tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post6165062611550986107..comments2024-03-15T04:27:26.708-07:00Comments on An Affordable Wardrobe: Secrets of Thrifting: Keep an Open MindJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212956969066796818noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-83741670809725840572012-06-02T02:46:11.692-07:002012-06-02T02:46:11.692-07:00goes well, that tie is the perfect one for greygoes well, that tie is the perfect one for greygeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258332886749996888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-50314067517227127282012-03-26T12:17:36.444-07:002012-03-26T12:17:36.444-07:00Forward pleats are the only acceptable kind as any...Forward pleats are the only acceptable kind as any fule kno.Unashamedly Crapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-61018285472615138382012-03-26T09:13:08.937-07:002012-03-26T09:13:08.937-07:00All my suit jackets, and many of my odd jackets, h...All my suit jackets, and many of my odd jackets, have four button cuffs. (All of my Ralph Lauren jackets, suit or otherwise, are so festooned.)<br /><br />Maybe it's a West Coast thing.Young Fogeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-54534487001417405542012-03-24T10:27:34.000-07:002012-03-24T10:27:34.000-07:00Helpful advice for anonymous Scottish preppy: lend...Helpful advice for anonymous Scottish preppy: lend it to your gardener to wear for a week, or, if you don't employ one, sleep in it a few times before you wear it in public.Almost Unbelievably Crapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-62544007626163584072012-03-24T10:22:38.062-07:002012-03-24T10:22:38.062-07:00An open mind... good heavens, you'll be advoca...An open mind... good heavens, you'll be advocating artificial fibres next! I tremble in anticipation.Commodore Codswallopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-52213669151364991452012-03-23T13:06:48.867-07:002012-03-23T13:06:48.867-07:00I just did a post inspired by this one. I'm w...I just did a post inspired by this one. I'm with YOU on this!Yankee-Whisky-Papahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03700869447555261057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-20407086754515193462012-03-23T11:40:31.578-07:002012-03-23T11:40:31.578-07:00Absolutely agree!
I just found a beautifully aged...Absolutely agree!<br /><br />I just found a beautifully aged belted brown leather jacket in the Salvation Army this lunchtime, for a score. Would easily be $2000 at Ralph Lauren. I never knew I wanted or needed one until I found it, or maybe it found me.<br /><br />The joy of the thrift store is the surprises it turns up and the way it coerces you into being open-minded. Because it is cheap, I always give it a go and ultimately end up falling in love with these pieces that I would never have considered or known about had I shopped on the High Street.<br /><br />Thrifting - Its about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on!Gents Outfittershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127805169112522728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-69384247764063543522012-03-23T08:44:28.770-07:002012-03-23T08:44:28.770-07:00Well said. There's nothing more limiting than ...Well said. There's nothing more limiting than joining one of the "schools" of dressing and spending half the time condemning all the others.<br /><br />Why would anyone want to shut out the possibility of taking on good elements from many styles? It's just parochial. And in thrifting you need that open mind to be able to pick up a wider range of bargains.<br />Maybe you have this mentality because you buy for resale as well as for yourself?Roger v.d. Veldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171223872098970110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-59127224346449059512012-03-23T06:24:20.875-07:002012-03-23T06:24:20.875-07:00I agree. Living in Glasgow, Scotland it is very h...I agree. Living in Glasgow, Scotland it is very hard to thrift sack suits, ocbds, loafers etc. much as I like preppy style. So when you find a three piece saxony twist bespoke suit in green herring bone with an orange windowpane overcheck, hacking pockets, twin pleats, turn ups and buttons for braces, you buy it and then set about wondering how you can wear it without looking like the head ghillie from a Russian oligarch's sporting estate in Perthshire, or ADG on one of his quieter dressing days.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081206974005845104.post-2838313727973992642012-03-23T01:49:23.106-07:002012-03-23T01:49:23.106-07:00G, what's the story behind 4 button cuffs vs. ...G, what's the story behind 4 button cuffs vs. Ivy?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505778964979801887noreply@blogger.com