So GQ did a list of their worst dressed cities (Boston was #1) and TX had 3 cities on the list (see below). Here's the thing, I'm fine with people making lists on things but I mean damn, they basically picked every major city in TX and decided they have the worst fashion sense. I can't help but wonder if these people actually spent any time looking for fashion in these cities. I specifically take issue with the way they described Houston and Dallas because I have actually seen maybe 3 people in my ENTIRE LIFE in the attire they describe for both these cities. I get the feeling they simply threw on a TV show or movie about TX and then used that as research for their article.
Austin #18
"The place looks like L.A. now," my old UT roommate grumbled after returning from a recent weekend trip to Austin. While he could have been referring to the newly minted high-rise condos, sushi bars, or deadlock traffic, I'm pretty sure he was talking about that most pernicious of invasive species, the Hipster. Long the domain of slackers, hippies, and blonde coeds—"The weather was too good, the dope was too cheap, and the girls were too pretty," Steve Earle once said of the Texas capital, "and there was no fucking way I was going to get anything done in a place like that"—Austin has emerged as a mumblecore mecca for coastal hipsters looking to get more bang from their day-job barista buck. Skin-tight black jeans and There Will Be Blood mustaches thrive despite the 100-degree temperatures. As one old-timer put it, "They're all hat, no cattle."—Stayton Bonner
Houston #21
Set in greater Houston, 1980's Urban Cowboy tagline was "Hard hat days and honky-tonk nights." While mechanical bulls have long since gone the way of the Disco ball, Houston's oil-refining outskirts still boast plenty of country-and-western watering holes. Usually sandwiched in strip malls between a Chinese buffet and Hobby Lobby, the modern-day cowboy meat market is home to concrete flooring, sexual tension, and Winnebago-sized Texas flags. For every Brooks & Dunn number, the DJ spins a single by Ginuwine or Lil Wayne as women in Daisy Dukes and pearl-snaps gyrate on the dance floor. On the periphery, Stetson and Wrangler-wearing good ol' boys stand alongside a younger generation sporting flat-brimmed baseball caps and Eminem ear studs. The scene is a sartorial equivalent of Trace Adkins' "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk." Houston, we have a problem.—Stayton Bonner
Dallas #23
Forget J.R. Ewing. The 21st century Big D douchebag favors Fight Club frosted tips and whisked jeans over Stetsons and ostrich-skin boots. Regionally dubbed the "$30,000 Millionaire" for spending more than he makes, this breed of twenty-something male works as a Chipotle assistant manager by day and "Entourage" wannabe by night. Unlike his L.A. or New York counterparts, the Dallas $30Ker plies his trade in a cultural vacuum best known for putting a bullet in JFK's head and erecting a nine-story JumboTron at the Cowboys stadium. Frustrated but never self-aware, he wanders Dallas with maxed-out credit cards, toned biceps, and a nagging sense he somewhere took a wrong turn.—Stayton Bonner
Anyway, GQ is a men's magazine and they're basing this on men's fashion and some of the points are KIND of valid (sorry Austin but they were kind of spot on) I think most of the article was crap. They based all of their opinions on tired ass stereotypes. I also don't understand why the hell they decided they had a vendetta against the state of TX. Well actually, I think most other states have a vendetta against TX, this is probably because we're awesome ;). Either way, there are many things that I love about style in TX and one of the major things is the uniqueness of people here. I can't really speak on Houston and Austin but since I live in Dallas I feel like I need to rep my city! Even though GQ is all about men I feel the need to spread the love! If you're talking crap about men's fashion I'm sure you don't love women's fashion here either. So I present an ode to some of the fabulous fashion and style around Dallas.
Mr. Fashion Editor himself.
Invites to some of the fabulous parties we have in the area!
Dallas Fashion Blogs
SMU Style
D Magazine
So take that GQ! We don't care about your stupid article (I'm saying this in my most petulant child voice :p) besides CNN thinks we're awesome! So ha!
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