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Wednesday, July 13, 2011 | 3:33 p.m.
Apparently showgirl head dresses and Elvis jumpsuits are not considered fashionable, at least not to one lifestyle magazine.
Las Vegas ranked No. 13 on GQ magazine’s "Worst-Dressed Cities in America" list, released this week. The magazine plans to release its top 10 on Friday.
The list pokes fun at fashion trends and stereotypes of some of America’s most well-known cities, like plaid in Seattle, sherbet-colored blazers in Martha’s Vineyard, Mormon missionary uniforms in Provo and Sarah Palin hair in Wasilla, Alaska.
For Las Vegas, GQ mostly blamed tourists and performers, not residents for Las Vegas’ bad taste. Among other bad fashion statements, GQ named middle aged men in square-toed shoes and “Saturday night shirts” as their reason for ranking Las Vegas at No. 13. The magazine called Wayne Newton the city’s patron saint of fashion. Sounds like they didn’t venture past the Strip.
“This air-conditioned Mecca of unsustainability is the ground zero for white Midwesterners de-boarding the plane dressed in Phil Mickelson-esque pleats, tucked polos and visors and leaving the hotel in more gold jewelry than a Saudi oil baron on a junket in Dubai,” according to the magazine.
GQ’s photographic evidence of bad fashion in Las Vegas? A photo of the guys from “The Hangover.” Hopefully, GQ knows what fiction is.
I only notice the women and they always look great. :)
Schmucks.
Well, I have to agree to an extent. Go to a show on the Strip and check out how the tourists dress. You would think not one man owns a pair of khaki slacks and a nice sporty shirt -it's raggy shorts and t-shirts. The women are a little better, but most look like they're going to walk the Strip afterwards. Or they don't own a pair of nice sandals - just Dollar Store flip flops. DOesn't take much room in the luggage to throw in ONE decent outfit.
As it says in this article - this does NOT include the residents of Las Vegas - who always dress appropriately.
Meh. The author is probably just jealous that we get to wear shorts and flip flops for 8 months out of the year.
You should see the people dressed up at night! They look fantastic and the women are to die for. GQ is wrong on this one folks.....
I am still trying to figure out why anyone would care what GQ thinks about how people dress in Las Vegas or anywhere else for that matter.
It's more the locals than the tourists. Someone please tell every man that wears "wife beater" undershirts in public that it just scream "trash"...
I know it's hot here in the summer. I know you want to be comfortable, but enough of these undershirts. No one wants to see your hairy shoulder or arm pit hair in public.
Wear a tire shirt. Hell, even sleeveless works. Just exnay the white tank top.
Soooo.....to find out how people in Las Vegas dress, they (the people at GQ) go to the strip. Right. I guess to find out how people in Florida dress they go to Disney World or Universal Studios; and to find out how people dress in Pennsylvania they go to Gettysburg. Obviously, they don't have a clue about the difference between locals and tourists. Since they at least "mostly blamed it on the performers and tourists" WHY was Las Vegas included? Doesn't that kind of void the rating altogether?
You know when it is still 100 degree at 10pm shorts are alot better than slacks. But i agree wear a polo shirt with the shorts if seeing a show aleast. leave the T-shirt for the day.
The Jersey Shore look seems popular at Boca Park being worn by the locals.
"white Midwesterners de-boarding the plane dressed in Phil Mickelson-esque pleats, tucked polos and visors and leaving the hotel in more gold jewelry than a Saudi oil baron on a junket in Dubai," according to the magazine."
Must of spotted my buddie that flies in often. He likes to wear that gold on the fingers when playing cards. And the rest chuckle.
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Back in the day, 1950's - 1980's, most people visiting Vegas or even the locals for that matter, saw Vegas as something special and wanted to dress the part, to look like a big shot or maybe a movie star. Gone are the days with most men at anytime of the day, were wearing a suit or sportcoat at the very least, and women dressed to the 9's all the time. The old Vegas was the Bomb, Now we drive 80 MPH plus just to get the Hel* out of there and past the overcrowded, overbuilt, smoggy, dirty, low-life filled piece of crap Vegas has become. A much better place to visit when the Mob ran it. Watch the movie "Casino" and get a clue about how things were. Baggy pants and oversized T-shirts IS considered "Dressed up" these days, and the "just woke up and rolled off the couch", "Tattoo U" look, with the dirty, torn sweats is the daily norm more than anything else. You deserve a much lower rating than 13 Vegas, and 13 isn't lucky...