The Man in the Bargain Bin Shirt

[Artisan Fan]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122532749442982533.html

Pretty funny.

 

[whiteslashasian]

Good lord, the writer dresses like an IT guy!

 

[Doc4]

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

Good lord, the writer dresses like an IT guy!

... for less than $100.

(I've probably spent more on having clothes shipped to me than he's spent on clothes.

)

 

[vitaminc]

there's also an article on today's journal on how an expensive st. john suit made a lady receive treatments as vip

 

[CharlesAlexander]

"That brings me to ties. It has always struck me as bizarre to pay big money for ties. I look for ties of decent quality that have been marked down to $8 to $12 apiece. I have paid as little as $5. But really cheap ties bring a dilemma. If I stain a cheap tie, how do I justify paying $3 or $4 to dry clean it? I usually resolve that by hanging the tie in my closet and hoping the stain will disappear. That only occasionally works. If I like the tie, I cave in and take it to the dry cleaner." *passes out*

 

[robin]

Sounds very cruiser like.

 

[mack11211]

Not Our Kind, dear.

 

[Tarmac]

He looks like SoCal +20 years and -any sense of fashion

 

[illegalcheeser]

god i might cancel my wsj subscription after reading that

 

[Zenny]

 

[teddieriley]

Originally Posted by Tarmac

He looks like SoCal +20 years and -any sense of fashion

 

[kryn13]

At least he's not alone. I think he's pretty much 'corporate standard' now.

This forum has destroyed me...I can not sit in a meeting with a dozen corporate types without spending at least half the meeting cringing at the clothing on display.

 

[JLibourel]

Well, I'm wearing an OCBD that I bought from Costco for $15 and some gray wool Bill Blass pants I got from the same establishment for about $33. However, I am wearing them with my W.W. Chan jacket in Porter & Harding Glorious Twelfth gun-club check that was not particularly cheap and a J. Press wool tie that I got on sale, albeit for a good deal more than $5. In all, I like to fancy I cut a reasonably elegant figure, the cheap duds notwithstanding.

 

[maxnharry]

Originally Posted by Tarmac

He looks like SoCal +20 years and -any sense of fashion

You hit that nail on the head.

 

[teddieriley]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

Well, I'm wearing an OCBD that I bought from Costco for $15 and some gray wool Bill Blass pants I got from the same establishment for about $33. However, I am wearing them with my W.W. Chan jacket in Porter & Harding Glorious Twelfth gun-club check that was not particularly cheap and a J. Press wool tie that I got on sale, albeit for a good deal more than $5. In all, I like to fancy I cut a reasonably elegant figure, the cheap duds notwithstanding.


I think this is the hallmark of well-dressed gentleman. Not everything in one's outfit has to be MTM, bespoke or just plain expensive. If you look good, you look good, no matter how you put it together.