CASUAL ELEGANCE: The dude just has it.
ARE YOUR MONSTER GYMNIFIED THIGHS…getting in the way of you getting some decent denim? This might be relevant to your interests.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED: I don’t have a problem with this. I just wish their user interface was less sucky.
SOMETIMES OUR BIGGEST OBSTACLES…our ourselves. Overthinking some things is pretty much a recipe for trouble.
SCREW THE HONEY BADGERS: Cats long ago mastered the art of not giving a #$@%.
IT JUST GETS BETTER:
I AM NOT CONVINCED… that this is bad news (he says as longing for a grilled marbled ribeye).
THE UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY? Read it and weep. Also, this.
NOT SO CHEERIO: This was a very bad idea that got reversed as soon as you would have imagined.
MUDSKIPPERS UNHINGED:
OH HELLS NO: I have to wonder what the Times style mavens are smoking. This is just the kind of advice that gets people beat up in their rural high school. I would imagine.
THE JOHN WATERS APPRECIATION POST: I completely concur with this. If you’ve never experienced a John Waters movie (Hairspray doesn’t really count), this is a good one to start with. True story, I had the pleasure of interviewing him a couple of times. A true gentleman with a lightning quick sense of humor.
UH OH: We are all doomed.
MY DEADLINE DANCE:
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THE INTERWEBS: This in NOT one of them. Shameful.
IT’S ONLY A FLESH WOUND! C’MON! Guys. We have our priorities.
DRUNKEN TREES: It’s not what you think. Well, actually, maybe it is? Hell if I know.
GIFS! THEY MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER
THIS IS WHY HE GETS 15%: A good agent makes a big difference. Also, does the fact that he made so much doing nothing ease the regret of making so much for doing nothing? Also, sarcasm and hyperbole in action so keep that in mind when you’re getting ready to rip me.
THE BIG CRAPPLE: Someone didn’t quite think this one through.
UH OH2: We are double dog doomed. Where’s my ribeye?
INCOMING! The literary edition.
I am a third of the way through Anthony Doerr’s new novel and it is fantastic. Learn more about it here.
Need something else to read?
- Judging by some of the truly awful combinations I am seeing on fox sports, this.
- Timeless. You can never go wrong with this.
- When off the rack just doesn’t work for you, this then this.
Tim Johnstone is Dappered’s music correspondent as well as our resident gatherer of all things interwebs related.
Aloe Blacc is one smooth dresser and quite the singer. That is all.
Re: jeans for guys with huge thighs.
On the one hand I’m like “aww yiss, jeans designed for my legs that will consume the world.” On the other hand, when I think about it for more than two seconds, even though my legs threaten to consume the world, I can’t say I’ve had any worse a time finding jeans than any other guy. Sometimes I just have to size up to accommodate my legs/butt and then cinch the waist down with a belt or tailoring.
It kind of rubs me the wrong way when people use their supposedly exceptional body proportions as an excuse not to find or wear clothes that fit. (Especially because they’re always “too athletic.” Yeah, dude, clearly you’re just too ripped to look good in clothes.) My proportions are about as weird as they get in terms of leg mass vs waist size/overall mass. I’m 5’9″, 25.5″ thighs, 30″ waist, 37.5″ chest. I can still find pants that fit, even in “slim” and sometimes “skinny” fits.
Athletic jeans? Finally.
I’m sick of buying pants with three extra inches in the waist just so that I can squeeze a credit card into the damn pockets…
With 28″ thighs and 17″ calves, I genuinely have a hard time with jeans — maybe I need to branch out from Levi’s. I have a pair of cords that fit like a dream, but all of my jeans end up loose and bunched at the top.
I’m 6’2″, but I’d say that our proportions are fairly similar… any recommendations on brands or styles that fit well?
Barbell Jeans….ummmm, seeing as how there are 30 days left in the Kickstarter and they’ve already reached $357,000 of their $15,000 goal…..I’m going to go ahead and say there’s a market for this.
awesome. apple-bottom jeans for dudes.
all jokes aside, i see what they’re going for, but i don’t get why they show so much working out in the jeans. they make the jeans look spandex-ish.
You might want to branch out within Levi’s as well. Not sure what fits you’ve tried, but I really like the 508, as well as the 511, sized up (ain’t nobody got time for jeggings) and in a “stretch” material. I know stretch denim is a big no-no for purists but the stretch allows for some give where I need it but not where I don’t.
Levi’s 501 shrink-to-fit is also worth exploring. You get your true size or a slightly bigger size (depending on how fitted you want the end result to be), shrink them in hot water, and wear them to dry. As it dries, the damp denim will stay shrunk or re-stretch to conform to the shape of your body.
You can also give Bonobos and J.Crew’s urban slim fit a shot.
The big thing I’ve found is not to let my vanity get in the way of picking the size that works best for me. I may have a 30″ natural waist but I end up wearing waist size 31, 32, sometimes even 33.
And, of course, invest in a good belt.
Thanks for the suggestions. On the Levi’s front I’ve been wearing 505’s. I think I need to try on all of the styles and see what works. I’m definitely going to look into the shrink-to-fit and give Bonobos and J.Crew a try…
All you have to do is spend all of your money. That way you don’t have to worry about having the extra cash or credit lookin’ all ugly bulging out. Problem solved, feel free to keep it tight!
While it’s a good concept I can’t get behind any group that spends 20+ hours a week in the gym, unless they are a professional or college athlete. I’m assuming they have no other job correct?
Well if they do have other jobs, this looks like it could make them rich and now free up 40+ hours they can spend in the gym each week.
Space rocks – More wild, mass guessing. “this database of harmless asteroids can be extrapolated to shed light on the frequency of their fearsome cousins.” Don’t have enough information/evidence to support your ideas or secure funding? No problem! Spin what information you have so that it scares people shitless. Why waste money on tracking these objects when nothing can be done about them? Sure a fair warning would be nice so people can leave an expected target area, then again, people with fair warning don’t always do what is logical.
An apple a day – I have never understood how any group of researchers or doctors could make broad proclamations regarding any one items relation to health. As I see it, the only way a proclamation of X affects Y to bring about Z benefit/detriment could hold true for everyone would be for everyone to lead the same exact life. There are too many variables that go into the health and welfare of each individual for these proclamations to have any true merit.
To be fair, jeans with stretch are the *best* thing to happen to weight lifters.
Those jeans, though, just as I mentioned on MFA when they were campaigning there, do not look very good. Even discounting the washes, the cuts are not flattering in the least bit.