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Monday, January 10, 2011

Are You a Man Repeller? Take the Quiz

While we've all become familiar with the meaning of "man repeller," the real question rests in our ritual practices. How many of us are active tribe members? Must some of us renew the MembeRship? Below, you'll find a short quiz that will help you identify with your repelling tendencies. Because at the end of the day, only some of us have really let our sartorial choices open the flood gates. Sure, consummation is cool but you know what's cooler? Martin Margiela. 

1. Your favorite runway designers are:
a. Rick Owens, Commes des Garcons, and I was particularly partial toward Prada's Spring 2011 show
b. Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Ralph Lauren
c. Guess. Oh, that's not runway? How about Guess by Marciano. Classy shit!

2. It's Saturday night, you are...
a. Prancing around the apartment trying to integrate eight different animal prints into one outfit. My turban is floral.
a2. I'm also surfing the interwebs. Shop Nasty Gal and Pixie Market are among the tabs open on my browser.
b. Getting an outfit together for date night. I think I'll leave the dagger ring at home.
c. Saturdays are reserved to intercourse, so I'm having intercourse

3. This spring you can't wait to wear:
a. Things that look like vaginas.
b. Floral frocks and full mini skirts
c. Lingerie as outerwear. Look out for the lady in a pearly thong, it's me.

4. Your idea of sharp lingerie is:
a. Marni and 3.1 Philip Lim, love me them silk granny separates.
b. La Perla, I'm a fancy bitch in lace.
c. Any of the shit they sell at Fantasy World on 7th Avenue; I'm known to wear cock-rings around my neck.

5. If you could describe your personal style in three words:
a. Hemingway x Bowles, counterfunctional
b. Girly and egdy
c. Pleather, pleather, pleather!

6. Your favorite fabric is:
a. Chiffon meets organza meets leopard print fur meets leather meets fatigue meets utility jacket meets feather meets reptile meets herringbone meets chain adorned tweed
b. Suede
c. Pleather, pleather, pleather!

7. From the below three outfits, your favorite is:
a.
b. 
c. 

8. Your style soul-mate is:
a. Anna dello Russo x Rupaul
b. Rachel Bilson x Juicy Couture
c. Kim Kardashian x Jenna Jameson

9. While taking this quiz, you're wearing...
a. A slashed back cardigan with purple harem pants and peter pan booties
b. Briton stripes and some skinny jeans
c. Loads of shit I bought at DASH last weekend.

10. Your outfit needs a quick fix, you:
a. Add feathers and a velvet bow tie
b. Include a leather jacket
c. Strip layers down to the nipple. A bustier willith do.

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IF YOU ANSWERED MOSTLY A's: Congratulations, Man Repeller. Sartorial freedom is yours. You haven't renewed your birth control prescription since Proenza Schouler's debut collection but hey, more cash for you. In the battle between finding yourself a man friend and investing in some sweet new shoulder pads, your priorities are perfectly in order. Sure, you may reinvent the "cat-lady" credentials but who cares? Your closet rocks my Missoni printed ankle socks.

IF YOU ANSWERED MOSTLY B's: You're a Semi-Repeller. This term was cleverly developed by the queen of Semi-Repelling, Rachel Strugatz. While you can appreciate a good wedge a la Giuseppe Zannotti or a disco horror film inspired cowboy bootie a la Derek Lam, you likely won't rock the trend. You'll probably stick to Givenchy cap toe booties and Alaia caged sandals. You like shoulder pads...but paired with skinny jeans, Rag & Bone harem pants but with bustiers, and little mini dresses with boyfriend blazers. Here's to a supposedly nice balance.

IF YOU ANSWERED MOSTLY C's: Sorry Samantha Jones, you're a full fledged Man Getter. Go back and try again. With all the fornication in your cards, you may want to get tested for STDs while you're at it. Harnesses come and go...but herpes? That shit is forever.

So...how'd you score?

63 comments:

  1. Finally I can make it official. I'm part of the club. Hooray! More quizzes please this was fun.

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  2. I love this: 5. If you could describe your personal style in three words:
    a. Hemingway x Bowles, counterfunctional

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  3. laughed out loud through the whole thing!
    xoxo
    maxwell conrad

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  4. I'm a semi-repeller :)
    What a hilarious quiz!!!
    http://fashionagony.blogspot.com/

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  5. I am currently semi-repelling, though I may rock a turban later tonight, you never know.

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  6. Dear Man Repeller,

    This quiz is perfect. I own silk granny panties, and was shocked this weekend when my boyfriend informed me they were not sexy. Then I put on a cable knit sweater and my harem pant jumper. It was a beautiful thing.

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  7. i think i constantly bounce between all 3. at least i'm consistent?

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  8. I understand the very fact of having a boyfriend denies me man repeller privileges, but a girl can dream. Besides, the silk granny's are in high rotation.

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  10. I scored in a way that meant that I'm definitely NOT scoring anyone otherwise.

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  11. Cleanly divided between As and Bs, though the fact I didn't score one C will probably be my 2011 highlight.

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  12. All C's and only 14. That's never a good thing.

    ..Jokes. Cleanly divided between A and B. I've got time for improvement, ha.

    Intothefoldfashion.blogspot.com

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  13. Exactly the same as Anna. Maybe this is why I am single - one of the guys in the office referred to me as Chewbacca because I was wearing a fur gilet.

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  14. I'm a semi-repeller. We'll blame the boyfriend.

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  15. Haha, you totally hit home with the Semi-Repeller description!

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  16. Brilliant. I am a repeller. I knew it!

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  17. we're honored to be man repellers.

    xo

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  18. i'm a semi-repeller!! love your blooog! kiss kiss from portugal!

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  19. Oh my gosh- LOVE your quiz. I'm a semi-repeller but I will wear granny panties til the day I die! :)

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  20. Wow, I love this quiz. Unfortunately, I am only a semi-repeller. My love for men and fashion is a conflicting tragedy.

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  21. Hahahaha! Unfortunately I'm a semi repeller....must be all the pleather...drat!

    Danielle

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  22. I lol'd so hard. This is too awesome. Semi-repeller ftw!

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  23. LOL how the hell is all C's a Man Getter? That's more like I whore myself out for 50 bucks an hour man getter. There is a difference in that case oh yes there is.

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  24. I'm mostly B!
    and the description fits so well on me!
    :D

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  25. I'm a semi-repeller...do you man repellers still approve of this??

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  26. fun fun quiz! i'm a type B semi repeller!
    can i repost this to my blog? i need to let the world know about this quiz!

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  27. I wish I had the authority to crown you with some sort of an award. You win.

    P.S. I've found that the styles you describe to be man-repelling are in fact "typical jock bro douche bag with a flat-brimmed hat"-repellers. i would definitely be considered a man-repeller according to this quiz! but i've been lucky to find a man who is stylish himself and appreciates the art behind the crazy way we dress!

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  28. MAN REPELLER!
    Yes :)
    also taking this quiz whilst wearing a check midi skirt, brown lace up hiking boots (flat, obv), neon floral top and ghetto gold chain.

    Here's to our long forgotten sexual desires

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  29. haha mostly a's- cant give up my la perla!

    xoxo,
    F
    Le Kiss Kiss- Click Here!!!

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  30. extremely clever and absolutely hilarious. I will forever be a semi-repeller, no sartorial freedom pour moi.

    Impetuous Style

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  31. hmm...I feel like a lot of those questions were none of the above. I ended up with B. Woohoo for no Herpes!!

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  32. I got equal A's and B's. What does that make me?

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  33. OMG! I am Samantha but without getting fucked. That's the worst!
    Going to slit my wrists now.

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  34. I came up with another term for semi-repeller when I learned about your blog a few days ago -- "boy-repeller". This is how I describe my own style- not quite full-fledged man-repeller yet, but I've been so inspired by your website. For years, I thought I was eccentric for preferring high-waisted granny skirts, clothes two-sizes too big, weird bat-wing shapes, oversized sailor shirts (before they were so trendy) and quilted jackets (purple, from built by wendy, no less), which I am wearing right now with a plaid shirt and a silk vintage YSL scarf. Thanks for making me feel like I might be verging on fashion, and showing me what I am really am!!

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  35. Aw, I'm a semi-repeller. Sad now.

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  36. Proper repeller! Not that I doubted any second =)
    Just got a proof again!

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  37. Dear Man Repeller,

    I got half-half a's and b's.
    Considering that I'm a 13 year old girl who lives in Shanghai and loves fashion, I call my self a budding man repeller/man repeller in the making.
    Thanks for the quiz, loved it, made me laugh so hard. :)

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  38. I got mostly C's. Headed to Gyno at Noon.

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  39. needed that laugh at the end of my work day :), i got mostly b's, but i would still totally walk the giuseppie wedges!

    PinkPopMash

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  40. AAAAA All the way! Like everyone above its probably why I'm still single. My best repel yet: 'Is that a murdered Carebear strapped to your chest?' It is an orange mohair gilet, Prada 08 actually!!

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  41. I love this blog .... Hahahaha

    http://fashionsname.blogspot.com/

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  42. Spot. On. I really AM wearing Briton stripes and some skinny jeans right now.

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  43. pure genius. must tweet about it now.

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  44. Just discovered your blog via Sea of Shoes and have been laughing my ass off ever since! I think you should do a post on big, ostentatious collars. I have a trapeze dress with a pleated, funnel neck collar that my boyfriend is itching to burn. Hmm . . . maybe I'll wear it tomorrow. : )

    - Catherine at Littlehouse of Style
    http://littlehouseofstyle.blogspot.com/

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  45. I TWEEET U ALL THE TIME. I LOVE U.

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  46. A A A All the way babay!

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  47. "Guess. Oh, that's not runway? How about Guess by Marciano. Classy shit!"

    Brilliant and hilarious. Loved this, mostly A's!!!

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  48. a's ...but it's good to know I'm amoung friends.
    Bonus for me is that I still get action due to the fact that my husband is a a comme des garcon wearing Japanese fashion guy.
    Otherwise I would be without a date since about 1996

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  50. HaHAAAAA Awesome. I am actually wearing, at the time of quiz completion: breton stripes, skinny jeans and cowboy booties (RED, oh how I love them). So obviously I got mostly Bs. But I do have a husband so I guess i obviously wore pleather at some stage...

    I love you a lot, Man-Repeller.

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  51. Semi reppeller I knew it! Lol the c options are so sluty. That's why I like to repel. Btw I loved the outfit labeled a I so want it lolexceptni would be walking into wallis if those are prescription glasses...extra repel points!

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  52. YAY for SEMI-REPELLING!!! LOVE this quiz! :D

    http://TheUrbanFlamingo.blogspot.com
    @URBAN_FLAMINGO

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  53. i'm a semi-repeller. i'll work on it! haha, this was too funny!

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  54. I am ok with a B. Semi Repellers are people too. <3

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  55. Cock rings around the neck ! Great!!! I'm giving you a nick name once given to me by a former friend - " tourette"!

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  56. danusiabradleyMay 1, 2012 10:51 AM

    Wait. Granny panties aren't sexy?

    I had sex with this new guy for the first time this weekend, I was wearing blue silky grandpa panties...he wasn't reaching high enough up my dress to get the off, so I said, "they're high waisted". He laughed and said, "I don't judge" while pulling them down.

    I haven't heard from him since.

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  57. Intercourse on a Saturday night, why not?
    ahihih :)

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  58. I am actually wearing briton stripes and skinny jeans right now...

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