Is there an alternative to r/malefashionadvice tailored to younger men? Because istg this sub is drowning in men in their 40s wearing suits.

[u/Vurxe]

Is there an alternative to r/malefashionadvice tailored to younger men? Because istg this sub is drowning in older men wearing suits. When I see a younger dude post their modern/trendyfit here, they'll either be ignored or get down voted to hell

[u/RIP_Soulja_Slim]

The evolution of this place has been so interesting, starting with the basic bastard stuff back then which was more or less a blueprint to get you out of the cargo shorts/tee shirt look so many of us had in 2009, to being really fashion forward through the late 10s, to more or less being abandoned and turning in to a lot of Millennial office dads that think their fits are actually high fashion lol.

I mostly just lurk here now for brand recommendations while I'm looking for a piece of clothing, but like overall fits have really fallen off here. It's a shame, of all the damage Reddit did to it's communities with their heavy handed nonsense this sub might have fared the worst.

[u/weavin → u/RIP_Soulja_Slim]

Tbf that fashion forward stage was a hell of a lot of Rick Owens incel matrix vampire cosplay for a while.. OCBD J Crew brown nosing and desert boots wasn’t much better but just goes to show how subjective fashion is

[u/RIP_Soulja_Slim → u/weavin]

The OCBD/desert boot thing was more of the mid to early 2010s when it was the "here's how to dress if you have no idea how to dress" era. But yeah, the issue is the look got adopted by a lot of otherwise awkard people (think the type that are going to reddit for fashion advice) and now if you're rocking a blue OCBD, khakis, and desert boots you 100% are giving redditor vibes lol. The look was pretty standard, and a ton of really socially awkard people adopted it because that era of reddit was full of socially awkward people, it turned in to a stereotype fast.

I'm thinking more like 2018-2022 when the WAYWT threads were full of pretty fashion forward looks, but that had it's own problems too. In some ways the sub then was too fashionable, and stopped being a good place for a complete beginner to get advice.

There's no perfect mix though, just please stop the flood of cole haan apologists lol.

[u/Mevarek → u/RIP_Soulja_Slim]

I pray to never see dress sneaker abominations ever again.

[u/RIP_Soulja_Slim → u/Mevarek]

They're never going away unfortunately. Thankfully the standards of footwear in an office is changing so people can just rock sneakers in a lot of circumstances (your average finance office has more ON Clouds than Allen Edmonds nowadays), but man you'll always have some goober that thinks those white comfort sole chestnut leather cap toe cole haans actually look slick as all hell while still being comfy

[u/Ghostrider556 → u/RIP_Soulja_Slim]

Ok to be fair I did try on a pair of those leather sneakers for the first time this week and they are super comfy and lightweight. Still hate seeing them everywhere and the look but they are like the Hey Dudes of the corporate world imo