ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

i like the american apparel made in usa fine jersey crewneck t ($22)

^^ yeah those are great t-shirts, wash well and hold their shape.

that picture of paul newman in a jumpsuit is very real to me thank you for sharing

it is really amazing

I bought a three-pack of those AA t shirts in 2008, two of them are still in weekly rotation even though they are developing pinholes around the collar (i wear them under buttoned-up dress shirts)

i bought another three-pack around 2014 and those still look basically new

excited to buy another three-pack in 2020 and see whether being bought by gildan has affected the quality (i'm assuming no?)

Oh yeah, i remember I had an AA t-shirt that I kept in heavy rotation for like 5-6 years. I'd get compliments on it even though it was basically just a solid color t-shirt (sort of heathered burgundy with a subtle purple undertone).

i need a sweatshirt

criteria:

-100% Cotton
-Black
-set in sleeve (not raglan)
-no large neckholes
-reasonably budget priced (max, maybe 30/40 £s)

Uniqlo which is my usual basics supplier failed on two counts (raglan, big wide neckhole), any better suggestions? neckhole more important than sleeve type, but i'm not big on raglan sleeves for sweatshirts

i find basics buying so boring, why is it so difficult to just buy the things you need, I ask you.

its because of your vile prejudice against raglan

raglan is like getting sw0le on the cheap

not sure what uk availability is like but https://www.alternativeapparel.com/standard-issue-crew-sweatshirt-i9501ij

i mean raglan is fine for a certain type of clientele

After a long time not buying graphic tees at all I sometimes sort of want to buy one, but I find it challenging as a 38-yo dad. I'm so completely out of touch with the semiotics of today's t-shirt graphics. Who knows what kind of message I might be inadvertently sending to the world if I buy the wrong tee?

https://standardandstrange.com/products/joe-mccoy-ball-park-crewneck-sweatshirt-black

this is the sweatshirt you want

the dollar is weak but it's not that weak

are you kidding, that would make me feel like I'd turned into louis ck

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yeah, not really looking for any "ooh basics" kickstarter brands

I liked gustin's tees but they take a while to ship iirc. Other than them, I can'd deal with all these facebook bobo brands selling $30 premium plain tees

I only wear arcteryx veilance tees

right now i'm going through an anti clothes/fashion phase which happens most of the year

and then i become obsessed with it for a couple months out of the year

then i go back to hating it

I'm back to the point where I could buy an occasional shirt as I ruin one, I've got all I need

I'm doing a spring clean at the weekend due to moving and I'm going to be ruthless and donate anything that i don't currently wear. I've also started dressing really plainly and in a utilitarian fashion. sweatshirts in grey, navy, or black. dark jeans, dark chinos. hiking boots. black northface jacket. oxford shirts in solid colors or unostentatious patterns. socks are the only thing i will wear that is at all flashy.

the best crewneck sweatshirt i own is a marlboro one i got off ebay. 90s cut, roomy throughout the chest and body but properly ends at the waist with an elastic taper. kinda like the bomber jacket silhouette. i'd buy 4 more in that cut

fwiw I really, really want this tee but I need a true medium, not a "fits like a small"
https://www.ebay.com/i/162843867627?chn=ps

i want some new jackets to vary my jacket game but good jackets are $$$. otherwise i'm pretty much set.

https://www.jcrew.com/p/mens_category/shirts/jcrewingoodcompany/fdmtl-boro-shirt/G2282

I’m in love. $299 is too steep for me though.

this is the one i want but same

https://finisterre.com/products/mens-bowmont-wool-jumper

That’s a beautiful sweater

for the inner qbert fan in all of us!

bought a very cheap windowpane jacket in the Zara sale yesterday. Some sort of polyester monstrosity but I like it. Not really sure what to combine it with - it's black with off-white and ochre lines. Quite like mustard/ochre colour schemes but they're really not popular. I was trying to find a T or a shirt that would suit but it's harder than expected.

Is it like a deconstructed blazer? You can pair that with anything. I am kinda minimal so i’d recommmend neutral colors and solids not patterns for the rest of the outfit if you want the ochre to pop.

not sure what a deconstructed blazer is. it's fairly casual

this is totally just based on a hunch but I always guessed that "deconstructed blazer" was just a marketing term invented to sell more cheaply-made blazers at a bigger markup, because I assume giving a blazer structure increases costs.

ochre is one of my favorite colors

ochre and mustard yellow have been basically unavoidable in high street shops for the past three years, i don't know what you're on about, dog latin

Deconstructed means that it doesn’t contain the more structural elements inside that usually shape a jacket: layers of canvas or fusing, padding on the shoulders, roping, lining generally. I.e it’s comprised mainly of the outer fabric only.

No real correlation to price either. It can be harder to make a flattering deconstructed jacket actually and sometimes involves more detail work if seems aren’t covered by a lining.

Ugh seams

Deconstruction is philosopher Jacques Derrida's critique of the relationship between blazers and meaning. Derrida's approach consists in conducting readings of blazers with an eye to what runs counter to the structural unity or intended sense of a particular blazer. The purpose is to expose that the object of fabric, and that which any blazer is founded upon, is irreducibly complex, unstable, or impossible. Throughout his readings, Derrida hoped to show deconstruction at work, i.e., the ways that this originary complexity—which by definition cannot ever be completely known—works its structuring and destructuring effects.

dog latin: in the UK a blazer is a blue jacket with metal buttons worn by a red faced UKIP voter, but everyone else on this thread means an unmatched suit jacket.

they have NAUTICAL buttons right? some day i want to wear a blazer with a white turtleneck, strangely NOT what captain haddock wears even though that's what i imagine in my mind's eye

you're thinking of captain birdseye iirc

xxp

i thought they wore red coats

does the uk use the term "sport coat"?

no

this is so nice: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-death-of-clothing/

i want to go back to when we just wore leaves around our privates

yes ime but confusingly we say "sports coat" xp

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-death-of-clothing/img/shirts.gif

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why stop there, givenchy tees go up to like $1200 iirc

probably because of people's attention span