#Recency Hungary

[telogreika]

1944 Honvédség River Brigade.

During 1944 Some hussar units, who had lost all their equipment, were incorporated into the River Brigade.

[onadarklingplain]

was fondly perusing your George ootd tag today and it made me wonder if you wanted to share your top 3? George fits

thank you for this CRUCIAL question. as the george ootd tag was originally conceived just for george's paddock fits, i'm going to limit myself to paddock fits or else i'd never be able to arrive at a top three. this means that this year's Wimbledon fit sadly isn't eligible, but it gets a HUGE honourable mention.

P1 is obvious: QATAR 2023

a corduroy shacket with half-cuffed sleeves, wool trousers, and ANKLE BOOTS is always going to be a slay for me. simply unbeatable. if i could dress george in this exact outfit every week i would. while we're on the topic, shoutout the time george wore a corduroy shacket to the factory this winter. he was obsessed with these brown laced boots at the time, and with the corduroy SCARF and the messy hair? i wish there had been a bit more tonal variation, but even so, a dream.

P2 goes to: ZANDVOORT 2024

this is may be recency bias, but as i was considering the george ootd options, i realised that he LOVES an all-white fit, and while there are many good options, this is simply the best he's ever done it. each piece feels like it's individually interesting, but each element still works so well together. i love the herringbone detail on the jumper! i love the drape of the trousers! i love the sensible trainer! and obviously THE JACKET.

Australia 2024 came very close to unseating Zandvoort as the best monochrome fit, but i didn't like the shoes he paired it with, and while Abu Dhabi 2023 also put up a VERY good fight, ultimately i had to ask myself: do i really love this outfit, or can i just see his nipples through his jumper.

TIED FOR THIRD: HUNGARY 2023 & JAPAN 2024

in my mind, a KEY george look is what i like to call "mum on a yacht," and while he has a lot of great fits that fit that description, i like Hungary 2023! i hate most of the jumpers that Tommy Hilfiger put george in, but a rugby top is the perfect look for him. i like the trousers, love the george russell classic flash of slutty ankle. it's not revolutionary, but it's very good.

and Japan 2024.... do i even need to explain myself?

it's simple, but he looks so good. he's wearing his favourite brown boots, i love the white trousers, the shirt fits him perfectly. his ARMS look amazing. i'm drooling.

i'm already second-guessing my choices, so i'm posting before i can change my mind. if you think i missed an important one, you're required to tell me, thank u

ETA: @janinaduszejko pointed out that i forgot Zandvoort 2023, which is TRUE. this is why peer review is important. i had too many tabs open! so this is now a top five list and Zandvoort 2023 slots in above Hungary 2023. it's giving top gun, it's giving slutty ankle, it's giving "i did a half-tuck on my t-shirt so everyone would look at my waistband"

the only reason it isn't higher on the list is because i wish the t-shirt was slightly more interesting, but you can't win them all

[wtflife01]

hat's some serious recency bias. there have been a tonne of really good close races this year. it's only the last few races max is running away with it now but you can blame that on ferrari including charles & carlos. today max was catchable & merc nearly managed it. // nonnie spilling facts here! There have been multiple nice and good races. Hungary, Silverstone, Jeddah and Bahrain to name a few.

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[onadarklingplain]

great work with George's top 3 ootd!!

now do top 3 worst outfits. I need that twink obliterated

(or not just his, worst outfits of f1 drivers in general)

this might end up being more than three, lmao.

after the epic highs of Zandvoort 2024 and 2023, Zandvoort 2022 was horrible. the brown turtleneck is actually what made me start my george ootd tag and it's soooo overtly bad that i almost love it but objectively it's horrible.

likewise with the cricket jumper fit, i do loved that he tried something here. i think he could do a coloured trouser more often, and he should be able to make a cricket jumper work in theory. but he looks like he's off to school.

Tommy Hilfiger just loves to dress him in HORRIBLE jumpers though! the Mexico 2023 jumper (left) just didn't fit him at all, and i hate it with the plaid shirt underneath. tommy, let me see his BODY. i'm starving! the Barcelona 2024 cardi (right) was bad on a whole other level. the logos, the contrasting knit patterns, the asymmetric colour blocks?? what is even happening? the fact that he paired it with zip-off trousers is frankly a criminal offence.

while we're on the subject of tommy's bad choices, i'd like to talk to tommy personally about this shirt from Hungary 2023. it's horrible, it's doing nothing for him. i couldn't find a good full body photo (probably because all evidence has been scrubbed from the internet), but the jeans he wore it with were also HORRID. very ugly all around.

okay and again, this might be recency bias, but i HATED this fit from Zandvoort last weekend.

george you CANNOT wear a jacket that oversized with loose-fitting trousers. SOMETHING in the fit needs to be tailored for the love of god. you could fit a whole other george in there. he looks like he's 70 years old and off to play shuffle board.

and i know what you're thinking now. you're thinking kay, what about the stripped turtleneck?? surely that's on the all-time bad list. but i've thought about it, and while it doesn't look good on him per say, i kind of love it. it's a little bit cunty! a little bit of a serve! it was giving! what was it giving, i'm not sure, but at least it wasn't boring.

anyway, all time worst outfit for me is the cardi with the zipoffs. everything else is tied P2.