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What gear makes you look old?
- Thread starter pklima
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From another Wisconsin guy mullets are still seen. I thought about having one once and im only 16.
Really, the music gear catalog rep, who thinks amp modeling is the shizite?Love those pleated pants and red (alcoholic) face.
LOL!
I think the mullet, if done properly, has to exude an obvious element of irony to work. Kinda like a mustache with no beard.
I'm a balding old guy working in the biz with youngsters every day, and the best bet IMHO, is just buzz that sucker off!
Easy, feels good---very liberating.
The horseshoe hairline always makes you look older than no hair at all or just stubble.
Ohhhhhh yeah that's a good one.
Also: loose fitting acid washed jeans (hipsters only wear tight jeans), orthopedic shoes, white socks with black shoes, REALLY expensive gear that's non-genre appropriate (a bunch of EA 1x10 cabs and a 7-string single-cut fretless in a punk band, for example)
That's hilarious.
This thread's really been an eye opener for me. Last year I got a bunch of Hawaiian shrits off ebay because they're fairly short and they aren't golf shirts or T-shirts. I like wearing shirts out to prevent buckle rash and to conceal a gun sometimes.
I'll need to regroup by spring.
A modestly sized ss combo. Your jeans & T's that were new and baggy 10-15yrs ago when that was in that are now naturally "distressed" and distressingly snug.
I'm 19, this thread makes me feel old.
I drive a minivan to gigs, played Johnny B. Goode at gigs before, wore a hawaiian shirt, fedora, and loose jeans at gigs before and more.
I drive a minivan to gigs, played Johnny B. Goode at gigs before, wore a hawaiian shirt, fedora, and loose jeans at gigs before and more.
I think you could juxtapose full-sleeve tattoos with those Hawaiian shirts and it might just work. Might look a little "busy" though . . .
Or, just wear the gun on the outside . . .
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Being old has a tendency to make you look old. Dressing in the trendy clothes of yesteryear does to, unless you weren't alive when they were trendy, in which case, you're retro.
Gear itself doesn't, unless we're talking about a hot-pink Kramer with nekkid chicks, or something similar.
Ditch the suspenders, both on the pants AND the socks. That'll help.
And I strongly disagree that a Fedora makes you look old. Unless the post said Fodera, in which I case I still disagree. Nothing says awesome like a good hat coupled with a bass worth more than my car.
Gear itself doesn't, unless we're talking about a hot-pink Kramer with nekkid chicks, or something similar.
Ditch the suspenders, both on the pants AND the socks. That'll help.
And I strongly disagree that a Fedora makes you look old. Unless the post said Fodera, in which I case I still disagree. Nothing says awesome like a good hat coupled with a bass worth more than my car.
What about Hawiian print hats.. remember thosse..
I saw a dude that had a matching hat and shirt.. light purple with orchids.
I saw a dude that had a matching hat and shirt.. light purple with orchids.
fun fact:
when i visited Germany this past summer, I was shocked to find that all of the trendy kids have strange mullet/mohawk cuts... they look horrible IMO.
I must have looked pretty lame with my frizzy, thick curly head of hair... eh, but who cares
an old saying came to mind:
"remember, they're probably just as scared of you as you are of them."
so i guess the moral of the story is, if you've got a mullet that you don't want to give up, but still want to be cool and not look old... head to germany!
*hopefully i'm not offending anyone here. it's important to note that it's okay for me to make fun of german youngsters because I am, after all, one myself. moved to the states with my family in 1995, so i don't wanna hear it
Unfortunately, old people trying to dress "hip" is often the thing that makes you look old the most! Every seen those mother-daughter combos, when they're wereing the same clothes? ::shudder::
