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post #46 of 52
1/6/12 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by El Argentino View Post

I don't understand the animosity between each side of these forums.
And how might anyone who favors and appreciates Kiton, Alden, etc. really resort to supermarket for something that serves as such a wardrobe staple as denim does?

Personally I don't wear Aldens or Kiton, because they're not available here, well anything that's real. I buy my jeans at supermarket, because at least there the quality is consistent and more important they fit me properly.

There's a hell of a lot of places selling jeans here, usually they're too small, as it's Chinese sizes, weird distressing and/or styling, or are just simply awful and may only last a few weeks. It quite surprised me what they will try and pass off as "Levi 501s", but then most people here have never seen a real pair.of 501s.

On my top ten list, it's nearly all Chinese brands which are available locally.
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post #47 of 52
1/6/12 at 9:29pm
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Originally Posted by MikeDT View Post

Personally I don't wear Aldens or Kiton, because they're not available here, well anything that's real. I buy my jeans at supermarket, because at least there the quality is consistent and more important they fit me properly.
There's a hell of a lot of places selling jeans here, usually they're too small, as it's Chinese sizes, weird distressing, or are just simply awful and may only last a few weeks. It quite surprised me what they will try and pass off as "Levi 501s", but then most people here have never seen a real pair.of 501s.
On my top ten list, it's nearly all Chinese brands which are available locally.

I was speaking more in generalizations about MCers, but point taken. Environment heavily influences choices.
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post #48 of 52
1/6/12 at 10:10pm
For Autumn/Winter

1) C&J brown Islay boot
2) RRL low and straight jeans (like the fit better than my 501s)
3) Kato linen madras shirt (a summer essential I wear year 'round)
4) Jaeger camel hair v-neck sweater
5) G.T.A. chinos
6) Mason's blue oxford shirt
7) Paul Smith black brogue boot
8) Zanone navy cable knit turtleneck sweater
9) Pendleton wool blackwatch shirt
10) RL escape jacket
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post #49 of 52
1/6/12 at 10:25pm
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Originally Posted by MikeDT View Post

...more important they fit me properly.
There's a hell of a lot of places selling jeans here, usually they're too small, as it's Chinese sizes, weird distressing and/or styling, or are just simply awful and may only last a few weeks.

I feel your pain. Clothes cut for the Asian body often don't fit me. If I get one w/ a proper fitting neck then the arms are too short. Find one w/ the right length sleeve and the neck is too big. The shoes are too small, and many of them are elevator style having an overly high heel. Pants have a way too high rise. The "decoration" applied to just about everything... and excessive branding. I had better luck going to shops that sold clothes for the export market, but Inner Mongolia is far from the coastal trade zones.
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post #50 of 52
1/6/12 at 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by El Argentino View Post

I was speaking more in generalizations about MCers, but point taken.

You'd think the American men on SF, at least, would take it as a point of local pride to know something about jeans as well as about soft shoulders and the barchetta shapes of the tailors of Naples.
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post #51 of 52
1/6/12 at 11:56pm
Just started building my wardrobe but here are my staples

1)Navy Fitz suit
2)Light blue Finamore shirt
3)White Burberry shirt
4)Slimmy slim 7 for all mankind
5)AS Oxblood moores
6)Pt01 grey trousers
7)BB burgundy cordovan belt
8)Burgundy gucci tie(Looking to replace with an orange/forest green grenadine.)
9)White linen pocket square
10)A hand me down Tudor Oysterdate
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post #52 of 52
1/7/12 at 12:48am
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Originally Posted by curzon View Post

I feel your pain. Clothes cut for the Asian body often don't fit me. If I get one w/ a proper fitting neck then the arms are too short. Find one w/ the right length sleeve and the neck is too big. The shoes are too small, and many of them are elevator style having an overly high heel. Pants have a way too high rise. The "decoration" applied to just about everything... and excessive branding. I had better luck going to shops that sold clothes for the export market, but Inner Mongolia is far from the coastal trade zones.

That's why I often shop at the menswear concession in the Dekelong supermarket. Because they usually have a good selection of things that I like, nothing too weird, overly branded, sizing is OK, quality seems to be consistent, pricing is good as well.

It's the clothing markets that gets me, there's like hundreds of stalls all selling pretty much the same things, usually hideous misspelled knock-offs of PPR and LVMH brands, very poorly made as well. It's the shear quantity of this stuff, almost like there's many more clothes than there are people to buy them. I've heard it all comes by truck from Beijing every six weeks, don't know what happens to all the unsold dreck after new stock arrives. One might see a certain style of jacket, most of the stalls have it, within six weeks it's gone and they have something else, but only a very few are wearing it. At the moment they all seem to have these garish shiny polyester suits and horrid gaudy shirts because of the forthcoming Spring Festival.
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