The official thrift/discount store bragging thread - Page 4128

I must be the exception to the rule here but I've only been thrifting 2-3 months and i'm finding tons of staple clothing that fits me, maybe i'm just insanely lucky though.

White shirts -BB, Canali, etc

Blue - JPress, BB, Hickey, etc

 

Staple Suits - Canali, BB, Zegna

 

Shoes, I'm up to about 6 pair of dress shoes in like new condition Mostly Allen Edmonds, but also Church and Alan McAfee.

 

Since when does staple clothing need to be Loro Piana and Brioni clothing.  An average Joe who normally spends $100's of dollars at Macy's or JC Penney could go to a Goodwill and get the same stuff or better for a fraction of the cost.   In just about any Thrift Store you can find some decent quality Jcrew, Banana Republic and JOS A Bank.  Not to mention a plethora of Bostonian and Hanover shoes. 

 

This whole conversation stemmed from a guy who is wearing Mike Piazza jerseys.  Do you realy think he needs to be sporting Edward Green shoes and Loro Piana?  I'm sure if he could get a couple nice JOS A Bank suits, 3-5 BB or JCrew shirts, some ties, a couple Bostonians, and a few pair of pants he would be stoked.  And he could get all that for well under $100. 

Happy B-Day Mainy & EazyE

As for the thrifting for a wardrobe. The only things in my normal rotation that I found are a couple shirts and a decent amount of ties. If found some nice pants of the occasional wear variety. All of my thrifted suits and shoes have come from members here on the thread

 

Great and memorable advice, well said. Even so, my experience demonstrates that you can build up a terrifically nice wardrobe of relatively high end (or even just high end) staples through a combination of thrifting, buying or trading with others from this thread (both at a distance and locally), and eBay.

Edited by Randy - 2/1/13 at 4:42am

 

But they don't. This is a corner of a forum in a corner of a search engine in a corner of the internet. The three corner rule protects us.

Let me guess, the Canali is unvented?

yup

It's been 2 solid years hitting stores several times a week, and I probably do look like a doofus sometimes, but I have near 75% of my stuff thrifted now because what I had before sucked and everything I bring home now for me is upgrading something in my closet. I do have occasional Marshall's/outlet stuff (i.e. barbour tweed coats from the sample sale, I've been hitting Orvis outlet hard, too -- anyone within driving distance of their MAnchester, VT mothership I strongly encourage visiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) in the mix but BB and Boss and Canali for staples...it's all out there. I do have some pleats on the pants hangars in my closet but I'm thinning them out as I find upgrades...and the shoes! It's been great.

Like the others have said, some swaps and other Thrift Thread Deals have netted some real keepers. The clothes flow like water through my closet but the stuff I acquire from you guys I generally keep...so there's that to augment the thrifting.

happy belated birthday, E and Mainy

PS: Tip. It's gotten to the point where, when I do shirt purges, the shirts I'm letting go of because they don't go with my coats, have "too interesting" patterns to match the stuff I usually wear, cuffs beginning to fray, etc...are pretty effing nice. So while I purged some this week, I also held 5 back and my tailor is short-sleeving them. They'll enliven up khaki and loafer outfits this summah...or in the case of the luciano barbera white dress shirt, class em up...
Edited by LooknGr8 - 2/1/13 at 6:03am

I guess I woke up with a bee in my ass. < vent_on > Let me VENT. So often here, somebody types something like this, "It's a Brioni, but, damn, it's unvented." In Italy, "vented" often means "too poor to afford a tailor, so I bought it with built-in flexibility." Some the very best stuff in the world is unvented.  < /vent_off >

Totally agree, but SHHHHHH! You'll create more competition for us.

 

I don't have a bee anywhere, but personally, if it can't be double vented, I actually prefer no vent.  

 

And referencing the "can you get nice staple?"- I've had luck with Allen Edmonds (6 different in my size, including shell and Park Ave).  I've not had luck with the super high end, solid suits.  I'm pretty happy with Hickey Freeman, Daniel Cremieux Loro Piana, Valentino, and such.

 

Happy Birthday to all who claim it, and happy day to anyone drunk. :)

 This may be my favorite item I have seen posted on this thread! This coat is:

 

I may be the only person here that doesn't really care for that jacket. It looks too bottom heavy, but I would still be thrilled to find it while thrifting.

I am gonna fall somewhere in the middle. I am not nearly as advanced a thrifter as some of you but I do not think thrifting is good for the guy fresh out of college because he needs a few staples in a much shorter time frame than thrifting allows. I have been at it for almost a year now and I haven't found a good staple Grey or navy in my size although I have seen others find them and I have gotten them in other sizes. I have found some way cool stuff that I never would have bought retail, some neat FU jackets and cool pants.

 

I am at the point where I have suitable staples that will last me until I can find the high end piece at the crazy prices but starting from scratch, thrifting isn't the best way to go IMO.

 

 

^^And quoted because why the hell not

EDIT: Spoiler'd for those with computers facing the general working public

Edited by MZhammer - 2/1/13 at 9:52am

Well, I get off work in about an hour (11 ish)....my wife has a yoga class tonight after work and won't be home until 8:30 PM. It's going to be a big day!

 

Tried to get dustinmyself to ride along...but he must be scared of my insanity. Too bad, I was going to show him some of my best better spots.

 

JK, Dustin....hopefully you can make it next time. 

 

Hey Happy Birthday Mainy and Eazy!

Happy birthday!!!! I knew I was getting drunk for a reason.

Thanks for the birthday wish's yall, but mine isn't for a few months.

Also, Kate Upton has to be one of the hottest women ever to grace this earth.