Harold falcon
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I know it's a bullshit consumer magazine, but not even a cursory suggestion for thrift stores for the $30k guy? He could get a much better suit.
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I know it's a bullshit consumer magazine, but not even a cursory suggestion for thrift stores for the $30k guy? He could get a much better suit.
For what it's worth, I believe in the pre-war period of America, men used to spend about 12% of their annual income on clothes (I believe I have the figure right). Just because they've now decided to take on other expensive purchases, rather than spend the money on clothes, doesn't mean that someone making $50k a year can't afford a $1k suit (should they decide to forgo the mortgages, cars, and whatever else, of course).
Holy ****. Im Chinese.
I'm pretty sure not. Don't you have a white wife?
Men including colored people and immigrants?
p.s., there were no income tax, social security, medicare back in those days, ya?
Lol is right. ****, it's taboo and "un-pc" to say "black people" never mind where that dude went.who the hell says colored in reference to African Americans anymore?? Jeeze, LOL
How would the forum rank the suits according to affordability in income ranges using the same guidelines?
Yup. People used to have considerably different consumer values. fwiw, Italian men still spend 14%+ of their gross income on clothing and accessories (national aggregate average), which is why there are more and better mens clothing stores in a smaller Italian city than there are in 1MM+ American cities like Denver and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
On the other hand, try looking for a home improvement store anywhere else in the world, save Canada, which shares many cultural values with the USA. People try to justify huge expenditures on all sorts of stuff that in any other country, only a professional homebuilder or general contractor would have, a lot of it being that they believe that they are increasing the value of their main asset, their house, even when assessed house values are nearly always much more dependent on location and floor area.
Recently, Home Depot closed seven (massive) doors in China. They found that the "Do it yourself" mentality, which is nearly uniquely American (and, from what I understand, stems a lot from the consequences of the Homestead Act and the continuation of the pioneering ideals), did not translate into China, which has been a settled and specialized society for thousands of years. There, they apparently much prefer the "Do it for me" model.
I assume they took men as national aggregates, as people seem to be doing in this thread.
And yes, they had income taxes and social security in the mid-20th century.
who the hell says colored in reference to African Americans anymore?? Jeeze, LOL
How would the forum rank the suits according to affordability in income ranges using the same guidelines?
I'm pretty sure not. Don't you have a white wife?
lol....I'm not going to spend $1,500 on a suit. I dont care who makes it. I could get several suits for that price that look just as good, fit better and last for at least a few years. I like to look stylish, but I've never seen a suit that was worth that much.
Thank God for Esquire! I have been misguided for so long but now I have direction.