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post #32101 of 35888
1/3/13 at 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by Teger View Post

also mikey I dunno, those glasses look a little wide for your face to me. you should just buy some of the wary parker round frames. or brow lines or something.

meh, tried on some round ray ban and persol frames and they really didn't look good. my face is pretty round. angle is throwing things off too I think, if anything the frames area tad narrow for my face (the arms go out from the frame to my ears, they're not parallel, if that makes any sense).

also, this is a funny example of "can't take everyone's advice." i post in rft and 3 people say "your face is round, get square glasses." post in rp and people say "should have gotten round." appreciate the advice, it's just a good example of the fact that you need to take all the advice you get on here and choose which you follow. in this instance, the round frames looked terrible on me.
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post #32102 of 35888
1/3/13 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by ManofKent View Post

For what it's worth I like it...

LOL, that's only worth everything. Thanks for the comments and brand insights, you guys, I appreciate it.
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post #32103 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:06pm
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Originally Posted by mike868y View Post

they're ray ban 5187. although mine are tortoise, i bet yours are black. almost sprung for a pair of persols but i actually preferred the way the ray bans looked on my face.
http://www.ray-ban.com/international/products/optical/RB5187?var=2445

I was actually considering getting this same pair a few months back.
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post #32104 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by mike868y View Post

meh, tried on some round ray ban and persol frames and they really didn't look good. my face is pretty round. angle is throwing things off too I think, if anything the frames area tad narrow for my face (the arms go out from the frame to my ears, they're not parallel, if that makes any sense).
also, this is a funny example of "can't take everyone's advice." i post in rft and 3 people say "your face is round, get square glasses." post in rp and people say "should have gotten round." appreciate the advice, it's just a good example of the fact that you need to take all the advice you get on here and choose which you follow. in this instance, the round frames looked terrible on me.

you should do a warby parker free try on with these frames (in whatever color you like!):

http://www.warbyparker.com/men/optical/crane-mallard-green-m

http://www.warbyparker.com/men/optical/mens-eyewear-winston-eyeglass-frame-old-fashioned-fade

http://www.warbyparker.com/men/optical/gladstone-brushed-granite-m

http://www.warbyparker.com/men/optical/mens-eyewear-sinclair-eyeglass-frame-burgundy
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post #32105 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:27pm
mikey's head looks pretty small. i don't think he should look at anything larger than a 50
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post #32106 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:40pm
lol my head is huge.
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post #32107 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:42pm
join me in the oversized glasses club.

we serve pie on Wednesdays smile.gif
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post #32108 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:44pm
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Originally Posted by mike868y View Post

lol my head is huge.

huge for someone who's 5'2" or huge in general? because my face looks like it's bigger than yours and even i don't wear past a 52.
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post #32109 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by lesamourai View Post

Correct.

Current season? Do they still have the suicide rise and weirdly large thigh:hem ratio?

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post #32110 of 35888
1/3/13 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by nahneun View Post

huge for someone who's 5'2" or huge in general? because my face looks like it's bigger than yours and even i don't wear past a 52.

i have no idea. i think huge in general.

i mean, this fit pic illustrates it well.
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post #32111 of 35888
1/3/13 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by noob View Post

Oh crap, I didn't. All the vendor web sites said TTS for this one. Thanks for the heads up...I will prepare.
Not incidentally, it was your OL constellation blazer that lead me to this tweed jacket. laugh.gif

FWIW, I tried on the constellation blazer in a 48 (roughly TTS), and I'm pretty sure it was the correct size since the shoulders were dead-on. I didn't have any problem getting my arms through the armholes, although I admittedly have kinda twiggy arms. I ended up returning it even though I thought it was a cool piece because it fit like shit on me; massive gapping at the neck and somehow at the chest, but it still managed to pull a tiny bit at the chest before going all boxy-looking at the waist.

The whole thing makes me wary of OL suiting, which sucks because I really like the look of their midnight sheep jacket or whatever it's called, the flecked one from this F/W. confused.gif
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post #32112 of 35888
1/3/13 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by lesamourai View Post

Correct.
Current season? Do they still have the suicide rise and weirdly large thigh:hem ratio?

Front Rise - 9.25"
Back Rise - 13.5"
Thigh - 11"
Hem - 6.5"

No idea what season, I'd guess current though. Cut is Detroit and color is pearl.
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post #32113 of 35888
1/3/13 at 3:53pm
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Originally Posted by BBSLM View Post

Someone at my old job said my mmm gats looked like bowling shoes.

I've often thought the same thing myself. The resemblance is vague, but to American eyes it's definitely there. I'll go even further and say that many of the designs from European sneaker brands fall into the bowling shoe camp-- e.g. Ecco, Camper, etc. By contrast most American sneakers are unapologetically sporty. Somehow in the European quest to make more "sophisticated" sneakers by removing the overt sportiness, the bowling shoe has a tendency to appear.

The safer route is to design sneakers which are more minimalist, like what Common Projects has done.
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post #32114 of 35888
1/3/13 at 4:02pm
Glasses are too personal to solicit anyone's opinion other than your own. Mine are blue Pradas; they sound terrible, and I myself would caution against getting them if someone had asked me. But they work on my pale skin, and are more versatile than brown. Buy what you like and not what teh internetz think is cool this week.
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post #32115 of 35888
1/3/13 at 4:04pm
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Originally Posted by lesamourai View Post

Front Rise - 9.25"
Back Rise - 13.5"
Thigh - 11"
Hem - 6.5"
No idea what season, I'd guess current though. Cut is Detroit and color is pearl.

I have a pair of Detroits from a couple seasons ago and while I've never bothered to measure them, your thigh vs. hem measurement look about right. The taper from the thigh to bottom hem is so excessive that I cannot wear them. They are made for someone muscular who wants the semblance of skinny jeans. If you're actually skinny, I would avoid them.

Also, quality is not very good. I've worn mine only a couple times and there's already stitching that's pulling apart on the seams.
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