tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post3853354350664260271..comments2024-03-15T04:27:26.708-07:00Comments on An Affordable Wardrobe: Off Season, Trading Up: Secrets of Thrift Shopping and How To Learn from a Sucker PunchJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212956969066796818noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-73988642393096547372011-09-09T06:37:41.209-07:002011-09-09T06:37:41.209-07:00reading over your archives, i resonated with this....reading over your archives, i resonated with this. I found a new old stock pair of ireland made clarks wallabees in exactly my size and the color i arleady owned. this was at the pink 2 level thrift shop in cambridge, ma. Trading up for sure.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056063164880365957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-66714445049918191592010-10-09T06:32:13.254-07:002010-10-09T06:32:13.254-07:00Style blog. Not fashion blog.
Good on ya.Style blog. Not fashion blog. <br />Good on ya.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146402320088469168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-71667317559666748542010-10-09T02:42:44.748-07:002010-10-09T02:42:44.748-07:00Polo is trash, for the most part.Polo is trash, for the most part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-81458343429416280402010-10-06T19:38:03.200-07:002010-10-06T19:38:03.200-07:00My experience with the RL ones is to grab a needle...My experience with the RL ones is to grab a needle and thread a few times each summer. The patches unravel with a high frequency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-34954373456262530492010-10-06T18:36:02.821-07:002010-10-06T18:36:02.821-07:00I would be lucky if the thrifts I visit broke out ...I would be lucky if the thrifts I visit broke out incredible items around Halloween as a fun mockery of our style. I can only seem to find the typical cheap plastic stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-8669583402943552122010-10-06T11:44:59.036-07:002010-10-06T11:44:59.036-07:00The Glengarry Sporting Club said...
I don't un...The Glengarry Sporting Club said...<br />I don't understand how one guy can have so much luck. (Or is it a sweet combination of timing and persistence?)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ok Giuseppe, time for a blog on the mental/physical process of finding such extraordinary find.<br /><br /><br />JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-46355001563343266642010-10-06T09:38:26.462-07:002010-10-06T09:38:26.462-07:00You know that I have enough madras to open my own ...You know that I have enough madras to open my own store for it. But I don't think I've ever paid retail for any of it!ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-5548792190082957672010-10-06T06:26:54.998-07:002010-10-06T06:26:54.998-07:00Great Story. Great Luck, as usual. But-- Doesn'...Great Story. Great Luck, as usual. But-- Doesn't answer the real question: What's to become of the Ralphie Madras?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-48276337119908950302010-10-05T19:58:51.130-07:002010-10-05T19:58:51.130-07:00I just found that same polo blue label pair at a l...I just found that same polo blue label pair at a local consignment shop for $14. Also found another pair at Steinmart's "take an extra 50% off lowest price sale", but I don't remember the brand. I paid 17.99 for this new pair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-35240514335556405502010-10-05T17:52:47.824-07:002010-10-05T17:52:47.824-07:00I don't understand how one guy can have so muc...I don't understand how one guy can have so much luck. (Or is it a sweet combination of timing and persistence?)The Glengarry Sporting Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197185769835720007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-81801077560356309262010-10-05T15:44:41.238-07:002010-10-05T15:44:41.238-07:00Wow! What an incredible find.
Even if I wouldn...Wow! What an incredible find.<br /><br />Even if I wouldn't be caught dead in them :-)<br /><br />You have an incredible wife who knows when to let you have what you really, really want and can't find through your regular venues. You are a lucky man to be so blessed.<br /><br />And yet--what a find! Who'da thunk it?<br /><br />When I absolutely, positively have to have something new because my thrifts simply don't have it (and I know this from going regularly for years now), I try off-price stores first, but look for quality (I've found Italian silk in Marshall's--but not much!). If they can't provide it, then I move up to the department stores--but look at the sale items.<br /><br />Actually, I haven't paid retail for anything in ages. Thanks, Giuseppe!Young Fogeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-30320269023645014612010-10-05T15:20:41.956-07:002010-10-05T15:20:41.956-07:00Sound post, Affordable, I like the 'passion...Sound post, Affordable, I like the 'passion', or 'enthusiasm' as we say, no real need to be too carried away, old thing.<br /><br />I prefer the J Press patch madras, but also the rather wonderful O'Connells new old stock, and I'm prepared to pay for it, as this stuff doesn't really exist in the UK.<br /><br />Fatfriend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-75894380938471445382010-10-05T15:19:22.734-07:002010-10-05T15:19:22.734-07:00G-
Great find.
In Ralph's defense here, that...G-<br /><br />Great find.<br /><br />In Ralph's defense here, that's actually a terribly common patch pattern, I've seen identical patch clothes from at least a half-dozen makers.<br /><br />I believe the fabric suppliers sell pre-patched fabric bolts to manufacturers.<br />I know I bought (on clearance) a bolt of that exact same fabric at a craft store a few years back.<br /><br />-JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-9040179459885257642010-10-05T13:09:22.454-07:002010-10-05T13:09:22.454-07:00"Inveterate cheapskate" eh? I've bee..."Inveterate cheapskate" eh? I've been looking for a phrase to describe myself. This will do nicely.Jho78https://www.blogger.com/profile/17672892971295502004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-6025651659919570302010-10-05T08:11:07.856-07:002010-10-05T08:11:07.856-07:00Re: "After all, there's really nothing or...Re: "After all, there's really nothing original in a navy blazer and grey flannels...".<br /><br />Originality is the enemy of tradition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-81597859810671015232010-10-05T07:26:57.863-07:002010-10-05T07:26:57.863-07:00This post cracks me up. It has happened to me more...This post cracks me up. It has happened to me more than once, and despite some pretty urgent pangs of need, I've learned to hold off on paying full price for something unless it's so insanely rare that I doubt I'll ever see it again in my size (and really, those pants probably qualify for you, as they are a pretty unique pattern and color). <br /><br />Another phrase that might be apropos here: "Good artists borrow; great artists steal." <br /><br />Ralph is great, right? :)mistermidwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991447839707804625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-65211522994018837172010-10-05T06:36:52.806-07:002010-10-05T06:36:52.806-07:00I've come to Ralph's defense many times he...I've come to Ralph's defense many times here, and I have plenty of it in the closet. That's why I asked that we give that tired discussion a rest. See my post "Sibling Rivalry" from a while back.<br /><br />Anyway, I loved my Ralph patchwork pants. But next Summer, they'll be replaced with the Bean pants, which are of better fabric and cut. I plan to have something made of the cloth of the old Ralph pants.<br /><br />Bosotn Bean,<br /><br />van der Rohe was right. Quality is always my first consideration. After all, there's really nothing original in a navy blazer and grey flannels, is there? Originality, when you find it, can be a nice side effect, but it is far from necessary.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582043853388196139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-60415847768101699132010-10-05T00:56:07.287-07:002010-10-05T00:56:07.287-07:00Like your blog.
Don't like your constant bagg...Like your blog.<br /><br />Don't like your constant bagging on Ralph. I am aware of the history of his brand, aware of his personal history, and own my own share of Gant, J. PRESS, Brooks Brothers, etc, but to deny that Ralph Lauren has at this point earned a spot at the table is pretty damn unfair, G.<br /><br />Also, in a reference to one of your other authenticity rants, I actually do play Tennis in a made in France white Lacoste polo. That's the whole reason I bought the damn thing. :Pnotanymorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273328844156046408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-73233126256451928992010-10-04T22:50:30.770-07:002010-10-04T22:50:30.770-07:00Mies van der Rohe once said that being good is mor...Mies van der Rohe once said that being good is more important than being original.Boston Beannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-24503967923841944712010-10-04T22:26:24.657-07:002010-10-04T22:26:24.657-07:00Re: Ralphie's stealing and copying:
The Spani...Re: Ralphie's stealing and copying:<br /><br />The Spanish have a proverb "Well stolen is half done". <br /><br />In the present context it tells us that originality is less important than is sound reasoning (on Ralphie's part).Oxbridge Camfordnoreply@blogger.com