The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

[kronik]

V, that's awesome.

 

[Lucky Strike]

Well, not clothing, but this book, with a very charming old dog portrait left in it, probably as a bookmark:

The book's published in 1938, - I suppose that fits with the photo as well.

 

[Silk]

That's a charming quaint book.

 

[mack11211]

Does anyone have experience with Loewe shoes for men? Now the brand is owned by LVMH, but these may date from before that. I just bought them because they were blue. http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-LOEWE-Me...QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Toiletduck]

Originally Posted by VMan

Accidentally bought this tie:

lol

ROFL....They have these ties all over the place in Hong Kong.

 

[blueorigami]

On Saturday I found not 1 but 2 Hermes ties which is always a nice surprise. They came at the first store visited after ignoring the protests of my thrifting associate who wanted to call it a day after only 3 stops. One is a nice green with blue and yellow pandas (2 dollars) for the WWF (not exactly the height of whimsy but better than most Hermes I've stumbled across.) The other is a lovely red with a truly hideous print of stripes and belt buckles (a rather substantial 3.50 due, I think, to a Neiman Marcus tag sewn onto the back near the "7510 IA" .) Though not exactly office material, it's certainly good enough to be a fun "belt" for the Mrs. Two more stops yielded some perfectly fine, hand-rolled silk pocket squares by "Jim Thompson" and a Luciano Barbera shirt in purple and yellow checks.

 

[Lucky Strike]

I like the Jim Thompson story: OSS operative, silk merchant and mysterious disappearance: http://www.jimthompson.com/index.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thompson_(designer) I have a couple of ties that an ex-gf brought back from Thailand. Very nice, crisp silk.

 

[BrianVarick]

This last week I've visited two thriftstores, and scored some pretty good stuff. At one they must have gotten a huge shipment from somewhere, becuase they had tons of them in most sizes of Grant Thomas pants, brand new, with the $130 tags still on them. I got 6 pairs for $5 each. At that same thrift store I bought a couple ribbon belts for $2.

At the second thrift store, it had just opened, and had tons of great stuff. I bought some Allen Edmond sharkskin shoes for $10, and perfectly fitting sportcoat for $5, a new blazer for $10, but I cna't remember the brand. They also had lots of other stuff, but I don't have enough time to try reselling.

 

[antirabbit]

VMan,
Now I know where the other good stuff goes!
I have found some sweeet stuff at that store, plus the other thrift store is right by there, I have found a nice Zegna suit there and some Borrelli shirts there.
Is there any other sweet spots to hit?
pm that to me, cant give up all the goods in public.
What size are you, Ill keep an eye out for hot action for you.

 

[AlanC]

Originally Posted by blueorigami

On Saturday I found not 1 but 2 Hermes ties which is always a nice surprise. ...Two more stops yielded some perfectly fine, hand-rolled silk pocket squares by "Jim Thompson" and a Luciano Barbera shirt in purple and yellow checks.

To combine your Hermes finds with VMan's tie, I came across a fake Hermes tie last week. While going through ties I saw it and just threw it over my shoulder for consideration when I was finished browsing ties. I did think at the time that I'd never seen an Hermes that wide. Later when giving it a once over it was quite obviously fake, too wide, poorer quality silk, jacquard weave tipping and no number printed on the narrow blade.

I picked up a Jim Thompson pocket square on ebay a few weeks ago. I was not familiar with him; I'll try to track down a picture, but I'm away from home at the moment.

 

[blueorigami]

Originally Posted by Lucky Strike

I like the Jim Thompson story: OSS operative, silk merchant and mysterious disappearance:

http://www.jimthompson.com/index.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thompson_(designer)

I have a couple of ties that an ex-gf brought back from Thailand. Very nice, crisp silk.

Now I wish I hadn't cut the tags off

. Crisp is definitely a good way to describe the silk. The prints however are a different matter. One of them reminds me of a bacteria culture, but in a timeless, classy way.

 

[j]

I just scored a couple things today:

Avirex goatskin A-2, nearly perfect - barely any pilling on the inside of the waistband even. $45... suckers. 38L so the sleeves are even long enough.

Wrangler black cotton (!) western shirt with black snaps - I've been looking for a black cotton western shirt for like 4 years now. $12.

Other recent stuff...

Jacob Siegel (makes for Nordstrom) 100% Loro Piana superfine lambswool overcoat - $can't remember, 30?

Orian (ever heard?) tomato-orange melange chamois? cotton BDC shirt, made in Italy, looked brand new. $7 Looks great on me, would love to pick more of these up for fall.

Plenty more to come...

 

[AlanC]

^Amazing find on the A-2, j!

 

[jett]

Originally Posted by j

I just scored a couple things today:

....

Wrangler black cotton (!) western shirt with black snaps - I've been looking for a black cotton western shirt for like 4 years now. $12.
....


I just got this same shirt off ebay for about $20 w/shipping.

 

[scruff]

UWS Housing Works was kind this weekend - 3-roll-2.5 Luciano Barbera sb windowpane charcoal suit, double vents, 38R (I'm a 38S, so there's going to be some length altering; it otherwise fits like a GLOVE) - $55 Blue Paul Stuart 7-fold tie - $8 Purple Paul Stuart self-tipped tie - $6

PS - If anyone wears a 42-long, there were about six Mr. Ned (scabel 100s) suits; 2 DBs and 4 peak lapel SBs. Each for between $65 and $75. All in fantastic condition and absolutely gorgeous looking.