The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Page 3423

Originally Posted by Digmenow 

I'm stealing that for other uses! You photoshop guys gotz mad skillz!

Originally Posted by FaceOfBoh 

If he wins you can take your acting career to a whole new level. Maybe even be a body double / decoy!

Originally Posted by capnwes 

You can send them to me and I will gladly ship to Austria. I owe HansderHund a solid.

Originally Posted by akatsuki 

So one of the great deals in thrifting always seems to be tweed jackets...
Except that the fabric seems often to be stiff and crinkly. Is that from dry cleaning, cheap tweed or other? I have never owned a tweed jacket for the long haul, so am unsure what to expect.

Originally Posted by HansderHund 


I'm not 100% sure, but I think Brianpore jumped at the chance to take them. He said they might not fit, so maybe I'll have him send them this way

Thanks a lot for thinking of it though, it's really appreciated!

Originally Posted by Brianpore 

I think we wear different sizes, waiting to hear back if they are US or UK as UK will be too big for me anyway (not sure who else actually has the same size shoe as me here).... I think they are UK and I also have no problem proxy shipping them to you

Originally Posted by HansderHund 


I think we do as well. In all honesty, if it's something on the fly and without insole measurements, I'll take anything from a US 7.5-8.5. If I'm at a shop and buying them, I'll of course get the exact size. If not, I'll take the gamble and pass them along if they don't work.

Probably not the best system but I don't have any shoes that don't fit. I was most surprised by a pair of Allen Edmonds I picked up in the US. I've never worn a 9, so I thought they were destined to be sold or shipped. I tried them on and they fit really well. I suppose it just pays to try on a number of sizes/widths/lasts to get a good fit!

Originally Posted by MZhammer 

Ran across these Cole Haans made in England, can anyone give any insight? Worth a cop for a flip? They're size 7-1/2, looks like they might have been made by Church's?

 

 

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Originally Posted by Evil Abed 

Ok since we're sort of on that topic. I have this horse head mask

And was planning on wearing it with a standard Vietnam era jungle camo bdu top or jacket, and maybe grabbing a toy gun along with it to be... Warhorse. That translates better than if I wore a military top similar to the ones seen in the film right?

Originally Posted by Pawz 

Went to the Goodwill yesterday for the first time in AGES. Got there a few minutes after the doors had opened.
There was a man there donned in a suit moving hurriedly through the ties. I my mind, I said "This guy is either an EBAYer or a SFer"; I was swayed more to the latter based on his clothing (which fit rather well, albeit not seamlessly - I guessed he'd found a good RtW suit and didn't think it worth it to alter).
Anyhow, I moved to the other side of the tie rack, looking at labels as quickly as I could, hoping he'd not yet gotten to my side or that he'd missed something. He left, taking nothing (and I found nothing, save a nameless Made-in-France tie and a mainline Calvin Klein tie with some damage). He moved to the shirts.
I darted for the jackets, hoping he'd not gotten there first (my hopes seemed to have a good foundation, since the Goodwill opened at 9a.m. and I arrived there at 9:08a.m). Found a blue, windowpaned Canali Proposta SC, but it was damaged and two sizes too big for me. Also found a dark-blue PRL SC, but it looked dated and not worth my $11.
I moved to the shirt rack opposite the one the man was meticulously searching through. I was watching to see if he'd selected anything, but he had not. I moved VERY fast, and made it to the same rack as he, but on the opposite end (which he'd not yet gotten to). I found nothing.
I knew this guy was aware of me, so I gathered the courage to speak (so he wouldn't think I was checking him out or anything). I asked (feeling a bit foolish), "Probably wishful thinking on my part, but are you from StyleForum?" He asked me to repeat, which I did. He replied, "I don't know what StyleForum is". I said, "Ah. I was hoping I knew you". He chuckled condescendingly.
At the end of the day, I snagged a red Boss Black shirt - its pits caked in deodorant. I took it home and was able to save it.
That's my Goodwill adventure.
Still seeking cheap, Band of Outsiders ties (preferably narrow ones).

Originally Posted by eazye 

Originally Posted by ilikethelights 


Have you ever looked at all the Amazon customer images for the horse head mask? They're pretty good and there's like 500 of them.