I thought that was too good to leave on the end of a thread!
Hmm...
Park Slope Uniform:
For men- shortish hair, jeans, baseball hats, glasses, sneakers, and a distinct air of sexual frustration. No Mojo.
For women: no makeup, frizzy hair, loose pants, new pedicure, waxed eyebrows, $300. cell phone permanently attached, overpriced hoodies, old granny panties, recognized by her self entitled p.c. aroma..
I guess it's more about what people DON'T wear. Or have...style.
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Sun May 06, 07 10:46 am EST
The Chipster wrote:
I thought that was too good to leave on the end of a thread!
Hmm...
Park Slope Uniform:
For men- shortish hair, jeans, baseball hats, glasses, sneakers, and a distinct air of sexual frustration. No Mojo.
For women: no makeup, frizzy hair, loose pants, new pedicure, waxed eyebrows, $300. cell phone permanently attached, overpriced hoodies, old granny panties, recognized by her self entitled p.c. aroma..
I guess it's more about what people DON'T wear. Or have...style.
wrong.
me: little makeup but always lipstick, long curly hair, fitted lucky-brand jeans, pedicure i've done myself, eyebrows i've tweezed myself, $12 plus dimes and pennies, cell phone lost in giant very plain leather bag, no hoodie (please, i wear cashmere sweaters. so if it's a hoodie, it's cashmere). new boyshorts, grapefruit perfume, always stepping out of the way for strollers, kids, bikes, dogs, homeless people, elderly people, et alia. _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Sun May 06, 07 11:06 am EST
Care to post a picture of your uniform, Chippy? _________________ Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball!
ilovecarbs Regular
Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 184 Location: PPW
Sun May 06, 07 11:11 am EST
Gosh, that sounds awful. Hmm, I must be a black sheep.. I wear make up, have straight non frizzy hair, like the fitted jeans. P.S. granny panties should be used as parachutes only. and no hoodies. I'm not a 5 yr old kid. I don't do hoodies, sneakers and jeans, or backpacks. And yeah, I love my designer bags. But I'm nice to the stroller crowd and the rest of em so everything's dandy =)
Rose Ninja
Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 911 Location: South Slope
Sun May 06, 07 11:20 am EST
I think of it as the "I'm too busy parenting to attend to my appearance" look. Too-short mom jeans, stained sweatshirt, no makeup, wash-and-wear hair that could stand to be washed. Crocs are a recent addition to this look.
ljnd "Anonymous Guest"
Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 416
Sun May 06, 07 12:22 pm EST
Oh, god, Crocs. The most depressing footwear ever invented.
I'm fashion-bipolar: I tend to wear tight-fitting yoga pants and tee-shirts and running shoes on the weekends, because I'm racing around doing errands and hanging with my kids; during the week, I'm generally in fitted slacks, Italian leather jacket, low-cut blouses, 3-inch heels. However, unless I'm meeting someone for dinner, I change into those yoga pants the moment I cross my apartment's threshhold.
Because this is a neighborhood where people live (as opposed to work, like Midtown), we see our neighbors in their schlubby clothes because those are the ones you wear around the house or to do unglamorous things like grocery shopping or working out.
If the origina post is meant as a criticism of the Park Slope Mom's uniform of baggy khakis and whatnot, better check the rest of the board - I'm sure it's been hashed over in indignant detail already. Ad nauseum.
armchair_warrior retsop cixelsyd
Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 5800 Location: boondocks
Sun May 06, 07 2:21 pm EST
hey i like the no make up look. for girls it looks great!!! all the girls i ever look wear minimum amounts of it.
I love jeans on chicks too! _________________ Fight white guilt and injustice by going to a Native American casino and gamble your money away.
I've read several bits of snark here on men wearing tight or skinny fit denim.
I'm always wearing them, mainly 'cause I can fit in them, unlike the majority of doughy PS dudes.
Metabolism, not cocaine.
Now, i'm off to the diner for a bacon cheeseburger, pardon me.
_________________ Ladies and Gentlemen, We are floating in space.
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Sun May 06, 07 4:28 pm EST
armchair, sweetheart, i think you'd like women if they were wearing garbage bags for clothes _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
armchair_warrior retsop cixelsyd
Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 5800 Location: boondocks
Sun May 06, 07 4:37 pm EST
brooklynpotter wrote:
armchair, sweetheart, i think you'd like women if they were wearing garbage bags for clothes
that depends on who is wearing them. some ulgy ho's can be well ugly. if a knock out wears one, that be fine :p.
but generally i'll stick to my taste with minimum makeup and jeans! _________________ Fight white guilt and injustice by going to a Native American casino and gamble your money away.
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 4389 Location: In the Groove
Sun May 06, 07 4:56 pm EST
Gotta say that I'm with AW on the beautiful, low maintenance look. I think that a lot more women could get away with it, but convincing them can be another story... _________________ ...not that there's anything wrong with that.
Em26 ******
Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 2975 Location: CrOwN hEiGhTs
Sun May 06, 07 4:56 pm EST
ilovecarbs wrote:
Gosh, that sounds awful. Hmm, I must be a black sheep.. I wear make up, have straight non frizzy hair, like the fitted jeans. P.S. granny panties should be used as parachutes only. and no hoodies. I'm not a 5 yr old kid. I don't do hoodies, sneakers and jeans, or backpacks. And yeah, I love my designer bags. But I'm nice to the stroller crowd and the rest of em so everything's dandy =)
I'm a bum , who loves hoodie sweater zip ups , don't mess with my hoodies!
I feel ya on the backpacks , and granny panties.
Sneakers , jeans , and hoodies= comfortable
As long as you are comfortable , who cares what others think. _________________ "Some people make their goals the stars,
They may live and die never reaching them,
but in the darkness of the night, those stars will guide them to their destination,because they put them in their sights."
erikka Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 754
Sun May 06, 07 5:10 pm EST
PS is the only place I've ever felt comfortable steeping out of my house in workout clothing, and I'm not saying that's a good thing.
laura Resident Alien
Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 896
Sun May 06, 07 8:13 pm EST
Me: I've been cutting and coloring my own hair (and doing own nails etc) and wearing/collecting vintage (dresses, coats, bags etc) since the late 70's. For very casual I wear a fitted t-shirt and black pants. The last time I wore jeans was probably about 1979 ... at this point if I put some on I'd feel like I was wearing a Halloween costume ... except that I always feel comfortable in Halloween costumes, and would feel very uncomfortable in jeans. Anyway. Don't own any workout clothing, sneakers, or hoodies. Don't wear eye makeup most of the time any more but need a little lippy.
Speaking of Halloween costumes - walking down 7th Ave yesterday in the space of about five minutes I passed three girls who looked like they were going to a "Worst of the 80s" party - like, hot pink leggings with white patent pumps with bows on them, and Flashdance tops - and a hipster dude with hair so ridiculous he totally outdid Marcel on Top Chef. Then again I had my share of ridiculous hair in the 80s so I should talk, I guess.
steve Cylon
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1263
Sun May 06, 07 8:21 pm EST
The Chipster wrote:
I thought that was too good to leave on the end of a thread!
Hmm...
Park Slope Uniform:
For men- shortish hair, jeans, baseball hats, glasses, sneakers, and a distinct air of sexual frustration. No Mojo.
For women: no makeup, frizzy hair, loose pants, new pedicure, waxed eyebrows, $300. cell phone permanently attached, overpriced hoodies, old granny panties, recognized by her self entitled p.c. aroma..
I guess it's more about what people DON'T wear. Or have...style.
Damn, Chipster, Could you go out of your way to be any more antagonistic? It gives you a distinct air of sexual frustration. _________________ For The Love Of Paris, Don't Go To The Lounge!
veets "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 2248
Sun May 06, 07 9:56 pm EST
erikka.. I totally understood what you said about work out clothing.
I am considerably older than many who post here and have live in PS a lot longer than most.. consider me the landed gentry.. raised my kids here and now helping my Slopie kids who never moved from the hood to raise their kids in the PS tradition.
Even 5 years aho I took my work out clothes to the gym and changed in to them. The other day when I was walking on 9th street on my way to the gymn I realized I was wearing a uniform... including those high priced sneaks from New Balance and clothes that had spandex listed as an ingredient. In the moment I had the impulse to run home and change but I looked up and within half a block saw at least 6 women dressed like I was and they too were on their way to the gymn too,,,, I felt better.. espoecially when I realized that I wa s25 years older than any of them and looked better in my spandex than they did in theirs!!
Hooray Park Slope.
The liberation I helped bring to surface in the 60's with my pals like Gloria S.. who is a lot older than I am... for real... (here is what 50 looks like and 60 looks like and gosh 70 looks like) has come to its ultimate conchusion and here it is..
I am a woman in her late 50's and I look just fine in spandex.. something I never would have considered wearing out in public even 10 years ago!!
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Sun May 06, 07 10:00 pm EST
erskelyne wrote:
I've read several bits of snark here on men wearing tight or skinny fit denim.
I'm always wearing them, mainly 'cause I can fit in them, unlike the majority of doughy PS dudes.
Metabolism, not cocaine.
Now, i'm off to the diner for a bacon cheeseburger, pardon me.
Sometimes I do tease about the tight pants, but there are levels of tightness. I would tease you only if you fell into the "hmmm...those look like skinny pants from the women's department" level. As long as I can't see the spandex fibers splayed across your thigh, I will not look away in horror.
In the end though, I far prefer a slim cut jean on a man, and a slim cut man in a jean.
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Sun May 06, 07 10:02 pm EST
in the end, if he looks skinnier than i do in my jeans then i'm not interested _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Sun May 06, 07 10:19 pm EST
steve wrote:
The Chipster wrote:
I thought that was too good to leave on the end of a thread!
Hmm...
Park Slope Uniform:
For men- shortish hair, jeans, baseball hats, glasses, sneakers, and a distinct air of sexual frustration. No Mojo.
For women: no makeup, frizzy hair, loose pants, new pedicure, waxed eyebrows, $300. cell phone permanently attached, overpriced hoodies, old granny panties, recognized by her self entitled p.c. aroma..
I guess it's more about what people DON'T wear. Or have...style.
Damn, Chipster, Could you go out of your way to be any more antagonistic? It gives you a distinct air of sexual frustration.
While Chipster's post can certainly be viewed as antagonistic, I hardly think this is a "moderate" way of addressing it, Steve.
erskelyne Dirty South River Rat
Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 56 Location: The 504.
Mon May 07, 07 6:10 am EST
Quote:
in the end, if he looks skinnier than i do in my jeans then i'm not interested
That's a shame, 'cause I'm a slender fellow who likes to have his eyes on a woman who can fill a dress with curves.
It's not some creepy fetish thing, but a Southern thing, I suppose. _________________ Ladies and Gentlemen, We are floating in space.
erikka Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 754
Mon May 07, 07 8:36 am EST
veets--it only counts if you're using that clothing TO ACTUALLY EXCERCISE IN, know what I mean ? I'm only wearing yoga pants on the way to yoga class, not to a bar or to run errands. I lose track of how many men and women I see just hanging out in running shorts and their college t-shirts. If I'm wearing that in public I'm making damn sure that I'm running so you don't think that's the way I actually dress.
Be careful of the elastic waistband slippery slope, people. Comfort is highly overrated.
Jamzer Lifer
Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 911 Location: Park F'ing Slope
Mon May 07, 07 8:54 am EST
The guy's uniform describes me to a tee, but then again, I've worn that uniform since I graduated from college. I still wore it when I lived in New Jersey, DC, Manhattan and now Brooklyn. Maybe I am at the fashon fore front??
steve Cylon
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1263
Mon May 07, 07 9:02 am EST
erikka wrote:
veets--it only counts if you're using that clothing TO ACTUALLY EXCERCISE IN, know what I mean ? I'm only wearing yoga pants on the way to yoga class, not to a bar or to run errands. I lose track of how many men and women I see just hanging out in running shorts and their college t-shirts. If I'm wearing that in public I'm making damn sure that I'm running so you don't think that's the way I actually dress.
Be careful of the elastic waistband slippery slope, people. Comfort is highly overrated.
Side benefit of hashing, you get way comfortable hanging out in bars or anywhere in running clothes. It's kind of funny cuz sometimes other people have no idea what to make of us. _________________ For The Love Of Paris, Don't Go To The Lounge!
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Mon May 07, 07 9:08 am EST
erskelyne wrote:
Quote:
in the end, if he looks skinnier than i do in my jeans then i'm not interested
That's a shame, 'cause I'm a slender fellow who likes to have his eyes on a woman who can fill a dress with curves.
It's not some creepy fetish thing, but a Southern thing, I suppose.
sorry, i don't know many women who want their man's thighs to be bigger than theirs. _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
Rose Ninja
Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 911 Location: South Slope
Mon May 07, 07 9:30 am EST
erikka wrote:
Be careful of the elastic waistband slippery slope, people. Comfort is highly overrated.
Yes, it is, and I am definitely guilty of wearing yoga pants all day. It's the work-at-home thing. If I'm just sitting at home all day and not likely to see anyone other than the UPS guy, why shouldn't I wear my yoga pants all day? Hey, why shouldn't I wear my pajamas all day? And then if I'm just going out to walk the dogs or pick up some milk at the corner store, do I really need to change? I mean, I'm probably not going to see anyone I know . . . . Yes, this is a slippery slope.
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Mon May 07, 07 9:37 am EST
if you're wearing the right PJ pants, nobody will notice. trust me. _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
laura Resident Alien
Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 896
Mon May 07, 07 10:02 am EST
I don't get why people think to be "comfortable" you have to wear yoga pants or something. I work at home, I'm wearing a cotton dress and a sweater, and I couldn't be more comfortable.
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Mon May 07, 07 11:08 am EST
brooklynpotter wrote:
erskelyne wrote:
Quote:
in the end, if he looks skinnier than i do in my jeans then i'm not interested
That's a shame, 'cause I'm a slender fellow who likes to have his eyes on a woman who can fill a dress with curves.
It's not some creepy fetish thing, but a Southern thing, I suppose.
sorry, i don't know many women who want their man's thighs to be bigger than theirs.
huh? Now I'm confused. You don't want a man to have either smaller OR bigger thighs than you? Well, that limits things.
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Mon May 07, 07 11:11 am EST
oops... i don't want them to be smaller than mine _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
laura Resident Alien
Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 896
Mon May 07, 07 11:16 am EST
I like skinny legs on a guy.
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Mon May 07, 07 11:18 am EST
well, i don't like gargantuan legs. normal sized, larger than mine, a bonus if they have freckles _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
Drano Meow Wars Veteran
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1559
Mon May 07, 07 11:55 am EST
Jamzer wrote:
The guy's uniform describes me to a tee, but then again, I've worn that uniform since I graduated from college. I still wore it when I lived in New Jersey, DC, Manhattan and now Brooklyn. Maybe I am at the fashon fore front??
I'm with you. Everybody wears that stuff everywhere.
As for the frustration part, that's a bit of a head-scratcher, but ok.
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Mon May 07, 07 1:11 pm EST
laura wrote:
I don't get why people think to be "comfortable" you have to wear yoga pants or something. I work at home, I'm wearing a cotton dress and a sweater, and I couldn't be more comfortable.
I'm really comfortable in a dress and sweater too, but if I'm doing errands on foot, I'm usually wearing sneakers and walking pretty fast. Yoga pants and sneakers are better than most of my dresses with sneakers.
Plus, I'm prone to dropping and/or spilling things when doing errands, and bending over a lot
But I almost always have lipstick on
caaahyoko Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 1258
Mon May 07, 07 1:13 pm EST
brooklynpotter wrote:
well, i don't like gargantuan legs. normal sized, larger than mine, a bonus if they have freckles
Nevermind the person attached to the legs!
I'm sure you could learn to love large, non-freckeled legs if the right head and torso were attached.
Rose Ninja
Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 911 Location: South Slope
Mon May 07, 07 1:59 pm EST
Drano wrote:
As for the frustration part, that's a bit of a head-scratcher, but ok.
IIRC, one of The Chipster's first posts was something to the effect that the men (at least the dads) of Park Slope are sexually frustrated because their wives are fat and sloppy and don't wear high heels, so the men (still hard-bodied and studly, apparently) need to be allowed to sleep around. Or something like that.
Drano Meow Wars Veteran
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1559
Mon May 07, 07 4:00 pm EST
Ah, ok. I kind of remember that now that you mention it.
armchair_warrior retsop cixelsyd
Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 5800 Location: boondocks
Mon May 07, 07 4:14 pm EST
Rose wrote:
Drano wrote:
As for the frustration part, that's a bit of a head-scratcher, but ok.
IIRC, one of The Chipster's first posts was something to the effect that the men (at least the dads) of Park Slope are sexually frustrated because their wives are fat and sloppy and don't wear high heels, so the men (still hard-bodied and studly, apparently) need to be allowed to sleep around. Or something like that.
the fools! _________________ Fight white guilt and injustice by going to a Native American casino and gamble your money away.
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 3996 Location: near the square that's a circle
Mon May 07, 07 5:29 pm EST
caaahyoko wrote:
brooklynpotter wrote:
well, i don't like gargantuan legs. normal sized, larger than mine, a bonus if they have freckles
Nevermind the person attached to the legs!
I'm sure you could learn to love large, non-freckeled legs if the right head and torso were attached.
i have loved large and small legs, freckled and non-freckled, etc etc. it's finding that right head and torso that's the bigger issue, n'est pas? _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
modoki Regular
Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 68
Mon May 07, 07 5:39 pm EST
Quote:
sorry, i don't know many women who want their man's thighs to be bigger than theirs.
Hello: European soccer players! It's the only reason I watch.
raw "Way Too Incestial"
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 2036
Tue May 08, 07 11:12 pm EST
Drano wrote:
Jamzer wrote:
The guy's uniform describes me to a tee, but then again, I've worn that uniform since I graduated from college. I still wore it when I lived in New Jersey, DC, Manhattan and now Brooklyn. Maybe I am at the fashon fore front??
I'm with you. Everybody wears that stuff everywhere.
As for the frustration part, that's a bit of a head-scratcher, but ok.
The guy's uniform describes me to a tee, but then again, I've worn that uniform since I graduated from college. I still wore it when I lived in New Jersey, DC, Manhattan and now Brooklyn. Maybe I am at the fashon fore front??
I'm with you. Everybody wears that stuff everywhere.
As for the frustration part, that's a bit of a head-scratcher, but ok.
As I read this thread, all I do is scratch my head. What exactly are we talking about...sexless marriages or frumpy fashion slackers?
Does it matter? Chipster totally missed my point (and proved it at the same time) of my post that he took "park slope uniform" from. Sigh. So much pointless nitpicking around here.
belzjm Carneviento Devotee
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1355
Wed May 09, 07 1:11 pm EST
"As I read this thread, all I do is scratch my head"
If I am getting this correct, you are making a blank, generic and generalized observation of people who live in Park Slope. To be honest, this makes me mad, as I hear a lot of people claiming to know what New York is all about.
You should observe more than you talk.
I can assure you the young hipsters with a certain style in this neighborhood are just fine. Leave them alone, and stop judging.
There is no uniform, no one way to go about this. Its insulting, and your comment is a perfect example of someone who moves to New York without becoming a New Yorker. New Yorkers don't judge, they accept and move on.
DO us all a favor and work on yourself before you start to judge others. Weren't you taught not to judge people on appearances?
Charlesbklyn
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windowdressing Cookie Monster
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 71 Location: South Slope
Thu May 10, 07 12:12 pm EST
Ahhh... to have the elusive "style."
Maybe if I read Details or Vice or Radar or whatever Men's fashion magazines the cool kids are reading today I would be able to emerge from my apartment and people would say " Wow! I like the way that guy wears his pants!" "That's really edgy!"
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