladies room, but that's another story). anyway, one afternoon i needed to get dan's signature and caught him bent over under his desk with a small mirror and a tube of clear liquid. i saw the nastiest pocs glowing through a patchy goe-tee, one he had grown to camoflage the break-out, which he was applying ointment to. i asked him what he was doing. dan started shaking his head, and said, "flossy, you don't wanna know. you really don't wanna know."
- monNom0
dirty.
- unknown0
I wear Ben Davis and a t-shirt everyday to work... BUT if I go to meet with a client you better believe I'm going to dress up nice and stylish. You think a potential client is going to want to hire some bummy ass designer?
It's a sign of respect. That don't mean no fuckin Prada. But damn I'll bet all you bummy fools work for someone else and never see clients the way your talkin.
- unknown0
I wear a tie on important meetings
- phaln0
With all the talk of growing conservatism surrounding Corporate America, especially in attire, this thread really has surprised me.
For me, it all depends on the client. If I'm collaborating with another design group as a freelancer and I know their standard attire, I dress similarly. Whether that be a t-shirt and jeans, or business casual, I always try to assimilate my dress style to their environment.
If it's a major corporation I have to walk into, I often throw on a suit, sometimes with, and sometimes without a tie. Particularly with the latter, you show a professional image while also exuding the essence of casual cool (at least to the corporate-types). They know you mean business, but they also realize that you aren't "one of them". It also displays a modicum of respect without downdressing so much that they wonder what alley you dropped in from.
I don't know why so many of you have problems with suits. If you want to look professional, you need to dress professional, with that creative touch that sets you apart from the rest. Given the current business climate, I think it's important now more than ever. You don't need Armani, Prada, or that bullshit. Just look professional. Simple as that.
I figure I have 16 other hours in the day when I can dress the way I want, so 8 hours of dressing the part to feed my bottom line isn't going to kill me.
- Redmond0
This drives me nuts. Usualy I always guess wrong. If I dress casual I come-off as not serious enough. If I dress business-style, I come-off as non-artistic.
Anyhow, I appreciate nice clothes and I buy triple 5, diesel, blabla, I know what's what, but I don't judge people by what they wear.
- kodap0
this is 2003. whoever judges you for what you're wearing is a morron.
- Redmond0
Yeah, it's like fuck it, what about the job that's done. I dress nice cause I like to, but what does it have to do with the end product?
- iSolve0
this thread is retarded.
whoever started it is a client i would tell to go to hell.
- i_monk0
"dress up properly"?
Please. Could fashion *be* anymore subjective?
- iSolve0
maybe you should try designing your website instead of worrying about you outfit.
oh that's right. designers get hired because of how they look not how the design. i'm so silly.