...Is r/streetwear the only place to be?

To preface- this will be lost to a wave of meme threads and uninspired deconstructiveness in due time.

But I must ask, anyone out there- is there any alternatives to interesting discussion and community that is active outside of r/streetwear?

To me- this cesspool makes me sad and bored more often than not. I love it when people try to make an interesting board, but it is too often lost or without support. I was a long time lurker until I started making my own shit. I quickly realized this is a place full of negativity, recycled enthusiasm, and people not really interested in fashion as honest expression (as much as they would like to claim).

Then I found streetwear and it's really a step up, despite what I heard from it here. However, I do not think it is encompassing enough or diverse enough in discussion. SuFu is practically dead as far as I know.

At the same time I feel this reflected in fashion itself, where you have the duality between something like streetwear (very accessible, casual, and difficult to find nuance) and something like high fashion.

Any ideas for communities (from the real ones only)?

>I quickly realized this is a place full of negativity, recycled enthusiasm, and people not really interested in fashion as honest expression (as much as they would like to claim).

you should have noticed that the 1st time you visited, retard

Veeky Forums is the best because it realized fashion is a joke. Wear whatever you want, if you naturally look good then it will look good.

both of y'all are some numbfucks

1. You repeated what I just said, so why bother posting

2. Not what I care about. I just want more interesting shit to get talked about and a more open-minded, positive community.

3. Clearly neither of you were the "Real Ones" I asked to comment.

stylezeitgeist used to be where you could reside for actually good fits and feedback from people who tried things differently from the normal and looked good doing so. But its long been dead and whatever fits are posted now are awful compared to the 2004-2012 years. There seems to be no signs of it every going back to the state it once was. The last half decent place is /r/MaleFashion which is completely different from /r/MaleFashionAdvice because mf actually try to dress expressively and different while mfa is known as normie fashion breeding grounds. However mf does not go as far off the wall as stylezeitgeist, and sz has its own aesthetic going on whereas mf does not which only leads to many many different conflicting opinions going in every which direction on almost every fit presented regardless of how good or bad it may be, so its not too helpful for improving because they all have different opinions on which direction is improvement. So sadly they have been destined to remain stagnant since creation, and will not improve or better themselves. Since there will be no improvement of the communities taste in the end the community will keep growing and eventually normies will take over just like here and it will be in the same place we are in now. Its a sinking ship but its the last ship afloat. We wait until hopefully, before we all drown, the return of a sz type of avatar arises and saves us from the fire normie nation.

lists of fashion communities can be found in the archives.
most of them have also become de facto fashion archives, though.

The answer is

Real Life

Seriously, everyone I know who has transcended forums and internet fashion connect irl, we're all irl come join us, we work various jobs in creative fields and talk in person.

Thing is...and hate to sound like some contrarian- I feel like those field are pretentious or inaccessible to people without money. Maybe that's my personal bias but, I really don't know anything about the people outside of those who line up from clothing drops or wear branded clothes.

Like, in reality, I wear mostly DIY, some beat up shoes, and not the shit I want to wear basically, but am mad in love with. Y'all be wearing the shit and giving me looks.

I don't know though, where yall at?

No fashion forum is good afaik. I came here from streetwear because I got tired of hypebeasts and trendhopping. Veeky Forums suffers from some of the same problems (hyping up Rick pieces just cuz its Rick), but the community tends to be more aware of bad trends. Streetwear also has like, four different styles that people get praised for.

1. Sneakerhead/Supreme fuccboi

2. Korea worship cropped wide trousers and tucked in shirt fuccboi

3. poorly thrifted with trendy diy

4. intro to niche high fashion 101 (rick, acronym, ysl, etc)

or mix and match between these for /r/streetwear god status. And of course Veeky Forums is meaner, anonymity makes it a lot easier to talk shit, but also makes it easier to ignore, I don't have a problem with this. Personally, when I started lurking Veeky Forums I felt more comfortable wearing whatever I felt like. Veeky Forums might not promote individuality at all, but at least its better than /r/streetwear (and both are way better than ktt).

this post is so reddit, i wish u asshats would fuck off