If you don’t want to read my ramblings, here’s a link to the fits with some insights.
Once a year I do a little write-up about fashion and fatherhood. Where I live, in the north of the UK, the consensus is that once you have kids you stop caring about clothing and you just let go and accept life in tracksuits and chunky white trainers. And I get it, I spend far less time on Reddit browsing for trends and inspiration, the only thing I can say is that I still quite care about remnants of a personal style and I reflect quite heavily on how changes in your everyday life impact that. To explain that a bit more, for the first year, basically every free second I had, I spent on the playground, come rain or shine, I was out there like a trooper. But now I have two kids and my older one is developing social skills which means that I also have to go to playdates and kids’ events, while my younger offspring still wants to live in the playpark. Additionally, the missus and I have no parental leave left, which means that we have been reintroduced into the capitalistic system and get to enjoy business meetings, commuting to offices and use literally all of the money we earn to pay for childcare. This affects my wardrobe a lot more than you might think, there is simply a lot less disposable cash floating around to splurge on new garms, so I find myself revisiting older stuff that I might not have worn in a little while. Look, this might sound super gloomy, but it isn’t. Life changes, your social circles widen again, you meet civilians who are boggled by your lifestyle (i.e. caring about clothing), and it never gets boring for a second.
So here we go, 6 dad core fits. Full disclosure, my idea was to not do the same photos in front of the wall in my garden but take them out in the wild in different locations. But it turns out, I do not have the stomach to take a tripod out and pose in front of buildings in public and my kids’ photography skills leave a lot to be desired – I actually tried that once and spent 30 minutes trying to get my phone back from my daughter who tried to bury it in a little hole next to her new best friends: the worms. Not doing that again, but please give me points for trying. Back in the day, you could also just add photos directly in here but apparently this community doesn’t allow for that anymore, I definitely do not spend enough time on here to keep up with everything.
Again, here are the fits and some insights (back in the day you could just add images here but looks like these days are over, the MFA has become somewhat strict)
1. Heavy Duty Ivy
So this is it, this is where I am in terms of style right now. It’s nothing revolutionary if you have read any of my prior posts. I still care about style and try to navigate how I want to look like in the given framework of being a father of two young children. I am quite aware that dad core for most of the other parents means something very different and I get that, putting outfits together or spending money on garms is not convenient or affordable for a lot of people. But at the same time, I think it’s important to me to don’t get completely sucked into being a dad and nothing else. My choice of clothing, even though influenced by my kids’ lives, is still mine, almost like an act of resistance. I am curious to see if any of this rubs off on my kids at some point or if they think I am a materialistic idiot. Only time will tell.
Thanks for reading and happy holidays, everyone!
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r/malefashionadvice If you don’t want to read my ramblings, here’s a link to the fits with some insights. Once a year I do a little write-up about fashion and fatherhood. Where I live, in the north of the UK, the consensus is that once you have kids you stop caring about clothing and you just let go and accept life in tracksuits and chunky white trainers. And I get it, I spend far less time on Reddit browsing for trends and inspiration, the only thing I can say is that I still quite care about remnants of a personal style and I reflect quite heavily on how changes in your everyday life impact that. To explain that a bit more, for the first year, basically every free second I had, I spent on the playground, come rain or shine, I was out there like a trooper. But now I have two kids and my older one is developing social skills which means that I also have to go to playdates and kids’ events, while my younger offspring still wants to live in the playpark. Additionally, the missus and I have no parental leave left, which means that we have been reintroduced into the capitalistic system and get to enjoy business meetings, commuting to offices and use literally all of the money we earn to pay for childcare. This affects my wardrobe a lot more than you might think, there is simply a lot less disposable cash floating around to splurge on new garms, so I find myself revisiting older stuff that I might not have worn in a little while. Look, this might sound super gloomy, but it isn’t. Life changes, your social circles widen again, you meet civilians who are boggled by your lifestyle (i.e. caring about clothing), and it never gets boring for a second. So here we go, 6 dad core fits. Full disclosure, my idea was to not do the same photos in front of the wall in my garden but take them out in the wild in different locations. But it turns out, I do not have the stomach to take a tripod out and pose in front of buildings in public and my kids’ photography skills leave a lot to be desired – I actually tried that once and spent 30 minutes trying to get my phone back from my daughter who tried to bury it in a little hole next to her new best friends: the worms. Not doing that again, but please give me points for trying. Back in the day, you could also just add photos directly in here but apparently this community doesn’t allow for that anymore, I definitely do not spend enough time on here to keep up with everything. Again, here are the fits and some insights (back in the day you could just add images here but looks like these days are over, the MFA has become somewhat strict) 1. Heavy Duty Ivy 2. Heritage 2.0 3. Gorp Galore 4. Pub Runner 5. Playdate Pockets 6. Coastal Babies So this is it, this is where I am in terms of style right now. It’s nothing revolutionary if you have read any of my prior posts. I still care about style and try to navigate how I want to look like in the given framework of being a father of two young children. I am quite aware that dad core for most of the other parents means something very different and I get that, putting outfits together or spending money on garms is not convenient or affordable for a lot of people. But at the same time, I think it’s important to me to don’t get completely sucked into being a dad and nothing else. My choice of clothing, even though influenced by my kids’ lives, is still mine, almost like an act of resistance. I am curious to see if any of this rubs off on my kids at some point or if they think I am a materialistic idiot. Only time will tell. Thanks for reading and happy holidays, everyone! submitted by /u/slowfashconnoisseur [link] [comments]
If you don’t want to read my ramblings, here’s a link to the fits with some insights.
Once a year I do a little write-up about fashion and fatherhood. Where I live, in the north of the UK, the consensus is that once you have kids you stop caring about clothing and you just let go and accept life in tracksuits and chunky white trainers. And I get it, I spend far less time on Reddit browsing for trends and inspiration, the only thing I can say is that I still quite care about remnants of a personal style and I reflect quite heavily on how changes in your everyday life impact that. To explain that a bit more, for the first year, basically every free second I had, I spent on the playground, come rain or shine, I was out there like a trooper. But now I have two kids and my older one is developing social skills which means that I also have to go to playdates and kids’ events, while my younger offspring still wants to live in the playpark. Additionally, the missus and I have no parental leave left, which means that we have been reintroduced into the capitalistic system and get to enjoy business meetings, commuting to offices and use literally all of the money we earn to pay for childcare. This affects my wardrobe a lot more than you might think, there is simply a lot less disposable cash floating around to splurge on new garms, so I find myself revisiting older stuff that I might not have worn in a little while. Look, this might sound super gloomy, but it isn’t. Life changes, your social circles widen again, you meet civilians who are boggled by your lifestyle (i.e. caring about clothing), and it never gets boring for a second.
So here we go, 6 dad core fits. Full disclosure, my idea was to not do the same photos in front of the wall in my garden but take them out in the wild in different locations. But it turns out, I do not have the stomach to take a tripod out and pose in front of buildings in public and my kids’ photography skills leave a lot to be desired – I actually tried that once and spent 30 minutes trying to get my phone back from my daughter who tried to bury it in a little hole next to her new best friends: the worms. Not doing that again, but please give me points for trying. Back in the day, you could also just add photos directly in here but apparently this community doesn’t allow for that anymore, I definitely do not spend enough time on here to keep up with everything.
Again, here are the fits and some insights (back in the day you could just add images here but looks like these days are over, the MFA has become somewhat strict)
1. Heavy Duty Ivy
So this is it, this is where I am in terms of style right now. It’s nothing revolutionary if you have read any of my prior posts. I still care about style and try to navigate how I want to look like in the given framework of being a father of two young children. I am quite aware that dad core for most of the other parents means something very different and I get that, putting outfits together or spending money on garms is not convenient or affordable for a lot of people. But at the same time, I think it’s important to me to don’t get completely sucked into being a dad and nothing else. My choice of clothing, even though influenced by my kids’ lives, is still mine, almost like an act of resistance. I am curious to see if any of this rubs off on my kids at some point or if they think I am a materialistic idiot. Only time will tell.
Thanks for reading and happy holidays, everyone!
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[link] [comments]