GQ (Still) Calls Chicago a Fashion Casualty

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 15, 2011 8:40PM

This photo by Marshall Rosenthal epitomizes what GQ apparently thinks of our fashion sense. We think it's practical.

So GQ once again placed Chicago on its list of the worst-dressed cities in America. The Tool Maker and Stacker of Wheat charts at number four, to be specific with a write up that goes, in part:

Lucky for them, harsh 11 ½-month winters serve to excuse a look that screams third-coast-insecurity: The Parka Pierogi. Ingredients: Blown-out Nikes; torn cargoes; favorite novelty T-shirt; Bears/Bulls/Blackhawks hoodie—all wrapped up in a totally nondescript parka. Are those things municipal-issue?

It isn't the first list of the sartorially-challenged Chicago will wind up on and it won't be the last. In fairness, it seems as though the writers at GQ who compiled the list like Robert Fischer (who did the Chicago write-up) seem to be largely tongue-in-cheek with the list. Truth be told, we're having a hard time working up even fake indignation to the list, writing this post as we are in a Katz Beer Co. t-shirt purchased online from Yesterbeer, swim trunks and breathable cycling socks. We clean up nicely when necessary. That's what matters.