The Streetwear Essentials

[Superb0bo]

Im a hat/cap guy. Mostyl ivy/paperboy style, but have alot of other stuff aswell. Summer have sucked in the hat department, but as soon temperature will go down, Ill start wearing alot more.

My streetwearessentials:
Raw denim, one pair straight 47/55 style and one-two pairs of wider 33/37 styled.
Nice khakis
leather jacket
denim jacket
scarfs, both thin and heavy
alot of rumpled dress shirts, denim shirts and flannel shirts
hats, preferebly newsboy or beanies.
heavy wool cardigans
some basic hoodies in easy colors
some chucks, some boots, prefferbly Red Wings
one pair of Birks for summer warmth, to be worn with wider raw denim.

 

[chronoaug]

raw denim
western shirts
tees/vs/henleys

Unfortunately, that's pretty much my wardrobe.

 

[cocostella]

Summer
Hat - Straw small brimmed fedora
Pants - Mason's slim and light khaki
Shorts - J Crew khaki w/ lobsters embroidered randomly (tailored narrow and above knee) or slim Levi cutoffs
Shirts - Fred Perry madras and AA vnecks
Shoes - Rainbows at/near beach and white low chuck's elsewhere
Belt - Vintage slim/tooled from Spain
Socks - Negative

Winter
Hat - Kangol driver in micro-check tweed
Jeans - Dior MIJ 19cm raw indigo
Shirts - Brook Bros button downs altered to BoO-type proportions and vintage Levi westerns (denim and other)
Sweaters - Two thin cashmere jobs (black v, grey crew)
Jacket - 'Nam era trench from pops, soon to get a fantastic pea coat
Shoes - AE brogues and german army trainers. One pair of combat boots as well
Socks - Lots of argyles and stripes
Belt - Thin black Gucci or wider harness types for more casual.

 

[MetroStyles]

Yes, iTunes is the devil. Slow, RAM-hog, crappy file-sorting mechanism. I only use it to transfer music onto my iPod, and even then I just drag from a folder into iTunes.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

I just felt like randomly resurrecting a thread.




I suppose. If you're in to that sort of thing. I'm one of those old skool rebels who doesn't pay for downloaded music. Plus, you know... I hate Apple... so even if I wanted to pay for music that I could get for free, I wouldn't use iTunes.

Nobody is giving the "hat" any love here in "essentials". Do none of you wear hats?

 

[Dill]

I used to be as anti apple as it gets (old AOL sn: macssuck21), and was anti itunes for a while. I too dont pay for downloaded music, but itunes and other apple programs are great, as long as you tell them not to sort your files. It downloads all of my album art for me, looks great, and lets me easily access all of my music in one place, no matter how it is sorted on my harddrive.

 

[ghulkhan]

Dior 21 cm jeans, 45 rpm raw, kohzos
margiela sneakers
common project sneakers
tee shirts-plain
a black w+h tiger fleece hoodie
jackets--patrik ervell, margiela
scarves and hats for winter
margiela/BoO button downs
a bunch of non-jeans pants from margiela

 

[Get Smart]

in broad terms:

-a rockin pair of boots
-some form of expensive raw selvedge denim
-a go-to zip up lightweight jacket
-the mythical "perfect leather jacket"
-a non-dressy dress shoe (oxford, brogue etc that doesnt look like it belongs in a boardroom meeting)
-good polo shirt
-a cardigan that doesn't invoke Mr Rogers
-solid dark color vneck sweater
-a perfectly fitting s/s buttonfront in a plaid/gingham/check
-a perfectly fitting l/s buttonfront in a solid
-couple belts that go with everything

tshirts and sneakers not required

 

[jet]

Good list GS except for the GS-ish items.

Nice button ups, long and s/s
classic sweaters with a couple funky ones
Classic cords and cotton pants
Selvedge jeans in all colors
Nice sneaks, boots, oxfords and wingtips
Silk scarves/pocket squares
Dope jackets
medium slim belts
Exquisite cardigans (not aa)
Slim blazers

 

[hchamp]

- jeans, khakis, cord jeans, various cotton pants incl cargo, pincord, seersucker, wool trousers
- polos when I'm doing the preppy thing
- rare tee by itself (when I want to show off the gym work)
- dress shirts from rumpled to ironed
- various cotton, cashmere/cotton, and tennis v-neck sweaters in summer, wool v-necks and odd crews otherwise
- track jacket, military jacket, jean jackets (in denim and corduroy)
- sportcoats, structured and unconstructed
- pocketsquares and ties when the mood suits me
- leather dress shoes, suede bucks (white and tan), casual loafers, sneakers (white) and grey trainers
- leather belts (dress and casual, black and many shades of brown), ribbon and silk tie belts assorted colors, khaki rope belt for the tan bucks
- hope to add a panama next summer

 

[hchamp]

Ha! I lied. I've got blue and orange sneakers (chucks), too. Nothing like orange kicks for trick or treating.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by jet

Good list GS except for the GS-ish items.

Nice button ups, long and s/s
classic sweaters with a couple funky ones
Classic cords and cotton pants
Selvedge jeans in all colors
Nice sneaks, boots, oxfords and wingtips
Silk scarves/pocket squares
Dope jackets
medium slim belts
Exquisite cardigans (not aa)
Slim blazers

Brands/pics/advice? I have a sacai cardigan and it's now for sale, those things are not for me but I'dlike to try a few more before giving up on them.

 

[ghulkhan]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

Brands/pics/advice? I have a sacai cardigan and it's now for sale, those things are not for me but I'dlike to try a few more before giving up on them.

theres a pretty nice chunky knit shawl collar cardigan by margiela (675). I dont have a picture on me but maybe you get the idea. Margiela has a few good ones every now and then. Also Marni has great ones and I like the one by Branquinho this fall.

 

[esspee1200]

and vintage nike will do the trick!!

 

[Carbon6595]



Love polos too, Lacoste being my favourite for fit and finish, however they don't fit a lot of people well.

do the lacoste polos tend to run big or small, i'm terminally narrow in the shoulder

 

[TheCaptain]

Here we go!
Silent Tight Black Denim
Neighborhood Black Tee. Any style.
WoodWood Hooded Sweat Black
Puma Suade Black.

As you can tell I'm fully stealth at the moment Black/Black/Black