There has to be a way to dress gothy and masc in a way that's also comfy. Like "clothes that could also double as pyjamas" level of comfy wear.
sweatpants?
Do you have tips on how to style sweatpants in a dressy, goth way?
you can get black sweat pants online from any store or goth specific stores if you want a definitive goth look with skulls and crosses or rips and shit, but to be really honest? As a goth myself, I just wear cheap thrifted shit thgat came black or I dyed black and an oversized hoodie with whatever band i like or skull pattern fits the vibe of the day. Oversized shirts and tank tops also work.
you're not gonna make them look fancy, im sorry. Casual is a genre and it clashes with dressy or fancy.
I don't want to look like I'm wearing sweatpants. I don't want my "it's illegal to be naked so I just threw some shit on" outfits to look like I just threw some shit on because it's illegal to be naked.
I'm not sure why you don't already find masc gothy comfy? Can you elaborate on the sort of stuff you wear that you don't find to be the comfy stuff?
Baggy, black cargos were always the staple trouser in my circles, easy to apply stuff to and build up to be more than "just cargos" when ya want, comfy and easy to wear plane. I know you said pajamas but this was essentially our athletics wear (we were parkour kids)
As for top half, can never go wrong with baggy hoodies, personally always a fan of long sleeved, tight fitting tee under whatever else I'm wearing but that's just my idea of comfort and I know most folks would prefer to keep it baggy.
My waist is my narrowest part and I have thick thighs. For me, menswear comes in two options: looks bad, or feels bad. There are outliers that are both, and I feel like I need to clarify that I don't need anyone suggesting something that looks bad and feels bad at the same time, I specifically want the opposite of this.
Besides the comfy pants I wear at home, I own three pairs of bottoms: the zip-off goth jorts which I like but are uncomfortable, my suit pants which are good enough but are uncomfortable, and my sweatpants which are sweatpants.
I have no particular problem with shirts, they all fit just fine and none except skin tight ones look particularly bad. The problem is pants.
youre gonna want to get putees or chaps or sew in some laces to the bottoms of your sweatpants to make a cool silhouette with them. and itll look like you put effort into the look. cus. yknow. you did. some neat ones with draw string waists so they can fit over your thighs without falling down those ones. i have this problem with pants too thats why i have two (2) pairs of pants im too lazy to alter any more because i hate sewing waistbands. use belts, chains, paint edgy shit on them with bleach, you know the drill. i think changing the silhouette will make the sweatpants less obviously sweatpants the most
I think I'm expressing myself unclearly again:
My problem with sweatpants isn't specifically the sweatpants, it's looking untidy and not put together. Disguising the sweatpants to make them look like a different type of pants that also look untidy and not put together simply adds extra effort without fixing the problem.
I might suggest looking into bamboo-based fabrics for various clothes, which are typically extremely lightweight and breathable, but way more flexible and soft compared to other fabrics of a similar weight.
If you donāt want sometime soft, but still want light and breathable, I might suggest looking into linen clothes, which will have enough structure to them to not have that āsoft fabricā look that you may be trying to avoid.
Incidentally, this post reminds me of the discussions about what itās like to have depression, where people keep suggesting ājust do X thingā when youāve established clearly already that the solution theyāre offering is for a different problem than the one youāre experiencing.
Ultimately I think that the only real solution I have is to never go out in public again. I don't want to be perceived.
this is a good, if impractical plan, and I for one advocate for it regardless of wisdom.






















