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[side_show]

Yeah, like how Italian cars are the best made.

I was talking about clothing, not cars or, say... architecture. 

I'm the daughter of an autobody teacher, so I think form v function when it comes to cars is pretty skewed in my mind anyway.  I mean my dream car would be a 64' Mustang convertible, and I live in the Canadian hinterland, where we have snow and dump buckets of salt on the road six months a year, so clearly for me form follows function there when it comes to vehicle preference too.

On the flip side, my preference with architecture is the opposite when it comes to form v function - the most stylized architectural spaces (to me) are often the ones that fly in the face of structural convention.  Structural convention that works and has for centuries.  I find that those fancy, odd structures I enjoy looking at are the ones where, when I visit them a few years post construction, have huge challenges with maintenance.  Where do I want to live?  In a functional space.  I favour 100 + year old character homes shaped like rectangles over some curvilinear, corner-less architectural marvel any day, even though the latter maybe purty.

[AugustWest]

  I mean my dream car would be a 64' Mustang convertible,

Oh, cool choice!

[side_show]

Cool?  Yes.  Functional?  No. 

I even saw one for sale a few years back and toyed with the idea...  I asked the guy about the undercarriage (any car that old in my neck of the woods is rusted and waiting to disintegrate) but the guy had actually brought it in from some warm, dry climate down south.  I don't even have a garage where I live now, so needless to say, such an impractical choice is not in the cards for now, but a girl can dream.

[Choop]

smells come dream with us

[pmcd9]

Are you talking about the '65 mustang or the extremely rare '64 1/2 mustang?

[theinevitable]

man, I buy clothes that I think look cool, but a lot of the time my style is "try to look like i do not care that much."
Like maybe my sweater is a little too big, and it's over a plaid shirt that is a weird color, or something.

I don't know.

I guess I am also known to wear like 3 sweaters layered in the winter, under my really heavy coat, so maybe I am more for Function than I think. It looks pretty dorky.

this summer I finally gave in and bought some shorts... normally I only wear jeans because shorts make my legs look stupid.

[jay-ell]

this summer I finally gave in and bought some shorts... normally I only wear jeans because shorts make my legs look stupid.

I never wear shorts, but as a lady I also have the option of skirts and dresses when it gets really hot. Still, usually I wear long ##### even in the summer because it's hard to chase children in a skirt without exposing yourself and I have a hard time remember to "sit like a lady," as my mother would say.

It's not a fashion issue or some kind of insecurity about my legs (which honestly are probably one of my better features), I just hate the way shorts feel.

[Lister]

Threads like this make me glad I work in a place so laid back that long ##### are not required.

Three cheers for the third wave.

[Nabubrush]

Cool?  Yes.  Functional?  No. 

I even saw one for sale a few years back and toyed with the idea...  I asked the guy about the undercarriage (any car that old in my neck of the woods is rusted and waiting to disintegrate) but the guy had actually brought it in from some warm, dry climate down south.  I don't even have a garage where I live now, so needless to say, such an impractical choice is not in the cards for now, but a girl can dream.

A friend in high school had an old Mustang. His floorboards were pieces of cardboard suitcase.

[TripperDay]

I really appreciate this thread. I haven't bought a suit in over a decade and I've actually begun to dress more casually as I've aged. I'd already made up my mind to build up a better wardrobe once I found a job, and there's some do's, don'ts, and links here that will be useful.

There was one earlier post I didn't quite agree with. The blue blazer with brass buttons is like the fedora. You may (well, probably) look like a tool in one, but you might look great. Depends on the man and the rest of what he's wearing.

[Choop]

hey if you got hair as white as your trousers and turtleneck then by all means don that blazer. or, you know, if you're acting a part in a show of some sort.

[Nabubrush]

If you look like Ted Knight, feel free to rock that blazer as well.

[Nabubrush]

R the Riveter stuff.

I have that Rockwell image as a jigsaw puzzle, and I love it.

[theinevitable]

...where I saw my grandpa giving a dude a blowjob. in my house.

[jay-ell]

....Did inev just click on "How to Dress" instead of "I had a dream..."

I really, really hope so.