ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

in my experience if you hang shirts up immediately as they come out of the dryer, they will be fine.

I have found this to be true with some brands, but I have shirts from both Nordstrom (the John W. Nordstrom line which is supposed to be higher end) and Ledbury (again, supposed to be high end) that don't do this. Granted both were clearance buys so maybe I just got some fabric that turned out to be shitty.

100% cotton oxford shirts need ironing. I can't imagine not doing that. I don't own a dryer though. Maybe the dryer sorta lets out the thousands of deep wrinkles?

Here are a few items I like in terms of design and colors

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/wwacza9mjt7rcnm/20191003_145143.jpg?dl=0

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/9x3c037ev7teoqh/20191003_145436.jpg?dl=0

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/0lqpmt2p66ylyye/20191003_145939.jpg?dl=0

I know you said shirts but I’ve found that wearing non-jeans more often than jeans is really key to not feeling like a schlub

I have decent pants I can wear, probably could get more, but yeah, it's the shirts where I'm struggling.

I've kind of semi-given up. wearing some chaotic looks these days. loose pair of black wranglers with hi-tec hiking boots, a navy kappa sweatshirt and a black bomber that doesn't quite go is today's ensemble

100% cotton oxford shirts need ironing. I can't imagine not doing that. I don't own a dryer though. Maybe the dryer sorta lets out the thousands of deep wrinkles?

And I avoid “wrinkle resistant” and “no-iron” shit like the plague - keep that formaldehyde bullshit offa my torso thx

Maybe gitman vintage Moodles?

I think you are on the right track, I like their plaids, but holy smokes, I can't afford them

all of their web exclusives are really nice though

The way people throw out label names on this board I kinda assume most of you only have like 4 outfits in your closet and think that’s normal

This is nice

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don't put anything in the dryer ever. socks and underwear, if you really need to but fuck's sake you don't need that

just iron your feckin shirts it takes minutes

you can't line dry in a new york apartment if that's what you're talking about.

i got a henley and flannel shirt from j. crew last weekend. they're nice and i like them.

i'm sure this experience applies to literally no one else but i also work 100% from home and i work out twice a day so i'm pretty much always wearing wolaco tights, rogue t-shirts and nike metcons.

leggings rule, if women can wear yoga pants everywhere so can i

no it applies, i'm like 90% remote for work and the majority of days is just nike or under armour tops, running pants, and light technical jackets. all appropriate for workouts, chores, errands, and being on videoconferences from the shoulders up which are the only things i do monday-thursday.

ive decided to dress like a grungy teen for last two years of my twenties. fuck it

now that it's cooling off my plan is to get deep into crewneck sweatshirts

mangy ill-fitting black hoody and ripped jeans \m/

you can't line dry in a new york apartment if that's what you're talking about.

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, October 4, 2019 1:09 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I live in a not very big flat. I use a collapsible rack

new york apartments also don't have dryers so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

put everything in the dryer unless it's fancy tbh

Dog Latin OTM, dryers are the enemy

but on the other hand they make your clothes dry

in other news

i went on ebay (#1 celtics fan pin not here yet) pic.twitter.com/uLEHAing2p

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i've always used dryers but after a year of living with hippies i grew to appreciate line drying.

imagine my horror after putting out some clothes to dry in my sister's backyard to learn that DRYING CLOTHES OUTSIDE IS FORBIDDEN by the hoa in this shitty prefab muted pantone shade neighborhood. it might literally be the stupidest thing i have ever heard.

hoas are the mundane fascism

The way people throw out label names on this board I kinda assume most of you only have like 4 outfits in your closet and think that’s normal

This is pretty much me. All of my four/five outfits match, so they are all interchangeable: Five pairs of (mostly Outlier) pants (black, olive/gray, blue/gray, khaki, 1 pair of jeans), about 8 t-shirts with muted colors, 1 lightweight hoodie, and 3-4 button-ups. The hardest to match is the black pants and I won't be buying more of those for this reason. I hand wash my pants and certain button-ups when the weather is nice enough to line dry. (Clothes lines give a place character - fuck that HOA).

I read some article a few years ago by a woman who, for an experiment, wore the same outfit every day for I believe a year. Unsurprisingly, nobody noticed or gave a shit. I'm old, my clothes are purposely boring and highly functional. It's freeing to know that nobody is paying attention to what I wear.

All of my four/five outfits match, so they are all interchangeable

Garanimals!

I'd never heard of those before, but yes. Minus the dinosaur prints (unfortunately).

On a whim I ordered both a stitch fix box and a trunk club box. I just feel stuck with clothes shopping lately and don’t have time to devote.

Totally unrelated, does anyone have any experience with Spiewak parkas? I've been sort of eyeing them and thinking about trying to get one off ebay before the winter.

i need boots for the winter. i am looking for something fairly rugged that can hold up against daily exposure to snow, ice, salt but also something i can just wear all day that won't feel too heavy? like i don't want something like the 1964 sorels, which seem like good snow boots but would be something i'd want to change out of as soon as i get to work

duck boots bro

i can wear whatever i want at work so it's not that they need to look "professional" but more that i wan't something that is sturdy enough for a midwestern winter but still, like, wearable in most environments

the bean boots? xp

I just bought some timberland waterproof hikers for the purpose of doubling as actual hiking boots and snow boots. They're pretty lightweight and comfortable, maybe not as stylish as Sorels though.

i wear bean boots and thick socks during winter nyc commutes, never had a problem.

i have some heavier duty lacrosse duck boots but yeah the bean boots sound like they fit yr criteria

+they r cute

I had a pair of waterproof hiking boots that I also used as snow boots for like 8-9 years. The last pair of snow boots I bought were north face -- I was forced to buy them last minute as a blizzard came into town -- and they were garbage and only lasted me a season.

i like bean boots but i dont think i want that camel color

oh i wait see they come in a darker color too

hiking boots are so short tho what do u do when theres more than like 4 inches of snow xp

I guess I'm not really doing a lot of hardcore trekking around in the snow, hasn't been a problem. Jeans and thick socks.

I've never owned proper snow boots and basically wear doc martens (or older knee high boots, am not a man) when it snows in NYC, even to shovel.

the cool thing abt having a big rugged pair of boots is u can just walk whereever u want without worrying about it, like those huge icey puddles at intersections in ny u just power through them