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Barbe-fashion survey - what are you wearing right now

  
  

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Goodness Gracious Meme
18:22 / 14.01.03
< 50s BBC documentary voice-over >

So what *is* Barbestyle? Contradiction in terms? Bold directional statement?

Let's find out...



So, what are you wearing while you're answering this?

Me:

baggy grey pinstriped wool trousers, (too long for me so they're completely fucked at the bottom, but I like that), maroon Converse baseball boots, black and turquoise stripey tshirt, boys' bright red sweatshirt with tres stylish 'Ferrari' logo. Grey scarf.
 
 
Rev. Jesse
18:30 / 14.01.03
Black half-zip fleece over an Invader Zim t-shirt (Ride the Pig!) black jeans, big, wide, clunky bullet hole belt, white socks and (formely, I took them off two mintues ago) big black boat steel toe shoes. Everything is showing signs of entropy.
 
 
Eloi Tsabaoth
18:43 / 14.01.03
Black fluffy sweater. Army green hand-me-down T-shirt. Black jeans. Black socks. Lucky underwear. Boring, really, but I rarely leave the house anyway, so who gives a weasel's arse?
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
18:51 / 14.01.03
I'm still in my work clothes. Naff polyester trews (black), which are two or three sizes too big. A gingham shirt in the Local Shop's tasteful navy, yellow and turquoise colours. A navy V-neck with the name of the shop stitched in yellow.

(I've got a Cure tee underneath, though. And my 20-hole Doc knockoffs.)
 
 
Cherry Bomb
18:52 / 14.01.03
black fitted scoop shirt and long red skirt with some oystery stitching at the bottom. AND NOTHING ELSE.

Traditional wardrobe wear for mademoiselle la bombe...
 
 
gridley
18:55 / 14.01.03
Green sweater and khakis. Oddly, under my sweater, I'm wearing a green-and-blue tie-die with a mariuana plant emblazoned on it, but that's mostly because I just moved and am living out of boxes and it was the first shirt I found.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
18:58 / 14.01.03
Ok. I'm wearing the blue hooded sweatshirt I scrounged off my sister, a black t-shirt, no bra for some reason, black trousers that are falling apart and desperately need replacing, and two pairs of socks - one of em a pink, fluffy pair of bed socks to stop my feet from freezing. Oh, and I have a dressing on my big right toe, after having the nail clipped and a piece dug out with a scalpel !!!with no anaesthetic!!! on Monday. Ouch.
 
 
Persephone
19:20 / 14.01.03
Goddamnit, I'm *always* wearing the same thing when people ask what are you wearing. Flannel shirt. Jeans. Long underwear, top and bottom. White socks. Brown boots. Fifty-pound backpack under desk. Brown coat hanging on coatstand. Green hat and green gloves in coat pockets.

Oh, I'm wearing my butterfly hairpins today. That's different.

*grin* Aren't you cold, Cherry?
 
 
Brigade du jour
19:35 / 14.01.03
I'm on black mode at the moment. Black trousers, black Manics t-shirt, then I let the side down with big ol' brown boots and indigo socks.

Can't remember underwear colour, but there comes a point where you just don't want to know doesn't there.

No bra either, by the way. But then I'm a man. But then maybe that shouldn't exclude me from the bra-wearing community per se.

I'm beginning to wish I hadn't replied now. Maybe I'll come back later with a convincing lie.
 
 
The Strobe
20:00 / 14.01.03
Pants. Socks. Ancient old Next dark-blue-tshirt. Dark blue/black jeans. Grey pair of Vans. Black pullover, and big browny/green zip-up duffel coat thing. I love my new coat. It is warm. It is me.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
20:08 / 14.01.03
Grey baggy trousers (Dickies) that my brother gave to me when he grew out of them a couple of years ago and a black top with slightly flared sleeves underneath a red mohair jumper with loose stitching, both have a slash neckline and I find it diffficult to wear the jumper with anything else except a vest top. That really seems to defeat the purpose of a jumper though. Burgundy/red Buffalo's on my feet.
 
 
Ganesh
20:09 / 14.01.03
Comfortably not-too-tight padded leather motorbike trousers (excuse: 'wearing them in') and black t-shirt with vaguely retro orange Space Hopper image (misidentified, by an elderly gentleman at a previous Barbe-meet, as 'Satan'). Pale blue Burberry socks, white Ralph Lauren 'boxer briefs' and DKNY glasses (I am Patrick Bateman...).
 
 
Lilith Myth
20:17 / 14.01.03
Supressing the desire to lie and make myself oh-so-cooler: black (oh-so-barbelike) combats with purple flowers round the ankles. Black boots with red and green flowers. tight purple t-shirt that says
BEAT ME
WHIP ME
PAY ME
which is actually a little too tight, but hey.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
20:30 / 14.01.03
Pair of white Calvins that have seen better days (G referred to them earlier as bloomers). Lovely... Beautifully co-ordinated with pair of black M&S socks (from the exclusive Italian hand-knitted range) and a pair of clapped out black canvas espadrilles from God knows where and when. Devillishly stylish, even on a Tuesday night in, as you can tell.

Plus gold signet ring and pair of Armani specs.
 
 
illmatic
20:38 / 14.01.03
Same shitarse clothes I wear alll the time: Blue Edwins jeans (cheers Gary - £20 only), mash up timberlands, shit Ben Sherman swaetshirt my mum brought me last Xmas (will you just cut it out with trying to dress me okay? I'm 30!! - and while you're at, stop reading Barbelith, You're too old. Leave my friends alone.) Ben Sherman T-Shirt I brought myself - honest. Old school boxers (well, just old0 and socks... and NOTHING ELSE!!!
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
20:40 / 14.01.03
Grey coat, college scarf, black long-sleeved t-shirt and a black v-neck tank top; brown corduroy skirt, underneath it blue pyjama trousers, blue socks, brown Campers. Underwear.

This is not because I am excessively cold but because I have just come back from shoving people around at tai chi class (I do it in my pyjama trousers because all the tracksuits in the shops at the moment are velour).
 
 
Saint Keggers
20:44 / 14.01.03
Black Levis I got for Christmas, black sweatshirt with wolf print on front and a black zippervest made from some warm soft fuzzy material (the same kind of stuff my bed sheets are made of)and black Nikes with black wool socks knitted by a friend.
 
 
The Apple-Picker
21:22 / 14.01.03
You caught me out of my uniform for a change, though this outfit's not too much different. Today I'm wearing my favorite old blue jeans that are developing a hole in the crotch and that I'm desperate to save, so if anyone has good patch advice (because my patchjobs seem to have shortened, rather than extended, the lives of past jeans), I would be so grateful. I'm also wearing a tight navy T that I've had since my junior year in high school and that one can barely see 'cause I'm wearing on top of it a half-zip, heather grey hoodie with one of those wonderful pockets. Also: black rubber bands on my wrist, boots on my foots.
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
21:27 / 14.01.03
A very faded blue cotton shirt, collared. Sleeves rolled up to my elbows. Black slip-on square-toed (kinda) shoes. Black socks. Grey trousers that have some kind of stretch material in them, but look like business trou. Black leather belt. Gunmetal grey boxers. Two silver rings that have rings that move around inside them. Silver bracelet I've worn for years. Chain attached to first left beltloop that attaches to a keyring containing a stylised fish and a house key. My grandfather's watch from the early '70s - silver with green face. Mud for my hair. Mitchum roll-on and Kiton cologne.

Yeah.
 
 
Mazarine
21:44 / 14.01.03
Olive green shirt, too small. Red plaid pajama pants. Fleece cream bathrobe with kitties on it. My glasses.
 
 
telyn
21:56 / 14.01.03
Khaki cargo trousers with bleach splatters, long sleeved blue t-shirt, long black cardigan thing (they all smell of smoke: guess what I've been in the pub). Plus undies and big boots of course.
 
 
000
22:08 / 14.01.03
I'm naked. And aroused.

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Ok, lie. Just got in, and have therefore swapped trousers (now: grey ones), a black tee that my brother left behind this Christmas, black socks and boxershorts. Black La Roche specs. And underneath it alllll naked. And aroused.

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Okay, lied again.
 
 
w1rebaby
00:48 / 15.01.03
this
 
 
Ganesh
01:23 / 15.01.03
Ah, but what're you wearing underneath that lot, Fridge...? Are you being perved?
 
 
gornorft
01:47 / 15.01.03
Dark blue long shorts (I know I know, a contradiction in terms but I didn't invent the things) over *peeks* purple underwear, a punky red on white splattery Union Jack t-shirt (bought in the UK last July) and, um, my new glasses I got last week in a kinda greeny silvery wireframey style. Barefoot as always. That's it.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
04:28 / 15.01.03
What do you think?

Black combats, veggie biker boots, Manics t-shirt, and a slightly bewildered expression.
 
 
paw
06:31 / 15.01.03
blue adidas trackie bottoms, white roma away top that i love, red puma zip up top, invisibles badge, orange underwear.
 
 
mixmage
07:11 / 15.01.03
Navy blue: Million Dollar double-layered trousers [snowcombats?], Airwalk jumper/fleece [simple "A" logo on left breast], long-sleeved T-shirt [M&S]. All have blim scars in 'em... Floyd's "inevitable pinhole burns"

Black: Sport socks, button-fly Calvins [a recent addition], "Shifty" trainers by Airwalk. Leather belt with simple chromed buckle. Hair tie, keeping it tidy at the nape.

... and a fresh cotton hankie in my right pocket. White.
 
 
The Natural Way
07:53 / 15.01.03
Grey, fitted Snoopy-playing-basketball T, slightly faded and very frayed blue jeans from H&M (about 3 years old now, but the hole in the crotch has been sewn up and I is happy), brown Carhardt belt, some fantastically cool grey and red nikes and big hair. I have my massive green parka, grey glloves and my favourite grey and red scarf for cold outsideys.

Look, ma, no black!
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
08:04 / 15.01.03
The dangers of homeworking; I'm wearing the bottom half of a set of Calvin Klein flannel pyjamas, and the top half of a Virgin Atlantic sleepsuit I nabbed on a transatlantic business a couple of years ago. Wrapped in a and delightfully warm dressing gown apparently designed by John Rocha, which is navy blue and has big comfy padding. Kenzo socks (all hail the John Lewis Sale), which I kept on overnight because my toes were cold, and should shed before they grow onto my feet. Big bedhead.
 
 
No star here laces
08:18 / 15.01.03
Dark jeans in classic London-media-wanker style, black v-neck lambswool sweater over white t-shirt and a pair o Air Max that've seen better days. How boriing.
 
 
lentil
08:46 / 15.01.03
At work so looking "vaguely smart", as opposed to my other two looks, "not as cool as he thinks" and "covered in paint".

Grey jumper my mum bought for xmas two years ago, one of her better efforts. Has an amusing velcro flap on the left shoulder. Nifty blue/grey velvet trousers which have a green lining so when they wrinkle up you get this cool sea-at-night effect. Denim bowling-style shoes. Plus underwear.
 
 
Our Lady of The Two Towers
09:09 / 15.01.03
By abusing Ru Paul's maxim of "You're born naked, everything else is drag" I'm wearing my straight white-boy drag today, blue jeans that are probably two sizes too small so really uncomfortably tight over my thighs, DMs, an old South Park t-shirt which is part of a collection of t-shirts that I only wear when I'm wearing something over them, in this case a dark grey top.

From a distance I look positively normal.

I so need to go shopping next week.
 
 
Ariadne
09:14 / 15.01.03
A white towel and fluffy blue thermal socks. Sexee. I'm about to get dressed to go out in the Boston weather.

I'm going on a course that insists on 'business casual' wear. How the hell can I do that when it's minus 10 C? I can't do business casual, whatever it is, at the best of times.

I'm just going for wearing all my clothes at once, including a jumper I haven't worn since living in Edinburgh, and hoping noone notices that none of it's businessy at all.
 
 
wembley can change in 28 days
09:50 / 15.01.03
Oh, shit. This isn't going to bode well. I wish I'd answered this yesterday...

GAP white button-down shirt, now a pants-left-in-wash blue. GAP trousers, khaki. Blue stripey socks with toes sent to me by my grandmother, and birkenstocks (at work). Kangol watch. Underwear.

Don't hate me, please. I do enough of that already for myself.
 
  

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