The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Page 4064

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Originally Posted by mvxwell 


I'm just trying to help monitor the items here so I don't have to look through 50 old raggedy, stained shirts to see 1 or 2 true items of beauty.

besides, if I want the opinion of people who thrift, no point in starting a new thread when I can go to the source.

my posts have been sincere and genuine, but if you want to get an attitude... you don't see me complaining that all your "available" posts should really go in the classified section, do you?

this is a bragging thread, NOT a marketplace.

You have 10 posts and joined this month, you shouldn't be trying to help monitor anything. BP wasn't the one who initiated "attitude", you were, with your attempts to "monitor" a community which you have just joined, and aren't yet viewed as a truly contributing member of whose opinion is valued (by me at least). This is a bragging thread, true, but it is most definitely a marketplace of sorts, we all know this, but there are some general guidelines to the extent to which it is used as such (don't post desired price etc). In short, you'd know that everything you mentioned has been discussed before, and isn't going to change based on you, or anyone else for that matter, voicing your opinion.

With that said, I hope you stick around and show us some great finds. Your initial misstep has happened before, and lots of people have stuck around and are now great members who also started off on the wrong foot. (Ian i'm talking about you, lol.)

Edit @ Snoogz, yes I have the pants as well.

For me, the thrill is in the hunt, not in the ebay dollars.  Nothing better than spending an hour leafing through 400+ shirts, 100+ suits and coats and a crapton of nasty Cole Haan and Bostonian to find those few gems.  Seriously, when I saw my first Italian suit (Corneliani for Barneys) at a Goodwill my heartrate climbed.  Same thing with my first pair of Santoni shoes and Brioni tie.  Still waiting to find Oxxford, Brioni clothing, Isaia, Etro, Kiton, etc.  But I have only been doing this for a year, so I expect to wait for a while longer.

EDIT: Ethan, love the outfit, especially the socks.  The green tie is interesting.  I may have chosen another color, but then again I am a guy who wears blue 7 out of 10 times.

Only a couple things at lunch today....

Infant size tweedly bow tie

I'm looking at you Dustinmyself

I never pick up polyester stuff, but......

Also never grab Banana Republic ties, but this one was just too cool.

I also generally avoid the women's clothing...unless of course I am searching for matching orphans.

However today, this spectacular vintage silk-lined, curly wool coat was calling my name from the other side of the store. No labels or union tags, but there was a newspaper ad in the pocket for a sale on Kodak Super 8 movie film...if that's any indicator.

I suppose the collar is fox, but someone here may know better....

Popped in at a local "vintage" shop - the kind of place that sells moth hole-ridden Harris tweeds for $60+. They also had a Brooks 346 suit for $200... Selling acetate pocket squares for $10-$15. It was an interesting trip, nothing worth kopping even at thrift prices, let alone their markup.

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Originally Posted by IrateCustomer 

Wes, that's an ultra rare, baby yeti coat. They were released with no tags because the feds can trace it back to its source, which would surely have been very bad for the yeti poachers. You can tell it's a baby yeti by the salt and pepper coloring in there. As they mature, the dark hairs shed in favor of the more concealing all-white fibers.

LOL, I was thinking wookie at first, but the color was off.