ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

i like b&m shopping too but given the number of great web-only brands, the accessibility of smaller and/or international brands on the web, and the deals you can find, it's kind of silly to like reject online clothes shopping.

my needs are not that rarified, plus i live in one of the world's great metropolises = it is incredibly easy to not even be aware of 'web-only brands'. but frankly if i were stuck in, i dunno, bumblefuck i'd probably dress bumblefucky? unless the opp presented itself? you know how there's locavores, i'm a locahabille

plus the instant gratification! my god!! recall my one-day odyssey to purchase the short-sleeved red gingham shirt of my dreams! it was over and done with in a matter of hours. if i'd bought online, first of all who knows how it would have fit and REALLY looked - you should have seen me hemming and hawing between near-identical shirts along oxford street - but also i'd have had the chance to think better of it. no second-guessing!

lol yeah if i lived in a place with infinite consumer choice i might not concern myself with web brands, maybe it turns out i live in bumblefuck but like nice things, idk

i walked into a restaurant a couple of months ago wearing my velcro new balance hospitalcore shoes and some crust punk looking guy looked at my shoes and said "are those old man shoes? aw yeah!" and gave me a high five

i thought you avoided brooklyn?

this was at super taste on eldridge

if u liek ASICS they're having a nice sell thru Ebay, $50 Gel Lytes and such
http://www.ebay.com/sme/Mens-Shoes-/93427/so.html?rmvSB=true&_localstpos=75209&_fcid=1&_sop=15&_soffid=100&_clu=2&gbr=1&_ipg=192&_stpos=75209&_ssn=asicsamerica&_sme=Save-with-everyday-low-prices&_sid=2048038

update: have not yet worn my j. garcia tie a 2nd time

Anyone have any experience with Apolis? They seem to have decent-looking basics, prices are a little high but they use a "flash sale" model and the real (flash sale) prices don't seem ridiculous. Also have a slightly corny social entrepreneurship thing going, like a lot of these companies. Somehow I got on their mailing list.

Apolis (a–pöl–is) means “global citizen.”

http://www.apolisglobal.com/tasks/sites/apolis/assets/Image/4new-market-bags.jpg

lol canada

are those store locations?

oh, hahaha just saw what you were referring to

apolis stuff is too slim fitted for my taste

also i don't think quality is quite up to par with price

it's not "bad" stuff but at that price point you can get way better shit

I can't believe I've never checked this thread out before.

Guys I'm on the hunt for a long-sleeved linen shirt for the summer, something very unstructured ... to be worn untucked, maybe half unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up, on the hottest days. would love to find something in a deep, intense indigo, but other colors might work too (maybe grey, or cream). I was at uniqlo the other day but found their linen shirts sort of meh. of course they were only 40 bucks too. I'd be willing to pay twice that (maybe even more) for something really special by way of texture and color. So if anyone has any ideas re online sources (or b&m in the northeast usa), pls let me know.

http://i.imgur.com/aqdtT9d.png

enough with the monk strap shoes

they seem to be a thing among extremely uncool software engineers right now (that's not me btw)

i don't see anyone wearing them really - tho i don't see anyone dressing partic formally.

i think they're fine for a very formal occasion where you're wearing a suit, but they don't translate to casual at all.

knew a lame dude who waxed rhapsodic about double strap monk strap shoes

they seem like the kind of thing a dressy RNC intern would wear

or possibly a nazi

I think I saw an uncool software engineer wearing them on the train this morning

I used to see double monks a bit more a year or two ago. Had been thinking/hoping they'd peaked - I've never been taken with them and they feel past the point where they're in the formal-but-interesting spot.

caek if you work with uncool software engineers, please report if one of them showed up in monk strap shoes today

I'm going to have a check around here right now

lol

nothing wrong with double monks but they're best for occasional use only.

yeah, two occasions - 1 when you're alone and 2 when nobody can see you, heyo

quadruple monks or gtfo

I have seen monkstraps I like on the street, but they are probably very expensive monkstraps, and the default for me is no go.

To me they seem like they're for people who equate wearing a suit with being some kind of movie badass spy.

they go hand in hand with the circa 2013 hitler youth haircut in my experience

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

no... must have more straps

happily i work with software engineers who ignore fashion, no the plain shirt and monkstrap kind

*not

*plaid

weird people wear plaid shirts and monkstraps?

i work with software engineers who almost all wear black. some wear expensive technical wear.

missed comma leads to superfluous question mark

one of the software engineers where i work does kind of a punk rockabilly thing

another wears outdoor gear and has a huge beard

the lead engineer has great style, is prob in his 50s, kind of schlumpy academic a little but w/ enough nice touches that it works well

boot upthread two straps and two shades from gothlite

the menswear blogger ca. 2010 look (ie double monkstraps, plaid, sports jackets, outdoorsman bags, etc.) is definitely a thing in tech, but i will concede that it mostly among the product guys

i have gone 28 years w/o needing a solid business casual wardrobe but now i need one!! ties, belts, pants, some shirts, etc! i want cool fashion-forward patterns and colors but don't have more than $150-200 to spend! Is there rly much else bedises h&m/zara/uniqlo/forever 21 besides express/jcrew sale racks?

Frank & Oak maybe

Century 21 if you live in NYC