The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Part II (May 2015 - Sept. 2018)

[eazye]



Hey guys. Anyone have a suggestion for how to get a dusty, old smell out of a vintage leather jacket? Recently bought a vintage leather that I really like, but it has a sort of vintage-shop smell. I know about the diluted vodka and vinegar tricks. Will give that a shot this weekend, but does anyone have any other suggestions?

(cc'ing @SpooPoker since he may know)

I just tossed an old smelly shearling in a garbage bag filled with coffee beans for a week. Smelled like coffee for a few days, but once that passed, the original funk was gone.

 

[PGRoadhouse]

Only been going part time the last few weeks, but I managed a pretty solid array of finds and a pseudo thriftening experience of my own (hats off to silverware and eazy, that Brioni/Zilli haul was just unreal. Good luck with the withdrawl, I know those feels).

Without further ado:

A string of pretty awesome headwear- all available



Borsalino fur fedora for the small-headed gentleman:







Brooks Bros red wool driving/mario cap, made in the states:







NWOT Kangol summer cap, made in England



NWOT Brooks (Brooks ltd, not bros, pop!) wool cap for the large-headed gentleman:



Belts-



Coach Italy, coach USA, and a moneybelt! A must for any paranoid traveler. N/A



Ties:

Brooks bros England, RT Estate, VV for the metro golf association x2, and Lilly Pulitzer (pop)



A thing? Lambswool, made in Italy GV



For myself- RLPL england, Ferragamo hunting scene, J Crew silk d ring, and an ashear square.



And finally, a much awaited pop, my very first Hermes! (assuming its real etc)





The rest:

Burberry suit bag, pendleton wool bag for my sister, CD Monsieur(!) wool/silk scarf, burb cash






That burberry scarf look legit?



Oh and 4x pairs of NWT gray merino socks, made in england! 3x hilditch and key, 1x pantherella. Size 12.




Pants:

These might be a thread first - Verdera "luxury slaks" trousers. Made in Italy, pretty impeccable construction and fit. Not too much on the web but the retails on par with incotex and the like.

One pair in gray checked cotton:















And one pair in seersucker. Both fit me perfectly, NA









Not really thrifted (ebay at a reasonable discount), but I've wanted a pair of black selvedge jeans for a while now. RRL Japanese selvedge, fit beautifully, if a little lower rise than I usually wear.















Another ebay find: a vintage cashmere shirt jacket, made in England for Saks. A few small holes, but otherwise primed for winter lounging.









Sweaters - glad to see these and winter coats getting more rack space these days. All available.

VV nautical cotton quarter zip




Zegna sport cotton or cotton blend - doesn't have tags, about an L









Waliki Bolivian alpaca sweater, extremely soft with a subtle fair isle throughout.











Harrods made in Scotland cashmere vee - tag reads 46"





NWT St James wool mockneck, L













Shirts-

Big Mac flannel workshirt- great shape, fits well, NA





2x Burberry polos, made in Great Britain, L and available









Uber recent NWT PRL indigo chambray buttondown, XL










BR slimfit chambray - probably enough keywords there to quadruple my money





Uniqlo x undercover flannel, mostly picked up for oddity's sake





Single needle Indian madras, made in USA, NA





Rag and bone western herringbone chambray, small, made in USA, available









A strange one: BR safari bush shirt with Congo Cricket Club embroidery on the back. Might keep but has a whiff of colonialism about it.









Hilditch and Key linen spread collar ging, NA





Pretty cool Carroll and Co English twill safari shirt, NA








And 3x Viyella wool/cotton shirts, woven in Scotland, all my size, all NA



For kaps:



For Orvis:



Just plain viyella:



Just a couple pieces of outerwear, both available

Sawyer Nappa sheepskin - 46













Ladies' Barbour microfibre. Made in Estonia rather than England but still very nicely constructed.











Another one for the ladies, a pretty sweet PRL blue velvet jacket, made in the states









Tan wool Rubinacci jacket, 46 and available












I had a pretty stellar run reuniting orphans. First off, the pants:

Zegna Italy 15 milmil gray db. Simply beautiful. My size, definitely a keeper.








Double breasted, double vented, double pleated.





Two minty Oxxford suits, both 44 Tall

First is a pencil stripe gray flannel:














Second is a gray super worsted with a faint red windowpane:

















Particularly amped about this find: I wouldn't have minded a tweed Brooks Bros suit in the first place, but intuition led me to dig around the vest section. Glad I did. My size, not available.
















And then, at the end of a long, not especially productive day, I decided to hit a final, distant store, and had my own brief thriftening. It was a triumphant disappointment (or perhaps a disappointing triumph), for reasons that will soon become clear.

The first Kiton super 150s got my attention:













The second Kiton sent me into a sort of mechanized trance, burning down the rack as frat bros crowed over hugo boss all around me.















And yet both are unvented, and probably orphans - no pants to be found (I'm picturing the superfine 150s fabric disintegrating into thin air). But of course it wouldnt be a thriftening without Brioni:

In this case, a navy herringbone striped suit, double vented, likely a 46, available















I also copped a Brioni orphan, navy with red stripes, in the hopes that its other half would materialize. As with the Kitons, this never happened.

Onwards! Heavy black twill Sulka. Might be cashmere. Might be a wool blend.











And then this happened:



Staple gray wool - super 150s English fabric





Of Caraceni, as I understand it.











Three times:






Navy herringbone DB.






















Navy DB















All about a 46, all with some wear, dated, and unvented, but it is immediately obvious how well made these suits are. Unshowy but extraordinary workmanship.

And finally some art to decompress:

According to a note on the back, this is authentic egyptian papyrus. Don't know what, if anything, this means, but I liked the look of it.



And a signed print for my kitchen:



Can't quite make out the signature.



That's about it. Good luck out there gentlemen, may we all have a grail-heavy autumn.

 

[eazye]

Ken P is the ******* man. Grail achieved, thanks again homie.

 

[eazye]

Damn PG, the thriftening continues..........

 

[jdrizzy]

Can't compete with those finds ^^^

 

[SpooPoker]



Hey guys. Anyone have a suggestion for how to get a dusty, old smell out of a vintage leather jacket? Recently bought a vintage leather that I really like, but it has a sort of vintage-shop smell. I know about the diluted vodka and vinegar tricks. Will give that a shot this weekend, but does anyone have any other suggestions?

(cc'ing @SpooPoker since he may know)

I just tossed an old smelly shearling in a garbage bag filled with coffee beans for a week. Smelled like coffee for a few days, but once that passed, the original funk was gone.

+1 Came here to tell you the coffee bean treatment is the ****.
What leather jacket did you kop?

 

[SpooPoker]

 

[dieworkwear]



+1 Came here to tell you the coffee bean treatment is the ****.
What leather jacket did you kop?

An old Schott Perfecto.

 

[matty long legs]



An old Schott Perfecto.

dieworkwear in the thrift thread? Crazy. It's like seeing a rare albino whale in the wild.

 

[eazye]

 

[silverwarebandit]

PG, holy ****!

Heritage day

Tokito, LVC, GBV, filson

 

[jdrizzy]

PG, holy ****!

Heritage day


Tokito, LVC, GBV, filson

you wot m8. You thriftening everyday or something?

 

[Takai]

Hit a couple stores today and shipped a ridiculous amount of stuff out.

Saw this, and my heart skipped a beat.

 

[MJMcRibb]

Tough going after some of the stuff posted tonight. Apologies for the ****** pics.

RLPL ff trous & linen been had

Canali

Been had suede shacket & Travis Mathew for The Chive

Dingman gator



LP Ca$h



Tiffany lizard w/ sterling buckle.

 

[marc roberto]

I'm pretty sure I found my first shell shoes!

Can I get a confirmation?