Random Fashion Thoughts (Part 3: Style farmer strikes back) - our general discussion thread

[Chaconne]

Do you care though? I dunno how my footwear is made, the more traditional makers seem to be better made than the designer stuff but I buy on aesthetics (of which stitching and leather is a subset of) and that's about it.

Absolutely! Aesthetics over everything for me, just checking that GYW wasn’t some complete **** scam, but I kind of already knew it wasn’t.

 

[Maxwellll]

Do Drake's make an England kit?

 

[cocostella]

I love this question.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Bespoke football shirt?

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Going back to the Massive Attack discussion (sorry I'm late, I've been on holiday...), my Bristol friends tell me that no-one was listening to Massive Attack & co. there, even in the 1990s. It was all jungle / drum'n'bass, which matches my recollection. Massive Attack have always been a favourite of music journalists and the middle classes. Which is all no reflection on their quality or talent.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Portishead was always my fave of the three.

 

[hoodog]

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Portishead was always my fave of the three.

Heh. I knew their guitarist, well, at least he was a friend-of-a-friend.

 

[cb200]

Real headz know...

 

[bsyde82]

Anyone have rules for splurging? As in, a splurge item can't take more than X% of my monthly income or whatever. Just curious. I'm looking at a potential splurge cop (a knit polo shirt) that would be more expensive than any retail purchase I've ever made, save for a coat and a custom sportcoat.

Another consideration - is your splurge item always intended to be part of your regular clothes rotation? Or it's just simply a really nice statement piece that you don't mind paying for, even if worn less often or rarely.

 

[patagonianwild]

Anyone have rules for splurging? As in, a splurge item can't take more than X% of my monthly income or whatever.

no but not having a polo being most expensive purchase ever would be a good rule
sorry

 

[bsyde82]

haha, well it's more a knit, with an open polo collar. The dries one with horizontal stripes

 

[g transistor]

Anyone have rules for splurging? As in, a splurge item can't take more than X% of my monthly income or whatever. Just curious. I'm looking at a potential splurge cop (a knit polo shirt) that would be more expensive than any retail purchase I've ever made, save for a coat and a custom sportcoat.

Another consideration - is your splurge item always intended to be part of your regular clothes rotation? Or it's just simply a really nice statement piece that you don't mind paying for, even if worn less often or rarely.

Just know that your "splurge" will become much easier after the first time.

I wish I could go back to the days of splurging on $250 MMM Gats.

 

[Chaconne]

Anyone have rules for splurging? As in, a splurge item can't take more than X% of my monthly income or whatever. Just curious. I'm looking at a potential splurge cop (a knit polo shirt) that would be more expensive than any retail purchase I've ever made, save for a coat and a custom sportcoat.

Another consideration - is your splurge item always intended to be part of your regular clothes rotation? Or it's just simply a really nice statement piece that you don't mind paying for, even if worn less often or rarely.

Just make a list of all the other stuff you want but don’t want as much as the Diries, decide not to get any of that for about 3 months, get the Dries and look at the other stuff again after the 3 months and see if you still want any of it.

 

[BlakeRVA]

Anyone have rules for splurging? As in, a splurge item can't take more than X% of my monthly income or whatever. Just curious. I'm looking at a potential splurge cop (a knit polo shirt) that would be more expensive than any retail purchase I've ever made, save for a coat and a custom sportcoat.

Another consideration - is your splurge item always intended to be part of your regular clothes rotation? Or it's just simply a really nice statement piece that you don't mind paying for, even if worn less often or rarely.

The only rule to live by: Don't buy splurges on a credit card. If you don't have the money right now, wait. If it's meant to be, it will still be available when you're ready.