ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

i just bought this woolrich shirt at sam's outdoor outfitters in brattleboro, VT, one of the best stores http://www.woolrich.com/woolrich/details/men-s-oxbow-bend-plaid-flannel-shirt/_/R-6111?skuId=728175479093

nice shirt

ya i only wear needlecords cos my dad used to wear jumbo cords when i was a kid so i associate jumbo cords with grandad-wear

i've mentioned this before but my friend had a pair of like double jumbo JNCO cords that i thought were the coolest pants i had ever seen when i was 14, he let me borrow them a few times. the cord lines were like half an inch thick

JNCO CORDUROYS

The width of the cord is commonly referred to as the size of the "wale" (i.e. the number of ridges per inch).[4] The lower the "wale" number, the thicker the width of the wale (e.g., 4-wale is much thicker than 11-wale). Corduroy’s wale count per inch can vary from 1.5 to 21, although the traditional standard falls somewhere between 10 and 12. Wide wale is more commonly used in trousers and furniture upholstery (primarily couches); medium, narrow, and fine wale fabrics are usually found in garments worn above the waist.

fine jnco couch cords

Wide wale is more commonly used in trousers and furniture upholstery (primarily couches)

there's the grandad connection

i like narrower cords as part of a stuffy wasp look with oxfords and big sweaters.

nothing like wearing yer favourite sofa pattern on yer trousers with 2 inch wales to that groovy party eh

dude you just described my look today

except im wearing black vans slip ons

xp to cad

wide wale is imo no good, medium to thin is the way

xp nice, it's a good look

i have seen some corduroy shirts w/ a medium-to-wide wale that are cool

ive seen it as part of an old librarian look, male or female, that i like

Xxp
Cheers

Nice weather for it

these are my preferred wale http://bergbergstore.com/clothing/trousers/corduroy-trousers-chocolate.html

those are nice. for pants i like a thin wale

btw i ordered a bunch of new levis today, good sales, most were like $40 and a pair of selvedge for about $70

IMO cords have to be straight leg or relaxed. Slim / tapered cords make you look uncomfortable.

I have some bright BRIGHT blue Levi's cords that are sooo comfortable

I also have two corduroy blazers because I am Wes Anderson

it's true, i googled up a picture of you once and thought "wow this is one wes anderson-looking information security motherfucker"

kind of guy to house a server in a vintage suitcase and whatnot

Bought two flannel woolrichy shirts at muji for $20 each

xp the most secure choice really

no cords but wearing a cardigan and suede birkenstock bostons. feeling very hygge today

i like these sweatshirts for forgotten baseball teams http://www.ebbets.com/category/city-series-crewneck

bostons have become my house slippers xp

should i feel bad for wearing them to work?

depends, do u have a job that requires yr shoes to have backs

should i feel bad for wearing them to work?

― the late great, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 05:25 Bookmark

research suggests there is a 0.01% probability that you are pulling this off without nauseating your colleagues

IMO cords have to be straight leg or relaxed. Slim / tapered cords make you look uncomfortable.

I have some bright BRIGHT blue Levi's cords that are sooo comfortable

― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 23:33 Bookmark

i'm fond of wider wale cords straight leg (blocky short too) in a slouchy vibe where they are the main point of interest, with like just a tshirt possibly tucked in

profesh setting they are a bit fusty/fussy, unlikely to come off <50 unless u have a certain gravitas

i get what ur saying tho slim needlecords can be a bit jcrew and fail to transmit essence of cord

thread made me go away and count just how many pairs of cords i have mindlessly acquired 4 cheap over the years and now i despise myself

gis'd bostons and while still abhoring the shoe i find myself sympathetic to ppl wearing them with thick winter socks

did full preppy similar with a pair of deck shoes recently and it wasnt as bad as it most undoubtedly sounds

wait hang on a minute here - if you feel "hygge" at work then where's my $4 coffee

i had a $4 coffee yesterday :(

i wore bostons to work a few years ago but it was during the summer

i wear dundee birks to work now, they are basically the closed shoe version of the boston w/ laces. tbh ive gotten compliments but mostly from older hippie colleagues

wallet porn
Which would you choose? Heavy subjunctive here given the prices

A simple leather cardholder. There are a couple that aren't insane if you sort price L-H

def

THOM BROWNE
Enamelled Silver Business Cardholder
$2,020

imagine paying 5 hundo for this childish bs

http://i.imgur.com/fBS0DTY.png

there is a simple black wallet embossed with a small gold SAINT LAURENT that makes me drool
the exact same wallet embossed with MICHAEL KORS, same placement, same color, does nothing for me, we're all label whores aren't we

i have this

http://www.saddlebackleather.com/front-pocket-id-wallet?custcol2=4&custcol3=3&custcol15=1

in dark coffee brown

but when i bought it a while ago it didnt come with the case/bag thing, which looks fugly

mr porter having its annual sale btw
https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/mens/sale

yeah just get a cardholder with a space for notes. once you do this you'll wonder why you ever bothered with one of those bizarrely huge men's wallets.

I had the exact same saddleback leather one in a lighter color until I lost it last year. Would definitely recommend over basically all the mr porter options in the same price range.

https://www.all-ett.com/

comme des garcons make nice wallets that cost less than 100, i mean if you care about even spending that much.

i would never get light-coloured tho, don't you find it gets dirty? black all the way. even then i find after a year or so they start to smell a bit funky.