#sartorial choices

[laufire]

STACKED100 | july 30th | “adjustment protocol” (II) Primes!Memori and Murphy’s complementary makeup to Emori’s tattoo.

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Tagged by @orbitalpirate @abubblingcandle and @izzyspussy

So I’m giving y’all 3 sentences! They are only the dialogue, though, for maximum impact.

From my fic where Dani texted Jamie after his loan was canceled. And then they started dating. Dani didn’t hide it from the team at all. He just didn’t realize they’d assume his SO was a woman named Jamie.

They find out the truth when there is a team bonding dinner that people can bring their SO’s too and suddenly Jamie is there. Once he’s settled at the table, Keeley asks the important questions.

“I see you chose to wear a shirt this time?”

“Dani said I had to.”

“If he is not wearing a shirt, I cannot unwrap him later.”

I was tagged several days ago so I’m not sure who all got tagged at the time. But since it’s been a few days, and I’m sure that more writing has happened…

I’m gonna retag y’all right back! 😜 @orbitalpirate @abubblingcandle and @izzyspussy 😜

Edit: I was tagged by @jamietarttsnorthernattitude as the third person, not @orbitalpirate. So I’m also challenging you Ash!!!

[pikipekarmy]

glasses and lore

I am constantly aware that there's a whole bunch of Pokey Mans Lore that I don't know anything about. Most of the items in the "style" selector have names that clearly reference things I have no way of looking up. I'm used to this. And yet.

As a real-life glasses wearer I'm incensed that these are the only glasses available without paying for them.

Mad respect to anyone with the swag to actually use these but I cannot abide the look of them. My character remains glasses-less.

I also can't abide the look of her mouth though so the mask stays on.

[woolsboutiqueuomo]

[pinkhysteria]

- what have you done? - remade myself.

[sunburnacoustic]

I saw [Grace Jones] on ‘Later... with Jools Holland’ and she did this wind machine thing where the wind lifted her dress up. I'm not sure it would be any benefit to our career if I did that though.

—Matt Bellamy, a coward | NME Awards, 2009

[rvspecter]

[daguerreotyping]

A turn-of-the-century sk8er boi

[voxiiferous]

Vox's Definitive Ranking on Dress Shoes!

This is going under a read-more because there's So Many of them.

Note, I am not making a distinction between Oxfords, Brogues, and Derby shoes, they're slight variants on what is otherwise the same theme.

Classic Lace-Up Oxfords

Whole cut Oxfords: 2/10

They're not the worst. He needs that to be said, they're a perfectly... serviceable shoe. They're just hideous. The lack of tongue, the lack of decorations. Unforgiveable.

Plain toe Oxfords: 4/10

Immediately worlds better. Still not perfect, but he would get those over the whole cut any day.

Cap-toe Oxfords: 5.5/10

They're better than the others... unfortunately he doesn't like the cap toe. They're just a straight line, no. It looks like you ran out of shoe and had to make due.

Wing-tip Oxfords (one colour): 9/10

A pinnacle of shoe design. No notes, the perforations, the shape in the embellishments, he's got multiple in his closet, they're his go to shoe design.

Wing-tip Oxfords (duo/two-tone): 10/10.

there's a ton of slight variants in where the colour can go, and he loves them all. They're what he wore the most of in life, though they've gone out of style since. While he doesn't wear the two-tone ones as much anymore, he still has several pairs in his closet.

Slip On Loafers

Penny loafers: 6/10

They're fine? Depending on the look they work. He likes the slight decoration on them.

Bit loafers: 7/10

Better than the penny loafers. He's seen ones with more variant in material choices, that makes them more interestingly duo-tone and those would score higher, closer to a 7.5 or an 8.

Tassle loafer: 3/10

No, just no. Get them away from him, cut them off.

Kiltie loafers: 2/10

They're even worse than the previous. Even the two tone variants cannot save these. They're like an old man made his slippers into his day wear. Burn them with fire.

Black Tie

Opera pump: 3.5/10

They're there? There's not enough to be offended by, but it sure comes close some days. Has no notes only because he can't think of how to fix it.

Ribbon opera pumps: 2/10

You'd think this is better than the other variants but NOPE!!! You will never catch him in these. He doesn't care that they seem more feminine, he just hates them. He doesn't care its supposedly a staple.

He's not reranking the Oxfords. If he needs a black tie shoe its those.

Boots

Chelsea: 1/10

He's opposed to their classification as a dress shoe at all. Which honestly is his problem with most of this category. He wants to go to a business meeting not on a hiking trip, or hipster cafe.

Chukka boots: 4/10

They're on thin ice. They almost get to count. Some of them are better than others, but he can't see why you'd ever go for these and not any of the much better options.

Cap-toe boots: 5/10

A pass! These are clearly formal wear... he still think you should just get a normal shoe, and he still doesn't like the cap toe style but they're acceptable. He doesn't own any, but he might not mock you if you do.

Wing-tip boots: 6/10

The closest a boot is getting to winning him over. They're good for shorter pants, for longer ones. He probably owns a pair, they're good for dealing with Alastor. But even his beloved wingtips aren't enough to fully get him on board.

Monk boots: 1/10

He's a business man not a caricature of a witch. Oh you want him to get on a broom and cackle? No, fuck you, and fuck these shoes too.

Monk Straps

Single: 5/10

He's seen jazzed up versions that tend towards duo-tone and more jazzed up wingtips and those are better.

Double: 3/10

Usually he's all for adding more decoration to shoes but these do it badly. The gap between the buckles, the shape, no. It takes an already ish shoe and makes it bad.

Tripple strap: 5/10

Fixes his problem with the two-strap variant, but not enough to net it more than a pass. Just go for a laced version, we're all adults here, you don't need the patent leather version of a velcro shoe.

[twig-tea]

I'm going to choose to interpret Charn struggling to button his shirt in Tinn's presence as only partially due to pretense and partially because he's sincerely used to his shirts being even more asymmetrical.

[sonsband]

I wore what I thought was a cute little summery, modestly slutty outfit and got multiple stares and I can't tell if that means it's cute or if my crop top rights are suspended. could be either tbh.

[laufire]

ma'am. MA'AM.

MA'AM.

Vixen: NYC #10.

[emotinalsupportturtle]

Just caught myself wearing a sleeveless turtleneck under a jacket. I keep unintentionally wearing more and more Crowley-esque outfits

[requirings]

I think grown up lee should always wear shorts that are so tight and short that his dick is not only visible but almost peaking

lee def wears a protective groin cup on the reg but the jewels are all out for display on beach days :)

[woolsboutiqueuomo]

[the-laridian]

🐲 If they have facial hair, do they style it, remove it, or just let nature take its course?

💁🏾‍♀️ What is their hare care regimen like? Do they color, straighten, curl, or otherwise change their hair regularly?

For Gunnar and/or Conrad :D

Gunnar's facial hair question was answered here :)

Gunnar's styling tends to be either slicked back (with or without pomade) or it gets loose and flops forward into bangs. He tends to note in his diary when he needs a haircut, which seems to be 'often'. The one time he tried something different with his hair, everyone kept commenting on it (and Boone kept trying to flick it), so Gunnar went back to his usual after that.

Conrad: dear Law, facial hair is a breeding ground for bacteria. It collects food and dirt and dead skin cells. One does NOT allow facial hair to get out of control like that. If one *must* grow it, proper daily cleansing is the only way to keep the germs at bay.

Conrad is a natural blond (despite the nasty gossip) and he's pale, and he's happy with his hair color. His only real problem is that he can't effectively cut his own hair, because he can't see the back without angling a lot of mirrors. Yes, he can do the front just fine. He still has trouble with the back, but since nobody else in town has any capability of barbering - he's the town barber, after all - he doesn't have an option.

And of course he wouldn't change his style; it's a perfectly good corporate approved style, it's the one that looks best on him.