Styleforum: a place to talk fashion?
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Continuing the kick, and to answer my own question below, I’d like to direct you to the Styleforum. I stumbled onto this seeminly hidden away spot a while ago, and swing by to peruse the, rather ironically, unstylish but functional message board every once in a while. What the site lacks in aesthetics, however, it makes up for in content. Featuring over a million posts dedicated to making you a better-dressed man, the Styleforum is populated with some of most detail-oriented clothes hounds I’ve every come across.
The guys here can answer just about any style or clothing question you can toss at them. What look will fit your body type, where to find an obscure fabric or custom suit-maker near you, etc. You name it, these guys can answer it. Of course, if you’re a complete fashionista, some of the responses may prove slightly over-the-top. But that just makes them all the more fun to read, right?
Can’t find what you’re looking for on the forum? They’ve also put together a pretty serious collection of books in their amazon store for your perusal.
[and who’s more stylish than Bond?]
As most mid-century fanatics well-know, finding the right piece at the right price is really difficult these days. Factor in the issues of shipping and receiving, possibly having to refinish a piece, etc., and the plight of the mid-century furniture shopper can be downright daunting. Sure, we can scour ebay (and deal with all the trouble that comes with the ‘bay), hunt on craigslist, or spend hours wandering through flea markets and “antique” stores…
Trend-spotting and cool hunting sites abound these days (yes, some might classify this site amongst their ranks). Without getting into a discussion of what qualifies as a such a site, I will say that most of these are blogs - sites that consider their small writing staff a group of experts who others should look up to. Sure, they’re open to commenting and discussion. And not many would argue that a blog is anything but a community-oriented type of site. But now that notion has been taken a step further.