the pleats saga

[gekko]

Thats funny, Nils' mom seemed to like them when I went to see her last weekend. But then she does like anything that moves so...

 

[The Dope]

Nils' mom has equally bad taste - didn't you see the pleated pants that she bought for him that he showed you and says he never wears?

 

[minxnim]

alex: your coworker is a putz
pleats accentuate the gut. what an idiot.

 

[Baliset]

yeah moms tend to like pleats which is just strange.

 

[xfer]

okay "parsley"

 

[The Dope]

This picture says it all.

 

[minxnim]

last year my father gave me $400 to go through my mom's closet and throw away all her pleated crap and get her flat front pants. it was like a covert operation from hell. some people are just blind to the horridness.

 

[gekko]

Ok, a) those pants are white and thus automatically scary
b)they aren't really dress slacks. In that situation pleats do look weird because no other creases on the pants

 

[xfer]

think i can auction these on ebay for like $30 and recoup some of my loss?

 

[minxnim]

alex, do whatever it takes.

gekko: that is the worst pleating rationalization i've ever heard. you need help!

 

[gekko]

apparently

 

[azal]

I guarantee that pleats are gonna be cool one day.

All ironic style, like mesh hats and ugly sweaters.

 

[minxnim]

maybe they'll be 'cool' but that is not the same as 'flattering'. there are a lot of COOL things that look horrible that when asked, i will not recommend for actual wearing azal.

 

[azal]

there are some styles of pockets that are just as bad as pleats.

I've tried on non-pleated pants with these specific pockets that give you the nutty professor hips look.

baggycrotch is a solely pleat-induced phenomenon though.

 

[Baliset]

of course if "flattering" is what we are going for than the codpiece will always be good even if technically its not that "cool" anymore.

 

[gekko]

wait, those went out of style?! DAMN!

 

[gekko]

Just thought I would completely round out my apparent bad taste

 

[minxnim]

azal, definitely. pants can still not be flattering even if they're flat front, but there is at least less room for error taking anti-pleat theories into consideration. ya heard?

 

[azal]

understood.

 

[xfer]

PLEATWATCH:

I gave 'em back to the guy.
He swiftly identified they were tailored by the cuts.
I played dumb when he showed them to me, grabbing the wrong part of the pants and being like "Are these the hems?" I said I had given them as a gift and "he didn't like them and gave them back to me".
He gave me the refund anyway. as I left his boss was examining the pants. I started running.
Now I am $60 richer, but I feel kind of guilty--this is the only lie I can remember telling in years, and I have a no-lying policy that I violated when he asked, "Did you have these altered?" and I said "No."
hmmm.