Random Fashion Thoughts (Part 3: Style farmer strikes back) - our general discussion thread

[slvth]

Looking for a sturdy, relaxed zip hoody with a two way zipper. Been waiting for Lady White to do it but it's been two years and I'm not going to wait another fall/winter. House of Blanks and Camber work but neither have two-way zips and thermal / waffle lining is too heavy duty.

Any recs?

 

[shopcanoeclub]

@slvth I got a 3sixteen one as a gift years ago in college that I really loved. I also think Engineered Garments/Workaday miiiight have one?

 

[jaaz16]

Jackman, but would need to size up 1 for relaxed.

 

[superego]

Any recs on drapey scoop neck tanks and tees? Had loved John Elliott stuff from years back (I think attributable to the supima/micro modal blend) but they've stopped making them.

 

[breakaway01]

I lean toward food, museums, monuments, parks – that sort of thing. Also interested in getting a hotel in an area that maybe doesn't suck.

Second the recommendation to stay in the South End. Very walkable, easy to/from airport, good access to T lines, lots of good food choices. Close to the Boston Common.

Museums: the Gardner for sure. Wonderful space. MFA if you like Impressionists and American painters (Sargent/Homer/Whistler et al) and an enormous collection of Japanese art (largest in world outside Japan). ICA can be fun depending on what they're showing, and an easy walk from the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Harvard Fogg Art Museum if you're in Cambridge.

Food: so many choices. Lots in/around the South End. Someone mentioned Union Square in Somerville (a place, not a restaurant) and there's also Inman Square in Cambridge, but neither is very convenient to get to unless you drive/Lyft/Uber. Neptune Oyster or James Hook for lobster rolls.

 

[thatboyo]

I went to Neptune when I was in Boston a few years ago and thought the lobster rolls were kind of average

 

[slvth]

@slvth I got a 3sixteen one as a gift years ago in college that I really loved. I also think Engineered Garments/Workaday miiiight have one?

Thanks, I'll give 3sixteen a looksee! I had a thermal lined EG Workaday hoodie for years that I wore through but when I asked at Nepenthes a few weeks ago the associate said they had no plans on producing anything like that again that wasn't the standard thermal.

Jackman, but would need to size up 1 for relaxed.

First I've heard of these guys - thanks! As a lanky scandi guy I've never had luck with tops in japanese sizing but I'll check measurements.

 

[malcb33]

Thanks, I'll give 3sixteen a looksee! I had a thermal lined EG Workaday hoodie for years that I wore through but when I asked at Nepenthes a few weeks ago the associate said they had no plans on producing anything like that again that wasn't the standard thermal.


First I've heard of these guys - thanks! As a lanky scandi guy I've never had luck with tops in japanese sizing but I'll check measurements.

I believe (I could very well be wrong) that those thermal-lined EG Workaday hoodies were produced by Camber Sportswear

Camber Sportswear- Arctic Thermal 19-oz. Heavyweight Work Outerwear

Camber Sportswear offers Arctic Thermal 19-oz. heavyweight work outerwear in several varieties including knit collar, zipper hooded, pullover hooded, reflective, contrast and contrast-reflective.

www.camberusa.com

 

[slvth]

@malcb33 Thanks, but Camber isn't producing theirs with the double zip and I'm looking for something closer to middle-weight and not thermal lined. Otherwise I'd just go back to the EG hoodie.

 

[milosh]

I think I destroyed my black Geller Type 3 jeans which I really liked. Perhaps a stupid question but, recommendations for something in a similar cut?

 

[Racing Green]

Looking for a sturdy, relaxed zip hoody with a two way zipper. Been waiting for Lady White to do it but it's been two years and I'm not going to wait another fall/winter. House of Blanks and Camber work but neither have two-way zips and thermal / waffle lining is too heavy duty.

Any recs?

I just got this one from Outstanding & Co. Very heavy, relaxed and double zip. Love it,

Heavyweight Reverse Zip Hoodie 1% Grey Melange

Super Heavyweight Reverse Weave Fabric 100% Cotton Classic 80's Athletic Wear Styling The latest Zipped Hooded Sweatshirts from Outstanding Company are some serious contenders for the best we've had our hands on. Inspired by Classic 1980's athletic wear the updated Zip Hoodie from the guys at...

thisthingofours.co.uk

 

[slvth]

I just got this one from Outstanding & Co. Very heavy, relaxed and double zip. Love it,

Heavyweight Reverse Zip Hoodie 1% Grey Melange

Super Heavyweight Reverse Weave Fabric 100% Cotton Classic 80's Athletic Wear Styling The latest Zipped Hooded Sweatshirts from Outstanding Company are some serious contenders for the best we've had our hands on. Inspired by Classic 1980's athletic wear the updated Zip Hoodie from the guys at...

thisthingofours.co.uk

Damn this would be perfect if it came in black... Thanks!

 

[DeafIdiotGod]

Posted about this in the very low traffic Our Legacy thread but will probably get more eyes on it here. I quite like their Piraya Jacket which can be matched with either their Borrowed Chino or Chino 22 in the same fabric to make a something that isn't really a suit but the fabric makes it look more refined than a matching set from Engineered Garments or Universal Works e.g.

I feel like I've seen non-workwear "pseudo-suits" like this in movies before and I'm trying to find other examples of it but not getting anywhere. Does anyone know anywhere else doing anything like this? Or better yet, a name that can be put to it.

 

[ac106]

A few more:

Rose Kennedy Greenway is cool, right adjacent to downtown (which is more touristy, but "touristy" sometimes gets a bad rap, you know?). It used to be a highway that was moved underground and the park was built on top. You can walk along it to the water; it connects the North End ("Little Italy") with the waterfront via downtown. Unique views of the relatively modest downtown skyline.

It's been a while and SO much has changed even in the few years since I've been gone, but when I went back to visit I made sure to hit up Darwin's for a breakfast sandwhich and Lord Hobo and Trina's Starlite Lounge for food/drinks. The latter two are not necessarily special per se, but sentimental and kind of dark/dingey, which is what I like in a bar. Trina's used to have a cool industry brunch on Mondays if you're there then (and they're still doing it). Sadly, People's Republik closed, which was a kitschy, communist-styled bar (think: lots of Che posters) on Mass Ave with a big fake bomb inside. These recs are all in Cambridge, which is basically part of the city for all intents and purposes (i.e. accessible by the T).

I'd avoid Southie unless you're 22-25, and the Seaport has been developed considerably but seems super meh to me.

Oh oh oh, one more combo: Sportello is great fancier Italian in the older part of the Seaport, and it's directly above Drink, which is a no-standing-room speakeasy that may not be operating during COVID, I dunno. It used to be hard to get into Drink but if you told your waiter at Sportello, they'd get a spot for you and take you down the back way through the kitchen.

If there's no Sox game, you can easily pop into Bleacher Bar in Fenway which is quite literally next to the Green Monster and you get a view of the outfield.

Drink has become a 20 something **** packed abomination compared to what it was when it opened.

 

[OccultaVexillum]

I think I destroyed my black Geller Type 3 jeans which I really liked. Perhaps a stupid question but, recommendations for something in a similar cut?

I found Jeanerica tapered (TMXXX) cut to be very similar to the RG03. Similar price too.