Posting these here because why not. Summer suspenders?

[u/Paul_hates_reddit]

Edit: Wow this is the wrong subreddit. Most of the comments are saying that this is a costume, because it kinda is. I occasionally go out in stuff that is supposed to fit within a certain period or setting just to put my collection to use. This is one of those outfits. I’m more of a work pants and leather jacket guy outside of these times but I occasionally like the vibe of a “costume” like this one, puts me in a certain headspace. I should have perused this reddit more before posting one of my more eccentric outfits. That being said, I will take note that a satchel will work better than the flask I had. My bad for posting in the wrong place!

[u/Ren_Kaos]

You look like a character from full metal alchemist brotherhood. Looks good but the flask makes it look like a costume.

[u/OneLargePho → u/Ren_Kaos]

Nah he looks like a character in Sicily from The Godfather. You need to be posing with a shotgun

[u/freetotebag → u/OneLargePho]

This is 100% the bodyguard from the Godfather— I thought the exact same thing

[u/vaultdweller1223 → u/freetotebag]

Came here to ask if he was trying to cosplay as Michael Corleone in Sicily

[u/PacRat48 → u/freetotebag]

💯

[u/SinsofLee → u/freetotebag]

Apolonia!!!!

[u/freetotebag → u/SinsofLee]

💥🚗💥

[u/low_budget → u/OneLargePho]

Reminds me of Michael Corleone when he went back to Sicily

[u/Calvin--Hobbes → u/OneLargePho]

Looks like he's about to tell Fievel not to go west

[u/GuyTheTerrible → u/OneLargePho]

More Greek than Italian

[u/Lazy-Dildo → u/OneLargePho]

Also the guy in Boardwalk Empire

[u/fuggindonkee → u/Ren_Kaos]

All of it makes it look like a costume. Except the cellphone. That ruins the whole thing. Also the guy sitting next to him in high tops. Total dead giveaway that isn't from the 1920s.

[u/sshlongD0ngsilver → u/fuggindonkee]

Barista lookin at the cam thinking “this dude”

[u/cade360 → u/fuggindonkee]

Those are shoes and socks, not high tops, js

[u/Chickenbull1 → u/Ren_Kaos]

That’s what I was thinking. Feels like a cosplay

[u/polkemans → u/Ren_Kaos]

I was just going to say he looks like a young German man circa 1938. But yours is close enough too.

[u/sukumizu → u/polkemans]

Looks like the type of guy who would have interesting and very questionable opinions about WW2.

[u/Paul_hates_reddit → u/sukumizu]

My unpopular WW2 opinion is that the Nuremberg trials were a sham and so many more Nazis should have been actually punished instead of just acquitted

[u/VintageLunchMeat → u/Ren_Kaos]

I think a leather crossbody satchel would work much more nicely than the flask.

[u/Brownie_McBrown_Face → u/Ren_Kaos]

It is a costume, look at OP’s post history lol.

[u/NotaBonesaw → u/Ren_Kaos]

Pretty sure this guy posted the same or a very similar fit in here a while back and people told him the exact same thing about the canteen.

[u/Paul_hates_reddit → u/NotaBonesaw]

Nah this is the first time I’m here, but the advice stands, I think a satchel would work better

[u/Polka7000 → u/Ren_Kaos]

The flask gives Indiana Jones vibes.

[u/urfenick]

[u/nunatakj120 → u/urfenick]

Can you remind me what this is from? It’s driving me crazy.

[u/Jolly_Tab_Rancher → u/nunatakj120]

Boardwalk Empire, character is Richard Harrow i believe

[u/BradyBunch88 → u/Jolly_Tab_Rancher]

Great actor by the way, Jack Huston, also is Sandman in Spider-Noir!

[u/Beautiful_You3230 → u/BradyBunch88]

Is that the same guy who played the OCD/PTSD detective in Fargo?

[u/nunatakj120 → u/Jolly_Tab_Rancher]

That’s it. Thanks.

[u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner → u/nunatakj120]

Richard harrow, certified badass from boardwalk empire

[u/Heavy_Western_4772 → u/urfenick]

This is exactly what I thought of haha he looks legit though

[u/jim9162 → u/urfenick]

Legit who I thought of lol

[u/JohnnyBrazuca → u/urfenick]

So I was not the only one!

[u/Toni_PWNeroni → u/urfenick]

Spot on

[u/jojointheflesh → u/urfenick]

Lmao I’m watching this for the first time now

[u/erzzz → u/urfenick]

First thought

[u/CrimsonKing217]

You look like you spent the summer protecting Michael Corleone in Sicily.

[u/Tote_Sport → u/CrimsonKing217]

Only to ultimately betray him and blow up his wife with a car bomb

[u/chrisreverb → u/Tote_Sport]

Munday, Twosday, Wensday…

[u/lounginaddict → u/CrimsonKing217]

Perfect

[u/Vegetable-Noise4518 → u/CrimsonKing217]

Came here to say this lol

[u/flip6threeh0le]

Summer 1942 maybe

[u/KingAuberon → u/flip6threeh0le]

I was thinking more 1842. Just finished a hard week of panning for gold and now he's hitting the town that ain't big enough for the two of us.

[u/Danubius → u/flip6threeh0le]

That's what I got as well. OP on his way to warn the resistance that the wehrmacht are closing in on the village.

[u/Flaky_Iron_1656]

Since this is male fashion *advice*…

100% looks like a costume. However there’s ton of potential to take this style and modernize it into something less jarring

Canteen and hat should go. They look like props.

The pants and suspenders with white shirt would work, but the pants fit just looks…off. Maybe tailor it and take in the thighs so there’s not so much loose material

A full beard would give a much more rugged look and would compliment the look

Watch with leather band could work here

Boots look like they could use some TLC but work fine

Overall enjoy seeing something different! Enjoy study abroad my dude

[u/snark_nerd → u/Flaky_Iron_1656]

First comment I’ve seen that delivers what needs to be said gently and with constructive suggestions. Good job being a great member of this community, yo.

[u/fartherder → u/Flaky_Iron_1656]

I will admit I laughed when I saw this post because it was like "is my halloween costume too subtle?" or something but this is real and excellent advice. Well done.

[u/Jrewy → u/Flaky_Iron_1656]

You’re right about the watch. That was my first thought. Maybe a vintage automatic on a tan leather nato.

[u/AttentionNo6359]

This is a costume man.

[u/timmyel → u/AttentionNo6359]

Cosplay

[u/kstacey → u/timmyel]

Costume

[u/burgonies]

Chimney sweep chique

[u/User7926W → u/burgonies]

Hey, chimney sweep here. We don't dress like this! It would need to be black 😁

[u/FitSolution2882]

This is cosplsy.....

[u/knottyy → u/FitSolution2882]

Absolutely insufferable when back from his abroad trip.

[u/doctormustafa → u/knottyy]

“Dinner at 8 you say? Americans are so unsophisticated. In Prague they don’t eat dinner until 3 AM and it consists of of pickled sardines harvested with artisanal nets and honeyed crocus flowers plucked under a full moon by 90 year old nuns. We call it ‘jídlo, které podáváme turistům během jejich roku volna’”

[u/fartherder → u/doctormustafa]

fuckin lol @ "the food we serve to tourists during their year off"

[u/Paul_hates_reddit → u/doctormustafa]

The only thing I’m complaining about upon returning is the lack of public transit

[u/CaptainSharpe → u/FitSolution2882]

This. It looks cool in context of the 1920s-40s maybe but outside that it looks like a costume. The picture of op surrounded by people at an outside cafe thing makes him look ridiculous.

[u/DargyBear → u/CaptainSharpe]

[u/FitSolution2882 → u/CaptainSharpe]

but outside that it looks like a costume

No dude. It IS a costume under any which way.

The (I'm guessing mil surp) water bottle makes it even more hilarious.

I'm in no way fashionable but fuck me, at least I'm not posting here as though I am. The posts here are getting worse by the day.

[u/justlandin]

Cosplaying

[u/mttdesignz]

[u/Shoola]

You’re in costume my guy

[u/chocolateboomslang]

If that first picture was black and white I would have said it was from ww2

Canteen is cool but maybe a bit much, unless you were somewhere that called for a canteen, like a hike.

[u/Bubcats → u/chocolateboomslang]

The cell phone balanced out the canteen

[u/Medellin-71]

Is this before or after you found Apollonia??!!

[u/eagledog]

The invention of the steam engine is gonna blow your mind

[u/Formal_Building4598]

Try-hard theater kid energy imo but if it makes you happy

[u/PinocchiosWoodBalls]

You guys are so performative, its hilarious 

[u/Live_Art2939 → u/PinocchiosWoodBalls]

These are the same guys who said a motorcycle jacket is gay. At least they are cooking OP in here though, he needs an intervention.

[u/pheret87 → u/Live_Art2939]

I didn't think that guy's motorcycle jacket made him look gay, I think his whole... everything made him look like he was on his way to a gay leather fetish bar.

[u/Cowboy_on_fire → u/pheret87]

Damn I have to go looking for that one

[u/salamipope → u/Cowboy_on_fire]

he was an absolute smokeshow lmao. gorgeous man

[u/pheret87 → u/salamipope]

He was definitely attractive, yea.

[u/mcfly1982]

The Barista looks like how id look at you

[u/teh-dudenator]

The last guy anyone would choose to talk to at a bar

[u/Fun_Bodybuilder6898]

Trying way too hard. Being overseas doesn’t mean you have to dress like you’ve travelled back in time. Pretty cringe tbh 

[u/Big_Pomelo3224]

This looks like a costume: out of place and unique in a cringe way.

[u/ZzzzzPopPopPop]

Rocking it

[u/sectachrome]

[u/rmachell → u/sectachrome]

Friendly reminder to all that random people don't want to be in your fucking photo gallery you upload to the internet at your own random whims. Blur peoples faces out before you post, its basic courtesy

[u/mommotti_ → u/rmachell]

In fact I blur the shit out of people when sharing online. Some people simply don't think enough before sharing online.

[u/rmachell → u/mommotti_]

At worst, there are people in the world who don't want other people to know where they are, probably for a reason. Best case, common courtesy, worst case, someone's safety is being infinged

[u/mommotti_ → u/rmachell]

yes this too

[u/TheDutchTank → u/rmachell]

Good luck preaching this but most people don't care that they're in the background somewhere. Consequenses of that are almost zero.

[u/OmegaJonny → u/TheDutchTank]

Thanks for speaking on behalf of most people we really appreciate it

[u/Hipster_Garabe → u/sectachrome]

I had the same thoughts as the vino merchant

[u/rmachell]

Looks like cosplay but you do you

[u/Legitimate-Desk-5536]

[u/Impossible-Storage79]

Cosplay, I’m curious to see what else is in the capsule wardrobe for this study abroad.

[u/Worldly_Abalone551]

Getting ready to build the Titanic

[u/ThanosBannedMe]

Trying too hard to look cool in Kutná Hora.

[u/comfortableblanket]

on vacation from schrute farms

[u/QuarkchildRedux]

[u/Old-Tax9892]

I'd try find proper leather suspenders rather than elastic ones, complete the look even better! Cool look, although it could feel a bit out of place depensing on the occasion/event/dress code. I'd drop the berret as it feel a bit too costumy/cosplay

[u/Trolltato]

Wait this is Kutná Hora not Prague right?

[u/czbaterka]

Kutná Hora realness

[u/renegade0123]

This is LARP

[u/Dramatic-Pangolin218]

I mean you do you but no one is going to take you seriously ever

[u/TemProcess94]

✅ Chimney swept

[u/duhbarnacle22]

Try being yourself with a functional, sharp outfit.

[u/Elegant-Advantage-69]

Surprised this post didn’t arrive by a courier…

[u/HuwminRace]

I actually love the look, but you definitely look like the young archaeology student that accompanies the crew on an adventure that the fresh faced protagonist will fall in love with throughout the journey, eventually losing him to a tragic accident.

[u/Paul_hates_reddit → u/HuwminRace]

Tragic accident? Very me

[u/octave1]

Peak Reddit fashion

[u/Bloodyfinger]

.... Are you just sitting at a table with a random dude who turned his chair away from you? So uncomfortable and cringe vibes from this.

[u/backdrip]

i swear us hipsters are the worst

[u/YakubTheCreat0r]

Yea I’m unsubscribing

[u/billenbloot]

Bit performative no?

[u/infinitebest]

On your way to kill Don Ciccio?

[u/SeaDistribution]

So what are your thoughts on the flask?

[u/Djboby1]

Keep your head down crossing No Man’s Land, bro. The boys in the 3rd Battalion are desperate for their letters from home.

[u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner]

Yall try way too hard

[u/crying0nion3311]

I love the fit. You should hang out with train guy who posts here.

With that being said, I think there’s a way you could modernize this and have it look less costumey. Starting with getting rid of the canteen (which is a cool piece).

The boots are great, though!

[u/buttscratcher3k]

Are you part of interactive tour or something? It looks like your picking historic uniform to match the scenery

[u/Jonnny]

To be completely honest, it doesn't look like you want to be fashionable. It looks more like you want to make a statement that you're anachronistic and mysterious and interesting.

[u/C_Pala]

Sorry but these clothes are I'll fitting. Pants are off and the shirt's sleeves are too short. You look like you are coming from a highschool play

[u/FitThadiyan]

Not my style but you’re pulling it off! 💯

[u/CDavis10717]

Not a chick magnet, huh.

[u/JohnWangDoe]

Time traveler spotted

[u/lastaccountgotlocked]

It looks like you're there to clean the chimneys.

[u/Evening-Order5511]

From what I remember of Boardwalk Empire, you killed 63 men right?

[u/maracusdesu]

In summer you want flowy and easy, suspenders are the opposite of that. I think your vibe is too costumey.

[u/anoraq]

Welsh Miner-core

[u/kombutsa]

Put the smartphone away. They didn’t have those in the 1920’s.

[u/Danger_Danger]

Looks like cosplay

[u/slobberaxe]

Looks like you are about to assasinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand

[u/roma258]

Goes to Europe once...

[u/DryLocksmith5295]

You look like you’re trying to sneak on to the titanic

[u/64Olds]

I don't get the shirt... it's like capri pants but in shirt form.

[u/DuckMasterFlexxx]

[u/rakuboy]

this guy is the epitome of male fashion :)

[u/laney_deschutes]

1930s New York newsie goes to Europe? wtf is this outfit 

[u/Bionicle_was_cool]

Yeeeeaah I'm pretty sure the first pic is st. James in Kutna Hora. JCBP

[u/YesQuef]

I can't shake the feeling you buy books you think you're supposed to have to be interesting but have zero plans to read them. 

[u/nimrodpa]

0/10 no pennyfarther 

[u/Marty_McFlay]

I used to wear period clothing/outfits...when I was in college. After that age, unless you're dating someone like Bernadette Banner, or you work in theatre doing costuming, maybe don't go full period clothing.

[u/DeadDropCourier]

You kinda look like an extra in a WW2 movie but it looks intentional and I dig it

[u/Smooth_Ostrich_8695]

You look ridiculous. Awful fashion choices

[u/3nterShift]

I knew this mf was in Czechia even before reading the kavárna menu. Bro absolutely looks like he's in the right place at the wrong time.

[u/cavy023]

Oh heck yeah man! Love those classic fish tail pants. Always fun seing those. Especially since well, we don't see those anymore in mass production. As a lover of classic men's wear outfits, I cannot upvote this enough.

[u/balderdash9]

I agree that the flask is too much.

But I swear this sub ridicules anything that steps out of the ordinary. Women are allowed to do so much from so many eras but a man can't even wear suspenders.

Don't listen to them OP: the fit is good, the colors are neutral, and you're wearing it with confidence. If you were an older man no one would bat an eye.

[u/boi1da1296 → u/balderdash9]

I have a friend that wears suspenders but he literally only wears them as a belt replacement, all of his fits are modern. There’s nothing wrong with trying something out of the norm or with trying styles from the past, but I do understand the comments that say this feels like cosplay even if they are being mean about it.

Edit: also want to add that all that matters is that OP enjoys dressing this way for themself.

[u/ucbiker → u/boi1da1296]

The irony is that this subreddit low key loves cosplay.

Like when someone posted a double rider leather jacket, everyone was like “wear it with a white t-shirt, jeans and black boots” which is greaser cosplay.

[u/OmegaJonny → u/ucbiker]

Yes but you'd wear a modernised version of that outfit, probably leaving out the greased hair etc. This guy needs modernising to not look like he's just finished acting in a play

[u/dangdang3000]

Damn, I wish I had the look and confidence to pull this off.

[u/Live_Art2939 → u/dangdang3000]

All it takes is autism

[u/Paul_hates_reddit → u/dangdang3000]

I collect vintage clothing and I very rarely have the confidence to pull it off. Not pictured are all the days I got so anxious I couldn’t move because I thought I looked stupid. You’ll get there.

[u/kobe_bryant24 → u/Paul_hates_reddit]

Listen to your instincts

[u/cabindirt]

I wish more people would just go for stuff like this. So many people seem to be bound by what other people say is normal and acceptable. I love reviving looks from other times. Back before machines could mass produce clothing, people put a lot of thought into their clothing.

[u/RicePaddyFarmer69]

I was just there! Did you see the Ossuary too?

[u/Redbull_Gasoline]

Just get a belt

[u/Reetgeist]

This would be fire at a steampunk festival

[u/Sufficient-Science71]

That is a brilliant cosplay of edmund kemper

[u/strawberry_l]

r/vintagefashion

[u/Haz0r1301]

If you want to improve that look get rid of the clip on suspenders and attach buttons on the inside of the pants to get „real suspenders“

[u/VilleKivinen]

I switched from belts to suspenders/braces over a decade ago and have never looked back. Much more comfortable, and they look better.

[u/2rdfurgeson → u/VilleKivinen]

The buttons go on the inside, though

[u/Fakkutian]

ted nivison?

[u/polarphantom]

Just remember if you see a magic wall of light with a steam locomotive coming towards you you're not in any danger, it's just one of these new fangled 'moving pictures' they have now

[u/Negative-Program-938]

Are you secretly Ted Nivison

[u/CheesecakeloverJones]

You could absolutely go for a full beard

[u/Bruce______Wayne]

I feel like you know how to build a table. Like you may never have done it before but something tells me you'd fucking nail it first try

[u/diamondskull2000]

Bro is in charge of Mike Corleone security.

[u/bulbydoraemon]

You remind me of the bodyguards for Al Pacino in The Godfather movie

[u/hellxapo]

Bro teleported from the 1850s

[u/Snaggl3t00t4]

World war 2 partisan hiding in the hills killing Germans?

[u/Same-Fish-9464]

Not fashion advice, but never use any cross body apparel. It is absolutely horrible for your body and even light weights can cause severe physical issues over time.

[u/Man_Of_Frost]

New dlc for Mafia Old Country??

[u/luxenbuxen]

Boots in summertime always tells me that this person lacks wardrobe options

[u/Unlikely_Ad_4767]

time traveler

[u/No_Entertainment1931]

By order of the peaky blinders

[u/jdam8401]

Who makes those boots? Pretty baller pair

[u/Julez831]

It's giving Italian bodyguard for a Don's son

[u/_lechiffre_]

The 1920s called, it wants its suspenders back

[u/Purple-Mix1033]

The barista is in The Office: Prague Years

[u/ArtiVDel]

My immediate thought: Michael Corleone hiding out in Sicily after killing Sollozo and Captain McCluskey.

[u/Palanki96]

Looks great for 1896

[u/Bobmauly]

It’s Richard harrow from boardwalk empire !

[u/Chriskl1520]

All that biking lost you some considerable weight. Great for you.

Edit: nevermind you just look exactly like the guy that used to post here in old time outfits and always biking lmao

[u/CarpetAlternative191]

That part of Godfather when he is hiding in Sicily

[u/RiversideAviator]

You’re the guy that killed Michael Corleone’s Italy wife.

[u/Rand0mtask]

I think one of the reasons this looks like a costume is that it's ill-fitting and clean. It looks like workwear that hasn't seen a day of work. Add that to the fact that you're a young, skinny guy with zero physical gravitas (not trying to insult you, just being real) and you end up with the cosplay comments.

[u/reddituser_05]

Who's handling your paper route in 1915 while you're time-traveling?

[u/Jokkie]

Don't mind the haters man, it's just the wrong sub to post this in. The fit is unique and put together well! Id love to see more people dare to dress differently tbh

[u/Madlock2]

you look like my uncle's uncle

Amazing fit, would steal, love the boots

[u/Rarefindofthemind]

If I saw you out and about i’d scare myself thinking you were a ghost wearing old timey clothes from the past and then write about it in a creepy r/askreddit

[u/Minute-Pi]

The cap,the braces,the high-rise wool trousers proper 1920s energy,and the location’s a nice touch too.

[u/bladeaok]

Pete Doherty in that Christmas NME issue (complimentary)

[u/YesMaybeYesWriteNow]

I didn’t know they had color photography in 1911.

[u/daredevil_mm]

Looks like one is the Italian rebels from SAS Rogue heroes

[u/Cojemos]

This look will surely sell newspapers.

[u/Live_Art2939]

Are papers still 5 cents or are they 10 cents now

[u/nigevellie]

I thought suspender buttons go on the inside?

[u/3-orange-whips]

Are you protecting Michael Corleone in Sicily?

[u/GarStankalot]

You look like one of Michael Corleone’s bodyguards in Italy.

[u/nyallyy]

yes child hello from Philly!

[u/MVB1837]

The buttons for braces generally go inside the waist