Are Sports Illustrated Chiefs Jackets Cool?

[rico]

Dear Chiefsplaneteers,

I need help. When it comes to dressing myself and looking cool in doing so, I struggle. I've been told the last few years that I dress nicely, but this is ONLY because my wife picks out my outfits for me.

Over the years, I've literally had to learn the hard way about apparent fashion "no-no's" by someone pointing out to me how stupid I looked by wearing certain combinations of clothing. In every single one of these instances, I had already worn that clothing combo SEVERAL times and spent the rest of the day thinking about how many people had thought I looked stupid as hell over the years for dressing that way.

Examples:

A.) I had a girlfriend in high school, who prior to leaving my house for the county fair (ugh), she INSISTED that I did not wear Doc Martin boots with shorts and that I changed into either some jeans or put some sandals on.

B.) We had a freaking exchange student from Brazil who had a better sense of our culture's fashion than I do. The first week he lived with us, he said to me, "why do you do this, wearing your socks with sandals? I think this is kind of weird." I was like, "oh, I think that's how we do it in the U.S.A." He was like, "no, it isn't." He was right.

C.) I had another girlfriend in high school who insisted that I did not wear navy blue and black together.

D.) In my first Senior year of college (I had 2 of them), we arrived at this club and one of my best friends was like, "dude I think it's the funniest thing in the world that every time you wear a black dress shirt, you also wear a brown belt and brown loafers with it." I was like, "what's wrong with that?" He was like, "dude, that is a HUGE fashion no-no. Didn't you know that?!?! I never said anything to you because you are always acting like a jackass, so I figured you were doing it to be funny. Omg Swaff, you can be so stupid." And boy did I feel stupid...I had been doing that my entire life.

Obviously, dressing cool does not come naturally to me.

So, I got this thing in the mail from SI. They had an offer that I thought was freaking awesome. A one year subscription to SI and a jacket of a team of your choice for $29. You can check out the offer and the jacket here: http://www.si.com/offer29 I generally just disregard mail like this, but I decided to go through with this one and am pretty pumped about it. I'm real pumped about the jacket, for the only Chiefs jacket I have at the moment is a 1990's Starter jacket that my grandma found at a resale shop and bought for me. I don't mind it, but my wife won't be caught dead with me if I wear it, so I never wear it...I'll probably end up donating it...to the resale shop.

Here is a pic of the jacket:



Is this jacket presentable/cool enough to wear to a game or to wear out in public at the bar while watching the game? I literally don't know, I have no fashion sense and my wife is a Steelers fan, so of course she doesn't think it looks cool. Help a fashionably challenged brotha out. Thanks.

Sincerely,

rico

<3 XOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXO <3

[Sassy Squatch]

Yeah. Black with a team logo is usually ones best bet.

[ClevelandBronco]

Fortunately for y'all, the red SI logo doesn't stick out like a bright red boil on the Chiefs jacket.

[rico]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Fortunately for y'all, the red SI logo doesn't stick out like a bright red boil on the Chiefs jacket.

Is there any way of removing it??

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by rico

Is there any way of removing it??

Yeah.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by rico

Chiefs fans in my area already have a general reputation for being "white trashy." Haha, no joke. I have been an advocate for trying to "un-white trash" the reputation of our fan base in rural SEI for years. I am afraid that giving this jacket to a homeless dude would be counter-productive.



I literally had to google, "peacoat," to familiarize myself with what they are. IIIIIIII...dunno, Hamas....those things aren't really my style. Those things cross a line of preppy that I just wouldn't be able to wrap my meat-head around. I had a couple friends in college who wore those... they were Chicaburbians. I had never seen one in person prior to that. I remember thinking to myself, "well, those coats are evidently cool...since Chicaburbians are wearing them, but I just can't imagine being able to pull that off in rural Iowa without being labeled as 'flamingly metro.'"

Peacoats are not uncommon. Really came back into popularity/style 5-10 yrs ago for women and a little after for men. Adults have always worn them though. Are you not an adult?

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by rico

Dear Chiefsplaneteers,

I need help. When it comes to dressing myself and looking cool in doing so, I struggle. I've been told the last few years that I dress nicely, but this is ONLY because my wife picks out my outfits for me.

Over the years, I've literally had to learn the hard way about apparent fashion "no-no's" by someone pointing out to me how stupid I looked by wearing certain combinations of clothing. In every single one of these instances, I had already worn that clothing combo SEVERAL times and spent the rest of the day thinking about how many people had thought I looked stupid as hell over the years for dressing that way.

Examples:

A.) I had a girlfriend in high school, who prior to leaving my house for the county fair (ugh), she INSISTED that I did not wear Doc Martin boots with shorts and that I changed into either some jeans or put some sandals on.

B.) We had a freaking exchange student from Brazil who had a better sense of our culture's fashion than I do. The first week he lived with us, he said to me, "why do you do this, wearing your socks with sandals? I think this is kind of weird." I was like, "oh, I think that's how we do it in the U.S.A." He was like, "no, it isn't." He was right.

C.) I had another girlfriend in high school who insisted that I did not wear navy blue and black together.

D.) In my first Senior year of college (I had 2 of them), we arrived at this club and one of my best friends was like, "dude I think it's the funniest thing in the world that every time you wear a black dress shirt, you also wear a brown belt and brown loafers with it." I was like, "what's wrong with that?" He was like, "dude, that is a HUGE fashion no-no. Didn't you know that?!?! I never said anything to you because you are always acting like a jackass, so I figured you were doing it to be funny. Omg Swaff, you can be so stupid." And boy did I feel stupid...I had been doing that my entire life.

Obviously, dressing cool does not come naturally to me.

So, I got this thing in the mail from SI. They had an offer that I thought was freaking awesome. A one year subscription to SI and a jacket of a team of your choice for $29. You can check out the offer and the jacket here: http://www.si.com/offer29 I generally just disregard mail like this, but I decided to go through with this one and am pretty pumped about it. I'm real pumped about the jacket, for the only Chiefs jacket I have at the moment is a 1990's Starter jacket that my grandma found at a resale shop and bought for me. I don't mind it, but my wife won't be caught dead with me if I wear it, so I never wear it...I'll probably end up donating it...to the resale shop.

Here is a pic of the jacket:



Is this jacket presentable/cool enough to wear to a game or to wear out in public at the bar while watching the game? I literally don't know, I have no fashion sense and my wife is a Steelers fan, so of course she doesn't think it looks cool. Help a fashionably challenged brotha out. Thanks.

Sincerely,

rico

<3 XOXOXOXOXOXXOXOXO <3

if you have to ask what is cool...
you will never be cool

cool is not what you wear it is how you are
you could have a great anything , but it will not be cool until you make it so


my moment of zen

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by jspchief

**** no

Yeah. Flaming gay waiter isn't my style either.

[rico]

Originally Posted by aturnis

Peacoats are not uncommon. Really came back into popularity/style 5-10 yrs ago for women and a little after for men. Adults have always worn them though. Are you not an adult?

Whoa dude. Ok, to start, yes, I am an adult.

Secondly, I didn't claim they were uncommon. I simply stated that it's not up my alley in terms of how I dress. I don't have anything against people who do wear them, as also stated, my good friends in college wore them...and were able to pull it off, comfortably. However, I wouldn't be able to wear one because I wouldn't feel comfortable doing so (just not my thing) and they just aren't perceived as cool in the rural part of area in which I reside...if I were to wear one out in public, I'd be razzed all day/all night for looking "gay," "metro," or "overly preppy." I realize peacoats are perceived as being more common and cooler in areas that are considered to be "more cultured" than the area I reside in...I've known this since college.

I am sure that you and Hamas (although I don't believe Hamas perceived what I wrote in the same manner as you seemingly did) can pull off the "peacoat look" quite well and probably are perceived as looking cool as shit by your peers/acquaintances.

[rico]

Originally Posted by Psyko Tek

if you have to ask what is cool...
you will never be cool

cool is not what you wear it is how you are
you could have a great anything , but it will not be cool until you make it so


my moment of zen

That's actually a pretty cool of looking at it, man.

[LoneWolf]

This all you need to know about cool chiefs apparel.

[CrazyPhuD]

Screw team jackets in general. I avoid those sports related fashion faux pas by only wearing my authentic #2 Chiefs jersey.

[Simply Red]

I can't really see it, rico.

Did you cut n paste the photo in? From what I can tell though, I like it; it's different. That's what I look for in Chief's gear, is 'different' -- because i'm not wild about the uni's nor the emblem. but that one looks pretty good.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Steron

THIS hat.



Stryker's Jacket

And these pants.....

That looks like Ronald McDonald jizzed all over a Zebra. Sweet God those are horrible.

In other news, I recommend that Rico begin amassing as many satin jackets as possible. And remember: a "Members Only" satin jacket is the Holy Grail, Rico.

[Hammock Parties]

Man you've had some righteous ****s for girlfriends, eh?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

This all you need to know about cool chiefs apparel.

Note to "owner":

For one-fifth the price of that shitty tat, you can become a member of Planet Fitness too!