Old Hollywood/1930'2-50's style/image of a man... WHAT THE HELL HAPPEND??

[mchomertime]

awesome picture is awesome

[G T]

A picture of four Mr. Americas in regular street-wear during the so-called "Golden Age" of Bodybuilding:



From left to right: Alan Stephan 1946, Clancy Ross 1945, George Eiferman 1948, Steve Reeves 1947

Pretty freakin' alpha if I do say so myself.

Why are they sitting on each others' laps?

[kooldude]

in when in 20 years, teens will use pics of Brad Pitt and George Clooney, and say the people of 2030 don't have class and aren't alpha

[rogermoore]

What women want back then











What women want now

[Achilles87]

[rogermoore]

Then









Now

[Who?]

[Big-Dave]

[TeHbOsNiAnDeWd]

This guy got swagger or is gay?

this looks terrible.

[RedSoxfan1978]

this looks terrible.

Yes it does, with his MR. Rogers looking sweater vest, with skinny jeans. How about NO?

[MusclePrime]

For all you business brahs

http://www.gq.com/how-to/fashion/200.../05/21#slide=1

[vermontplaya]

pimp.

[DangerDan]

I think the kid wearing a suit to class is a tool.

A noble cause, but a tool nonetheless.

[Who?]

For all you business brahs

http://www.gq.com/how-to/fashion/200.../05/21#slide=1

good link

[D.Piddy]

don't forget you need a good frame for that properly fitted suit to look proper. All those pics of 40's and 50's guys looking sharp have good shoulders, descent tall, no fatties, mature. Small portion of population will have those basics, I assume the misc has the right stuff?

[ONpump17]

im only partway through this thread, but i felt i would add:

[ONpump17]

wouldn't say what? i would still say he is overdressed no matter what modern super custom hotted up mega tailored isassa suit he's wearing. overdressing = TRY HARD. fashion is just as much about choosing an outfit appropriate for an occasion as it is the outfit itself. you can be just as stylish wearing a nice casual outfit as you are wearing a suit.

as for whether he could put on this super powered custom suit and suddenly turn into a classy dude? again, depends on the person. if you don't walk with confidence, have no presence, and basically just skulk around all hunched over exhuding no power or anything, you'll still look like **** even with an amazing suit on.

im actually agreein with this guy. Though how you dress is very important, the way you carry yourself, that attitude of confidenceis what will truely make you shine as an individual.

seth rogen rules. plus hes wearin a suit. he made is own acting career all the way up from freaks and geeks. him and evan goldberg wrote knocked up and superbad, movies that were loved and raked in dough.

[ONpump17]

Bump

[MEGAMANLET]

anyone know of good stores, online or not that sell good classy classic clothes like the ones in this thread?

[ONpump17]

Bump

[ausluke]

you can't compare pictures of 40 year old men to 20 year olds... of course they're going to look more like men in comparison .....

how about comparing them to these guys

[tazman7]

I think that people are trying to follow the style their favorite band or music group portrays.. Its the cool thing to do to have your pants to your knees, with your little wittler hanging out and talk like you have marbles in your mouth. Or wear skinny jeans, make up, black hair, fingernail polish..

Take these pics for example..Google Will Smith and you can hardly find a pic of him not dressing nice unless its from the 80's..

[JohnnyDestroyer]

I wear suits recreationally.


It is alpha, you feel great.


Some tips.


You can never mix and match shades of black or patterns. A dark black pinstriped jacket will not go with a slightly lighter shade of black for the slacks.

You CAN do this with great effect with greys and tans. For a "leisure" suit I highly suggest this for the versatility. The greys need to be with the greys and the tans with the tans BUT the shade and pattern dont need to match.

You can pick up tan and grey jackets for 60-130 bucks a pop on sale at places like Macy's and Dillards. If need be get them tailored, its only 20-30 bucks. If your total investment is 100$ for a good jacket that fits you like a glove its worth it.

Slacks are easier. Black slacks can match up to grey tweed any day of the week. Hats must match SLACKS not jackets. Grey tweed jacket, black fedora and slacks, black tie, alpha as ****.

Hounds-tooth with a grey slack? sure.

Grey jacket with tan slack...NEVER.

a Three peice suit must always match. You dont HAVE to, but really you do. Its one of those things that can veiwed as "edgey" but really your just a douche.


Shirts:

I never spend a lot on shirts, you can get good fitted dress shirts for 20 bucks a peice everywhere. Even JC penny's stuff looks good. Same with cuff links. 20$ is more than enough for cuff links.

Jewlery:

One silver watch, never gold. Gold just looks awful with a suit.


Shoes, black goes with greys and blacks, dark brown for tans and creams, Belt must match.


That easy.

[Future-Swole]

Think that suit is sick? Check this ****

He turns around near the end, just watch

[PrimeraRS]

When you have as much swag as Wade, you can wear anything!

[skinnycalves]

Someone give me some classic movies to watch. This thead has inspired me.

[dave87]

Someone give me some classic movies to watch. This thead has inspired me.

look up jeeves and wooster. early 90's show with hugh laurie and stephen fry, based on books from the 30's by PG Wodehouse. very entertaining show, plenty of quality suits. anyone know it?


good example of their interactions. (embedding disabled)

[wingedsailor]

This tread was awesome, definately got me thinking. I may not wear suits full time but a dress shirt and slacks are not difficult to pull off. Just watch the Ocean's movies if you want to see modern men looking pusser! Most people on this site spend so much time working on thier bodies we should all take more time dressing it up. I hope that this keeps going and insprires others, we need to take back the streets and class up the world, the kids need to see positive well dressed MALE role modles that take care of themselves in the gym and at the dinner table. Good luck all, I am in!

PS,

Tailoring is key......

[Jizmeister]

Yup, the whole self image, self esteem, nand self respect people had back then was staggering, it was exemplified by the class. Everything from what they wore to how they walked and talked. They had pride.

And I'm not just talking about 'Hollywood,' I just used them as examples. Movies/media reflect the culture.

Everyone just had a higher self esteem back them. Even the poor/homeless whore suits and acted as classy as they could.

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Scientists/engineers back then:



Scientists/engineers today:




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A great depression food line:



A modern person WHO CAN BUY there own stuff:





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Look at this, jobless men looking like CEO's:



Compared to a jobless man today: (example)

I lold at today's jobless man. Fckin true and disgusting.

[jmac219]