Current fashion trends you hate

[Nikolaj]

KarmaContestant wrote:
Tip for guys: Avoid fashion trends. Avoid fads in clothing, especially. Buy cuts and patterns that are classic and your wardrobe will last forever.
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That's great advice I totally agree with- Elegant, classic, and classy does last forever.
Yet, there is a place for some fun, and knowing what just isn't acceptable in casual wear is worth knowing. Good clothes always have the chance that they may return to being classic. So, I totally agree with you. It is excellent advice.
BUT- things like jeans, you can't be stuck in a time warp, wearing bell-bottoms from the 60s or the baggy below-your-butt jeans of the 90s, you kind of do need to keep up with 'fashion' or 'trends' about jeans, or you could look ridiculous- anyone remember 'acid wash'- not the best trend!
My favorite dress suit I think is pretty rare, and it's old, old old, so it's the opposite of the jeans theory, above. I found it in NYC in 1994- and I'll never part with it. I bought it used at some intriguing shop I'm sure doesn't exist anymore and if it does, I'd never be able to find it.
Diane von Furstenberg had a (handsome and bisexual) first husband, Prince Egon Von Furstenberg, and I've tried to narrow down when this suit was made- he designed men's suits for a time in the 1970's and perhaps as early as the late 1960's- I think this suit (3 piece light blue-gray pinstripe) is from 1971, and it is gorgeous. I don't think anything has ever looked as good on me as this suit, so though I know little about him, I think the Prince knew style- I've worn it to weddings, funerals, and on business, and I always had the best suit in the place- yeah, better than the deceased in the coffin! Better than the tux of the groom. My doctor commented on it years ago, the suit just has something intangible about it, if suits are able to do that! My attorney commented on it. Ick- At a NYC concert I attended, a guy walked up to me in the lobby and asked if he could... The suit just works on me.

I wish I could find more of his clothing and wonder how rare it is- I also wonder if maybe Diane designed it for him, and he put his label in it. It was 'Made in Hungary', so perhaps he himself did it. I know The Prince and Diane divorced in the early 70s, and that he's dead. The suit is really classic and exquisite and I stand a little taller in it, somehow. Funny and true: When I bought the suit in '94, there was a half-smoked joint in the vest pocket that maybe had been there for decades.
Of course, I did. Great suit and a good buzz.
I've never seen anything else designed by him, but have only checked eBay. I wonder if his clothing is worth anything.