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

[borbor]

Question for the zegna fanatics. Is there a way to decode the tag (09 production year) to find out which line of fabric they used.

 

[the2ndhandman]

oldest one I've picked up

 

[double00]

^^^ what make of zipper?

 

[330CK]



Yeah i dont think so either.better pics of lucite though?
Half the fun is identifying this stuff tbe other half profits.

Very similar to this

http://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/261996638334

I guess I'm missing the random small piece

 

[namdaemun]

Dear Thriftmas receiver,

I sent out your gift today. Apologies for the late response as I had to figure out a way to send your item.





Dear Thriftmas sender,


I received your gift last week and thank you. I haven't opened but will soon.

thank you again

 

[the2ndhandman]



^^^ what make of zipper?

***** talon about the size of my thumb

 

[leftofthedial]

@the2ndhandman

I think that's early to mid 60s.

Looks like it's near mint too. Siiick find.

 

[SpooPoker]



Bullock and Jones worth a pickup? I'm looking at a realllll schlubby silk cream colored sportcoat right now.

Oy vey! You mean slubby, right? If so, sounds cool.

This is Long Island, don't forget.

Lawn Guy Land

 

[SpooPoker]

Also, to my thriftsmasee - I have not yet sent your gift but know very well how to use express mail, and how to compensate for a late delivery. Fear not.

 

[SpooPoker]

I love leather.
re posts of old potato pics.

 

[Nobleprofessor]

Heh! Sounds exactly like my weekly Friday lunch when I lived in Chicago. Worked in the Hancock building, back in the good old days when we made more money than we could spend and lived simply...would go downstairs and check out the Paul Stuart shop, then around the corner to the Saloon steakhouse and order a big ol' steak, baked potato, salad, desert, have a beer and two cocktails, then go back to work just in time to leave for the day...then off to some downtown / Loop / Gold Coast bar to start the weekend proper.

Sorry this response is from 5 days ago, but I am catching up from the weekend. Your description sounds a lot like what I thought being a lawyer would be like.

I thought when I became a lawyer people were supposed to just start throwing money at me. After a few years I would buy the big house in the neighborhood, serve on lots of boards and go to Charity dinners and bid on luxury vacations. And I was supposed to have afternoons like you described where I would have three martini lunches with other lawyers and clients and work out all the details of the lawsuits so that everybody made money. I was supposed to play golf at least a couple times a week and smoke cigars at the exclusive club where the only women who were there were the super hot waitresses. I was supposed to act like I worked really hard, but really the secretaries and paralegals did all the work. I was just supposed to show up at Court in alligator shoes and well worn saddle leather briefcases and make a few jokes with the other side. Trials were supposed to take a couple of hours and I was supposed to ask a few questions that amazed the jury and I looked like a rock star and tried to act humble even though I knew I was God’s Gift to the law!

The reality sucks by comparison.

 

[Nobleprofessor]

I can still remember my mother making disparaging remarks about Sears when she had to pay $8.99 for my Toughskins jeans.

You got toughskins? I had the Montgomery Ward knockoffs of the toughskins and when I wore a hole in them, my mother ironed on those really dark patches, so it was really obvious!

 

[drlivingston]

You got toughskins? I had the Montgomery Ward knockoffs of the toughskins and when I wore a hole in them, my mother ironed on those really dark patches, so it was really obvious!

Dude, she was wasting patches. Toughskins came with the triple reinforced knees. Seriously, you could go knee dragging on a motorcycle in those things and be protected.

 

[vexco]

Long day today. Hit some stores. Everything availble.

North Face poly tee(M), North Face cotton tee(M), vintage made in USA Hilfiger tee(L), vintage Nike ringer sweatshirt(L)


Patagonia full-zip fleece hoodie. Sooooooooooo soft.(Women's XS), Spyder full-zip fleece(L or XL)




Mountain Hard Wear rain jacket. Size L.



Dunno **** about these. Patagonia fleece pants? Size XL. Made in USA. Snap pockets and snaps at the ankles.



Patagonia Synchilla sweatshirt. Size L.



Reversible Patagonia jacket. Size M. Other side is a purple nylon.



Burberry trench. First one I've found, actually! Tag says 54L





Vintage Florsheim longwings. Shell, I think. Size 10C.

 

[ahk11]

Florsheims look like shell to me.

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