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5 Fashion Mistakes The Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are Making

by Justin Fenner | 12:56 pm, September 30th, 2011

If you haven’t heard of the Occupy Wall Street protests by now, stay next to your email inbox or local newspaper stand and it won’t be long before you see images of disgruntled people raging against the machine. Here in New York, vast swarms of people have literally been occupying Wall Street in protest against what they believe our nation’s biggest financial institutions have willing done to America’s economy. And they’re starting to get more attention for what they wear than what they’re saying.

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Intrepid Redditor HotKarlMarx advised all of the Occupy Wall Street protesters to smarten up, saying that their message would get a lot further if they weren’t seen on the evening news every night in ratty t-shirts and grubby jeans. HotKarl advised everyone involved in the protest to slicken up and wear a polo shirt and khakis, so as not to look like “scummy druggies on welfare.”

I’m 35 right now. I understand where the hippy thing comes from. I get it as well as a guy who’s 35 can. My Counterparts do not. They think you are scummy druggies on welfare and when they see on tv a bunch of people who they think are S.D’s on W, they root for the cops to hit you again.

Speaking of the cops, Who do you think they’ll mace first? SD’s on W, or a guy in khakis and a polo? Seriously, it’s f*cking cop camouflage. And if they DO come for you. When people at home see PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEM getting abused by police… That’s when sh*t changes.

Well, we can’t say it’s not true. Well-dressed people tend to be treated better than poorly dressed people. But the fact is, pretty much everyone looks schlubby in khakis and a polo. Herein, we take a look at a few things the protesters are doing wrong.



[Reddit via BuzzFeed]



  • Thizzard04

    You are what is wrong with America, writing an article on fashion mistakes lmao, do you think anyone cares about what you have to say about their fashion? Especially in a time of protest and revolution, you sir are a moron.

  • Anonymous

    Not everything has to do with fashion.

  • nate

    what? there are NO pit stains on that dude.  You are trying too hard.  Do you prefer Bill Oriely’s fashion?

  • bozekmm

    What is with all of the comment hate lately? This is a fashion site… where people write about fashion. If you don’t want to hear about fashion then GTFO.

  • Anonymous

    But HotKarlMarx does have a point. We in the US seem to suffer from a pretty poorly developed sense of empathy. People at home won’t care much until the people in the protest pictures look like they look. And if this is going to be a national uprising, people have to be able to identify instantly with the picture on the TV or they’ll change the channel.

    It would be very strategic and impactful to organize a protest with sharply dressed participants delivering a sharply tailored message.

  • lessthansavvy

    and trivializing the cause of the occupy wall street protestors by belittling their sartorial choices is “fashion?”  I enjoy reading about fashion, but this post is an inane attempt to connect fashion and current events. 

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