ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

not heard of it! will have a look, ta

i know what you mean though about garish, i suppose the ~dapperness~ pertains mostly to the super masculine shouldery silhouette of topcoats in general (and your classic mac will be similarly structured) but the camel does have a particular cliche

in vaguely related news how about the checks and tartan comeback going from dead to near-played out in record time this autumn, or so it seems to me. bit of a shame really cos i quite enjoy it tbh

yeah - i mean i saw an apc one recently and was tempted, nice thick wool, could imagine it looking well, but also in a british winter it'll prob be covered in stains and stuff after a while of wet days and dragging it around.

the check thing is one of those many "trends" that men's fashion journalists claim to have "returned" every single year, despite the fact that if i look around my office now there will be check shirts everywhere and the same would be true anytime in the last... 10 years? longer? uniqlo kind of murdered the plaid shirt a bit but i still like it.

i got a nonnative band collar sort of vintage-looking wool black/white/grey one with a loose fit and a slightly longer line at the back - that's me for shirts this winter.

it's more like big statementy checks tho, agree shirts will always be there but full trousers and coats is def a slight shift i think - 70s minimal softness bringing in the indulgent chintz

yeah i was going to say checks that aren't on shirts does feel like a bigger thing, or patches of check or whatever. i think they're nice but most examples i've seen are like £3000 coats.

prob goes in a general fashion/global economy thread but
https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/the-13-billion-zipper-wars

To a certain extent, SBS has started to imitate YKK’s strategies, assembling an in-house research and development team and amassing more than 380 patents — a number second only to their Japanese rival.

the mind boggles

uh why is Dolores's home the 1973 Westworld movie set

:o

sry for wrongpost

thinking of grabbing a pair of gustin jeans, what's the sizing like for the raw? do i need to size down?

I found they run small compared to typical store-bought jeans. Truer to real waist size. Probably measuring yourself is the best bet.

https://www.weargustin.com/fitguide

that is ...a very comprehensive fit guide. thanks!

yeah just to reinforce their sizing is very very different from other brands. measure everything carefully.

Good on them for what they do, but it's the reason I never ordered another pair of jeans from them -- fit is hard to figure out, then there's a long lag time, and then it's hard to return, and it's still more than I usually pay.

it's great for unexpected benificiaries! I'm wearing a pair of gustin jeans that my friend ordered but bought a size too small :)

to get back to camel coats. they are VERY popular with middle-class chinese girls studying in europe. fwiw.

yeah defintely, there are a lot of stylish chinese students about, loving those square cut cropped trousers also

I kind of like these. Not gonna, though

http://www.cyberoptix.com/collections/industrial-felt/

lol the owner of that business, her former partner was somehow a friend-of-friends on social media and I think I followed his blog? small world

i want a suit made out of material like denzels

http://i.imgur.com/BaeQSW8.jpg

or at least that pattern but in a super light summer weight cotton

wld look so nice in my closet haha

I believe that's called Prince of Wales check

cool thank u they have one at burberry for only 2 grand

does that include pants or is it just the jacket for 2k

I have a pair of Prince of Wales trousers I got at steep discount from bonobos, they're kind of meh -- too low rise and the material is kind of thin and the stitching is weak.

you'll get prince of wales check in loads of places, suit supply, anywhere and everywhere, i've seen loads of it around last few years. dunno if you want a full suit but if it was just a jacket i saw many of those knocking about.

are you planning on being the new face of the alt-right?

were you ripped off by the primates xp

im actually more alt-alt-right

once you get that alt-right you may as well be alt-left

by choosing to buy this for your closet you've made things a lot easier on yourself re size, condition etc.

feel i cld make it even easier by just imagining its in my closet

tbf you're imagining you have a closet and not a bag of clothes

holy dammit Benetton is all online now in the US? nobody tells me this shit

fyi their tees and cardigans have been running a little long/large ime, get a size down from what you think you should get

or maybe i'm shrinking

tbf you're imagining you have a closet and not a bag of clothes

get a clothes sack in prince of wales check

im imagining being alive not a corpse aloft the briny toss

what is the prince of wales but an old leathery clothes sack

i feel like i've reached some kind of equilibrium in which i feel very satisfied with my wardrobe and i've barely bought any new clothes in a while. almost the only new things i've bought lately have been a couple very solid thrift finds. i feel like i could use a new flannel or denim shirt or two and that's all i really need for the moment

the pattern was named for the crisscross of tattoos he has all over his body

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summerweight prince of wales is a great suit imo! gotta be a full suit tho, i don't think it works as a jacket-only fabric.

i've seen some nice jacket-only ones - not really my thing but i thought they looked good, i guess it can vary a bit with material.

i'd be interested in an example of that, it just seems like a pretty darn formal fabric to me. like i can't picture the pants you'd wear with it.

it's a good pantsless jacket ime

http://i.imgur.com/DVNn5zS.jpg

hey so i got this jacket which is otherwise perfect but... it's got this thing with, like, a raw cut? the front pockets are normal but the sleeves etc. get kind of weird after a few hours-- what the hell is this?

if you're not going to wear pants a top-notch jacket is key

as the grandson of a tailor i can tell you, you should never wear pants with any jacket, ever.

#neattricksfrommygrandfather #dapper

i am in need of topsiders atm