Alex and Ashley's Adventures in Accessible Attire

Friday, March 4, 2011

What's angrying up my blood now? The weekly roundup.

what? it's after 6, what are we, farmers?

Well, it's the weekend. Time for a weekly roundup type thing. What's the internet doing to piss me off now, after the jump.

Palette Swap: All I really need to know about style I learned from video games

As you might have garnered, I have a very colorful wardrobe. This can present problems from time to time when I find myself wearing something nice, but not necessarily appropriate for the (weather, occasion, locale, etc...) Fortunately I'm also a nerd and video games (as they often do) have the answer! If you've ever played a game that came out before... let's say 2000, you're familiar with the palette swap. This is a tremendously effective tool for managing an otherwise out of control colorful wardrobe. So let's level up our style here, shall we? (now that's a good pun for before the jump!)

Enough scarfs to tie 10 on (note to self: come up with better title)

If there's one thing I have to many of other than shoes, it's scarves (and gingham shirts... and vests... alright, so I own too many clothes). Aside from the fact that one of my favorite directors and one of portland's greatest citizens certainly knew their way around some neck adornment, I think scarves are a great way to add some punch to an outfit. Depending on how you tie them and what color scheme you use you can end up with lots of different looks from the exact same outfit. One outfit 10 ways with scarves after the jump.

Wolverines: Weapon X footwear

I have too many pairs of shoes. 18 at last count. Compounding my problem is that this winter has been so brutal that I've worn shoes maybe 3 or 4 times. Every other day it's boots. And it's been very cold and very wet so serious boots are the only kind that are viable. Fortunately I have some Sorels (which I thought was just a term for boots until I was about 13) and when I went home I found these in the basement. Of course I couldn't wear them every day (alright... every other day) if they didn't play nice with my other clothes...

Dressing for the (miserable miserable) weather

Oh man was today awful. Yesterday had about 8 inches of snow fall and then today was 30 degrees with freezing rain all morning then 34 degrees and heavy rain so far this afternoon. In general this winter has been the worst since I was in high school. So I figured if I'm staying in all day I might as well do this about some ~~serious wintery mixes for this serious wintery mix~~ (note to self: come up with less lame joke for right before the jump)

Ver. 2.0: Laundry Day

So the return coincides with 2 things. 1 is a new focus (also... just a focus of any kind). I actually have things to say, not just weird pictures and high levels of undifferentiated snark. So I'm going to dig deep in my closet. Actually put stuff together. Figure out and communicate why I wear what I wear and what thought (or lack of it) goes into making those decisions. So in the interest of beginning at the beginning I bring you laundry day...

BIG CRAZY RETURN POST!!!!

Oh hi. I didn't see you there. How're things? Been a while. 10 weeks as of tomorrow. What can I say, all 6 seasons of LOST won't watch themselves. Plus I've been super broke and not going out much. But there's been mass outcry. Seriously! At least 7 people have requested more blogging! And I want to give the people what they want. Also, I went into David Wood today (just to look at the beautiful beautiful stuff) and got complemented by the man himself. Because I'm THAT stylish. Seriously though, I've been thinking a lot about what I should be writing and how to be writing it. In the future expect slightly more serious thoughts from the ol' mind grapes. I have actual thoughts on mens style that are NOT pure snark. Seriously! (again). Also I have some new things in my wardrobe that are new and awesome that I would like to talk about and share with the world (or at least the portion of the world that follows this blog). Don't worry though, this won't become just another menswear blog (with occasional posts about jewelry that hopefully will also become more frequent). I still have very little love for the establishment (I'm looking at you Brooks Brothers). I've got some thoughts coming up on military coats, flannel suits, work boots, tuxes, raw denim and all the other colors of the sartorial rainbow. So get ready for a super fun happy time.

And now, several hilarious context free photos of me...