The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Page 4125

I have a Brooks Brothers corduroy jacket with the same Loro Piana tag. It's ridiculously soft.

Why would you have passed on the shoes? For what I paid I have no issue with tossing them away after I clean them up. Considering I don't have any dress shoes outside of a placeholder Payless pair I can't be too picky.

Thanks for the insight on the jacket/suit. Not going to lie, if cheap enough a friend of brine would have gotten a suit from me as a random gift.

Scored my first Incotex...

 

Hopsack. I've got a J Press like that, it's very versatile.

 

You can send me the Crombie Chesterfield to say thanks

 

Because the sole is mostly shot and the lining is man-made material, not leather. The leather of the outer is corrected grain, too.

Doing another closet purge this time only regulars need apply I will just send you a bunch of stuff in the hope of a future hook up mostly shirts like rugby and mid to low tier stuff and some sweaters and ties and a blazer or two maybe keep in mind these are all around me size maybe a little smaller so of you think you can fit into them just pm me and I will try to get the package out tomorrow

Yeah those shoes are total garbage. Toss them, start over, can do much much better than that

Also, if anybody has a black suit (solid) in 40r, please PM me. Trying to do a favor for somebody.

 

Sadly, in North America these days, you probably can. But you shouldn't. So good on you.

 

 

I'll go against the other guys here and say that, if you like the shoes and they were cheap enough, fit perfectly and are comfortable (although I have my doubts about that last one), they're a fine purchase. The suit and jacket were a good pass.

 

My reasoning is the same for both: styling. While you (possibly) could tell the quality in the Hickey jacket (and the quality definitely is there), it's an old and dated piece, and if your goal is to dress better, it won't serve your interests. The shoes on the other hand may indeed be garbage, but they're light brown brogues and light brown brogues are trendy right now. So even if you only wear them for a couple of months until you get something better, if they were cheap enough, you'll have gotten your money's worth.

 

As has been said here before... when thrifting for yourself, it goes fit > styling > quality.

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Considering its not correct to list the price, I will say I spent only 5x more than I would for a can of soda... For that I can live with them if they can be presentable. Thanks for the advice on fit>styling>quality. I set out to find AE's and I thought I lucked into one, and in my size no less.

not sure when it became a rule not to list price but, that's stupid, list it if you want to it's very informative


but, thrifting is just a shitty way in general to find specific things, IMO. i appreciate that you're trying to build a wardrobe from scratch on a budget, and it's doable, but i don't really think thrifting is the best way to do it - gasp. really this is a great way to end up with a lot of mediocre stuff that doesn't really fit you that well, unless you're thrifting in an awesome area like socal or something. if i were you i would identify the basic components i wanted in my wardrobe (IE, 3x khaki pants or whatever, shirts), find a brand that fits me well, and then go bargain hunting on ebay or sales. thrifting is a great way to round out your wardrobe, but you're not going to thrift a lot of staples. usually those are the things people wear into the ground. IE, you're in some ways more likely to find a pair of crazy two tone spectators in good condition than a pair of mint Park aves because people wear the piss out of allen edmonds. which is fine, if you want to end up wearing double pleated zanellas with an old ass zegna shirt with a beat up pair of allen edmonds, and I guess to some people that is an acceptable outcome since the "retail" value of all these items was really high, but ultimately you will look like a doofus

This is a perennial debate. I think Chiron's point, about stores upping prices once they realize what people will pay, is the best argument against. But making rules on an internet forum is like trying to hold the ocean in your hands: utterly futile.

 

If thrift store employees were regularly reading this thread we'd have much bigger problems than them knowing what we're paying. They could just go around to the other stores and see what the prices are for that.

I think they're getting slimmer? I almost picked up a Brioni at Marshalls that had a flawless fit (38R), but was black