Should I or shouldn't I buy... (clothing item)?

[notwithit]

1) keep COS boots (not bad, not as nice as, say, Officine Creative)

2) spend 2.5x as much on Pete Sorensen

3) spend 5x as much on Guidi

 

[javy]

the cos boot is very different from the other two... guidi is guidi and i'm not really a fan of #2

 

[dieworkwear]

I would go with 1 if you want a cleaner, contemporary look. Then 3 if you want something "dirtier" and funkier.

I have Margiela side zips that are kind of like #1. I wear them with MMM five-zip jackets, Schneider coats, Document robe coats, super wide Tommorrowland pants, Lemaire, etc.

Don't really have anything like Guidis, but I think those would look nice with either that dark artisanal arte povera stuff or grungy workwear.

 

[jet]

Weren't guidis half the price before?

 

[clee1982]

Maybe? No idea about MrP stuff quality though

 

[zissou]

De Bonne Facture English moleskin jacket. Versatile, or boring?

 

[#dadcore]

FW 2002- not sure about the faux “patina” but it doesn’t look too overdone

 

[Benesyed]

De Bonne Facture English moleskin jacket. Versatile, or boring?
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Both?

 

[MGoCrimson]

Are chore coats ever not boring? But that’s not a bad thing.

@#dadcore maybe it’s real patina 16 years later

 

[dieworkwear]

yes to chore coat, pass on five zip. that distressing swings it into john varvatos territory

 

[jet]

Always no to chore coats.

 

[mmmargeologist]

My bbj chore coat is becoming one of my most worn pieces. It boring as hell and I love it

 

[Two Shoes]

Maybe this is more of a RFT but it's about trying to choose things to buy...

I've realized that I have a really hard time scrolling through thumbnails of items online and 'seeing' how they would actually look like on me or as part of a fit with my other clothes.

I see some of the stuff that's posted on WAYWT and it looks great and I realize I never would have looked twice at that item if I saw a thumbnail of it online.

I have a fairly honed aesthetic so I wouldn't say it's a matter of me 'finding my look' it's more of a frustration of wanting to find things that don't immediately catch my eye because they are isolated in a thumbnail and I have a hard time imagining what it would actually look like on me or as part of an outfit.

 

[noob in 89]

Always no to chore coats.

I liked Mozzie’s chore coats in White Collar.

Sidekick-level steez?

 

[zissou]

FWIW I slept in the chore coat and it sold out. Maybe it was a sign...