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Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by ctvo on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:32AM (#24108545)
You're so confident about this.

> There are 5 genres of men’s clothes - business (pressed shirts, suits), casual, workout, skater, and comfort (hoodie).

Only 5 of them and one of them includes "skater"? I mention confidence because you name them off with some authority when it looks like it should be "There are 5 categories of men's clothing for me".

You leave off streetwear [1] which is a gigantic category in men's clothing and reinforces the personal / arbitrary nature of the list.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetwear

Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by viridian on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:06AM (#24109361)
Not only is streetwear missing, but so are preppy styles. I really can't think of many women's "genres" which lack a male counterpart.
Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by soylentcola on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:02AM (#24109987)
Not speaking for the parent commenter, but I imagine "casual" as roughly the same range as "preppy" - not formal, but not sweats or tshirts.

Also, while they used the term "skater" (which I also find oddly specific) I think "streetwear" would be a better label. This would cover more specific styles like "skater" as well as other types of streetwear.

As a disclaimer, I know next to nothing about fashion and am just going on my own limited perception of broad categories.

Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by taurath on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:47PM (#24116048)
Agree, streetwear would be a better term. Its more of my upbringing where kids who didn't dress in one of the other ways tended to go to stores like pacsun, zumiez, vans etc which prominently featured skating as a lifestyle.
Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by int_19h on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:23PM (#24116588)
I suppose it depends on what exactly you mean by "preppy" - but if it's stuff like cargo pants, I would argue that it should fall into the comfort segment.

About half of my daily wardrobe is stuff that's advertised as "tactical", but the reason why I actually wear it is because it's comfortable (relaxed fit, stretchy fabric where needed etc), and because it has plenty of large pockets to carry all the gadgets and random items.

Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by Smoosh on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:51PM (#24114429)
The list also missed formalware which, I assume, is still a thing.
Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by taurath on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:49PM (#24116065)
Intent is business/formalware is under same umbrella (you're wearing a suit of some type)
Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by taurath on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:46PM (#24116036)
It is arbitrary, and not fully accurate, but was trying to get the point across that there's relatively few cuts and overall styles to choose from in most major department stores. I claim no authority, I'm just a person on the internet making an observation.

I still hold that men's clothing is more like the menu at taco bell, whereas womens clothing covers both much more nuance and opportunity for expressiveness. Mens styles are broadly muted in contrast. More than happy to argue that point!

Re:Sweatpants Forever: How the Fashion Industry Collapsed by lobotryas on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:03AM (#24117064)
Nah, dude. The only reason you think there’s “no nuance” is because you haven’t invested the time to learn and research male fashion. And that’s OK! Fashion and being stylish is a hobby like that requires time, energy and money. Not everyone has those or wants to spend them on fashion.