ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

the thing abt all the custom clothes sites is none of them really have the best style but we will see i feel like they should be able to handle a white dress shirt, itd b rad to be able to get some cool ass costom suits of the nets or w/e tho

i feel like custom / MTM shirt sites have become a huge trend in men's online retail in the past 5 years or so, there are SO MANY

yeah there are tons. do let us know about your experience w/blacklapel, jho.

i got a shirt made for my wedding at a mtm shirt tailor in boston (they basically follow the web model in that the sewing is done in hong kong, but someone measures you irl) and i was a little disappointed that the resulting shirt still had tons of billowing in the back when i tucked it in. kind of soured me on the cheap-ish mtm concept. i just bought an off the rack shirt from these guys - http://www.ledbury.com that fit me perfectly through the torso (which is kind of a big deal because i'm not a small guy and really don't need any fabric pooling near my waist).

got stuff from barneys warehouse dot com yesterday

this rag n bone unit

http://i.imgur.com/7QIMZdO.jpg

couple ties

http://i.imgur.com/jkO82ci.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ePZvwoP.jpg

a shirt

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

and these apcs

http://i.imgur.com/ZzP95cc.jpg

i feel like custom / MTM shirt sites have become a huge trend in men's online retail in the past 5 years or so, there are SO MANY

― ⚓ (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, August 7, 2013 11:47 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya its a p amazing concept imho they keep yr measurements and then you can just order whenever, we will see re the exicuction

my menswear story is I have moths in my closet

bummer central

put some moth balls int here

oh man i know it's coming but i'm so not ready for the rehabiliation of light wash jeans

lol

I've been wearing short shorts lately the prostitutes outside call me "legs"

ha!

i love that jacket, jho

agree & the liberty tie is p sweet too

oh man i know it's coming but i'm so not ready for the rehabiliation of light wash jeans

― ⚓ (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, August 7, 2013 12:08 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol when u can get apcs for $80 maybe people just arent ready yet

tho tbh i think its already happened, im always here for you tho if you need to talk

thanking you all xp

yeah that's a sweet haul though I share elmo's suspicion of the chillwavey jeans

theyre so luscious im just gonna luxuriate in them shits

haha nah it's cool, i just don't think i'll be climbing into any dad jeans soon

feel like dad jeans are more abt the cut, tho obvs the color factors in too

i love the truly insane things in barney's warehouse like this coat.

yeah they carry a p funny mix of stuff

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

it's kind of sad to see things like that coat consigned to an outlet, like, i'm sure its designer was so proud of it

ok wtf is that

that shit is glorious

http://i.imgur.com/2WfRI7S.png

do we need a FUN SUITS thread now?

nice haul joe

thx buddy

lagoon yr gonna look fly imo

p sure you should have bought the weird digi-camo trousers to go with that shirt though, yr gonna regret that later

SUPER anal is keeping your measurements in an evernote doc so you always have them available on your phone, not that i know anyone who does that

― max, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 16:16 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

txt file in his dropbox is what i heard some loser does

its really the perfect look xp

i kind of have an irrational thing against slim fit shirts, shit is gauche imo. proper tucking will sort most things fine

that's what i tell myself when i attempt to cram in this xl ralph lauren forest green corduroy button down i rly like anyway

a shirt thats just like vaguely the same size as ones torso i think is what most people are going for

http://trendkin.com/blog/how-to-do-the-military-tuck/

unflattering photos but u get the drift

tailor can also have shirts darted if u really insist

idk i tend to buy 90% second-hand so maybe i'm just less demanding / go for a more classic silhouette

obvs weve gone pretty far toward things being super tight and fitted and im sure things will swing back the other way, like steven alan is selling 'tradiational fit suits' as we speak, but i think generally just having something that is m/l the right shape reguardless of whether its tight or loose is not too much to ask, i mean the thing abt the military tuck is its designed for a uniform which by definition is not tailored

is "every shirt that I've got based on neck size has been voluminous everywhere else" rly a common complaint then

ya

its getting better but for a while there my lord

military tuck is fine if you're wearing a jacket and not taking it off--was fine at my wedding.

but in a biz cazh environment where your jacket comes off that pooling in the back still sucks. it's the voluminous mall shirt fit designed for large americans.

business casual prob just best to wear cutoffs and a half tank

sad but true ;_;

yr office mates will be all who is that dynamic individual

Jeff--just do Trunk Club, like all the other tech dudes in our fair city. I have a few friends who have gone from hack-a-thon t-shirts to looking sharp.

I've considered it, but so expensive.

obvs weve gone pretty far toward things being super tight and fitted and im sure things will swing back the other way

reading the military tuck how-to where theyre like 'obviously everyone understands that you should get well-tailored shirts that fit your body' was sort of lol since i feel like the thing rn is too have oversized, boxy tops that hang loose around the torso although obv if you work at like a law firm or w/e you arent showing up at work with an 80s ralph lauren pastel dress shirt two sizes too big hanging untucked but yknow

xp The peacocking-menswear shop where I live was also called Anthony! Maybe they are all called that.

I am very pro throwing things together and just seeing what happens...I did go through a phase of wearing two shirts at once in my younger "does this work" days, I looked pretty stupid most of the time but it was fun. Obviously to be done with the right attitude to life.

some good advice from the fashion specialist https://www.anthonyforesthills.com/pages/fashion-specialist

do we believe that style should speak a social language as in this thread? or can we have a little bit of "art project" as a treat?

idk, what makes fashion fun isn't the part he's calling an "art project", it has nothing really to do with arranging colors and shapes, it's more theatrical. Clothes are an important vehicle for transformation specifically because they're so deeply encoded with social signals for something so easily acquired and shed. And that appeals to my playful sense, sure, but it can also be kinda serious? I just feel like, to achieve the confluence he's talking about between fashion choices and lifestyle/personality isn't making good on that transformative potential. imo what's more interesting than wearing clothes to articulate your personality is not to. The exciting part isn't being able to define yourself, it's being able to sidestep a designated or chosen identity, to constantly undermine yourself and step into new and unfamiliar roles.

Besides all that do we really want Jordan Peterson to disguise himself as a normal academic in the name of 'good taste'

If the guy's position is clothes should describe something about the wearer, i'm getting 'unhinged, possible sociopath, makes his living "thinking" but nobody asks to see the credentials' from Peterson's new look

all of that otm

uh oh i ordered my first filson item, a trucker hat :| . mission outdoor daddy realness is moving ahead and not all my inner voices like it, but fuck em!

they do make nice stuff

i joined like 4 filson buy / trade fb groups lol

ha nice

the hat is great - didn't think a trucker hat could feel "good" and "substantial" when worn.

there's this party we go to every year, it's formal dress but also kind of not, lately I've been going in more and more ridiculous outfits

this year I decided what I want to wear - I want to wear that stupid black and white checkered shirt and white cowboy hat that Garth Brooks is wearing on The Chase album cover. one of the most iconic dumb looks of all time, I think.

but I can't find the shirt! surely it must exist somewhere? all I can find are shirts with the album cover on it, sometimes checkered in the same pattern, which is kind of funny. but not what I'm looking for. where might I find something like this???

close… https://www.walmart.com/ip/Berlioni-Italy-White-Collar-Cuffs-Mens-Two-Tone-Dress-Shirt-19-Colors-Sizes/142990630

Quick google search reveals it's a vintage Mo Betta western shirt. Search ebay/etsy/poshmark etc for Mo Betta i guess. Looks like they're all equally ridiculous even if you don't find the exact shirt.

need to talk to this guy

Let’s get to the stories behind the albums and some things I have never even seen before! Join here https://t.co/h5tx2O7Ie2 love, g#GARTHonVINYL is ON SALE now. Pre-order YOUR limited numbered edition while supplies last pic.twitter.com/76cuPYMuJb

— Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) April 12, 2019

holy hell those shirts are HIDEOUS!! I must buy a few

filson fb group scene report: these guys are kind of weird, definitely richer than me, somehow i doubt any of them are like regular hunting season types, i mean i'm also an outdoorsman fetishist but not straight. filing my flirtation with filson for 10 years from now when i finally live in the pacific nw and have a job that pays me significantly more than 45k a year.

after hating turtlenecks my entire life…. it’s time

It is NEVER time for turtlenecks, rock that below the neck V!

well i do that too

hey all, would anyone object to a part II to this thread? 10k posts feels like the right time.

Sounds good!

No objections here...

good idea

It is NEVER time for turtlenecks, rock that below the neck V!

Sometimes my wife and I have this conversation like, "do you want Chinese food" and the answer is like, "no, we had Chinese food last night" and then somebody is like, "you know Chinese people eat Chinese food every day."

I wonder how turtles feel about turtlenecks. Like, "dude I wear a turtleneck literally all the time."

- Bob Marley

let's take it over here guys: ils menswear and men's clothing part 2: 2023 until we all need stillsuits