• kamen@lemmy.world
    English
    9·
    18 hours ago

    Even if it’s not about the heat, I want some diversity. Black gets boring at one point, so I get other colours any time I can.

  • FinishingDutch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    21 hours ago

    I have a colleague who’s into metal. Always wears a band shirt, always in black. As you’d expect. Except on VERY rare days where she runs out of those or if it’s indeed just too hot to wear black.

    It’s downright jarring to see her in anything except black. Looks like a completely different person.

    I do imagine it’s nice to be a female metal fan. Never have to worry about what to wear or what colors to match 😂

    • JackFrostNCola@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      20 hours ago

      There was a brief era in the 2000’s where bands from pop-punk to metal-core released super bright coloured shirts (like fluro-bright) with over the top cartoon artwork, it was a nice change.

      Also you can get pink metal shorts/jumpers that go pretty hard (i have only seen these worn by men though)

      • FinishingDutch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        That must’ve been quite a shock for the average metalhead, fluorescent shirts :D

        As a guy who loves bright rainbow shit, I certainly would be the weirdo opting for pink over black.

        Funny enough the colleague I mentioned supposedly has a fully pastel pink decorated house. Metal on the outside, Barbie on the inside! I sure do love the dichotomy.

        • JackFrostNCola@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          10 hours ago

          For reference, they looked like this:
          (Although these pictures dont do the colours justice, some looked straight up radioactive neon like they woukd glow in the dark)

  • Ookami38@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    17 hours ago

    I had a dope-ass cream colored shirt from my favorite band, Caligula’s Horse. Was devastated when it got destroyed. Now back to all black stuff…

  • CheesyFoxEnglish
    3·
    19 hours ago

    Out of curiosity, aren’t clothes actually heat the same under the sun? It’s infrared albedo that matters after all, not the visible specturm one, no?

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      19 hours ago

      No, white clothing does reflect more heat than black clothing. However the answer to which is better to wear in hot weather is “it’s complicated”, the TL;DR is that for tight clothes white is better, for loose clothing black and white are the same.

      So the fit of the clothing is actually more important than the colour. However, if you are going to be wearing tight-fitting clothing, then stick with white. Fabrics with texture – such as seersucker or pique, a fabric often used in sports polo shirts – also help to lift clothing off your skin, rather than staying snug and tight-fitting.

    • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      17 hours ago

      Colors work by which parts of the light spectrum get absorbed and which get reflected. A shirt that absorbs most wavelengths, but largely reflects green, will look green.

      And in that same vein, colors will appear darker, if less light is reflected in general. So, a white shirt may reflect 90+% of light, whereas a black shirt may absorb 90+% of light.

      And ultimately, absorption means that the light’s energy is turned into warmth. So yeah, a darker shirt heats up more in the sun.

  • Bluewing@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    21 hours ago

    I enjoy the wool sports coat with long sleeve starched white shirt and the pencil thin black tie and fedora hat. While listening to the sweet voice of queen Ella singing the Blues and drinking a martini.

    Now that’s hot!

  • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
    791·
    2 days ago

    That’s why I stopped listening to metal. Too hot in the summer.

  • Tilgare@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    21 hours ago

    For me it’s cat fur - if I so much as THINK about my cats, my black t-shirts are absolutely blanketed. No amount of brushing or lint rolling is sufficient to eliminate the problem, so I just don’t wear black.

    • Olap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Preach, I quit black metal t shirts ten years ago and haven’t looked back. Unless of course there is no other option, or the colour is particularly crap

  • SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    41·
    1 day ago

    Why does she look like a render from a 2010 era game? Took me a while to figure out it’s an actual photograph.

  • ApatheticCactus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    2 days ago

    Is it weird that I just thought about white goth aesthetic as a parallel to those all white PC builds? I don’t think I’ve seen ‘white goth theme’ done before and am kinda curious if it would look good.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      411·
      1 day ago

      You’re close. Not ‘white goth’…

      Pastel Goth:

      Arguably many variants of the older, harajuku gothic lolita style can/have also been done in primarily white or lighter colors.

      This is a more modern dress and pic, but I think you could find examples of similar going back to at least the 90s:

      … there’s also now… clown core, and clown goth, but … just no, nope, you’re gonna have to personally choose to look for that, I’m not just gonna force you to see it.

      EDIT:

      I suppose if we carry forward trends in PC case styling… to fashion… well, we would somehow have to end up with dresses or suits with wood grain pattern elements or accents.

      … Not sure if that exists yet.

      Can you make a ruffled fringe out of wood, lol?

      Or like, wood grain patterned corset, you know, the trunk?

      Leaf ears instead of cat ears?

      Bonsai Core? Bonsai Goth?

      Ok, pretty sure I’m delerious, time for bed now.