ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

tomorrow tho

i also did some bday shoppin and picked up these items:

bison sweater:

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj629/ivorytowerstyle/Staff%20Picks/1023_036_zps178806e8.jpg

canvas/leather sneakers:

http://www.nomanwalksalone.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/hover_image/246x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/t/btrsho013__3_.jpg

re: sizing w/ that fleece though i definitely felt larger was better - i ordered a few sizes to try on and the appropriately sized one for me (S) gave off major 'preppy kid trying to be goofy' vibes. patagonia is, let's face it, loved well by rich kids and with a nicely fitting garish fleece i felt like some spoiled CT college kid on a ski trip. with a M or L the new england hippie curmudgeon fibe was better revealed

feeling that bison sweater cad. sneakers too. they actually go well together but maybe just a little too coordinated

yeah you'd need navy chinos or something to wear both together. the sneakers are staying packed away until we emerge from the frozen hell of winter of course.

I'll have to post a pic of my bison sweater some time. It was a hand me down from an old man I later found out stole from my grandma. He's dead now, my grandmas alive and I have a sweet sweater.

lagoon which patagonia fleece did you order

Looks like someone is trying to suck up to a certain ILH mod

bison sweater daf

why is that bison staring at me

marcos
Posted: January 8, 2015 at 9:10:30 PM
lagoon which patagonia fleece did you order

same one lol

kinda wanted the blue diamond one but they were out

why is that bison staring at me

― World B Frizzle (rip van wanko), Thursday, January 8, 2015 10:02 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you really have to ask yourself that

actually it looks a little cross-eyed, maybe it's not staring at me /DENIAL

Bison

marcos
Posted: January 8, 2015 at 9:10:30 PM
lagoon which patagonia fleece did you order

same one lol

― lag∞n, Thursday, January 8, 2015 10:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha awesome, i bet you can pull it off though

btw very excited about variety of levi's jeans and pants i ordered, just tried on a few last night and they are great. i was really looking for something not baggy in any way but also not slim fit and these are like the perfect fit for me

which ones do u like

514s were great, also i needed a new pair of chinos and i was pleased w/ levi's, those fit well too. haven't tried on the 501s, 504s, 505s. 514 corduroys were also great

London Fog parka turned out a little too big and roomy and un-tailored looking, but I kept it because it happened to get cold as FUCK the day after it arrived and I didn't have a better coat. Kind of regret not getting the Spiewak, which presumably would have been more tailored.

I need folks to recommend a good winter hat now, all I have is this exceedingly stupid-looking North Face beanie that I bought on the verge of a storm last year because there weren't many options. I was thinking maybe a cap with earflaps.

big and roomy is the approp shape for ones parka btw

Yeah, it's also just a little long for me though I guess, just a hair too much on the sack side. If it were shorter I probably wouldn't otherwise mind the size.

totally agree re: big and roomy parkas, xp. embrace it man alive! i'm not a huge fan of more tailored parkas

i've also been looking for a new winter hat, i have this chunky woven one from REI that is okay but i kind of want a nice wool inca-style hat with the ear flaps, but so many of those have those long stringy ties on the sides and one on the top. those really bulky caps with earflaps though are also really cool, yea, and super warm

http://www.edrehmannandsons.com/Pictures/stormy%20kromer.jpg

I feel like I need to order something from a western state-based store that has "trading" in the name

tis time to start leaving the tailored look behind...

Might go with one of these, idk:

http://i.imgur.com/MXlOrpV.jpg

I saw two sort of fashion-forwardy normcore dudes on the subway wearing what looked like legit russian fur hats and they looked pretty awesome in them.

Man, I see so many people with these $800 Canada Goose parkas around. Big plasticky logo patch kind of makes them look cheesy imo, same with all that fjallraven stuff.

I saw dozens yesterday and they're $1100 plus in the UK, even at TK Maxx.

http://i.imgur.com/fcW5tHP.jpg

i actually died the first time i looked a a price tag on one of those xp

lol my friend blacked out his canada goose logo and we like to own him about it

i don't really do boots but i'm in the market for some sneakers that look cool but can still hold up to winter ... anyone have any suggestions (in the ~100-120 range)

omg just get some boots u r in denial

like its snowed 30 times in ny last winter how did u survive

yeah you're a resident of the northeast now one of us one of us

i wear leather hightop vans they work fine

my feet never get wet ... maybe slightly cold but if i wear thick socks it's okay ... the boot look isn't really my thing

A female coworker told me she "invested in one." You could just buy a still very nice $300 parka and take a cab to work every legit cold day for the next several years for about the same price imo.

jordan this is the behavior of someone spending his first winter in the northeast, its time to get a grip

(big waterproof boots will make u feel very powerful)

yea dude get some boots, there are plenty of cool looking boots. wearing boots is one of my favorite things about winter

(no more strategizing ways to navigate slushy puddles at the sidewalks edge)

oh yea xp there is a huge difference, you feel invincible walking across snow banks and slush and you never worry about ruining your shoes or pants

i don't really do boots but i'm in the market for some sneakers that look cool but can still hold up to winter ... anyone have any suggestions (in the ~100-120 range)

― J0rdan S., Friday, January 9, 2015 11:56 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Camper bikeshoes I mentioned upthread are waterproof, though not great treadwise. They held up well today when there were only a couple inches on the ground, probably wouldn't be too good in deeper snow though. Not that any sneaker really would.

i own three pairs of boots of escalating robustness

tho tbf when i lived in ny i got by with pretend city boots, which was a mistake btw

there were only a few days last year in nyc where you truly needed BOOTS