ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

I mail-ordered Vans and Chuck Taylors from the back of Transworld Skateboarding in 1987 or 1988 and I think I’ve had pairs of both continuously ever since.

Vans with the Ultracush insoles are a gamechanger

dunno why they don't have them in all their shoes

Anyone have any idea what the shirt is that Raekwon wears on the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx cover?

http://www.egotripland.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Reakwon_Only_Built_4_Cuban_linx_460.jpg

customized chucks on sale
https://store.nike.com/us/en_us/pw/nikeid-converse-shoes/1k9ZpirZoi3?cid=4942550&cp=usns_aff_nike&ipp=70

So I think I finally figured out my ideal Levi's fit -- 502s. It's similar to a 501 but tapered, so I get the slim profile without feeling like I'm wearing tights (have big thighs and calves).

How the fuck did I miss rip van wanko’s post two weeks ago

Oh well I got red felt chuck 70s for Hanukkah so I’m OK

just bought my favourite socks off uniqlo <3

I am very happy with my new microperforated brown pleather jacket

https://www.zara.com/ro/en/microperforated-jacket-p04315300.html

the sexy tech bois https://www.wired.com/story/outlier-tech-clothes/

brb burning my pants because they're in Wired

go ahead try too bad they r indestructible

touche

https://www.racked.com/2018/1/19/16909978/cos-white-shirt

i've never seen or worn anything by cos but love their website

re: outlier unclear why you'd spend your money on that instead of, say, patagonia stuff

there's no patagonia near here and the outlier dude used to host websites for a bunch of music/art writers so I was already reading his blog lol

Their aesthetic is completely different

that would be the main point, yeah

I noticed at least three people yesterday wearing Vans yesterday. Are they back now?

they never went away, in a lot of places

vans are so back that there are long reads in like, new york magazine about how back they are

back and big two years ago, falling off.

Always had a pair

the OG hi-tops have never gone OOS and the slip-on comeback seems like at least 10 years ago??

vans are always relevant

hate vans

esp hate the chequerboard ones

I noticed at least three people yesterday wearing Vans yesterday. Are they back now?

lol ffs

i just wanted to share a fashion win with yall. got a pair of danner hiking boots for the winter and i've never gotten so many compliments (and stares from fashion people). the red laces are key imo

https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2016/10/Danner-mountain-600-leather-red-laces-700x466.jpg

vans look classic imo and always have but fuck they are really shitty shoes

I can't wear them for even 20 minutes without my feet hurting

the styles with actual cushioning are ok but all the classic styles are basically as comfortable as chucks and just as back-breaking

I'm still mildly fuming that my favorite pair was thrown out by my mom when I was home visiting from college because they were all broken down. Never really bought another pair after that, but she was in the right -- they were busted, I was strolling around in them for sentimental reasons

man wilt chamberlain played in chucks u all orthopedic ass grandma feet having soft bois

wilt chamberlain retired from basketball when he was my age, buddy

makes u think

what is it supposed to make me think

anyway just because some shoes may make your feet hurt doesnt make them bad shoes many many people have successfully worn vans/chucks/etc without dying and in fact many people including researchers and various experts consider that type of simple shoe to be better than fancy technological ones that wrap yr feed in a plush cocoon

also 38 is an advanced age to retire from basketball, in fact if wilt were playing at that age today it wld put him in the top 5 of active players

u thought too much

i actually didnt think at all because i already knew all that stuff its call knowledge about shoes and the nba look into it

Joe are you wearing vibrams right now y/n?

i dont have to i already have toes

i have a lot of trouble wearing vans too but lagoon otm

not every good shoe is for everyone

(see also all other articles of clothing)

xo to diamonddave those danners are terrific, always sad i don’t live in a boot wearing place when i see danners

otoh one pair of vans I had, the sole started separating from the fabric after a couple weeks of wear

that is kind of an actually shitty shoe

maybe you’re walking wrong did you consider that

I think I was walking in skate shoes, my bad

what is sad to me is that apparently i walk wrong too because that always happens to my beloved stans and nike tennis classics within a year of daily wear

i can get them restitched a couple of times because they’re leather but i’ve had three pairs of these real nice “tournament edition” stan smiths last me for like ten years now and i wish they made all sneakers like that

vans chucks etc are inexpensive cloth shoes theyre not gonna last forever but i usually buy a new pair of vans every summer and wear them almost every day and theyre plenty durable to go through a season+ and u can totally trash them throw them in the wash go on a hike in them fn whatever you want just living the vans life

fuck socks fuck rules rt if u agree

I think wearing any athletic shoe daily for a whole year is gonna wear em out unless you’re not moving around much?

for insane running people there’s some number of hours/number of miles metric and I kept thinking that buying cheap running shoes sounds smart