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Mitch Moxley's avatar

You’re partly right and partly wrong here. You’re right in that the guys and outfits your reference do look great, but you’re wrong that this is new. This trend towards more understated, classic American menswear has been happening for years. The “alphas” you reference don’t represent mainstream menswear at all. You’re also wrong that guys can’t pull off Mets hats. Other than the Yankees, Dodgers and Tigers, the Mets have the best hats in baseball. Surprisingly versatile.

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"Why don’t men dress like this more often? Is it ignorance? Or negligence? Is it because if they broke the pattern of tight polos and tight jeans and Jordans, they wouldn’t get complimented by their other bros? Is it because they’re scared of women?"

In most cases, because we don't want to bother.

Collectively, it's in our best interests to dress as poorly as possible, given that most of us have little interest in fashion and it lowers the bar for everyone else. Same way you'll often see women look down on women who dress too well and make the rest of them put in more effort. The more everyone dresses like crap, the less effort the rest of us have to put into dressing well.

Dress like crap: keep the brotherhood strong!

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