Relaxing in STYLE

RaskolnikovDunks is the trendiest of all of us by far, so I worry that one day in the near future I will see him dressed like this.

Do the fashion powers that be really think they can make this happen?

All I was trying to do this morning was get some ideas to change up my boring old "blue-ish oxford and jeans" fall clothing routine. That's a perfectly normal thing for a straight guy to do on his laptop while watching Jersey Shore, right? No?

And there it is, right in GQ's feature story:

Designer Sweats

Oh boy. Let's check out some sidebar commentary from some fashion designer guy who thinks fashion is the most important thing in the world and that he is literally saving the world one person at a time every time he designs some ridiculous dress. (Because as far as I can tell from my limited interactions with fashion people, this is what they all think.)

"What's so cool about fashion is the element of surprise: There are always those elements that you'd never think would be shown in the same forum as a shearling or a double-breasted suit or something of a very high-fashion nature. The sweatpant is one of those.

Uh, Yeah-heah. I also wouldn't expect to see hobos on the moon, or an egg salad sandwich that talks. Surprising, unexpected, not necessarily good.

Actually, hobos on the moon: pretty cool. Talking egg salad sandwich also.

It's something that even I, being here all these years, never thought I would see on the runway as many times, and with so much diversity, as we did this season.

I remember in '99, when everything was cellophane and bubblewrap, and then the 2005-06 gigantic cowboy hat craze, but this, this blows my little nancy mind.

No one is saying it should be a replacement for a suit pant, or that you can wear it to the office, but just to be able to wear a sweat pant that's a little bit trimmer, that has a lower rise, and that doesn't bulk out at the ankles... It's a great way to look when you're heading to the gym, or when you're running some errands on a Saturday."

I personally don't give a shit how I look when I'm going to the gym or running errands, but I will give this a pass -- some people need to look good at all times. I won't completely mock them for that. To each his own. So, how much do these cost?

Michael Bastian
$540, available at www.michaelbastiannyc.com, 212.228.3400.

Jesus fucking Christ.