The Remarkable Fools Letter

The Remarkable Fools Letter

from the unspoken rules to ironed jeans

a troll's middle finger up the gary of fashoon

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Jim Dalling
Jul 10, 2025
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Rules.

Rules are weird.

Especially the unspoken ones.

The rules that I ignore the most.

And that therefor make life quite difficult for moi?

How to dress.

What to wear.

Well.

Actually?

I don’t struggle at all.

My approach to fashoon is one hundred percent functional.

I like clothes that fit and that are comfortable.

T-shirts, underpants and various shirts and sweaters to say warmer during the cold months.

That’s my wardrobe.

I don’t own a suit

And until recently, I did not have a white shirt with a collar.

What’s up with collar shirts and formal wears?

What’s up with these fomalities.

Today?

I met someone who irons their clothes.

Dear reader, do you iron your clothes?

If so?

How fucking weird.

What’s more weird about this person who irons their clothes?

They iron their jeans.

Who irons their fucking jeans?

Strange eh?

And white shirts with a collar - do you own such a thing?

Apparently as a man it’s expected that I would own something moderately formal. My guess? This is a way to give people cues on how to beh…

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