Park a... park a... park a car up your bum?

You can fool most people most of the time, trouble is he's in a boom and bust industry especially when you ride the fickle wave that is fashion same goes for anyone doing a commercial blog especially clothes as soon as page clicks go that's it.

Wow, so I was catching up with this thread last night - from the first page - and lo and behold, I see a familiar face.

https://www.google.com/search?q=style+forum+mafoofan&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=UEymUrzePISekQfkp4DgAg&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=907&bih=536

Last month in NYC I was walking on a cold Saturday evening with a good  friend by Central Park West. After passing the Dakota, we saw two very small figures coming towards us.  A very tiny man dressed up in what I could tell were very new and expensive clothes. His coat was militaristic and green with huge lapels. He looked like a miniature dictator. A Kin Jong mini-me. The pettite lady by his side had a mousy look about her. They were both carrying several grocery bags.

The pair made a small impression on me. My friend said 'that's a peculiar pair'.

What I've concluded from this and a few other experiences running into iGents - I saw Upper Crusty at Brooks and The Chens at the Kamakura party - is that these are very ordinary men. I would never take a glance at them to admire their clothes. Their reality seems quite mundane, especially when compared with the image they try so hard to portray in the Internet.

From my own experience most of the real well dressed men are too busy living their lives and doing things to document every single thing they are wearing with daily pictures. They don't go out of their way to tell the world their secrets, prefered shopping spots or tailors.

The iGent net phenomenon seems to attrack a certain kind of man. One - that in my opinion - wishes to be admired by others online because they lack that kind of admiration in their daily lives.

No one on the street would seriosly tell Mafoofan, Upper or Chens that they are well dressed. No, most likely they would pass them by. Perhaps saying 'Hmm what a peculiar man.'

Last edited by Senorservo2.0 (2013-12-09 16:49:39)

Glad i'll never have any chance of running into those blokes. If l did l would have to start a bootcamp, and Mafoofan and Chenners would be the first ones in line. l'd give `em a real job....mans work....they'd be bloody diggin' holes and then covering them up again. I'd get that other bugger doing it too, can't think of it's name.

The very fact that Mafoofan made an impression of being perculiar and an oddity, is perhaps vindication, that his investment in five pairs of Alden cordovan Longwings in #8 has all been worth it.

Last edited by Senorservo2.0 (2013-12-10 14:26:20)