Fashion Is A Joke, And I Like It

The rise of ironic fashion means dressing cringe is an online trend. Shoudl we be bringing it to the real world?
Included in this video: raised.online, Ssstufff, Drought, Gavin South, Nik Bentel, Haunted Starbucks, Dime, Slaughter Bootlegs, EspionageVR, and more!
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[@melissalonla]

Learning that Antwon owns and wears Frugal Aesthetic merch brings me immense joy

[@CoffinNachtmahr]

I was feeling the same.

[@KaelumKrispr]

Agreed though I always felt like that NPC hoodie kinda copied a bit too much from john seo and his NPC merch. Still though love the raised online pants

[@FabulousResults]

I think the reason why raised online doesn't work for me is that it's too self-aware and ironic to be the good kind of cringe. Cringe is born of sincerity, expressing love for something in your life without caring about appearances or what other people might think of you. Saying "haha, I'm an NPC, this actually indicates my self-awareness" just makes me think the wearer is going to be totally insufferable and self-conscious.

[@ThisIsAntwon]

Appreciate this take and it's definitely important when it comes to anything cringe or ironic. Some people will absolutely use "I'm doing it ironically!" as a shield for doing/saying stupid stuff. How can we not get lost in the cringe sauce?

[@garyburke6156]

when I was a teen way back in the day, a shirt with like "Marijuana" in the McDonalds font and logo was the height of wit and this is just the modern equivalent of those shirts

[@ezdubbin97]

My daughter found a t-shirt with “Legalize marriage Iguana” on the front. I couldn’t even be mad 😂

[@Gyro609]

The pros of the trend is that people get to revive their childhood or lost interest/hobbies when done right. The cons is that I can’t find a goddamn devil may cry or resident evil shirt for under 50$

[@teno777]

I remember when they released a 2k+ Nero/Dante leather jacket/coat for the release of dmc5. Given the price I assume the quality was at least decent. I'd have loved seeing what Vergil's coat could have looked like.

[@matthemming9105]

I was lucky enough to get the NPC Hoodie when it dropped. Christian is a monster in the best possible way.

[@PostingCringeOnMain]

I don't think dressing cringe became cool, more than dressing cool became cringe. This may sound like a semantic argument but if you consider that now fashion and caring about outfits has become far more mainstream in general, people get drawn to 'how to' guides and copy/paste metas because they care alot about 'getting it right', but at the very heart of being 'cool' is aloofness and not caring too much. The second you cross the rubicon of 'trying too hard' you crossed the line from cool to cringe... like some kind of cool/cringe paradox. You can't *try* to be cool, because that's cringe. But you *can* try to be cringe and that's pretty cool.

[@ongodddd]

trying to be cringe is not cool lol

[@inihilisme1511]

@@ongodddd I guess you didn't try when saying lol, or was it sacarsm ?

[@Pasicho]

I like this trend because its goes against the clean and timeless capsule fashion. Chaotic and unique clothing is refreshing. I think Frugal's mash of both is a good example blending being trendy, fashionable and timeless.

[@chocobarre3178]

To each their own i guess Lot of potential junk stockpiling imo

[@ivanduardo1733]

that dude cannot dress

[@taintedlife2618]

It’s hideous but yeah these channels that teach young men how to dress in khakis and neutrals only are so lifeless and sad.

[@mattbonanza9032]

And to finish...We are overproducing bad clothes with bad and cringy designs anyway. Everything seen in this video you can find, in almost exact form, in any thrift shop because bad designs executed in bad way have been churned out for few decades now. No need to start a new brand to make bad and stupid design...It has been done in large quantities already and landfills and thrift shops are full of it. But...watermark jeans are cool 🙈. Rest of stuff shown could be also not produced new, for environment sake if not for anything else.

[@Meg_A_Byte]

Amen!

[@2000Doriyas]

Fair point, I really like how raised online is always limited releases so you know each item is valued and isn’t mass produced for people to just laugh at and dispose of.

[@FoxxyMoxxy13]

I just see it as another version of a band tee, and loved all the casual fits in this vid. I could binge AHS in that Mario hoodie lol

[@corradoguglielmo1386]

Love how you really shared the variety of people and shops partaking in the trend, it's super cool to see all the variety, and gets your point across well

[@germanpride]

this trend is already way over done

[@RoboLenin]

Love the content, very surprised there was no Online Ceramics mention in this video! Their Silent hill collab was my favorite video game fashion release of the year. Also their general vibe very much fits the theme here.

[@KlutzyKimchy]

I think bringing in comedy/meme/pop culture into fashion is perfectly fine, but it'll also come with a whole new cult following, similar to how each other "genre" of clothing brings. There'll be pretentious people that have to criticize other fashion/trends, calling them tryhards or something, those that go a bit too far out there to the point where it might seem a bit overly enthusiastic (my own opinion), gatekeepers that'll never share where they got their stuff from, and many more. Obviously each following has their own equivalent of the type that I just mentioned, but even with all that, I would honestly welcome it with open arms since fashion is an ever growing industry where creativity eliminates the "skill cap" of how far it can go. Honestly, some of those clothes that were featured (NPC hoodie, slipper hoodie, stock photo watermark pants, etc) are genuinely things that I would consider spending money on. Hopefully it doesn't get to the point where it'll ruin people's passion for fashion with people taking trolls too personally, but it's a market that I'm honestly all for

[@morpheuslaughing]

Slavoj Zizek talks about this very subject talking about Kung Fu Panda 11 years ago. This self-parody ironic fashion is seen everywhere bc it is another form of expressing cynicism that has been so deeply ingrained in mainstream culture over the last decade bc it grabs your attention and works for marketing

[@lucawasserer]

Its like constant fourth wall breaking in some movies as a fashion version.

[@ubermatik]

This is a branch of fashion that I couldn't ever see myself wearing, honestly - purely because I don't think I could pull it off. I'm glad it exists, though, and more power to the people that are into it. I'm just too super cereal.

[@shadewww_]

I started watching this channel after googling tech wear and now here I am still for the memes and philosophy. Great work as always.

[@cameronlegree]

sad i missed out on the watermark jeans but ill def look out for future releases. Great video as always Antwon!

[@TechwearGermany]

GLIZZY OVERDRIVE - that shit is so painful but yet so funny lmao

[@Shnitzy]

another banger. as I get older I find myself rolling my eyes at ironic fashion more and more, but I know my college days were full of me dressing in ironic meme clothing too so I can't hate too much. also: what are the slippers at 9:54? they look cozy and sleek

[@kenjiseijr]

literrally 5 minutes ago i was like "i haven't see antwon new video for a while" and bam new video :D

[@ThisIsAntwon]

You manifested it 🙏

[@Swepul]

just on the most recent video because a "The creator" theme outfit made by you would probably look rlly cool , would love to watch it

[@memelord3348]

Ngl this ain’t for most but that doesn’t mean that most aren’t gonna buy. This just seems to boost consumerism; not only that but most of the buyers won’t really rock it outside and will leave it in their closet collecting dust The fact that there is attainable brands isn’t much better either, it’s just more shitty Ig brands that make their shit across the globe by a bunch of kids It’s kinda fun but there’s things that you can just observe and enjoy Also on the whole individualism thing, post ironic fashion is kinda lame too. Don’t really understand why there’s people trynna make fits with crocs when they hated on them in the past. Only trend it expresses is trend hopping

[@symptomofsouls]

I have been following the same style for 10 years. Completely insane Nikes (I collect the old Nike EXTs), Jeans, Jacket, T-shirt (whatever I'm into, Deathcore tees, anime shirts, soccer kits, etc), and sometimes a hat. You would be surprised how much you can do with that

[@teno777]

I rock a variety of Pokémon t shirts on a regular rotation. But I feel like twitch and social networks as a whole make the idea of cringe kinda diluted in regards to some of the gaming stuff. Sometimes it's really black/white and you're an alien, other times it's just the norm.

[@mctippers4519]

Hey Antwon, love your videos bro

[@ThisIsAntwon]

Ayy thanks!

[@vincedameion2631]

A shirt I bought maybe 10 years ago sat in closet with tag from kmart. Only finally cut tag and wore it this year as it should be worn rather than trashed

[@serialseb2841]

Funny I was wondering how come I had not see you in my feed for a bit and Poof there you appear!

[@hhhenge]

I enjoy looking at some graphics tees, but I think for the most part they're landfill waste. Many 'ironic' tees are bought on the premise of them being funny, but will probably not even get worn because they're so silly. Sometimes things are better enjoyed as memes, not made into physical objects.

[@felix-antoinecaputo7508]

I bought the lacoste*minecraft collab hoodie about a year ago, because i loved both brands, and even tho I kinda regretted it at first because I didn't assume my style as much back then, it now feels like a great investment that i wear regularly

[@KohiOcha]

I would never wear meme or cringe garments ironically or unironically even though I am a part of this generation

[@captain_cheezus5186]

I just bought my first pair of non collab Acronym clothing (j-68 gt jacket and p-43 pants). I was wondering what you think about brand’s patenting really cool potential aspects of clothing like the jacket sling and earbud magnet. After wearing the clothing for a few days, I feel like it prevents people from potentially having really nice features that make clothing more convenient and multi faceted at a more approachable price?

[@iwannaseethereceipts]

I like Frugal's design reflexes, but mannnnn do I dislike stretch denim atp. My thunder thighs wear right through them way too quickly

[@UnimportantAcc]

skate 3 coaster had me rolling i want one

[@zerooneeight018]

Great vid

[@ThisisRubbishlo]

I like the tees for the chaos

[@botzbankai]

I understand the hyperpop correlation. 100 gecs and Internet Girl combine a bunch of different sounds to make bangers

[@Flippantly206]

Those pants go hard

[@g3ngar04]

I know this video is pretty old, but I’m surprised “Cool Shirtz” wasn’t on this list 😂

[@zhenren9703]

If it's mainstream, it's already dead.

[@symptomofsouls]

Trends and "core" are forever dead. Is why I always ignore them and continue to dress like a polish wallet thief

[@FozBrah]

HAHAHAHA the anabolic apparel inclusion is so good. was not expecting a schizo-esoteric gymbrah reference

[@RLSteffler]

100 gecs go hard

[@servidig483]

This the future

[@corradoguglielmo1386]

What shoes were you wearing with the apple socks? They look sick

[@articutmyself]

I like your post ironic necklace.

[@KurtyMurdi]

Artifact is a Slappable Jerk fan! His channel is great😂

[@vivimaria7243]

Please keep the reference clips and pics on screen for longer!

[@vukjovanovic3874]

Do a video about techwear in 2023, what's the update on techwear bro ‼️🗣️

[@loveanime9742]

I know it's not a trend topic but can you review fabric of the universe

[@StvnLntz]

I once wore a P hub t-shirt and some nice jeans to a store opening that attracted a lot of influencers and I was getting a lot of attention lmao.

[@mattbonanza9032]

Bdw...next trend will be visible mended clothes. Like new piece of clothing that got hole in it for accident or because clothes nowadays are of low quality and you mend that hole by yourself in a best way possible but you still see it is mended. Mended with sewing thread, not patches. Like we will be proud of mending clothing and make it trendy. Next will be creative and visible altreations of clothes that don't fit well. Like you buy vintage piece of SLP jeans that someone altered before you so you need to re alter them to fit in. And you do it by discovering altered parts, unpicking them, and adding fabric there to "bring them back to original fit" by using some fabric that makes this very visible. Like leather inserts or check fabric. Like that thing when in Japan they fix broken ceramic with gold. That's the vibe. Being proud you fixed it and not being ashamed that you wear fixed and mended things but you boast it.

[@ezdubbin97]

Off topic, but is that a Lotus Esprit toy car behind you?

[@TheGreySpectrum]

Put a Zeek suit in the background of your next video. You wont.

[@sablesoul]

ngl id be surprised if the majority of people wearing runescape merch had ever played runescape. Its a bit overstated but its like the old 'wearing skater merch? you probably dont even skate!' but for the internet era.

[@1fault]

I love Tek Lintowe knew about him years before ween wao

[@GuudRullit]

Fashionscape video when???

[@EVOL-Hobby]

What’s that beyblade belt brand ? Need it

[@ramenisbombman]

Nothing is more uncool than trying to appear as cool.

[@catnip4587]

As someone over 50 I feel I lam too hold for tee shirts with slogans on them

[@roryalexanderm]

I think online ceramics is a great brand to mention also

[@Mia-yk2is]

This might be a strange analogy, but it feels like cringecore is to men as grandma/grandpacore is to lesbians. idk how to explain it but it just feels right

[@fendigucci6307]

I watched CEOCAST on youtube with Represent owner and he said £900 balenciaga hoodies are made in the same factory as his Represent hoodies that only cost £160 let that fact sink in BEFORE DROPPING 9 BILLS on a made in china Balenciaga item.

[@milenabianca9787]

Nothing personal is another great brand out of LA. No Jumper fans will know

[@2nuts4cars]

It's 1995-96 again...

[@jiiack]

Some of these creators also make really funny content, and some of the outfits aren’t bad while still being ironic. I have hopped on this trend

[@ThisIsAntwon]

Totally agree!

[@understitchYT]

So disney adults are cool again Good

[@tarenflores]

I think dressing up and looking bad doing it is great. That's inherent visual irony because usually outfits are meant to look good, and I like an ironic or subversive approach to anything. But don't be a consumerist about bad looking clothes, come on, there's mountains of stuff in thrift stores that would be perfect for this

[@ros8986]

Antwon - I am thinking of Eye of Argon, still the worst fantasy story ever written

[@sakana836]

nice saitama nendoroid

[@lpmobb2325]

I love atthemoment! ❤️ 😍

[@tophateyeball7198]

This trend isn't for me... When I'm passionate about something (like certain fashion and music), I don't really enjoy jokes within it, so e.g. I don't really like "funny" bands in a genre I seriously enjoy... I can laught at jokes *about* it, though. It's kinda weird.

[@Stabilized]

Luke blovad

[@mirensummers7633]

Studio Cult is another great brand for post ironic accessories

[@mrpaupie]

Cringecore, LOL

[@1fault]

Not suprising and its gay now

[@huamanJR]

I don’t know if I would call it cringe …but I wear the huge anime character tees from COSPA. The recent one from Bocchi The Rock! is pretty cool and original artwork from a animator. I guess it all depends on sincerity and confidence to pull off stuff like that lol

[@mizoboe6193]

You reminded me, I actually bought a Bocchi the Rock tshirt but with the blue album background from Weezer. Its a back print though

[@Fapnyr]

Cringe or based?

[@ThisIsAntwon]

Why not both

[@wheresmyrooptoff4056]

frugal aesthetic not making terrible clothes challenge (impossible) and kyan kri is far from "dressing weird for attention"

[@M.H.Margin]

hey, i see this girl for the first time in my life and I'm definitely no near tiktok but what particularly can tell that she's far from dressing weird for attention, i don't know sh about that person so i would like to know what is going on in their head like what's the purpose

[@ethanhart7032]

Damn I'm early.

[@ramenisbombman]

Yall are missing the entrie point. Its cringe in your head only. Not the wearer they enjoy everyhting theyre wearing you just dont understand the appeal and assert its just weird 😐 yall have very low sense of self style and taste to be honest

[@mattbonanza9032]

If I wore only perfect clothes I would look the same every day. We all know what "proper" clothes should look like and it is distilled down to few choices. Wearing "bad" outfits intentionally for me does following. 1. It is fun. Being politically correct, do good, squeaky clean person 24/7 ain't fun. We all have a little devil inside that needs to come out sometimes for therapeutical reasons 2. Boosting courage and raising adrenaline. Some people climb mountains with bare hands, I dress like idiot and walk the city to get same effect. 3. We live in a world that tries to make us sterile and neutral in all the possible ways. We need some middle finger in the air now and than to make us feel alive and kicking. So...there are many functions of dressing bad intentionally. If clothes wasn't so symbolic we would not have invented it, made infinite variations of it, and commented it, all this for thousands of years already. People don't realise how important clothing is. It is actually culture, basic need, communication mean, and a toy to play with when we get bored.

[@adri.progression]

I like Halo

[@diegoayala6114]

AYE out here , 😎 🥷 I love these vids 👍

[@jonmap8829]

antigatekeep antwon dropping a boat load of cool brands on us in one vid thanks as always 🫡