Another list, another low spot for Cleveland. Usually these rankings are pounded out by HuffPo, or some Yahoo! contributor, or a wonky think-tank, but this time we’re talking about fashion, and the source is none other than sartorial expert GQ magazine.
On its list of the 40 worst dressed cities in America, GQ tagged Cleveland for the 30th spot, which gave them ample opportunity to rip on Cleveland losing LeBron James, our economic downfall, and the city’s general misfortunes.
This is GQ we’re talking about, however, so at first we leaned toward accepting the mag’s critical eye for all things clothing — that is, after all, one of its calling cards — but then we reconsidered after remembering that if GQ had its way, everyone would be dressed in $5,000 polo shirts made from camel hair and buying shoes that cost more than the GDP of The Federated States of Micronesia to manufacture.
No thank you. If GQ can’t see the value and comfort in a $2 The Deadliest Catch Goodwill t-shirt and Wal-Mart tube socks, that’s their loss. Here’s the mag’s snappy, oh-so-witty summary on why Cleveland belongs on the list:
This article appears in Jul 13-19, 2011.
If zebra-print shirts are wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Quit looking towards Parma GQ…
Oh come on … This simply can not be – my 12 year old son’s nick name is GQ (given by one of his teachers) – and we live in the subs of Cleveland – Never is he seen out of the house without his expensive clothes & shoes (that he out grows in a matter of 3-6 mths) and with a clean fresh hair cut and his smell good – Not sure what part of Cleveland GQ obtained their info – but it surley wasn’t where I am from – Anyhow… if GQ would like for my son to continue to dress for success at his young age, maybe they should hire him on and buy his clothes so I can buy pretty flowers for my garden….
Why respond! Who really gives a f__k.
I love Zebra Shirts.
So we’re using Frank Russo as an example of how to dress? Russo is facing 22 years in jail for effectively stealing thousands of dollars from Cuyahoga County and we’re supposed to identify with him? What a joke. I’ll wear what I want to wear, without any help from GQ or FR!
“But does West 6th Street really have to be turned into a Jersey Shore penal colony?”
I can’t really argue that sentence. Other than that, the aricle is crap. Now where are my Zubas?!?
How can you compare cities by the way they dress? I live in SWFL and many dress in bathing suits! In the cold, you wear flannel. Who made GQ the word in dress, anyway? Business Cleveland wears Armani as much as any other midwest city. From my travels, the poorer dressers seem to be in the deep south – but you’re dealing with 95 degrees with 98% humidity (doesn’t take long to wrinkle). Dress for COMFORT unless it’s business; out west ties are pretty scarce, so what is the criteria here? Seems like just another way to blast Cleveland (it’s just such an easy prey). GQ stands for Generally Queer, anyhow. And I’m not bashing Gays; most of the guys dress very well. Another reason Cleveland should be in the Best Dressed; the large percentage of Gay population.