ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

I bought a crazy-thick pair of North Face boots at the same time as the dumb North Face hat (I work above a Sports Authority). They are truly great boots...for trudging through the woods in three feet of snow. They're slightly awkward for a snowy subway commute. Debating getting another pair of boots as well.

yeah i wear my hiking boots mostly then i have some rip off bean duck boots for high snow, then i have the quoddys which really are more shoes

let's....not talk about how many pairs of boots i have. i have a few, let's just say that.

how many boots do u have

I like everybody else in NYC get by with bean boots

Bean boots are great value - $100 and backed by the LL BEAN LIFETIME GUARANTEE

I relied on a single pair of waterproofed hiking boots as my snow boots for like 10 years, they were great. Finally fell apart last year.

yeah bean boots r good

I ruined a pair of Red Wings by wearing them in the snow :( they got wet inside and forever smelled like mildew/mold

ew need 2 treat those bro

I sprayed em down with lysol and it didn't work

even thought about buying a disinfecting UV light (the kind that can burn yr eyes out)

finally just gave up on em

RIP

rip boots

hmm I think I have red wings that I need to get treated. worried about the leather cracking.

been putting it off though. it's stressing me out. tried doing saddle soap + cream myself and it was not an improvement. they're not smooth leather, and maybe I applied the wrong stuff.

You can have my huberd's shoe grease or w/e it's called (recommended by elmo I think rip)

my red wings have held up to canadas winters really well i just sprayed them with some magic from some can i had

basically I don't know much about maintaining boots.

when I first bought mine I sprayed some waterproof stuff (a year ago) but then I think I tried to get too fancy and ended up altering the condition of the leather.

I'll take 'em to a professional

settled

Was it silicone based

today is the first duck boots day this season fyi

xpost beats me!

also jordan if being a teenager taught me anything its that you can get through the winter with nothing but air jordans and athletic socks if you really put your mind to it. nike sb mids also a viable choice

advice from teen lamp

shd be a thread

http://canadadouche.tumblr.com/

lol this guy is wearing a Canada Goose and holding a bottle of its vodka equivalent:

http://media.tumblr.com/01a62251004536da465f09c07160be0c/tumblr_inline_mjju40pioy1qz4rgp.jpg

how epic can yr night be if u didnt even take off your coat

I grew up in dire winter land 100 miles from where they make stormy kromer hats and have a black one. It's good at like 20 degrees and up but doesn't cover my ears enough to be warm below that.

I just buy cheap winter hats (for some reason called "chooks" in upper Michigan) every couple of years at shopko for ten bucks cause who gives a shit, it's winter. Ear flaps for when it's below 10 with the big down jacket and my 25 year old sorels that simply won't die.

I think Fjallraven is kinda douchey too though, sry if offending anyone in this thread.

lol

Fjallraven is okay with me

the whole concept of gear

i have a lifestyle parka

"Look at my delightful swedish kindergarten backback!"

I believe you mean the fox bag

i do like those jackets tho

The jackets are ok, also they're not $800. But the patch annoys me.

I just buy cheap winter hats (for some reason called "chooks" in upper Michigan)

i'm assuming this is a bastardization of "tuque" and i love it

i dont get the fjallraven hate, its a backpack and it looks kinda nice? ive been considering getting one but i am interested in what people rock as backpacks on ILS, kinda getting tired of my tiny shoulder bag that doesnt fit my work laptop

how epic can yr night be if u didnt even take off your coat

they are probably at one of those "ice bars"

i bought a filson backpack so im basically worse than even the fjallraven people but its very nice looking. also it matches my other filson luggage which is pretty cool

i kept looking for a cheap vintage canvas backpack like teens in the early 90s had but couldnt find one

everyone on earth appears to have a herschel supply co backpack now

Kanken is very popular too.

yeah, herschel all over the place too (esp canada, dunno if the same down south)

and kanken is the name of fjallraven's backpack i think. herschel & fjallraven kanken are p much all i see (well, and jansports)

thing is i get it, they look good

i dont like to backpack

its like what u got some stuff in there u going somewhere cmon

Frankly I'm shocked the VTer doesn't backpack

im willing to backpack like on a hike but around town no

That's cause you got a car