just want high performance forward thinking clothes
I think the trendy fashion term for this is gorpcore, but you and others in this thread have the right idea. Kitting yourself up to look like a Metal Gear Solid villain can be weird, impractical, and expensive (but don’t let me stop you if that’s what you want). Incorporating a cool cyber ninja piece into a wardrobe with other hiking gear, work wear, and whatever stuff you like into a cohesive wardrobe is part of the fun of fashion.
Not familiar with Gorpcore but it looks like that’s more wearing ski clothes when you’re not skiing. The subdued, not flashy techwear style is sometime’s called “greyman” after the security culture idea that the ideal infiltrator is the most boring, ho-hum, unremarkable guy you can find. The “greyman” look is about extremely high-tech clothing that can pass as normal commuter dweeb clothes to those not clued in.
I may just be old and out of date, but I consider greyman to be more “authentic” techwear as it’s more of, idk, actual ninjas vs anime ninjas. Greyman kit will hold up to doing actual ninja shit whereas a cyberninja will end up stuck to a fence by their pants straps. Greyman is, weirdly, an aesthetic of concealment where substance is as important as style; You need to have the high quality fabrics and good construction, you want to look sharp, but you want to look sharp only to people who know what they’re looking at. The coppertops on the street shouldn’t be able to tell.
I like the greyman ideal bc, well, a cyberninja looks like a cyberninja on their way to an anime con. A greyman look lets you do actual spy stuff. I really enjoy the contradiction of an aesthetic that’s based on the substantial properties of the clothing - utility, durability, comfort, but visually it’s supposed to blend with ho hum tech workers around you.
I think there’s certainly an overlap, but yeah, bright color blocking and flashy pieces wouldn’t fit in with the greyman look. Dressing like a Tom Clancy villain is definitely more practical than dressing like a Metal Gear villain lol
Lol Arc’Teryx just locked down the website because my no-script, cookie blocking, and adblocking apps made it upset. Not very cyberninja of you Arc’Teryx. But then they’re cops so shrug
I think the trendy fashion term for this is gorpcore, but you and others in this thread have the right idea. Kitting yourself up to look like a Metal Gear Solid villain can be weird, impractical, and expensive (but don’t let me stop you if that’s what you want). Incorporating a cool cyber ninja piece into a wardrobe with other hiking gear, work wear, and whatever stuff you like into a cohesive wardrobe is part of the fun of fashion.
Not familiar with Gorpcore but it looks like that’s more wearing ski clothes when you’re not skiing. The subdued, not flashy techwear style is sometime’s called “greyman” after the security culture idea that the ideal infiltrator is the most boring, ho-hum, unremarkable guy you can find. The “greyman” look is about extremely high-tech clothing that can pass as normal commuter dweeb clothes to those not clued in.
I may just be old and out of date, but I consider greyman to be more “authentic” techwear as it’s more of, idk, actual ninjas vs anime ninjas. Greyman kit will hold up to doing actual ninja shit whereas a cyberninja will end up stuck to a fence by their pants straps. Greyman is, weirdly, an aesthetic of concealment where substance is as important as style; You need to have the high quality fabrics and good construction, you want to look sharp, but you want to look sharp only to people who know what they’re looking at. The coppertops on the street shouldn’t be able to tell.
I like the greyman ideal bc, well, a cyberninja looks like a cyberninja on their way to an anime con. A greyman look lets you do actual spy stuff. I really enjoy the contradiction of an aesthetic that’s based on the substantial properties of the clothing - utility, durability, comfort, but visually it’s supposed to blend with ho hum tech workers around you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Ow5LM9RInTY
Here’s an old style guide laying it out. I’ma go look in to Gorpcore and decide hw I feel about it. Cheers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Ow5LM9RInTY
I think there’s certainly an overlap, but yeah, bright color blocking and flashy pieces wouldn’t fit in with the greyman look. Dressing like a Tom Clancy villain is definitely more practical than dressing like a Metal Gear villain lol
Lol Arc’Teryx just locked down the website because my no-script, cookie blocking, and adblocking apps made it upset. Not very cyberninja of you Arc’Teryx. But then they’re cops so shrug