ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

polishing shoes is not v hard btw

didn't know you were back in town lag00n?

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, November 16, 2015 10:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i am a motherfucker with some dark secrets one of which is that im back in town

Polishing shoes is a complete waste of my time. I can pay someone $4 to do it for me and they do a much better job and I have nothing to clean up.

some cobblers will add a little grippy film to the bottom of your slippy sole shoes, i got that done in france a couple of years ago when i got new shoes and felt like a fucking film star or something

xp My shoe repair guy told me that a lot of shoe shine stands won't properly clean your shoes before they polish and that this results in a buildup that's bad for the leather.

he could be fear-mongering to keep your custom

cleaning and polishing shoes takes less than 10 minutes and is a truly useful skill, if not from the "now your shoes look shiny and clean" standpoint than definitely from a "make sure any shoes you sunk some money into last for years" standpoint.

I buy cheap shoes and wear them for like 10 years. Can't wait until shoe shiners are replaced by robots, tbh though.

Team Rockport.

you should definitely wash your shoes with saddle soap to strip off the old polish before re-polishing imho

i'm not an expert shoe steward by any means but wax polish doesn't actually condition the leather, it just seals out moisture. washing with saddle soap will clean off the excess and will keep the fibers in the leather lubricated. when the leather dries out completely it's far more prone to creasing and wearing out.

also: shoe trees are good

i don't have the occasion to wear or the patience to care for nice shoes, i basically wear bean boots or vans 100% of the time

i am horrible capitalist so i outsource my shoe-polishing but shoe trees are a good investment ime

also ty to caek/lagoon for that fantastic picture of kelsey grammar on his way to see the wizard

it is truly peak #menswear

It's actually a picture of lagoon so you should definitely thank him

its a picture of me

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

anybody seen anything cool recently fitting this description:

sweaters/sweatshirts that are plain but have some visual/textural interest and can be worn on their own without layers?

basically for days when i need to leave the house and look decent but don't want to iron a shirt.

u wear sweaters without a layer under them?

well i always wear a t-shirt but i have a couple patterned/graphic sweaters that i don't wear like a collared shirt under

yes, winter (not christmas) tops, jumpers and sweaters - talk to me.

Really, I'm just looking for things that are warm, classic but not too big and bulky and I can layer-up, and also which won't shrink or become misshapen by February. I guess material is key here.

i only really wear shirts with a blazer these days - or on their own when it's warm enough to do so, most knitwear/sweaters are just complicated by a shirt underneath, even if it can sometimes look well.

but i don't wear much really thin knitwear - if i did maybe i'd shirt more

uniqlo lambswool sweaters have some texture for cheap

i got my shetland sweater from oconnells last year. fits well. no stretch or shrink so far and minimal pilling (via $$$). it's great.

i got this ted baker sweater a few weeks back and it makes me hate all my other sweaters m/l

http://i.imgur.com/WfffL9n.png

ooh nice. I have for some reason avoided Ted Baker stuff in the past (slightly cheesy for-da-club dress shirts?) but that is a great sweater.

it is merino wool and comfy as heck

definitely been known to covet an o'connells. what colour's yours caek

sweet sweet medium gray

http://www.oconnellsclothing.com/O-Connell-s-Scottish-Shetland-Wool-Sweater-Medium-Grey.html

pragmatic, i respect that

nice sweat for sure

i've taken to keeping all my jumpers in large ikea freezer bags now. tbf to the moths they've actually done me a solid by only munching my least faves this year

i need to wash my medium gray sweater 😮

what are you all wearing lately. i got a pair of charcoal bb wool dress pants on ebay for 30 dollars. love them. so soft, my first wool pants. also um the pockets are round, not angled, which is cool.

lots of knitwear. my knitwear game is serious this year.

i am definitely looking to up my knit game this yr too. recently got this which i am v happy with
https://ca.frankandoak.com/product/31571

Got these pants too and I like the matchup, although they slightly run into the problem I have with pants from most places which is "you can see my socks because I am a long-legged individual" but it's not TOO bad and I hope when I wash them that doesn't get exacerbated
https://ca.frankandoak.com/product/31954

Wanna see if I can find more thick sweaters like that one, also ideally w/ crew necks... i find bigger necks tend to overwhelm me a bit, i'm 6'2" with a 34ish+ waist and I tend to look more ogre-like with bigger collars.

also my shoe game is garbage but I probably won't fix that anytime soon because it's canadian wintertime.

http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/j-crew-is-swiftly-unraveling-heres-why-

where can i get these j crew discouts

that link isn't working but this has been a disastrous year for almost every midrange mall/chain clothing retailer (delias, american eagle, bebe, pacsun etc)

oh no not bebe

Yeah what took bebe so long? American Apparel trading @ $0.032 on the pink sheets

add the final hyphen for the link to work

in the uk j crew is just converted straight from dollars to £ - you could buy a lot of far nicer stuff for the same price.

i went to a wedding on the bebe estate once, p nice

do we have a bag/luggage thread?

i really want this bag

http://i.imgur.com/G9F9pLa.jpg

J Crew "discounts" look like the exact same discounts they've had p much every day (but "today only") for the past 2-3 years. Still looking forward to post-Christmas when I can hopefully get the topcoat I've been eyeing for under $300.

umm that bag is amazing xp

went ham at uniqlo black friday

that bag marks the moment that ils has moved decisively into the realm of things my mum had in the 90s

http://www.chromedelivery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/arizona-tea-iced-tea-with-raspberry-flavor.jpg

gr8 i like that a lot. i remember coveting the pendleton weekender with similar look last xmas but i never pulled the trigger. i ended up wussing out and getting a porter overnighter instead #regrets

the most 90s mom thing is streetwear shit that looks like this

http://i.imgur.com/G24qHrX.jpg