A Guide To Online Men's Clothing Forums
A look at Internet communities with men's clothing in mind.
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If you want to confess your love for playing dress up and call yourself "knowledgeable" on style and fashion, you have to make it through the throes of the online forum. If you can't fit the style and personality mold of a certain forum, what is there to live for? Think your fit is nice today and you wanna show off? Throw it on one of these forums and get your ego chopped down a few levels. Think your latest pick-up is crazy nice? You're wrong, bro. And until you've been trolled for some question you finally got the courage to ask, you haven't made it.
But there's also the camaraderie, the stylish meet-ups and the times you all lusted together over those leaked Scarlett Johannson n00dz. It ain't all about bashing people, that's just 90% of it. It's easy to fit into a forum and become a regular, but you have to know the forum and they type of people that are generally accepted. So take a deep look at your wardrobe and brush up on A Guide To Online Men's Clothing Forums.
Style Forum
Favorite Brands: Gitman Vintage, Alden, Epaulet
Thread to Read: Random Fashion Thoughts
StyleForum is the type of place where guys that love brands like Band of Outsiders, Quoddy, and Margiela can co-mingle with the type of stuffy men that have bespoke suits and shirts made in Paris. This strange dichotomy makes it one of the larger online menswear communities, but at least that means you'll find a lot more knowledge in one place.
FUK
Favorite Brands: Supreme, Our Legacy, Visvim, Grenson
Thread to Read: Yay/Nay?
Here, members talk about everything from Supreme to Visvim with a healthy dose of football (soccer) references. While it may be difficult to decipher some of their lingo as an American, they sure know their shit on the goods. Also a good proxy for London goods, as the members are willing and able to lend a helping hand, even to a chav... or noob.
Ask Andy About Clothes
Favorite Brands: Brooks Brothers, J. Press, John Lobb
Thread To Read: AAAC Informal Trad Thrift Store Exchange
The word "trad" is used quite frequently on this forum, sticking with traditional patterns and pieces mostly accepted in the old south. With madras a staple and bow ties acceptable on a daily basis, Andy has opened his arms on advice, as has his forum's members. Don't hesitate to start here when you're just looking to up your knowledge a bit... but don't expect to learn much about streetwear or fashion designers.
Style Zeitgeist
Favorite Brands: Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, CCP
Thread to Read: Your recent purchases
Style Zeitgeist is your breeding ground for all things "goth ninja." With a heavy focus on a dark, drapey look, this forum focuses on obscure collections from labels like Carol Christian Proell, Rick Owens, Diet Butcher Slim Skin, and other avant-garde aestheticians. The members of this forum are the "IDGAF" catalysts when it comes to personal style... provided you have the type of cash necessary to stock up on the kind of goods they rock.
Niketalk
Favorite Brands: Nike, Jordan Brand
Thread to Read: Dressing better
Everyone who is anyone has made their way through Niketalk, the sneaker aficionado mecca. With one of the most diverse "General" sections to grace an online forum, period, you go here if you need to know anything about the latest Nike/Jordan releases and want to see picture after picture of sock and shoe posts.
Hypebeast Forums
Favorite Brands: Supreme, Vans, Diamond Supply Co.
Thread to Read: Post Hypebeast Pictures At Their Prime Vol. SAB BEEFIN
Hypebeast Forums is, well, for hypebeasts. With a love for items that tend to be hyped beyond recognition, this teen-riddled community is surprisingly witty for being considered the slow little brother of the online clothing forums. Don't expect to see a .gif or meme in the outside e-world without seeing it on the Hypebeast forums first. Prepare to get trolled, noob.
Superfuture Supertalk
Favorite Brands: Maison Martin Margiela, Thom Browne, A.P.C.
Thread to Read: waywt? saved my life
Supertalk has just about everything you want in an online community: knowledgeable love for obscure clothing, a love/hate relationship with popular trends, a damn good marketplace, massive amounts of clever trolling, and a great assortment of NSFW pictures of women. If you want a pro-tip though, just read for a LONG time until you can acclimated enough with the culture to start actually contributing, lest you get neg-repped to the lowest depths of the Internet.
Jawnz.org
Favorite Brands: Common Projects, Dior, Ann Demeulemeester
Thread to Read: WJAYWT? What Jawnz Are You Wearing Today?
This is the online clothing forum you go to die. While enthusiasts of great denim brands, consider this place the clothing version of 4chan. Like a persistent zit, we're not sure where it came from, it won't ever go away, and is probably full of gross stuff. With a multitude of NSFW threads, if you're down to cop jawnz and get weird, boy is this the place for you.