The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[Guitar Preacher]

I’m always fooled by this Flusser label ?

 

[Fueco]

Hmm, this one looks interesting.

Spoiler

NWT Mountain Hardwear sleeping bag? Yes please!

 

[Letric]

Damn that's a ******* score @Fueco !

Also does that tag say Feb 21?... So that's how we're meant to only be able to find **** like that huh? Time travelling into the future and bringing back thrift scores.

 

[Pronto Merona]

If anybody was curious as to a follow up re: the toe-gouged boots from last week I took them to a cobbler to see what they could do. They sanded the toe down a bit and shined them up and burnished the
Cost $14 USD for the repair
Before and after -

 

[sandfourman]

Uh what is this I know its brioni but should I pick it up? Doesn't seem to be a tie.

 

[Sartoriamo]

The things we learn: I was hitting the 70% off consignment sale and grabbed this cummerbund because it looked cool. I'd never seen one like it. As I was checking out, a lady started going on about some islands near Panama and how this was somehow related to them and had a story.

So I researched, and well, it turns out that this was made using a form of reverse appliqué developed by the Guna people of the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama. It was originally based on the way they painted their bodies back in the day before the missionaries started making them wear clothes. "The Cuna are famous for their bright molas, a colorful textile art form made with the techniques of appliqué and reverse appliqué. Mola panels are used to make the blouses of the Kuna women's national dress, which is worn daily by many Cuna women. Mola means "clothing" in the Kuna language". Here they are (picture by Yves Picq):

"The Cuna have been staunchly resistant to Hispanic assimilation, largely retaining their dress and language". Well, good for them.

So now the second part of the story.

This NM piece is marked with the signature of Laurice Keyloun, who had a custom boutique in White Plains, NY in the latter half of last century. At one point, she journeyed to the San Blas Islands where she worked to support and promote the Mola fabric art of the Cuna Indians, and no doubt this piece is a result of that.

Anyway, there's your trivia for today. I have never had an occasion to wear a C'bund, but I'll probably keep this for when that day comes, just because I love stories like this. It's all part of "this thing we do".

 

[Woofa]

So I thrifted another pair of gokey this past week. This makes three separate pair in the last few months. All different and from different thrift stores.

these things are tanks. The leather is absurdly thick and the only thing I can compare it to was when I handled Viberg boots for the first time. As per what I read online I bought some Obernauf and have now applied two coats over a few days And they look great and I feel like they could handle almost anything.
i will definitely be keeping my eye out for more, mayhaps some boots will also be forthcoming from the thrift gods. If you see a pair of these, give them a try.

 

[Fueco]

Damn that's a ******* score @Fueco !

Also does that tag say Feb 21?... So that's how we're meant to only be able to find **** like that huh? Time travelling into the future and bringing back thrift scores.

I think they mean ‘week of 2/21’. I have to assume I got there minutes after they put it out. The same store routinely prices beat up hiking boots at $40, so they blew that one. This certainly made my four stop quick thrift run worthwhile.

 

[tonylumpkin]

The things we learn: I was hitting the 70% off consignment sale and grabbed this cummerbund because it looked cool. I'd never seen one like it. As I was checking out, a lady started going on about some islands near Panama and how this was somehow related to them and was quite unique.

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So I researched, and well, it turns out that this was made using a form of reverse appliqué developed by the Guna people of the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama. It was originally based on the way they painted their bodies back in the day before the missionaries started making them wear clothes. "The Cuna are famous for their bright molas, a colorful textile art form made with the techniques of appliqué and reverse appliqué. Mola panels are used to make the blouses of the Kuna women's national dress, which is worn daily by many Cuna women. Mola means "clothing" in the Kuna language". Here they are (picture by Yves Picq):

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"The Cuna have been staunchly resistant to Hispanic assimilation, largely retaining their dress and language". Well, good for them.

Been there...

 

[Cj52racers]

Been an Invertere magnet lately for some reason.

 

[Pronto Merona]

Ran up on a store closing sale tonight. They had lots of canali, barbera etc but just not quite to 10% zone. Did grab this Burberry ultra lightweight sport coat though.

 

[dadjeans]

Uh what is this I know its brioni but should I pick it up? Doesn't seem to be a tie. View attachment 1339540 View attachment 1339541 View attachment 1339542

Has that tie been circumcised?

 

[sandfourman]

Has that tie been circumcised?

I have no idea lol I think it's a cravat

 

[Button hole]

Walked into a store today and found a handful of Brioni suits and some other stuff. Walked out of the thrift store to see that someone hit and ran my parked car.

 

[drlivingston]

Walked into a store today and found a handful of Brioni suits and some other stuff. Walked out of the thrift store to see that someone hit and ran my parked car. View attachment 1339669 View attachment 1339670 View attachment 1339671

I bet that one of the businesses in that vicinity have a security camera aimed in that direction.