This fabulous takedown of Laurence Fox’s Pride flag burning stunt is a tailor-made hall of famer

John Plunkett. Updated June 11th, 2024

Happy Pride month one and all, the annual celebration of people coming together in love and friendship, to show how far LGBTQ+ rights have come, and how in some places there’s still work to be done.

Some people are less keen on it, and when we say some people, in this particular instance we mean Laurence Fox, who last year went viral with a flag burning stunt in his backyard.

And we mention it again not because we want to think about the actor turned wannabe politician any more than is strictly necessary, but because of this rather fabulous response which has just gone viral – wildly viral! – on Twitter.

It’s by menswear writer Derek Guy – @dieworkwear on Twitter where he is basically a phenomenon – and it’s cut to perfection.

crazy to be burning a pride flag while wearing suction fit jeans that are only considered acceptable today because men challenged gender norms 20 years ago pic.twitter.com/h7NTt5S1AS

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) June 9, 2024

Takedowns don’t come more bespoke than that.

Some people took issue with it and it just made it even better.

Beau Brummel disagrees pic.twitter.com/KXWeUcOsIl

— Stephen Davies (@stedavies) June 9, 2024

Although many men have worn skinny pants in history, men in the early 2000s were not using Beau Brummell as their inspiration. Just as you are not wearing a black dress shirt bc of Johnny Cash but bc of your recent divorce.

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) June 9, 2024

I love you and I appreciate your general sentiment but generally men weren’t wearing skinny jeans twenty years ago to challenge gender norms. It was a throwback to punk and 70’s/80’s rock fashion, which was itself a throwback to 50’s fashion trends.

— Tommy McLeprosy (@tomwaits4godot) June 9, 2024

That’s not true. Diff groups back then wore skinny jeans. Some were associated with rock; some were more polished (and labeled metrosexual, which was a term that questioned their sexuality/ gender). Others were LGBTQ+ groups. Article here:https://t.co/S0XvmsBWX9

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) June 9, 2024

And here is just a bit of the love people had for it.

none of these right wing guys ever have literally any foresight, good luck scraping that molten nylon off your porch! https://t.co/bcBXNwNuIj

— the maia (@awawawhoami) June 9, 2024

Your commentaries are THE BEST xxx

— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) June 10, 2024

Destroy him, fashion man https://t.co/4GoWs9g933

— Stone Cold Jane Austen (@AbbyHiggs) June 10, 2024

The irony is burning hotter than that flag

— Rob Edwards (@theprimedude) June 9, 2024

I LOVE the intersections of politics, culture and calling out bigotry https://t.co/I2ghHZPTDi

— Jeffrey Boakye (@jeffreykboakye) June 10, 2024

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I’d say not all heroes wear capes but you’re the clothing guy, so I don’t want to presume ✨

— MeltedBarbie✨ (@MeltedDollParts) June 10, 2024

I have spent years of my life studying people like this but on some level I will just never understand them because there is literally nobody I hate enough to wear a t-shirt about it https://t.co/fbps5pQQV9

— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) June 10, 2024

Last word to the estimable @dieworkwear.

Men who were into fashion during that era may remember two important moments. The first is how many men raided the women’s aisle for skinny jeans in the early 2000s, as skinny-fit jeans were not yet widely available for men.

The second big moment was when Hedi Slimane, then the… pic.twitter.com/Tz7caxPEfj

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) June 10, 2024

And also this!

People wonder why I block, and it’s bc I wish some people a long life of wearing uncomfortable shoes and clothes that don’t fit.

— derek guy (@dieworkwear) June 9, 2024

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Source @dieworkwear