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[freenudemacusers]

According to the latest google analytics, normcore, the popular fashion trend of not being fashionable, is no longer wassup, but now a giant ish don't think so.

http://think.storage.googleapis.com/docs/google-fashion-trends-report-spring2015.pdf

now as a forum chock full of ardent normcore enthusiasts, I wanted to give everyone a moment to talk about their favorite normcore memories, and maybe share how normcore profoundly changed their lives.

you can also talk about the other stuff in the google trend report too. that's cool.

 

[Robot Pants]

We hardly knew ye even existed.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Fashion in cyclical. I started noticing the other day that large lens prescription glasses are coming back in style

 

[TheKaeptain]

Bring on the kale sweatshirt.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Are you saying that being unfashionable was fashionable for two years now and now being unfashionable is back to being unfashionable?

 

[McDougles]

The sudden spike of "emoji shirt" is disconcerting.

 

[TangerineCloud]

I'll never forget the time I read about this on /r/malefashionadvice and thought, "That sounds dumb."

thanks for the memories RIP

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Anybody want some free 90s dad jeans? I bought like 20 of them.

 

[Seventy70]

Fashion in cyclical. I started noticing the other day that large lens prescription glasses are coming back in style

I thought those have been in style for quite a while now.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

I had to google almost everything listed.

On the bright side, I now know what a peplum dress is.

 

[Oppo]

was never really a thing to begin with

 

[MikeDip]

This died before I ever heard of it. Interesting.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I had to google almost everything listed.

On the bright side, I now know what a peplum dress is.

go out and impress the ladies with your newly minted fashion vocabulary.

 

[kswiston]

I google imaged Normcore and still have no idea what I am looking at.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Isn't normcore basically dressing up like a middle-class, middle-aged white person?

 

[Watevaman]

zoo jeans are jeans that are just ripped up by lions then sold?

 

[ZackieChan]

What does FinalFantasyDog have to say about this?

 

[SocksAndShoes]

go out and impress the ladies with your newly minted fashion vocabulary.

*puts on zoo jeans and heads out door*

*gets laughed at, comes back inside*

 

[Reverend Funk]

So what's the next fashion trend? I wanna get out ahead of the curve, but not too far.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Isn't normcore basically dressing up like a middle-class, middle-aged white person?

sorta, but with an ineffable layer of 'cool' on top

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

 

[dr3upmushroom]

So what's the next fashion trend? I wanna get out ahead of the curve, but not too far.

Ironically dressing up like minorities.

 

[Timeaisis]

Lucky me, I was doing it before it was cool and probably still will.

 

[manzoman96]

Aren't jnco jeans being made again? Looks like they didn't see this graph.

 

[victreeb3l]

I heard GAP's normcore collection was a spectacular failure and lost the company a shit ton of money?

 

[kswiston]

So what's the next fashion trend? I wanna get out ahead of the curve, but not too far.

Bedouin inspired wear is the next big thing. Make sure to pair with unpleated khakis and some nice loafers.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

I heard GAP's normcore collection was a spectacular failure and lost the company a shit ton of money?

I thought half the stuff in Gap was normcore already, did they really need a special collection of it?

Bedouin inspired ware is the next big thing. Make sure to pair with unpleated khakis and some nice loafers.

 

[Timedog]

My new shit is Jam's World shirts. Shit is dope.

I was randomly looking through ebay stuff and found this shirt brand and I just cant get enough.

 

[nintendork666]

Plain t-shirts + jeans + New Balance 574's 'til I die.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

So what's the next fashion trend? I wanna get out ahead of the curve, but not too far.

Wear whatever James Harden wears.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/americ...s-fashion-choice/story-fnq2nnu6-1227324323308

 

[Jarrod38]

My new shit is Jam's World shirts. Shit is dope.

I was randomly looking through ebay stuff and found this shirt brand and I just cant get enough.

I need a link.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Wear whatever James Harden wears.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/americ...s-fashion-choice/story-fnq2nnu6-1227324323308

if anyone needs a shopping list, he appears to be wearing a lot of alexander mcqueen, balenciaga, raf simons and balmain.

 

[Alphahawk]

Wasn't normcore just a fashion industry term for people who weren't into high end fashion? Because that's what it seemed like.

The majority of people weren't going out and dressing in something because it was "Normcore", they were just doing what they dressed like everyday.

 

[demon]

I heard GAP's normcore collection was a spectacular failure and lost the company a shit ton of money?

Are you being serious or is this a joke post? I thought GAP has always been entirely normcore.

 

[blame space]

I'm not giving it up, brehs.

 

[Hatchtag]

Kickass, that means Iowa should be getting normcore soon!

 

[K.Sabot]

normies get out

 

[Reverend Funk]

Ironically dressing up like minorities.

Alright I'll hit up my local thrift store for some do-rags and sombreros. Thanks!

 

[freenudemacusers]

Kickass, that means Iowa should be getting normcore soon!

give it 3-4 more years

 

[THRILLH0]

Well shit. I just googled normcore and this is how I've been dressing for 20 years.

 

[victreeb3l]

Are you being serious or is this a joke post? I thought GAP has always been entirely normcore.

Sorta, but I believe they were trying to cash in on normcore with an entire seasonal collection and the tagline was "Dress Normal" or something like that.

 

[AzureSkies]

rip normcore

 

[Fusion Pizza]

I will never get how fashion works, sometimes what's "in" I will think looks good, other times it's god-awful ugly shit.

 

[Staccat0]

Half of these sorta things are just shit propped up by newspapers and blogs to make shit seem "whacky"

One or two asshole fashion designers say a thing and people run with it for the story.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Half of these sorta things are just shit propped up by newspapers and blogs to make shit seem "whacky"

One or two asshole fashion designers say a thing and people run with it for the story.

i've never bothered to dig deeply into the genesis of normcore but i assume it's somewhat of a calculated move against a lot of 'street fashion photography' in urban centers where dudes/dudettes wear piles of on-trend detritus* in an effort to be featured on thesartorialist/etc. shit just probably seems corny to a lot of young persons so here we are

tangental but I remember roughly a decade ago 'stealth wealth' was a thing for people who liked designer goods but found the pervasive logomania and overtly 'styled' clothing of the time gauche and attention-getting. looking at it from this angle normcore is basically stealth wealth round 2 minus the wealth (in some cases).

fwiw in the interest of full disclosure i've more or less locked onto the stealth wealth mantle and have calcified there like a proper dinosaur.

edit: heh
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/fashion/articles/2006/10/12/the_case_of_the_missing_logo/?page=full


*hopefully the gaming side doesn't catch wind of these 3 point words

 

[le.phat]

Wear whatever James Harden wears.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/americ...s-fashion-choice/story-fnq2nnu6-1227324323308

Thats literally how all the young kids dress in Holland.