If I had tons o' wardrobe money I would have nothing but custom-made suits. I love beautifully made suits, but they are rare as hens teeth in my price range.
Hugo Boss and Akris sometimes have stuff I like, but then I look at the price tag and walk away.
― quincie, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
a.p.c. sweaters and cardigans and trousers and really everythinghappy socks band of outsiders shirts and sometimes sweaters (:/)comme des garcon once but not anymore but i still wear lots of older piecesrag + bone for shorts and trousers lots of oliver spencer preppy basics, slim trousers and fair isle sweaters and baggy cardigans vintage levis for jeans and cords although its hard to find now for cheapi still have three pairs of nudie jeans i have a couple of filson bags theres stuff like kitson or edward green or sibling or norse projects where i only have one or two of their pieces but would love more, if they were cheaper i went through a serious paul smith phase and his mtm shirts fit nicely but ive kinda gotten tired of the forced whimsy i also used to own like 9 pairs of nike sb mids but ive sold them all since i dont think i can pull them off anymore. the only nikes i kept are some jordan iv reissues i like shoes too much to only buy one or two brands but i have three pairs of cole haans and three pairs of bob cousy los theres also some nameless brand of cashmere sweaters that my grandmother has been buying for me since i was 14, i have probably 10 of them they dont have a label in them but theyre heavy and soft and perfect, probably my favorite pieces of clothing, i am wearing one rn
― Lamp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
when i have a husband i want him to buy me awesome clothes and shoes too!xp
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
wow lamp sounds i bet you are v skinny
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
nudie jeans
lol is this a brand?
I have only owned one suit in my life. I bought it for a job interview when I was 21. I've always worked in business casual emphasis on the casual since so I've never needed another.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
I need some fancy clothes.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
e: haha yeah
what does this mean???
― Lamp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
trouser brands that don't go up to 40.
― fruitsbs (beachville), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
I'm a 30" and i can't wear Nudie :(
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
i will follow my favorite brands into weird and dark places
for example, i got a line on this ridiculous corduroy jacket for about 1/4 of the price listed, please talk me out of it before i do something stupid
― the late great, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:11 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
I like this jacket because (and no offense intended!) it reminds me of a signature piece of clothing an anime character might have
― dayo, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
lamp - i can't wear apc, band of outsiders, cdg, rag+bone
even if i buy XL, everything from those brands is too tapered and skinny. those are popular brands w/ skinny dudes and asians because they look nice on smaller people but if you're tall and broad-shouldered and long-limbed SUPER-MUSCULAR like me (i also have long arms) they are always too tight and short.
i do have one nice XL apc dress shirt that i got for $50 at a barney's sale but i can't button the neck and the sleeves only go about 3" from my wrists, so if i wear it to work i wear a t-shirt underneath and i always roll up the sleeves.
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Man, shopping is serious business for you guys. I don't have enough patience to seek out sales. I think that's what I must be doing wrong. Gonna cultivate some.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
uh my wife (ex) dragged me to that one
dayo i like that jacket because it reminds me of the kind of stuff my mom would buy for me in 1981 at fedco
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
i don't really shop sales but i will admit shopping is serious business for me
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
I am asian and have trouble fitting into most skinny jeans because I have thunder thighs iirc
― dayo, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
big bottom bird soup
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
maybe i should have said those are popular brands w/ some skinny dudes and some asian people
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
well if u say x is popular with y it doesnt mean all y like x
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
imo if u say x is popular w y on ilx cya
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
oh late great i c - yah i get what you mean, band of outsiders tend to fit a little larger than the others but they can all be p unforgiving, like i have to wear a L/XL for sure. oh to be one of those urban gnomes...
having thought abt this btw i probably own more american apparel t-shirts (all crew neck, most pocket front) and lacoste polos than anything but a.p.c. stuff
― Lamp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
haha also good lookin out @ seandalai and jim
― Lamp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
ah god my gf has ruined like six of my lacoste polos by putting them in the dryer.
they shrink like two sizes in length and one in width so even if i buy size 8 to be able to use the dryer the shirts would still be too wide
i stick to polo polos now because they're pre-shrunk
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
lol urban gnomes
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
Man, shopping is serious business for you guys. I don't have enough patience to seek out sales.
I only go shopping twice a year - January and July sales - so much not effort at all!
As a skinny guy I can say life isn't necessarily any easier...especially for shirts/jackets lots of brands' smallest sizes turn out to be too big for me.
― NSFW Australia (seandalai), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
zubaztevasbig johnson t-shirtsold navy fleecewraparound shades from pharmacykangol
― the late great, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
well
― Lamp, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
sounds hotttt
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
sorry about the ann taylor thing quincie! if i could go in there and get a work-appropriate skirt or jacket i probably would, because it is *so difficult* to find basics without a lot of unnecessary detail. their particular cuts never fit me right though
i usually stick to apc, j crew (perfect tees, shorts.. sometimes a cardigan or jacket but the quality has gone down a lot imo). theory, some elie tahari for work (the simple styles only, nothing with a lot of detail on it). also like some things from isabel marant etoile and gerard darel depending on the style and fit. rag and bone chinos, current/elliott jeans are the best
girl by band of outsiders is nice, would buy if/when i find something i'd wear a lot + at a sale price i could sort of afford. same for vanessa bruno/vanessa bruno athe, chie mihara and sigerson morrison shoes, hope (stockholm), paul and joe
xpost loool are you rob gronkowski
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
Damn, I need to come into some money or something. I just looked up some of those and they're totally lovely but I just can't imagine paying $80 for a tee or $300 for a pair of pants. I realize they're probably investment pieces that will last a long time but it just seems like so much to part with for one item.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol i feel you - i don't know why i have such a hard time spending money on clothes, when i'm happy to drop a couple hundred bucks on a handbag. my style/brand is basically .... target.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
i think a part of it is that i don't feel super confident about my style or what looks good.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm totally the same with bags, jewelry, and occasionally shoes. Those are the things I'll splash out on but for some reason it's really hard for me to pay a lot for clothes, especially basics, even though logically I know it's probably made better and will last longer.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
think Lamp needs a Roadkill Cafe shirt
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:10 (twelve years ago) link
i look back on stuff i wore not even a year ago and think 'jesus christ what was i THINKINK' so thank god i don't spend much on any individual pieces of clothing.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
thinking, even
i have def overspent sometimes! but i rarely/never pay full retail - a lot of things i have bought off ebay at super low prices. there are a handful of sellers who list new sale stock from department stores (bloomingdales for instance). i always wear the same size in a couple of labels and do a saved search if there is a certain kind of thing i want. it'll show up eventually. my favorite theory blazer cost about $50 new with tags for instance. got the rag & bone chinos at barney's co-op on an end of season sale, they were the same price as gap by then. the cost is more in the time it takes me to find something i like; i finally bought a short trench for spring, it took lots and lots and lots of searching to find the perfect convergence of label + simple style + acceptable color + relatively low price. it was a pain, but i guess i won't have to bother again for like 10 years.
i admit to buying a couple of $100 tees from apc, though i have worn them constantly & they are still in perfect shape
on the other hand i don't have any expensive handbags or fine jewelry. i like jerome dreyfuss and vanessa bruno, but i'm not willing to spend the money, and my jewelry is almost all vintage that i got as gifts from friends/family.
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:37 (twelve years ago) link
iiii dont get this
― Lamp, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2692/4017844681_4dc912b62b_z.jpg
Everyone was wearing this back in the day in Idaho
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
I guess it is of a different category than the Zubaz/Oakley lookidkI am the last person who should be posting on a thread about clothes, even joke clothes
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
converse, ben sherman
― the sunno)))boys (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
My brands are like:a bunch of dumb cotton shithey I could escape from a burning airplane in those those Merrell shoes kept finding all these Sonoma Life 'n' Style blouses at Savers and it turns out it's a Kohl's brandwhatever pair of fucking jeans that fits my ass and that I haven't worn thigh biscuit holes into...yet (one pair, any brand)this one skirt my mom sewed for me twelve years agothree pairs of New Balance 574s
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
a t-shirt with a not trendy band on itfucking Tevas, god
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
Daria - those are good tips. I think what I need to remind myself of is this part: "the cost is more in the time it takes me to find something i like . . . it was a pain, but i guess i won't have to bother again for like 10 years". I've never bought anything off ebay clothes or otherwise but I'm going to have a look soon.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 10:55 (twelve years ago) link
i basically only buy totally non trend-specific stuff nowadays - plain dress shirts in solid whites and blues and small ginghams, overshirts in same, plain polos and tees in white (red and navy for polos), solid black or navy or grey sweaters and jackets and sweatshirts. jeans and cotton trousers in unwashed basic colors (indigo, khaki, green). same w shorts.
nothing skinny, nothing baggy, nothing that can't be matched with everything else in the closet. nothing that it's easy to buy cashmere sweaters when i
― the late great, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
I have a Theory blazer that someone left at a party once. I wore the shit out of it, is the problem. It kinda looks sad now. I've tried to embrace the sadness in a hi/lo way--great clothing, loved to pieces--but it never seems to work on me.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
er that got scrambled at the end
nothing too dressy or casual. nothing you couldn't have worn in the 90s, 80s, 70s, etc (if you didn't mind not standing out and looking like a casual preppy)
yesterday i threw out a navy rl polo sweatshirt that cost $100. it lasted me about seven years! i went ahead and bought the exact same thing. I have cashmere sweaters that have lasted about the same length of time and show no sign of quitting on me yet
― the late great, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
to summarize
1) buy expensive shit because it's well made, not because it's stylie (or buy cheap stuff that lasts a long time, like AA or ll bean)
2) buy shit that looks good on toddlers, kids, teens, adults, old folks
3) don't buy anything on sale you wouldn't buy at full price or that you wouldn't wear daily
4) tell a tight color story
this advice is from a female friend of mine who does brand consulting for gap, j crew, etc, though i admit it's harder for girls to follow this advice
― the late great, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
i think thats kinda bogus. shop to give yourself pleasure in the things you wear and the way you look. buy something to wear once, buy stylish things or garish things or something half as a joke, because it would make someone smile. if i get tired of something i can resell it or donate it or give it to a friend or leave it in a drawer until its cool again. never think of clothes as an investment unless you are good at clothes and even then, they probably arent.
― Lamp, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
buy something to wear once
can't even imagine this.
― fruitsbs (beachville), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
Only if it's edible. Wear and eat.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
Uniqlo is awesome for basics.
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― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link
With ModCloth, as with most things, you get what you pay for. You can't expect the cute frock you picked up for $40 to stand up to a $400 Tracy Reese.
― kate78, Thursday, 2 October 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link