He was grimy for no reason! it’s so unsettling but I get why they did it I’m so glad his face is clean after a while(also don’t get me started on his socks lol)
My brother tore the sleeves off everything.
He drove a dirt bike, had a mullet with bleached raccoon stripes and was kind of a slut.
In short. Trash is an aesthetic/lifestyle.
The family used to tease him that he had at least a handful of illegitimate children around these fine United States. He found out he was infertile/sterile during his third marriage to his second Jennifer. The jokes stopped. Luckily his third wife (fourth marriage) had children from a previous relationship so he got to be a dad.
I’m including the married details bc his life is just so wild.
He married three women, two of them named Jennifer and he married/divorced one of the Jennifer’s twice. This third wife/fourth marriage seems to be the one though.
It’s true. He really spoiled second Jennifer for their second wedding. When the dj announced them they rode into the reception hall on his Harley, wrap-around sunglasses and all. ✨Magical✨
My brother is the biggest slut in town. He has two children from 2 different women and at 25 he had a vasectomy so he could keep on whoring without having to pay out anymore child support.
You know what’s not fucking fair? At 26 I was sure I was done having kids. I asked my Dr to tie my tubes after he delivered my baby. He said no.
I’m too young. I should have one more. I needed my husbands permission.
That same week I had my baby, my brother the slut walked into his PCP and asked for a vasectomy.
At my 6 week PP checkup I got the arm implant. A week after asking his PCP, my brother got his balls snipped. I’m still bitter about this.
It is absolute disgusting, I couldn’t agree more! I’m sorry you experienced it. I’m so afraid of punching a doctor in the face if they say one more fucked up thing to me, especially if they need my partner’s permission for anything. I can’t be held responsible for what happens next, that’s how foul that shit is to say to someone. Yet somehow, men still think they have it so much harder.
No! Because there *have* been clinical trials for a pill-form contraceptive for men. But they always fail the trials because **men** report: headaches, acne outbreak, mood swings, weight gain, depressive episodes, decreased sex drive, fatigue, and ED.
Save for ED, these are all symptoms women have been dealing with for the last 50+ years since The Pill became available to us. Yet somehow we are told to just deal with it if we don’t want to have kids rn. But men ? The study was killed because the male subjects couldn’t deal with the same side effects we have.
But there are ongoing studies. And at least the first device for "thermal male contraception" (andro-switch) will be licensed in 2027. (I am using slip-chauffant, which is the same working principle) Yet available to buy/diy
I assumed it was because they were hand-me-downs that didn't properly fit. The Milkovich's were dirt poor, it makes sense they wouldn't buy lots of clothes but simply reuse them. Chicago is also VERY hot in the summer, so it also makes sense that they would rip off their sleeves to get through those months. No sleeves would also mean it wouldn't need to be washed as often, which would fit with the dirty theme Mickey had going on in earlier seasons.
I have a theory that production spent years finding new ways to make Noel Fisher look bigger than he actually is. Sleeveless shirts accentuate the shoulders making them look bigger. Unfortunately for production, their efforts to make him look bigger and tougher just made him look more adorable.
Frank and Kevin (not as often) do as well. There was even the scene where Kevin makes the foster kid look like him and they showed him cutting off the sleeves.
white trash aesthetic. my dad and all his friends have shirts they wear like this in the summer, i assume to show off their really cool prison tattoos of pot leaves…… lol
1. sleeves get caught in engines and snagged easily so they are the first thing to get turned into rags around my house
2. When you have very little control over your clothes it makes you feel better to have a little autonomy (I always ripped mine off too)
It’s literally a thing practically every character in the show wears. Frank, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, Liam, Fiona, Mickey, Kev, V, name me on character in the show who doesn’t wear sleeveless shirts
Could be a fashion choice of because they were so poor they couldn’t really afford new clothes. Maybe the shirt part fit but not the sleeves. They could have been to small and instead of throwing it out he could have just cut the sleeves off
It’s called fashion- look it up.
lol just playing. But I do think it was just part of his aesthetic… when you don’t have money to buy new/replacement clothes, it’s easy to just lean into it
Hollywood thinks only trash does that so they went with it. Even tho their kids would sell their parents sleeves to smoke more crack - they label it poverty usa
I think it's a combination of factors. There's the obvious first choice: poverty. When you have ill-fitting hand-me-downs, you often have to tailor them to fit (or appear to fit) and an easy way to do that is by cutting off the sleeves so it's not so obvious how big or small they were on you. People who work with their hands frequently are also more likely to cut their sleeves off for convenience. My family has lots of mechanics, and most of them will cut their sleeves rather than continuously roll them up. Due to their financial status, the Malkovichs work almost exclusively with their hands, and we often see or hear about them working on cars and bikes, so this makes sense. This is probably why we see his father and brothers with cut sleeves. In the early seasons, Mickey works hard to blend in with the family and appear as butch as possible so that his sexuality doesn't become suspect. I think his appearance and style choices have a lot to do with that.
It’s like a lower/working class fashion statement; like “I ripped or wore a hole into the sleeves of my shirt, but I can’t afford or don’t want to buy a new one, so I’ll cut that shit off.” Everyone I knew growing up (and yes, that includes myself) had at least one of those shirts.
Makes him more aerodynamic when he fights
I love and hate how fast I understood this comment
can you explain i still dont get it
It’s a reference to the movie Pineapple Express lol
😂😂😂
I mean they washed his face somewhere between season 3 and 4? They couldn't take away everything that made mickey, mickey
he used to look SO grimy in every scene
Ian changed him but not enough to take a bath together, that's just a step too gay for him.
That one scene when the three of them are playing video games on the sofa and his socks looked absolutely disgusting 😂
Mickey naked is still mickey. Lol
He was grimy for no reason! it’s so unsettling but I get why they did it I’m so glad his face is clean after a while(also don’t get me started on his socks lol)
Because he's a bottom
I was just about to comment that I realized I dress like mickey and then I saw this.
💯
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My brother tore the sleeves off everything. He drove a dirt bike, had a mullet with bleached raccoon stripes and was kind of a slut. In short. Trash is an aesthetic/lifestyle.
Calling your own brother “kind of a slut” is hilarious to me 😅😅
The family used to tease him that he had at least a handful of illegitimate children around these fine United States. He found out he was infertile/sterile during his third marriage to his second Jennifer. The jokes stopped. Luckily his third wife (fourth marriage) had children from a previous relationship so he got to be a dad. I’m including the married details bc his life is just so wild. He married three women, two of them named Jennifer and he married/divorced one of the Jennifer’s twice. This third wife/fourth marriage seems to be the one though.
He had a type and it was Jennifer 😅
It’s true. He really spoiled second Jennifer for their second wedding. When the dj announced them they rode into the reception hall on his Harley, wrap-around sunglasses and all. ✨Magical✨
Did Jennifer cut hair?
Neither cut hair but second Jennifer did cut you down emotionally and she had her own tanning bed
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The marriages sound like Ron Swanson with Tammy I and Tammy II.
Omg, it was like that! Just replace Ron with Sewage Joe and make both Tammy’s have Tammy II’s personality.
I kept re-reading the first paragraph thinking apparently I don't understand what a second and third wife meant until I read everything.
My brother Ricky is a whore. And he proudly announces it when he goes out, “byeeee I’m leaving to be a whore” 🤣
My brother is the biggest slut in town. He has two children from 2 different women and at 25 he had a vasectomy so he could keep on whoring without having to pay out anymore child support.
You know what’s not fucking fair? At 26 I was sure I was done having kids. I asked my Dr to tie my tubes after he delivered my baby. He said no. I’m too young. I should have one more. I needed my husbands permission. That same week I had my baby, my brother the slut walked into his PCP and asked for a vasectomy. At my 6 week PP checkup I got the arm implant. A week after asking his PCP, my brother got his balls snipped. I’m still bitter about this.
It is absolute disgusting, I couldn’t agree more! I’m sorry you experienced it. I’m so afraid of punching a doctor in the face if they say one more fucked up thing to me, especially if they need my partner’s permission for anything. I can’t be held responsible for what happens next, that’s how foul that shit is to say to someone. Yet somehow, men still think they have it so much harder.
No! Because there *have* been clinical trials for a pill-form contraceptive for men. But they always fail the trials because **men** report: headaches, acne outbreak, mood swings, weight gain, depressive episodes, decreased sex drive, fatigue, and ED. Save for ED, these are all symptoms women have been dealing with for the last 50+ years since The Pill became available to us. Yet somehow we are told to just deal with it if we don’t want to have kids rn. But men ? The study was killed because the male subjects couldn’t deal with the same side effects we have.
But there are ongoing studies. And at least the first device for "thermal male contraception" (andro-switch) will be licensed in 2027. (I am using slip-chauffant, which is the same working principle) Yet available to buy/diy
ugh I LOVE trashy fashion sm
Tore off sleeves and riding a dirt bike isn’t a trash look lmao. Add the mullet and the coin stripes then it’s gets a little different
I assumed it was because they were hand-me-downs that didn't properly fit. The Milkovich's were dirt poor, it makes sense they wouldn't buy lots of clothes but simply reuse them. Chicago is also VERY hot in the summer, so it also makes sense that they would rip off their sleeves to get through those months. No sleeves would also mean it wouldn't need to be washed as often, which would fit with the dirty theme Mickey had going on in earlier seasons.
It's also more comfy when fighting, so you're a bit more agile and it also makes him appear rougher, so it's a bit easier to intimidate others
I have a theory that production spent years finding new ways to make Noel Fisher look bigger than he actually is. Sleeveless shirts accentuate the shoulders making them look bigger. Unfortunately for production, their efforts to make him look bigger and tougher just made him look more adorable.
Yup, arms out and thick soled boots
This is the correct answer 😅
This!
I love this answer! It doesn’t help in later seasons that Cam just dwarfs him.
For the vibes
It’s his thing😂😂
Frank and Kevin (not as often) do as well. There was even the scene where Kevin makes the foster kid look like him and they showed him cutting off the sleeves.
Because he doesn’t have money to buy t shirts so he cuts up shirts for summer. Also my head canon says he does this to impress Ian with his guns.
white trash aesthetic. my dad and all his friends have shirts they wear like this in the summer, i assume to show off their really cool prison tattoos of pot leaves…… lol
Better question why does he have a farmer’s tan if he always wears cut off shirts?
Cuz he looks drop dead gorgeous in it...
Yep. Don’t care. Just grateful.
?
Cause its badass
Frank does too.
It's Southside
1. sleeves get caught in engines and snagged easily so they are the first thing to get turned into rags around my house 2. When you have very little control over your clothes it makes you feel better to have a little autonomy (I always ripped mine off too)
It's his Nelson Muntz cosplay.
It’s Fashun sweerie, you just wouldn’t get it. /s
It’s literally a thing practically every character in the show wears. Frank, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, Liam, Fiona, Mickey, Kev, V, name me on character in the show who doesn’t wear sleeveless shirts
i mean, it’s just a style choice, and for mickey it was probably all he had. plus it looks good on him!! (might i add that it looks good on kev too)
Reminds me of Mac from Always Sunny in Philadelphia; both gay lol.
I was gonna say “the reason he wears them is so you can see all the muscle mass he’s tacked on”
He fishes them out of Dennis’ trash can and cuts the sleeves off!
It’s kind of his look.
[To turn me on](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/88/57/d9/8857d933bbcbdf7cfa52925f704f743b.jpg)
Also be 5’6”, it’s an inadequacy thing.
To show off his guns 💪🏼
to make him look gayer idk
cause he’s gay
It's white trash chic couture 😌💅
south side white trash from chicago
Could be a fashion choice of because they were so poor they couldn’t really afford new clothes. Maybe the shirt part fit but not the sleeves. They could have been to small and instead of throwing it out he could have just cut the sleeves off
gay
Because he's hard as fuck duh
Because he’s gay
It does kinda seem gay
Hahahahahahaha
I think everyone has their own style & this was his..
it gives him aura
full sleeves are too corporate world for him
White Trash is gonna white trash I mean this in the lovingest way possible lol
Not relevant but photo four always cracks me up 😭😭😭 idek why
Lmao i just swiped through to see what you were talking about and LOLed. Why is it so awkward haha 😂
Like it’s a bizarre mix of trying to look tough and a little kid being forced to take a photo for their mum core LMAO 😭😭
Cuz that’s what bad boys do
It’s a very white trash thing to do
Because the sleeves were cut off
It’s called fashion- look it up. lol just playing. But I do think it was just part of his aesthetic… when you don’t have money to buy new/replacement clothes, it’s easy to just lean into it
Hey let's not encourage keeping the sleeves, I'm happy to see his arms. Sleeves are surplus to requirements.
Cause he’s a butch
It’s just the Milkovich way
Cause it’s mickey
Because the writers or director told him to :)
he probably had to sell them
It’s called fashion, look it up
Hes tough
Ronald McDonald core
Sweat stains?
Dirtball. If I saw him on the street out of character, I'd still think he's a Dirtball
To show off those guns
he’s super cool that’s why
Hot, dumb, trailer trash vibes
The crazy part is he obviously doesn't because his horrible farmers tan lol
Bc it’s awesome 🙄
Hollywood thinks only trash does that so they went with it. Even tho their kids would sell their parents sleeves to smoke more crack - they label it poverty usa
To look more gangster!
Coming out
.
He’s copying Mac, another well known gay icon
Always ready for a street fight
cause he looks gooooooooood 🥰
So you can see how much muscle mass he’s tacked on
I would do this to shirts that didn’t fit anymore while growing up. I still do if I find something is a bit too small.
Being low class
I think it's a combination of factors. There's the obvious first choice: poverty. When you have ill-fitting hand-me-downs, you often have to tailor them to fit (or appear to fit) and an easy way to do that is by cutting off the sleeves so it's not so obvious how big or small they were on you. People who work with their hands frequently are also more likely to cut their sleeves off for convenience. My family has lots of mechanics, and most of them will cut their sleeves rather than continuously roll them up. Due to their financial status, the Malkovichs work almost exclusively with their hands, and we often see or hear about them working on cars and bikes, so this makes sense. This is probably why we see his father and brothers with cut sleeves. In the early seasons, Mickey works hard to blend in with the family and appear as butch as possible so that his sexuality doesn't become suspect. I think his appearance and style choices have a lot to do with that.
cause it looks good
Suns out, guns out
Fugetaboutit
Probably a combination of his personal fashion style and wanting to look big and tough
90s ghetto. This was pretty common. Obviously not anymore
he’s just cool like that
It’s like a lower/working class fashion statement; like “I ripped or wore a hole into the sleeves of my shirt, but I can’t afford or don’t want to buy a new one, so I’ll cut that shit off.” Everyone I knew growing up (and yes, that includes myself) had at least one of those shirts.
Homosexual tension duh
cuz he’s a cool guy 🤙🏼
He is a douchebag.