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The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

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amerikajinda

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Originally Posted by California Dreamer
A small win last Friday at a vintage seconds store. I'm pretty sure the links are NOS.

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Very nice! And they're complementary.
 

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FWIW - older YSL, Dior, and Lanvin stuff is not worth picking up unless it fits you perfectly. The value/desirability is almost non-existent and most of it has not dated well.
 

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Originally Posted by Coal_Mining_Polak
FWIW - older YSL, Dior, and Lanvin stuff is not worth picking up unless it fits you perfectly. The value/desirability is almost non-existent and most of it has not dated well.

aww okay well **** prob stuck with it. whats brands is there a market for other than zegna?
 

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Originally Posted by lynch_king
aww okay well **** prob stuck with it. whats brands is there a market for other than zegna?

Take some time and read this thread....all the way back to the beginning. There is also a ranking of suit brand names that you can find here, do a search. It may take an hour or 2 but you'll know the major brands by then. There are some very good brands that are undervalued as far as re-sale like Samuelsohn for instance. I have found several REALLY nice Samuelsohn suits and jackets that I have kept and gotten for a song. It would be pretty tough to sell them though.

So keep in mind selling vs. keeping when you thrift. But again, you will get a much better idea after spending some time on the 2 threads I mentioned.
 

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Originally Posted by Coal_Mining_Polak
FWIW - older YSL, Dior, and Lanvin stuff is not worth picking up unless it fits you perfectly. The value/desirability is almost non-existent and most of it has not dated well.

damn. I saw Lanvin and snapped it up beause I hadn't seen it before. oh well. guess i'll eat the $9... or turn the lanvin buttons into cufflinks!
 

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Originally Posted by Larson McCord
Take some time and read this thread....all the way back to the beginning. There is also a ranking of suit brand names that you can find here, do a search. It may take an hour or 2 but you'll know the major brands by then. There are some very good brands that are undervalued as far as re-sale like Samuelsohn for instance. I have found several REALLY nice Samuelsohn suits and jackets that I have kept and gotten for a song. It would be pretty tough to sell them though.

So keep in mind selling vs. keeping when you thrift. But again, you will get a much better idea after spending some time on the 2 threads I mentioned.


i did that last month, saw alot of people picking up YSL so i thought yeah might as well.

i paid $13 for it.

though, oh well i guess i'll keep it.
It fits me a little snugly. i can button it up and stuff but it looks like the Ralph lauren black label stuff on me real slim cut , looks too modern? if that makes anysense?

when i wear a 42R i slip my hand inbetween the jacket and my chest, and i can move it about the thickness of my hand.

when i where the 40R i slip my hand on my chest and it's almost snug
 

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A very trad day today. NOS Sero buttondown in Parliament Poplin, whatever that is, made for a long gone local trad store. Still has the creases from being folded. Also a must iron BB BD. The tie is a Talbott in a nice thick twill. All of the pocketsquare are hand rolled. I don't know why I keep buying them. I almost always use a white linen one.
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This is more of an opportunity to brag about a loss, but I saw a mint pair of RRL officer's chinos in size 32 for $45 today. Left for a few seconds to help my sister with some jeans and some fat mofo grabbed it off the rack. At the counter I heard him mumbling about how he'd lost a pair of pants just like these. right. fat f**k.
 

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Originally Posted by amerikajinda
Was at my local Salvation Army yesterday, and saw a great pair of Allen Edmonds chukka boots in like-new condition -- soft brown leather, with a strap going all the way around. But I had to pass because of the size - 13AAA. Couldn't possibly squeeze my 11.5 feet into them, and resale might be hard with that unusual size...

HOWEVER I did see an interesting little round end table with two opposing drawers and two opposing pull-outs. It had some scratches on the top, but the quality of the piece was evident. Looked kind of like this:

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So I took out one of the drawers... had all the telltale signs of a quality piece -- dovetailing, solid wood on the sides and bottom of the drawer, reinforced points, etc. Then imagine my surprise when inside the drawer there's a metal oval plaque that reads "Baker"! So I guess when this piece was new, it cost between $2,000 and $4,000? That's what they seem to go for at the Baker store. Admittedly I'm a furniture newb, but isn't this the equivalent of finding a Kiton suit at a thrift shop? Has anybody else ever found any Baker or other high-end furniture at a thrift?

So tomorrow night I'm going to drop it off with a furniture restorer who will take out the scratches and basically get it looking like new for about $200...

I'll take pictures once it comes back from the repair shop!


Cost was $39.99... if I had waited until today, it would have been $30 (with 25% off) but of course didn't want to take the chance that it would have still been there today! Gladly paid the $10 "peace of mind insurance".
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photos?
 

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Found a Brioni for Neiman Marcus 16L french cuff, nice MOP buttons, light pink.

Really excited it was my size, but after trying on the collar was just a little too snug.

Let me know if anyone is interested.
 

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Unlined Oxxford Summer blazer in Glenplaid. Fits perfectly.

Bernini suit jacket also fits perfectly.

Gotta love LA.
 

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Found and purchased a pair of moderately worn Alden 986 LHS size 10 D, $9.99. I wish they were 12E.
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