Okay, Here's the Thing…
… You look kind of terrible. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but all of your friends talk about it behind your back, and believe me, you’d much rather hear it from me than from them. We geeks, we nerds, dweebs, losers, and dorks, we have towed a hard road when it comes to fashion. For every Captain Jack Harkness, there are 10 Howard Wolowitzes, for every Willow Rosenberg, 10 Amy Farrah Fowlers. And I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it has to stop. (Actually, that’s a lie. I love being the bearer of bad news.)
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Geek culture has officially ‘come out of the basement.’ We are represented in all media, we have hit TV shows, the richest people in the world are among our numbers. So why is it that we tend to dress like we were running late to the latest D&D game and just threw on whatever was closest to the door?
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Sorry, I left my +5 sword in my other pants. |
Bill Gates, the richest guy in the world, looks like a cross between a chemistry teacher and that pervy guy who stands a little too close to the children’s section of the video store. Steve Jobs dresses like he should be teaching mime. And these are our leaders. Our role models.
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But there’s hope. Dustin is here to help you. ‘Okay Here’s the Thing…’ will be a place where we can explore ways to improve our fashion together. I’m not going to judge you (I’m totally going to judge you.) I’m no better than you (I’m totally better.) I do many of the things you do that make you look like a moron (though admittedly, not as many.)
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Dresses better than you. |
Together, we will explore topics like ‘How do I Buy Pants’ and ‘How Many Graphic Tees is Too Many’ along with general tips about clothes and fashion related issues for all body types, genders, and genres.
From Trekkers to Jedi, Twilight Girls to Potterheads, we all deserve to look good. And I am just the Nerd to help.
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So how is this going to work? Well, as knowledgeable as I am, and as many episodes of ‘What Not to Wear’ I have watched, I freely admit that I do not know everything there is to know about fashion. (Just more than you.) Therefore we are going to tackle this 2 ways:
- If you have a specific fashion or grooming question, email me a dustin@scifi4me.com. Ask your question, and I will answer it the best I can… If I think it’s interesting.
- Or if you don’t have questions, but have a strongly held fashion or grooming belief, answer the poll question at the bottom of every OHTT article. Poll questions are there because I am working on a column on that topic, and I’ll need your input before I can tell you just how wrong you are.
Every month I will take on a topic and impart my knowledge unto you.
So let’s get started, shall we? Here are the first poll questions:
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I am SO down with this Idea.
Here’s the other thing: I at times am so well dressed (not arrogance, pure observation) that in a group of geeks/nerds/dweebs/etc, I actually feel self conscious and overdressed. I try to find ways to dress down and more haphazardly to put myself at ease amidst them.
People are often surprised at hearing about my inherent geekiness, and reply with: “But you don’t look like you’d be into _____”.
My question is, that why have we, as geeks, cornered ourselves into such a fashion category that there is a stereotype about our interests based on our looks. Bah.
I no longer want to feel the need to smudge a chocolate donut stain on my shirt to feel at par among my fellow geeks. If you can help everyone else come up to our (more so your) level of awesome-ness… I am down.
Suit up!!