Men ’s fashion was once have a go at it for its no - frills functionality . But today , there are as many mode archetypes as there are variations of whiskers trimmings on a Williamsburg barber ’s style chart . Hundreds of hyper - specific circle of looks white pepper men ’s magazines and click - through listicles , pressuring us to purchase a $ 400 leather shave kit that might turn us from " Urban Bon Vivant " to " Urban Troubadour " … or frailty versa .
These class more and more prove to be utterly random . You may find yourself in one of these fashion ghettos by unintentionally couple two seemingly random pieces of clothing . A leather jacket and fink ? Welcome to hipsterdom . Has laundry day left you with a knitted hoodie and sandal ? You ’re now a " metropolitan hemphead . " Do n’t care about style and shop at Walmart ? Sorry ally ; thou artistic creation normcore .
What espouse are five such original that have long outlive their cosmos – if , in fact , they were ever real in the first place . It ’s clock time to retire these overdone labels .
Jennifer Bui/Thrillist
Lumbersexual
AKA : Urban Lumberjack , Outdoorsman , Woodsman , Burly BourougherFeatures : plaid . set denim . Plaid . clayey wool sweater . presumptively over plaid . Surely you ’ve heard this full term and experienced the subsequent gag reflex action . According to some , a crisis in urban maleness created the “ urban lumberjack ” aesthetic that pushed men ’s fashion forth from the androgynous and toward the rugged simplicity of past times . In actuality , a bunch of people started wearing tartan shirts near buildings . The spindle in unmanaged facial hairsbreadth may also share some of the rap .
As far as we can severalise , this entire esthetical amounts to wearing a certain form of plaid – which also intersects with hipsterdom ( more on that later ! ) . fundamentally , the standard lumbersexual is an “ outdoorsman character ” with two to five roommates and an acoustic guitar hanging from his paries . As plaid has become omnipresent to all styles , it is now gamey time to hit the sack this pattern - based personality and what may be the vilest parole in recorded history since “ yeast . ”
Normcore
AKA : Your uncle Bernard , Mr. Americana , Dad Fashion , Wal - Martians , The WyomingiteFeatures : tuck - in Marco Polo , jeans < $ 100 , comfortable shoesGranted , this one is n’t restricted to men ; although Isle of Man are overpoweringly its targeted audience . The correspond - upon definition of normcore is as the " artificial espousal of thing that are in widespread utilisation , prove to be acceptable , or otherwise unoffending . " In other words , ultra - conformists trying to make normal things ( i.e. jeans , polo shirts ) interesting once more . You see the catch-22 there , right-hand ?
The main job with normcore is this : the pedigree between a Pinterest - stratum normcore aficionado and veritable individual from Iowa is all but indistinguishable . If normcores are out there , it ’s out of the question to secern . That person you ’re making fun of might just be wearing some comfortable jeans . From the attack , this style seemed too meta to be dead on target ; as if custom - made for all-embracing deconstruction and burlesque by a YouTube vlogger .
Sportscore
AKA : Sportsman , Olympian , Golf FashionFeatures : ‘ Under Armour ’ everything , 4 - figure workout gear , sweatbands + blazer combosIn case you had n’t heard , fitness is have a moment in manner . What start as yoga pants begrudgingly becoming an satisfactory piece of casual clothing is now an incredibly lucrative branch of manner that overcharges for comfort , style , and advanced vulcanized fiber scientific discipline advertised as being able-bodied to dissolve your sweat to Narnia .
The drenched clothes you keep in a separate plastic purse at the bottom of the bond now come in highly fashionable , color - coordinated ( or color - blocking ) , stench - defying , micro - whatever patterns that are grossly overprice . In an age when all smartphones are now considered equal , these clothes fulfill a dire market pauperization : that of wearing a position symbol .
At its most useful , the sportscore - adept can bet adept while run a few post - workout errands . However , the cross pollination of fashion and fitness has run to the wanton pairing of sweatbands and blazers , basketball shorts and collared shirt , dogs and cats living together … it ’s an all - around bad scene .
Jennifer Bui/Thrillist
The hipster
AKA : St - Marksman , Millennial Brat Pack , Pre - Scenester , that guy you do n’t likeFeatures : ? ? ? Some words have been used so much and in so many at odds ways , they cease to hold any substance at all . “ Hipster ” – like “ pornography , ” or “ healthy alternative ” – is a label without content . At its most general , a hippie is a person prune in an ostentatious or wry manner that you happen to dislike . To go by a recently eavesdropped barista ’s wiseness : ” Cool , but trying to be . ”
The hippy is an openly affected fashion persona . Unlike so many others hop to incorporate an “ I’m - just - expressing - myself - brah ” effortlessness into their very curated flavor , there ’s something admirable about the fact that the individual you might refer to as a flower child is openly exhibit his or her hand .
We ’ve had our fun , so it ’s time to retire this tired title . The word of honor is n’t even limit to mode – or people ! – anymore . There are hipster bar , hipster neighborhoods , hipster profession , and even entire hipster borough and urban center ( Brooklyn , Silverlake and Portland , we are looking at you ! ) . At this point , the hippy is in the eye of the beholder .
Jennifer Bui/Thrillist
The futurist
AKA : Fashion Forward , Modernist , Tony StarkingFeatures : technology used as fashion , any clothing point that would set off a alloy detectorWhat brisk hell is this , you ask ? Despite its name , there ’s nothing new to hereafter - leaning style archetypes . In preceding looping , it amounted to predicting – with a all-inclusive margin of error – what fashion might look decennary down the road . This pilot is today most commonly determine by element of electronics being proudly displayed as fashion accessories . Think , for instance , of the person wearing oversized Beats By Dre headphones as a position - showing necktie instead of actually using them to heed to music . The futurist is shiny - meets - techie with a short letter of impracticability .
Leather glove , metallic element - studded caps … We sympathise the appeal , it being 2016 and all . This is the hereafter that was theorise to have silvern jumpsuits ! And whilethatfashion vogue has yet to catch on , we most certainly have metal - studded leather gloves , promising colors , light-headed - up stoolie …
The problem is how goofy it looks . More so than any other archetype listed , this one feels like a costume . There ’s a lean melodic phrase between the future and a Saratoga Springs Comicon – and that line is a couple ofMirrored Wrap - Around Shield Sunglasses .
Jennifer Bui/Thrillist
In the end , it ’s well to commend these archetypes are as artificial as the underpaid way interns meet them . The trends are well approached as artificial conception ; not anthropological observations . As a conscious , mod dresser , you are in kick of your own vibration . And said vibration should never – not once – take lumbersexuality . Sign up herefor our daily Thrillist electronic mail , and get your location of the near in food / drink / fun .
Ben Philippeis a writer base in New York City . His current dress of vest , shipment pant , and Nike sandal make him a archetypical " Wednesday Walkabout , " come to H&M in the fall of 2016 . Find him on Twitter:@GoHomeBen .
Jennifer Bui/Thrillist
Jennifer Bui/Thrillist
