The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

[HansderHund]



there's some dummy in my town that rips through all the sportcoats' makers tags. like, every single jacket. like yeah, you ******* muppet, i'm real sure that unvented chaps jacket is gonna be made by someone worth a damn.

I don't know if this is something that people say or if you made it up but I like it enough that I'm going to work that little line into my vocabulary. I'll try it out today and let you know.

 

[jcubzzz]



mad thanks to jcubzzzzzzzz. got me a great pair of Salvatore Ferragamo Chukka's for a song. Hope I can repay you one day.

Glad you liked it!

 

[Klobber]



there's some dummy in my town that rips through all the sportcoats' makers tags. like, every single jacket. like yeah, you ******* muppet, i'm real sure that unvented chaps jacket is gonna be made by someone worth a damn.

+ 1, annoying.

However, by far my biggest pet peeve, is people trying the stuff on when it is obvious beforehand it wont work. It one thing to have a near miss, quite another to miss by a mile. A huge fat dude needed his wife to help him take off a 40R jacket I had just looked at. He wanted the jacket because it was Hugo Boss but probably was thinking he could lose some weight. Judging by that debacle, he would need to lose all his weight, his entire mass (or at least 99% of it) .

Also saw a wee little chap try on a jacket around 10 sizes too big and then walk off with it. It was nothing special so I doubt he was a flipper but I did think to myself "for that jacket to work, steroids, a diet high in protein / saturated fat, and rigorous powerlifing sessions were urgently required. This would have to be conducted for several years of course, that is a given".

 

[VLSI]

Couple recent items

BB 100% Cashmere Navy Blazer

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Herringbone Tweed(?) Aquascutum Sport Coat

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Olive Pendleton Wool Jacket

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Canali Peak Lapel Sport Coat. What's this pattern called?

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[codhead]



Scored this beaut off British eBay for £70. It was tagged something generic like "grey suit in size 36R", when it was in fact a vintage Kiton suit!

I often browse eBay.co.uk for the very same reason, it really is a delightful surprise to find the odd gem in there. That's how I managed to blag my Welsh & Jefferies DB overcoat, in absolutely mint condition that was tailored one year before my birth, for £15.00 shipped.

 

[JohnnyMarr]

I don't know if this is something that people say or if you made it up but I like it enough that I'm going to work that little line into my vocabulary. I'll try it out today and let you know.

Very popular word in England; has the same implication as, 'idiot', 'tit', 'knobhead', 'clown' etc.

 

[mrdeep2001]

This jacket is sweet!

 

[capnwes]

Also saw a wee little chap try on a jacket around 10 sizes too big and then walk off with it. It was nothing special so I doubt he was a flipper but I did think to myself "for that jacket to work, steroids, a diet high in protein / saturated fat, and rigorous powerlifing sessions were urgently required. This would have to be conducted for several years of course, that is a given".

Or maybe this

 

[eazye]



Or maybe this

I remember that commercial. One thing that I see that is pretty funny is this dude who is obviously a flipper, I see him all the time, he always has a face-mask and gloves on, but also rocks ******* flip-flops. Like, dude is so worried about germs, yet he's not worried about the **** his feet are going to contract walking around dirty ass thrift stores in flip-flops?

 

[StruckDumb]



This jacket is sweet!

Agreed. That is excellent.

 

[aglass]

Couple recent items
BB 100% Cashmere Navy Blazer



Herringbone Tweed(?) Aquascutum Sport Coat



Olive Pendleton Wool Jacket



Canali Peak Lapel Sport Coat. What's this pattern called?

Wow. Every one of those finds would make a great day for me. The Pendleton jacket is absolutely awesome!

 

[foodguy]

not a thrift find, but a definite grail find for me. nwot (pockets sewn shut; extra buttons still in envelope) Italian-made PRL navy sportscoat. double vented, tons of pick-stitching. ebay for $80 shipped. i'm a tough fit (42S), so thrifting for me is mostly a spectator sport, at least for sports coats (sweaters and outerwear can do ok).

 

[eazye]

Found this awesome vintage, women's, Spiewak olive green, belted wool safari jacket today. Made in the USA. I really wish this were a men's. Size medium, if any of you fellas think your lady would wear this, get at me.

If you don't like vintage L.L. Bean stuff, don't open.

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Vintage made in England, L.L. Bean ribbed military style wool sweater with shoulder and elbow patches. Size XL but these run really small, so I'll be keeping for myself.

 

[div25sec9]



+ 1, annoying.
However, by far my biggest pet peeve, is people trying the stuff on when it is obvious beforehand it wont work. It one thing to have a near miss, quite another to miss by a mile. A huge fat dude needed his wife to help him take off a 40R jacket I had just looked at. He wanted the jacket because it was Hugo Boss but probably was thinking he could lose some weight. Judging by that debacle, he would need to lose all his weight, his entire mass (or at least 99% of it) .
Also saw a wee little chap try on a jacket around 10 sizes too big and then walk off with it. It was nothing special so I doubt he was a flipper but I did think to myself "for that jacket to work, steroids, a diet high in protein / saturated fat, and rigorous powerlifing sessions were urgently required. This would have to be conducted for several years of course, that is a given".

I picked up a Hugo Boss suit for a quick flip and listed it locally. This guy came and tried it on. He was maybe a 42S and the suit was a large 44. He was swimming in the jacket. The sleeves came down to his second knuckle and the jacket length was a good 4 inches too long; but he said his tailor could adjust it. I didn't blow the sale by arguing the point, but it still makes me wonder.

 

[IRKSM]

Vintage made in England, L.L. Bean ribbed military style wool sweater with shoulder and elbow patches. Size XL but these run really small, so I'll be keeping for myself.

they prob put it through the washer and it shrunk so they donated it, that is why I never look at the tags of wool sweaters they can be misleading