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Are you familiar with the hot, up-and-coming social media platform called Pinterest? You may have heard of it, but not really been into it. Their CEO describes it as a way for people to share their taste. Pinterest is dominated by women and more or less runs on fitness inspo, fashion, interior design, recipes, DIY and braid how-tos. Despite that, I've spent a fair amount of time looking at pins, scrolling endlessly and wasting an hour or two. It's essentially the Tumblr dashboard on crack.
Like many things on the Internet these days, #menswear has found a home there. Although, I'm not sure "home" is the appropriate word. In fact, I don't know if it feels at home there at all. If I could, I would give the community there some personality—a hypebeast, a Four Pins reader, a GQ type or even a V Man champion—but, no. Menswear on Pinterest is fucking weak. If the platform was created to show your taste, I have little to no faith whatsoever in the menswear taste of the Pinterest community. I'm talking boot tuck fanatics, jeggings lovers and generally lost souls. That shouldn't come as a surprise to most, but let's delve a little deeper. Join me on this brief exploration of Pinterest's "Men's Fashion" vertical to see what I'm talking about. [Editor's note: If you like what you see, click the "Pin it" button at the top of the post!]
John Jannuzzi is an editor living in New York. You can read his blog, Textbook, here and follow him on Twitter here.
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What in the fuck are these shoes all about? It's like somebody really likes the Bottega weave, but also wants to go bowling and then added a little top-stitching for that Donald J. Pliner effect. If they were square-toed, they'd be perfectly terrible.
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Since you're a grown ass man, you're going to need to print this out and hang it on your fridge. You definitely haven't learned how to lace your sneakers like a normal person yet and there's no way you've reached this level of weaving expertise.
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Hi, Princess! Look at your fancy ring! This actually looks like it was based off the power bracelet from Zelda: A Link to the Past. It definitely has magic chastity protective powers. Definitely.
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I told you there were a lot of braids on Pinterest. Even the male kind. So glamorous. Fergie glamorous.
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Oh look, it's one of those fun declarative statements. I love a declarative statement in a sans-serif font. Don't talk to me about class, Pinterest. Don't fucking say a word.
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Grab two friends, buy all three of these and you can call yourselves "The Safari Boys" when giving your statement to police after getting your ass kicked.
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Your gear shift NEEDS to be a shotgun because your penis is just that small. Fire away.
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Make sure your low-rise jeans are ALWAYS held up by a gigantic logo belt. Also, if you ever take off your sunglasses you WILL die.
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Alright, so that's L pieces of evidence that menswear on Pinterest is caked in shit. It's not completely hopeless though—there are decent street style shots, and many a good watch to be found. There's also a kid dressed up like William Wallace, which we'd be remiss to overlook. Braveheart forever.