3.04.2010

sorry to be the bearer of bad news. but i, ryan sumner, thee source for everything that is non-fashion related, am going to make a bold statement that may or may not upset some people.

(the last time i made a bold statement of bad news my mother emailed me to say that people were emailing her about my snarkiness)

oh, but

(it's a risk i'm willing to take, send it straight to the junk mail folder, ma!)

anyway, here we go:

formal vests are over.

specifically, this:



there are plenty of exceptions to this ryan sumner rule...but hear me out.

you know plenty of peeps that, while getting all gussied up to go to the bars, assemble an outfit that's a cigarette short of a 60's mafia throwback - dark jeans, white undershirt, buttoned-up newsie vest, boots, hair product...and then some of you like to add some contemporary flair by wearing...wait a sec while i shudder a little...a rosary to complete your outfit.

sick.

it all must really come to an end. it's been done. it's been seen. let's move on.

exception: i'm not mad at all vests, especially those that are worn casually as a layered piece, or something cotton-ish and not buttoned up...but that striped, wool vest you wear to magically attract others (with the addition of a roofie because otherwise it just won't happen with the vest alone) has got to go.

that's just one man's opinion.