Bankers and financiers who still feel guilty about creating the Great Recession have moved the needle forward on the elegant schlub movement. It's the put together disheveled look that most men wear when they're not at work. You can spot them everywhere. They look like they are going to the world's most expensive gym, where no one works out and only go to stare at themselves in the mirror.
But the irony is that the elegant schlub pieces still cost more than most average Americans can afford. That sweatshirt is a $300 Kenzo worn with a $200 Alexander Wang sweat pant and finished off with a $500 Givenchy slip on made of boiled Mongolian cashmere. Don't get me started on the $5,000 automatic sport watch that will never be used for an actual sport.
Women should also take on some of the blame for allowing men to look like they put less effort in their appearance than a nun with a bad habit. Maybe women allow guys to look like well-off homeless people because the male peacock threatened their domain of being the prettiest in the relationship.
Tech entrepreneurs who look like they should be bagging groceries at the local Publix grocery store, but have the bank accounts of 19th century robber barons are also to blame. Because everyone knows that it's not how good looking you are or how large your male phallus is that counts. It's the size of your bank account that makes anyone sexy.
So as I troll through all of the men's collections coming out of London, I foresee another four years of stretch pants made of spun gold.
YES
This trend too shall pass in the same way that popped polo collars, trucker hats and Ed Hardy met their deaths; a hot male celebrity or athlete who men look up to will change the game. Can't wait.
NO
I'm not a hater. I own a pair of cashmere Burberry sweat shorts, which I will never wear to work out on a treadmill. The damn things are soft and comfortable. Women have fat clothes...why can't men?
MAYBE
Belt loops and belts will evolve out of fashion like fedoras and bell bottom pants. With the obesity epidemic in America getting worse, I think everyone will save their egos and just get rid of waistline-constricting belts all together.
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