Leo
Well-known member
yeah, 501s are a pretty unflattering cut. just wanted to point out they've been button fly forever.
i've gotten decent slim, inexpensive jeans at uniqlo. best jeans i ever had in my younger days were a few pairs from helmut lang, back when he ran the line and had men's clothes. a prefect fit, slim and straight but not too tight.
what jeans are out there today that aren't ridiculously expensive (ie, $60-70...or under $100, anyway)?
i've gotten decent slim, inexpensive jeans at uniqlo. best jeans i ever had in my younger days were a few pairs from helmut lang, back when he ran the line and had men's clothes. a prefect fit, slim and straight but not too tight.
what jeans are out there today that aren't ridiculously expensive (ie, $60-70...or under $100, anyway)?
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
What's wrong with button fly (genuine question, I probably prefer it cos zips break...)? But it's true that they used to be rarer than Labour governments back when I was a boy.
Re cheap jeans, got some nice-ish ones for £20 yesterday, from a shop that buys in bulk and has a business model of selling lots at a (relatively) small profit per item. But as far as buying directly from high street shops for a sane price, I have no idea these days...
Re cheap jeans, got some nice-ish ones for £20 yesterday, from a shop that buys in bulk and has a business model of selling lots at a (relatively) small profit per item. But as far as buying directly from high street shops for a sane price, I have no idea these days...
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
I have.
Only if you're not used to doing up buttons, I guess. Seems a very marginal thing to me on the list of life's unnecessary inconveniences
Only if you're not used to doing up buttons, I guess. Seems a very marginal thing to me on the list of life's unnecessary inconveniences
viktorvaughn
Well-known member
I was looking for slim good quality jeans with nice selvedge denim and went for lee 101s.
Full price they are over 100£ but i managed to get some on ebay for 50 and they are super nice.
Full price they are over 100£ but i managed to get some on ebay for 50 and they are super nice.
Slothrop
Tight but Polite
Found this while mulling over the idea of getting a silk scarf to wear under a shirt with a blazer:
http://dresslikeagrownup.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/by-way-of-introduction.html
Some splendidly geeky stuff - the history of neckwear series (including twelve different knots to tie in a standard long tie) is particularly excellent.
http://dresslikeagrownup.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/by-way-of-introduction.html
Some splendidly geeky stuff - the history of neckwear series (including twelve different knots to tie in a standard long tie) is particularly excellent.
woops
is not like other people
usually a box of these in vintage retro shop
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
Third shop (maybe) on the left on Cheshire Street - the men's vintage shop - has a great supply of silk scarves, not too sure about cravattes. It's the best men's vintage shop at the moment in London, closely followed by the Vintage Showroom on Earlham Street. Both are very pricey but they know what they're doing, and why.
Slothrop
Tight but Polite
Cool, thanks. I've managed to convince myself that a cravat would be wrong with this particular get up, but like the idea in principle.
Other thing (and a ludicrously open-ended question): I've bought myself an off-white flat cap, for keeping the sun off my head at times when a big floppy sunhat isn't appropriate. It's good, and very versatile. But I'm sure there's some bit of a gangster film where someone wears something similar, and I have no idea what - the closest I can get is the brown caps that Michael and his bodyguards wear in Sicily in The Godfather. Any ideas?
Other thing (and a ludicrously open-ended question): I've bought myself an off-white flat cap, for keeping the sun off my head at times when a big floppy sunhat isn't appropriate. It's good, and very versatile. But I'm sure there's some bit of a gangster film where someone wears something similar, and I have no idea what - the closest I can get is the brown caps that Michael and his bodyguards wear in Sicily in The Godfather. Any ideas?
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
YAY!
