The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

[buddy72]

Here's my recent score, a Canali sports jacket. It's a lightweight wool, 3 button, side vents. Sadly it's a little too big for me (a EU 54 which is 44R).

 

[tsaltzma]

Today was fairly uneventful, but a few ok finds.

current Jpress 3 button(horn) navy sportcoat
Ben Silver tie (looks like multicolored seersucker)
BB braces
Trafalgar braces
recent Brioni tie $3 - right alongside a Geoffrey Beene for $10 :O
Bally brown monkstraps

 

[lynch_king]

Originally Posted by tsaltzma

Today was fairly uneventful, but a few ok finds.

current Jpress 3 button(horn) navy sportcoat
Ben Silver tie (looks like multicolored seersucker)
BB braces
Trafalgar braces
recent Brioni tie $3 - right alongside a Geoffrey Beene for $10 :O
Bally brown monkstraps

whoah wait are geoffrey beene ties good?

i thought they were junk/ becuase i passed on so many goddamn GB ties its sad

 

[TheWGP]

Originally Posted by lynch_king

whoah wait are geoffrey beene ties good?

i thought they were junk/ becuase i passed on so many goddamn GB ties its sad

They're junk. He was pointing out how silly thrift stores get their boutique pricing hilariously wrong.

I do think we get too used to that, though - I recently paid 12.50 for a Canali super120's suit for myself and walked out feeling angry/annoyed/consternated that they jacked the price up on the RIGHT item this time - and then I had to repeat to myself "you just paid 12.50 for a canali that's now the best suit you own!" Little dose of reality!

 

[tsaltzma]

Originally Posted by TheWGP

They're junk. He was pointing out how silly thrift stores get their boutique pricing hilariously wrong.

I do think we get too used to that, though - I recently paid 12.50 for a Canali super120's suit for myself and walked out feeling angry/annoyed/consternated that they jacked the price up on the RIGHT item this time - and then I had to repeat to myself "you just paid 12.50 for a canali that's now the best suit you own!" Little dose of reality!

Amen to that. I bought a NWT Brioni shirt a couple weeks ago, and I was kinda complaining to myself that they wanted $15. Then I remembered I used to spend more than that for shirts at the Gap.

I am thankful that at most places, their idea of what constitutes a boutique item is far different from mine.

 

[lynch_king]

Originally Posted by TheWGP

They're junk. He was pointing out how silly thrift stores get their boutique pricing hilariously wrong.

I do think we get too used to that, though - I recently paid 12.50 for a Canali super120's suit for myself and walked out feeling angry/annoyed/consternated that they jacked the price up on the RIGHT item this time - and then I had to repeat to myself "you just paid 12.50 for a canali that's now the best suit you own!" Little dose of reality!

man I'm the opposite, i paid $50 for an old hickey freeman suit, its the nicest suit i found while thrifting, i come to this thread and you jackasses find kiton and isasia suits for 1/3 of the price i found my hickey for!

and this age old low-end suit is the nicest suit i own

 

[Larson McCord]

Originally Posted by lynch_king

man I'm the opposite, i paid $50 for an old hickey freeman suit, its the nicest suit i found while thrifting, i come to this thread and you jackasses find kiton and isasia suits for 1/3 of the price i found my hickey for!

and this age old low-end suit is the nicest suit i own

That's how thrifting works. If you had never come here you would be really happy with your purchase. Reading this stuff gives you a whole new perspective.

I found a Polo University Club blazer for $6 and thought I was doing great, then a week later found a Brooks Brothers charcoal suit that fit me perfectly for $6. Topping that, each of my Samuelsohn blazers and the Norman Hilton were no more than $5 each. I'm getting better!

 

[jkidd41011]

My first suit was a Polo University Club that I bought in college in the early '90's for interviewing and it was worth every penny.

 

[dahl5yankees]

Half price at a lot of thrift stores today. Yesterday I scored a Brioni linen shirt for $1, Nat Nast silk shirt $4, Malo polo shirt $4 and a new Kuhlman SC made in Italy for $5.

Happy Hunting!

 

[deveandepot1]

Originally Posted by PhilGreen

Just started thrifting heres what I found last week (hopefully the pictures work!)

Clarks Desert boots mint $6

Those Clarks look great.

 

[AlanC]

Originally Posted by lynch_king

man I'm the opposite, i paid $50 for an old hickey freeman suit, its the nicest suit i found while thrifting, i come to this thread and you jackasses find kiton and isasia suits for 1/3 of the price i found my hickey for!

and this age old low-end suit is the nicest suit i own

When H-F can be called "low-end" you are indeed operating in a rarefied atmosphere. H-F is one of the finest American made suits, and older models can be quite well made.

One of my first thrifted suits was an older H-F, in perfect shape. I still have it. I found a wonderful 'Mad Men' style H-F last year that I love. Sure, I pass on Hickey all the time these days, but they can be very nice if they are styled well.

 

[PhilGreen]

$1 tie day: Valentino, YSL, 2 Dior, Viyella, and a wool BB

 

[deveandepot1]

Originally Posted by PhilGreen

$1 tie day: Valentino, YSL, 2 Dior, Viyella, and a wool BB

How wide is the BB tie? I might be interested.

 

[tsaltzma]

Went to 2 BBQ's this weekend, including one today, then off to the thrifts for a little while. Anybody else go thrifting today? A bunch of stores here had big sales. I had some luck, including some great trad items. I passed on alot of other trad stuff, just picked up the cream of the crop.

NWT Loro Piana shorts
NWT Mabitex trousers
NWT Ballin trousers
NWT Patagonia duck pants
NWOT old stock Johnston & Murphy white buck/saddle shoes

2 BB Makers ties
Red & Black silk grenadine tie
2 BB 346(the real one) USA made sack suits in charcoal, and gray pinstripe
Majer made in Italy blue pinstripe suit(vitale barberis canonico wool)
Norman Hilton 3 piece tan suit with lots of handwork - this is one of the nicest suits i've seen firsthand
Oxxford trousers
BB trousers
Florsheim pebble longwings(india) barely worn
Turnbull & Asser french cuff shirt

 

[PhilGreen]

Originally Posted by deveandepot1

How wide is the BB tie? I might be interested.

3 inch