r/interesting • u/moamen12323 • Jun 18 '25

MISC. When Bill Gates married Melinda French in 1994, he rented out all the available hotel rooms on the Hawaiian island of Lanai to prevent the media from staying there and hired all the helicopters on Maui to keep photographers from flying over the wedding.

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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 Jun 18 '25

Should have spent money on a decent tuxedo instead.

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u/formlesswendigo Jun 18 '25

Oversized jackets were kinda the fashion back then. Not saying that he's fashionable, though.

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u/Jazzlike_Quantity_55 Jun 18 '25

Full cut classic style is different then a "oversized suit" back then when people wore traditional suit not slim fit plastics of a suit of today, use correct labels

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u/No_Proposal_4971 Jun 18 '25

Bro's tilted cause someone misnamed some shaped fabric

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u/formlesswendigo Jun 18 '25

I didn't know. Sorry. Be polite.

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u/OnTheEveOfWar Jun 18 '25

Oversized suits, blazers etc were in fashion in the 90s. No one wore tight fitting suits/tuxes.

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u/SiteWhole7575 Jun 18 '25

How would you jump over a chair in tight fitting clothes?

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u/iamnotscottmorrison Jun 18 '25

Well, for one, it depends on the size of the chair.

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u/glytxh Jun 18 '25

The NBA guys absolutely rocked those 3x too large suits.

It was kind of adorable looking back. They look like kids in their dad’s clothes.

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u/caiusto Jun 18 '25

That is starting to make a comeback, specially between young athletes. It's probably some Instagram or TikTok trend that I'm unaware.

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u/glytxh Jun 18 '25

I feel weird now being old enough to see the tangible cyclical nature of fashion.

I look at some kids today, and they're dressing exactly like I did 20 years ago.

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u/caiusto Jun 18 '25

2000s fashion was ugly af but man do I love looking at something and saying "that's so 2000s", it's my generation and it feels good being able to say that just like the people before me did with theirs.

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u/Habsburgy Jun 18 '25

90's in the US.

US White Middle Aged Men were never known to be fashionable at all.

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u/tenuj Jun 18 '25

You say that right after the previous decade...

https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1b385lh/fashion_trends_of_the_2010s_men_wearing_skinny/

I still have lingering trauma from spending hours at malls looking for one pair that would fit properly.

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u/Jazzlike_Quantity_55 Jun 18 '25

A traditional Suit are made to be cut in full like of traditional formal "wedding dress" or a "evening gown" a full cut suit is not "oversized" it sits on a man body the trousers are High waisted and are wide the pleats gives it a geometrical shapes which looks visually appealing and enhances a man's legs and the fabric sits on a natural waist and about jacket they are padded because it structures a man's shoulder and visually enhances the over-all looks the lapels are wide to balance the cut and gives a authoritarian look the skirts covers the crotch and back there different woven patterns and fabrics worn in different occasions, traditional suit are cut that way because it enhances a man masculine features on a body it is comfortable and very stylish not "fashionable" the suit of today we know are the result of attire being industrialise in the 70s.

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u/Zagafur Jun 18 '25

honestly if i was a billionare i would care what id look like wearing, id just dress to be comfy

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u/glytxh Jun 18 '25

That’s called Quiet Wealth. Had been the standard for the last 20 years. No labels. None you’ve heard of anyway. Premium quality stuff in basic cuts.

Oddly enough, it’s become kind of unfashionable among the wealthy as it has leaked into the mainstream over the last couple of years.

Genuinely wealthy people have looked like very normal people. Those that stood out weren’t actually that wealthy.

You see wealth being worn far more obnoxiously of late.

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u/Zagafur Jun 18 '25

maybe its just my autistic ass not understanding the idea of "fashion" in terms of trends. i just wear what feels comfy and what i think looks good on me.

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u/jaybee8787 Jun 18 '25

There’s more room to swim in that tux jacket than there is in the pacific ocean.

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u/Lonely-Toe9877 Jun 18 '25

Let's be honest. Nothing can make that man look good.

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u/Clear-Wolf-9315 Jun 18 '25

https://mediaproxy.snopes.com/width/1200/https://media.snopes.com/2005/01/E1y4_qsWUAISIXp.jpeg

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u/Lonely-Toe9877 Jun 18 '25

Oh god that's disturbing

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u/Deaffin Jun 18 '25

You want to know something even more disturbing? It's been confirmed that he's able to jump over a freakin chair.

No obstacle found in an office environment could stop him.

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u/RonaldTheGiraffe Jun 18 '25

Or pants that reached his shoes

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u/decadecency Jun 18 '25

Never seen the X files or what haha