Man clothes: where do you buy them?

but seriously like 60% of my wardrobe is uniqlo--in fact i am (embarrassingly) wearing an entirely uniqlo outfit right now, except for my shoes and undershirt

i hear you...uniqlo is pretty amazing. lots of horrible stuff there and it can be a bit plain but some great things too and quality is really good for the price.

acne and nudie jeans (on sale), h&m dress shirts & socks, aa tees and knit undershirts, br shirts and some slacks. more shirts from vintage/thrift stories. got a peacoat from topman that i like. got a great rainjacket and a great down coat from nau.

>uniqlo is pretty amazing.

Agree with all previous rep for uniqlo, and am still gutted that their early '00s UK provincial stores all shut, so I have to buy everything online unless am in or around London. Great jeans (esp the japanese denim, which is a steal), great basics and the best undies and socks anywhere, much better than 99% of designer stuff - I've ended up replacing my whole boxers and socks drawer with their stuff just because it wears and washes so well.

Thrift stores, band tshirts, and coats and hats from the local shop that sells construction gear.

http://www.stormykromer.com/

uniqlo is so plain tho and not even in a nice apc/cos way, most of it looks like clothes from next

agreed the denim is good and their prices are great; saying it is shit was maybe a bit strong

i dont know what "next" is, but uniqlo works p well for me, simple pieces cut well for super cheap and ok quality

they have a ton of ugly shit but... i dont buy it

OK ITS GOOD I SAID IT

they're opening a cos here soon which is <3 cos it's bullshit that in 2010 u can't buy h&m/cos online

yeah, h&m's lack of online shopping always rings me off too, same with Gap who barely even have a UK website.

I had never even heard of uniqlo before this thread (they don't exist in california apparently)

interested to check it out now tho

Brooks Bros summer sale, winter sale keeps me in nice shirts and trousers.

yeah dover st market is good. my girl works for comme de garcon so i get a ton of discounts. got a couple of beautiful raf simons shirts that are pretty much my staple. the comme de garcon shirts aren't so good, kinda blocky and square. too business like. i like clothes that you spend a decent amount on and you just know you're going to wear them for a good while

the rest of my clothes come from charity shops, but you have to go to a wide range of locations and often enough if you're gonna find anything worth wearing, it's not like you wake up one morning and think 'i really need some black trousers' and then pop down to the local care & share to buy some. i guess that's where your uniqlos and h&m's come in. i taught myself how to take in trousers with a needle and thread which makes finding them at charity shops a lot easier if you prefer a certain fit

my girl works for comme de garcon so i get a ton of discounts.

super jealous! have some older stuff (like 01-04) which is fantastic - particularly the knits. and one really deconstructed suit jacket.

Paul Smith (esp. if you live in an area close to their "Jeans Shops"... not necessarily a denim jeans): I have a pair of med weight wool trousers from about 10 seasons ago that are ~amazing~. A steal at ~£100 iirc.

Also, Londoners should hit that Paul Smith Sale Shop as well, you can get decent 1-2 season old Italian-made pret-a-porter suits for CHEAP.

I think (?) the only Uniqlo in the USA is in on broadway in NYC at the old OMG location... I will rep for Uniqlo's last couple seasons of denim, easily the best price:value prop that I've seen in about 10 years! There quality on tops are not as stringent but their denim from their owned/operated factory in Hiroshima is really ace. I have a pair of raw black jeans that look really nice after a couple years.

damn rio, i should have had your number my last visit! I'm tall and broad shouldered and surprisingly the CdG/JW shirts fit me almost always off the rack, and if not, I know a few people who can make them fit! ;-)

also rio, I can't forget Rose Bakery which (other than St. John) was unexpectedly one of the best meals I've had in England!

^^^*not necessarily a denim-only shop*

hey steve shasta what do u think of naked & famous?

paul smith's less formal dress shirts are really well tailored imo - not as big a fan of the cdg/jw dress shirts which are less sweet and more gimmicky

hey Mr. Lamp, I think that Naked & Famous is great, their product reminds me a lot of (their American peer) Takumi who uses the same fabric... in fact, Paul Smith Red Ear MIJ (who made one of my favorite jeans ever about 7 years ago) also sources from that same denim factory in Kojima, Japan.

The fabric is indeed really nice (I'm very familiar with that particular factory's output), but I have to admit I do not own any of the N&F stuff but I've seen it in shops and shows and I admire the fit of the one pair I tried on, which reminded me of a more rugged Dior Homme cut.

something about uniqlo fit does not work for me. the thighs are too stretchy, the calves too skinny

not sure why but i can't find any prices/ordering instructions at naked and famous online

You can order from BiG and they should have size charts as well:
http://blueingreensoho.com/site/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&manufacturer_id=43&Itemid=28

thank u!

i also see so much uniqlo denim around brooklyn that i think i'd rather get something else

have definitely been wanting to check out their shirts and sweaters though, i hear they have good colors

Paul Smith Red Ear MIJ (who made one of my favorite jeans ever about 7 years ago

lol i keep meaning to try on a pair of these bcuz of your praise

are you in nyc? i like the blue in green one's more than the paul smith shop ones tbh!

also w/r/t trousers, i am currently flitting btw a 30 and 32, and am becoming very confused by it all :|

like i have 1 32 pair that's spot on, and another that i have to keep pulling up :(

I have that exact same problem. It's why I never buy clothes over the web.

better online retailers should have advertised measurements which if you know yours, can be super helpful!

(note: i don't buy online either fwiw lol)

Yeah they do have advertised measurements, but with waists there seems to be more than enough variation to ensure that half the things that are supposed to be in my size just won't fit right.

even from the same company sometimes, different styles or whatever. also it's too easy to spend $$$ online :P

that's called "tolerance", the bedfellow of old/faulty patterns and lax enforcement. one of my #1 pet peeves.

lol despite being p sure ive been in it i dont even remember where the paul smith shop is. also i dont really need nor can i really afford more new jeans just that u reminded i wanted to (at some point) try those. actually shasta do u know of any places in nyc that carry furfur?

i wish filippa k wld offer online shopping - wld buy so much stuff

the skinniest jeans from uniqlo fit me better than any other pair of trousers I think I've ever owned...they are actually pretty much all I wear, in about 11 diff colours/designs

you don't find that they sag in the butt?? maybe i should give them another go . . .

yea thats true for me too ronan

mine dont sag in the butt and i have no butt

this thread is so sad! do you people really get all your clothes from h&m, uniqlo, AA, gap? i mean, its fine and all for basics, but do you only wear basics?

Well yeah phil, we obviously just shop at Kohl's for suits and shit.

Kidding. I consider H&M (been there 4-5 times in Chicago/Las Vegas) and Uniqlo (never been in one!) a foreign convenience. As an ilxor who lives in a city that is at least a notch or two below Minneapolis in shopping selection (but coming up on the boutique tip in the next few years), I typically have either bought shoes while shopping or from zappos/nordstrom online. I get some basic t-shirt stuff from either random sales or AA, jeans from various sources or Levi's, and pants from either a local chain (Younkers, which has been owned by various national chains in recent years) or Banana Republic, etc.

I've been buying more random clothes from sites like gilt.com that do designer sales, or boutique stores that have a website. Also semi-addicted to the sportswear-like nau.com.

Puma shoe addiction..

Phil, all I have is basics. I rarely even have the chance to sport something nicer. Remember that time we met? You wouldn't talk to me because my clothes were basics and I said your Kimchee was too hot.

basics are all I know =(

Pretty much all basics.

I'm enjoying the current Americana/workwear trend, because my usual style of looking like a Neil Young roadie circa '72 makes me look ahead of the game. In a couple of years, I'll just look homeless again. :(

this thread is so sad! do you people really get all your clothes from h&m, uniqlo, AA, gap? i mean, its fine and all for basics, but do you only wear basics?

yeah, it's called being poor

frankly, where I live, there are not h&m, uniqlo, or AA stores. so beyond that, yeah....

If I had the kind of income that allowed me to purchase $270 pants, why would I even be wearing pants? I'd be wearing pajamas 24/7, swimming naked in my Olympic-sized pool.

that last sentence doesn't make sense unless you're saying you'd be able to buy 270$ pajamas that let you wear them and be naked at the same time

They have space-age fabrics these days, you know

are they available in basics, is wha I wanna know

I dressed pretty much the same for the last 4 years. Either a hanes v neck with Marc Jacob Wranglers and cowboy boots or a dress shirt with the same jeans and boots. I usually buy 3 or 4 pairs of the same jean and hanes comes in packs of 5.

yeah, h&m's lack of online shopping always rings me off too

I feel you all because I didn't always live in a city with two H&Ms within walking distance of one another. Would gladly trade one of them for an online store for you guys.

Ordered two different trousers and a three button jacket from Carrier Company and they just don't work for me. Shame.

went to pinnas and needles for my alterations. long waitlist but the experience of going to an anonymous door in soho, ringing the buzzer, going up the classic soho interior stairs to the clutter of the studio is great. as was whichever brother it was that i met. they were more expensive than some other services but not overly much. queuing for my trousers on the stairs and chatting with a bunch of other people with various clothing concerns and considerations.

plus and most importantly:

https://imgur.com/a/eJMgn6V

ugh the ios imgur shortcut no longer works and i can’t remember how to link images from imgur so they embed here. please. it’s v important.

https://i.imgur.com/kHAH4vU.jpg

get in.