Give me a break. Who cares? Do you like the Milanese loop? That's all that matters.
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Is the Milanese Loop a womens band?
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Give me a break. Who cares? Do you like the Milanese loop? That's all that matters.
The only people i've known wear a Milanese type band is my mum and grandmother.
Therefore I associate it with women.
I understand that it isn't a female only band, but I have grown up thinking it is, and I'm too old to change now.
Therefore I associate it with women.
I understand that it isn't a female only band, but I have grown up thinking it is, and I'm too old to change now.
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No, it is a Jonathan Ive and Dieter Rams band.
Indeed Braun design. I really like. Kinda old fashioned and also very modern.
Indeed Braun design. I really like. Kinda old fashioned and also very modern.
What about fishnet stockings? Or are you defending your right to wear fishnet stockings?
A woman's band? No, more like a middle age band. It's not youthful. And even with that a guy has to have a certain je ne said quoi to sucessfully pull it off or he will look like a douche or tool. It's also a fairly dressy band -- one that works better with a suit or sport coat attire than weekend t-shirt and flip flops. Also major clash with preppy. In fact it's the opposite of preppy.
Ouch. Looks like a band designed to pull your arm hairs out one by one. But then that's the complaint my dad and my husband always have had about any metal watch bands. I had a mesh type band on a solar powered digital watch back in the 1980's so for me, this is a dated or retro look because I'm always going to be stuck associating it with that very dated watch. It didn't care for the look or feel of that band even then and bought a leather one for it early on.
I don't think any of Apple's bands are "new". Jony Ive or whomever designed them took inspiration from the 70's and later.
This 80's Casio watch has a band similar to the link bracelet.
The Apple Watch reminds me of this blast from the past.
I actually owned one of these in the late 70's.
The Apple Watch reminds me of this blast from the past.
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I actually owned one of these in the late 70's.
I'm ordering the Milanese Loop and a buddy of mine from work keeps calling it the grandpa watch.
You'd have to blame Marc Newson (who Apple acquired on a part-time basis) for the inspiration. The Link Bracelet was taken from Newson's work on the Ikepod Megapod. Quite a bit different from Casio's band style if you ask me.
The Milanese Loop and the Sport band were also lifted from Newson's work (the Ikepod Solaris and Ikepod Hemipode, respectively).
So no wearing it with argyle sweaters and penny loafers?
Precisely -- and especially if the sweater has a whale patch on it.
