The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[Letric]

Similar sweaters and backgrounds. Is that a Brick floor?

 

[mistermidwester]

Similar sweaters and backgrounds. Is that a Brick floor?

Yup. Mid Century Modest ranch. 😅

 

[Guitar Preacher]

RIP Martin Greenfield. Wow, what a story . . . Gift article for y'all . . .

Martin Greenfield, Tailor to Sinatra, Obama, Trump and Shaq, Dies at 95

He dressed six presidents, coached designers and made thousands of suits for TV shows and movies. But his beginnings were dismal: He learned to sew at Auschwitz.

www.nytimes.com

Synchronicity I saw a recent orphan jacket by Greenfield yesterday and was bummed I couldn’t find the pants because it was likely perfect for personal use. I have pretty much stopped looking at shoes but found these Enzo Bonafes. Pop on Harris Wharf though the hype was short lived it looks like.

 

[double00]

Similar sweaters and backgrounds. Is that a Brick floor?

I've only ever seen one brick floor in real life at sam maloof's house . no grout so they would clink a bit when you walked around

 

[RFHansen]

Picked up this immaculate Hello Kitty shirt the other day. I don't think I have seen a shirt with hand stitching all the way down the side seams before.

 

[Letric]

I've noticed Kits seem to vary in construction. I'm not sure if it's just different eras of craftsmanship, pieces made for different stores/markets/regions or there's MTM ones that are supposedly more handwork but are they tagged specially? I haven't seen any special tagging or designation. I've seen MSRP's of like $650-950 for cotton, linen, etc shirts.

Just rolled my chair over to my shirt rack and referenced the only one I have nearby and yep there's visible pick stitchies along the side seams but there's also a fine SPI machine stitch there if you look on the back or pull the seam tight. That handwork is somewhat of a top stitch and same on the sleeves. The hems are totally hand done though as well as the usual places - collar, cuff, buttons and buttonholes. There's quite a good many of hand done stitches and the machine stitches that are there are pretty finite and high SPI count. This one has an inner material/order label stitched in still so maybe it's more recent.

 

[RFHansen]

Yes, I noticed that they have dress shirts that look similar but one type costs €490 while the other type costs €740. The descriptions for them are more or less the same, with the same mention of 22 work steps and hand-sewn seams. Hard to tell where the €250 difference goes.

 

[RFHansen]

That fact that we are talking about a €250 difference between shirts says something about how obscene their retail prices are.
I thrifted a pair of Kitty casual wool pants a year or two ago. When I looked them up on the website I was astounded to find that retail was $1600. Like, what?

 

[Purplelabel]

All 3 of my kitty cats have hand stitched seams if I recall.

Though, the lilac one is one of the nicest shirts I’ve ever seen.

 

[Ich_Dien]

Kiton shirts are amazing but the smoked MOP buttons are incongruous.

 

[fpm9]

AE, Ralph Lauren tie and a bunch of suspenders in good condition.

There are some stains on the shoes that won't come off, I'm not sure what I should try.

 

[capnwes]

Dammit. I wanted to stop counting at 250.

 

[starwarsocean]

my kind of one stop…

 

[Fueco]

Buffalo Check day at Sierra...

Four of the jackets; and one hat, which I might end up keeping...

 

[impuntura]