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Originally Posted by Saltine
Problem solved then. I mean, everyone here is using it, right?
Where's the section in Gentleman's Quarterly that has in-house help applicable to the needs of the replica shopper?
(Ha! Waffle, I even got that one . . .)
we need our own section with our own fashion person " posh "as the mod """" she got my vote
Look at it this way-
How many "What is the classiest watch" posts float around? How many "What is a good business watch" posts?
I like VC watches but I have no clue how to pull one off, probably never be in the income category to own the clothing, wallet, cell phone etc. if I did.
If I do ever break out of the sub 150K income level I would like to know how though. I'm sure a lot of us would like to know too.
We have access to someone willing to put in a lot of time to put things together for us. Someone with a good sense of style and good writing/posting skills. I say we exploit the generosity offered.
It has nothing to do with Posh being a female or anyone trying to get in her pants. What it does have to do with is collecting questions that a lot of us have anyway and putting them in one sub-forum.
She is responsive to questions asked and is usually spot-on with her advice on what goes with what.
Personally I'm going to be bugging the living s**t out of her when I get out of the sandbox and back into my cushy EP gig in NYC. I'm going to need LOTS of fashion help to blend into a crowd of 7 figure income types. Wouldn't it be better to share the info that I get (hopefully) with everyone else, rather than keep it to PM messages or a post that'll get lost in the clutter?
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Originally Posted by rjsbiggie
I don't need to be a mod. Please, please, PLEASE don't put my name up as part of this. I don't need ANYMORE kicks (subtle or overt) to go with the kisses. It's a hard-knock life. :shh:
I tried to stay out of this because I'll never hear the end of it, one way or another. The number of votes already tells me what my presence may be causing.
Let's have fun, discuss and look great while doing it, whether in a style section or a mud hut. I'll keep writing and advising either way.:D
Said like a TRUE Spartan!
Posh you know you're going to be sick of my "Does this tie go with this suit" questions. My wife, as beautiful, sexy and intelligent as she is is significantly fashion impaired.
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Originally Posted by sfa437
Great. Now I know who to look out for. Just kidding. Laugh Out Loud. I have tried to stay out of this for as long as I could but I would like to say a little on my own behalf about this.
This is my way to contribute to the board. I don't buy a bunch of watches nor am I going to in the foreseeable future. But I love them and I always have. I have fun here and got an Explorer I (not the BEST Explorer I) with the help of this, not particularly RepGeek, community. I posted a bit but didn't have as much time to do so as I do now, thanks to a cushy career with a friend's firm. Now I do. I come in and have fun and wanted to do something.
I look around and, it turns out, there's a lot of fixer-uppers around here in this neighborhood. You got all these houses with faded paint, unmowed lawns (or no lawns!), an extra addition to the house that wasn't there when it was originally built and then a brand new $30,000 front door. Nothing is worse than seeing $30,000 front door on a decrepit house (decrepit involves anything). I thought my bit of assistance would be telling the homeowner (could be you or your wife or significant other) how to make the house match the door. That's it.
And some of you already know I will put in the same critique and detailed analysis in my private messages about picking and choosing clothes, watches, shoes and bags as I put into my public postings and I will continue to do so for as long as I can. I will give suggestions but also, most importantly, I will tell you why I made the choices made. The one thing I hate most is someone giving advice with NO reasoning or thoughts as to why they made the choices in the first place.
This is my creative outlet for all the fashion and style advice built up over time. The only place you're likely to find this kind of detailed information is by writing Gentleman's Quarterly or Vogue personally. The devil is in the details.
EDIT: My apologies to Posh. I misunderstood and made a remark that was not in good taste.
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Originally Posted by Posh
Personally I don't need any of it.
And I have to confess that I usually tend to ignore so called "style gurus" and have done for years. I also avoid like the plague any of the mid shelf "style" magazines as I find them quite irrelevant.
In fact I find it amusing that most of their editors and writers when "off duty" in their own homes (have you seen some of their homes!) doing their own thing and even as they write this stuff in the office, tend to dress like everyone else and NOT in their "must do's and "must have" flavour of the month created style suggestions.
I hasten to add this is not a "go" at anyone here, just MHO. As to Posh - I'm fairly new and don't know all the posters, but from what I've seen so far and indeed in her replies to this style thing she seems a pretty sensible lady.
However as for style advice (from whoever), this predisposes that the advisor knows so much more than the advisee. That seems to me to be somewhat over-presumptious. But discussion, that's OK.
I can be as stylish or as well dressed as I wish to be, or indeed as others are comfortable with and I don't find myself in a dilemma as to which clothes I should wear with any particular watch on my wrist either. I have a house and car and a way of life that I like just fine and I've never had trouble matching colours or furniture or room design. I'm happy.
I also have no desire to be advised or lectured by people who I might possibly consider ill qualified to actually tell me anything.
And I'm certainly no upwardly mobile 30'something in the city - I left all that nonsense behind some 40 years ago.
So why in this forum (watch forum) - well I collect watches, both genuine and replica and I try to collect "stylish" watches - whatever that means...:D
I'm sure there are style forums out there and I'm sure they have well supported memberships - but not for me - I prefer a nice simple watch forum......like this.