The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

[capnwes]

Whelp, I almost got all of the stuff processed from last weekend in time for my 10:30 EST cutoff....but not quite. I would have made it, but it is my Brother in Laws birthday and he wanted to go to dinner an hour away. He ate ribs, which they have at 3 places locally. lol

I still have shirts, sweaters and a few accessories.


These few did make the deadline.
NY/NJ Thrift Trip
Category 7 - Odds and Ends


Polka Dot Robe. Large enough for a Man, made for a woman (shoulder pads could be removed)



Spurr Selvage Jeans



NIB KitchenAid Mixer. The exact model and color we already have. Third one of these I have found.
Couple scuffs, as this was a display model.

 

[ilikethelights]



For a second there, I thought you were talking about beer!

Don't worry, I have enough beer...


...for about 1 more day

 

[GMMcL]



Also, does anyone have a good guide for making a PS? I have a few things I could probably make one with, but don't want to destroy something while attempting it.

Hidden slip stitch. There are several tutorials on YouTube. If you're handy with a needle, the stitching is the easy part (though getting the "visible" part as small as the professionals takes some practice). The hard part is getting an even, tight roll and neat corners. It's a fun project, but very, very time consuming.

One of those times when styling trumps name reconnection.

Exactly. I don't even want to know what those are. --- Yesterday and today. I never pick up Paul Millar

Spoiler: Except when...

It's half price day, my size and, oh yeah, 100% cashmere. #nocashmereleftbehind

Dunhill by Zegna x2 + cashmere

BBGF. Pinstripe is an orphan. For now. The tag was dated the day I bought it, and I reunited the solid gray into a suit. So I'm cautiously optimistic the trou will be there next week.

Inco cords + obscure Neapolitan brand. This is a classic example of buying for quality. The MOP buttons with crow foot sewing plus hand finished touches made it an instakop. Half price.

LB charcoal pleated + Zegna flat front beige. Half price.

Sosa Cubs jersey.

RRL

BB formal braces plus buncha ties, all half price. HF, Boss, PRL, HF, Talbott

TJX. Probably overpaid for the Zegna but it's current label, 100% wool challis and stole my heart.

I miscounted. Not 9 Piccolo shirts. TEN. (plus one random Canali that wanted to join the party) And I'm not even going to spoiler this ****.

Look at this freaking hand work. Hand linked shoulders

Hand linked collar

Hand sewn button holes

Hand linked arm holes

Hand sewn placket

Un. Be. Lievable. If you take a size 16.25 shirt (only measured one, but I assume they're all the same), get the hell at me.

 

[capnwes]

And for those who for whatever reason are not following my thread

Here are the before and afters of the shell cordovan shoes I thrifted/e-thrifted and cleaned up.


AE Bradley





Alden for BB LHS with Horween tramp stamp





Hanover Beefrolls




RARE Florsheim Shortwings




Basically unsalvageable Alden for BB Tassel Mocs




Hanover Plan Toe Blucher

 

[DeadBoy]

I figured it was worth the gamble...

No idea on size. I can get into it wearing a T-shirt, but it's tight. Guessing it's like a 36ish. What would that make it? There's no sizing label inside :/

If it was my size, it would quickly become a summer staple for me. I would wear the hell out of it!

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the sizing is 1=44 2=46 3=48 4=50 5=52. All I know is 4 is my size and I should never dare venture down to 3. And re: your last comment...

-I'm actually going to take the advice of some of the people on this thread (looking at you @size 38R et al.) and take the time to think of an ideal/style I want to project and build to that instead of collecting lots of stuff too fast and flailing about after that.

That's good advice, and I don't want to contradict it too much, but...

FWIW, I think the process is partly restraint but also trial and error. You can't just imagine yourself into a personal style. It's something that develops over time, in part through the way you want to look, but also what looks good on you / what you feel comfortable in, and what works with your lifestyle. The only way you can know those last few things is by trying the clothes on and wearing them, and the only way you can do that is by buying them. Along the way, you'll probably end up selling some stuff you thought would work but just doesn't (hopefully not at too much of a loss, if any), but that's just part of the journey. And it's also where shopping at thrifts / being thrifty in general can come in handy in terms of minimizing the damage.

I always see samuelsohn suits, I guess i'm just trying to hard to find that kiton/Isaia. Maybe I should start picking those up, also i've never seen a hickey freeman in Toronto, I guess those don't travel much.

Like all things, HF makes its way up from time to time. But it's kind of the Samuelsohn of the U.S. in terms of cut/quality/flippability anyway, so you're not missing a whole lot.

- Post edited for atrocious grammar

 

[barrelntrigger]

Yesterday and today.

I never pick up Paul Millar

It's half price day, my size and, oh yeah, 100% cashmere. #nocashmereleftbehind

Dunhill by Zegna x2 + cashmere

BBGF. Pinstripe is an orphan. For now. The tag was dated the day I bought it, and I reunited the solid gray into a suit. So I'm cautiously optimistic the trou will be there next week.

Inco cords + obscure Neapolitan brand. This is a classic example of buying for quality. The MOP buttons with crow foot sewing plus hand finished touches made it an instakop. Half price.

LB charcoal pleated + Zegna flat front beige. Half price.

Sosa Cubs jersey.

RRL

BB formal braces plus buncha ties, all half price. HF, Boss, PRL, HF, Talbott

TJX. Probably overpaid for the Zegna but it's current label, 100% wool challis and stole my heart.

I miscounted. Not 9 Piccolo shirts.

TEN. (plus one random Canali that wanted to join the party)

And I'm not even going to spoiler this ****.

Look at this freaking hand work.
Hand linked shoulders

Hand linked collar

Hand sewn button holes

Hand linked arm holes

Hand sewn placket

Un. Be. Lievable.

If you take a size 16.25 shirt (only measured one, but I assume they're all the same), get the hell at me.

Holy ****...

 

[cdgreg]

@Wes - Bluchers went from zero to hero. Pro laces switch as well!

 

[jdrizzy]

Like all things, HF makes its way up from time to time. But it's kind of the Samuelsohn of the U.S. in terms of cut/quality/flippability anyway, so you're not missing a whole lot.

- Post edited for atrocious grammar

In that case, flippability would be roughly the same, maybe less searched for I guess. Hows sammy sell for you?

Where in toronto are you from?

 

[edwardthefirst]

Wow, @GMMcL . Beautiful, especially those shirts and that Zegna tie!

 

[cdgreg]

I always see samuelsohn suits, I guess i'm just trying to hard to find that kiton/Isaia. Maybe I should start picking those up, also i've never seen a hickey freeman in Toronto, I guess those don't travel much.

If for some reason someone is specifically looking for HF let me know. I live in Rochester, NY where we have a factory store, I see HF at the various thrifts on a regular basis.

 

[SpooPoker]



Spoo,
Any value here? Sorry for the god awful pictures, but I had to shoot them in a window. Seem to be real and made of maybe...cow fur. Size is 7.5.

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Lookin at maybe 100 or so? You just reminded me I owe you a tie.

Wow, @GMMcL
. Beautiful, especially those shirts and that Zegna tie!

+100 GMMcL, those shirts are stone cold awesome.

 

[Koala-T]

XPOST from Trade thread:

Hey guys! @Ian Erickson traded some Alden's to me that turned out to be too big. I've got them up on eBay right now (just listed), but if anyone here wants them, I'd take a black, wine, or navy gren grossa tie or two for them. Here they are (rather they went to one of you):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271413315452&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

 

[ruben]

can't wait to wear this all summer long

 

[jdrizzy]

Now that i'm sitting here, I probably should have picked up that duchamp london pink floral french cuff.

 

[GMMcL]



+100 GMMcL, those shirts are stone cold awesome.

Thanks; indeed. Another example of shopping quality. I had never heard of Piccolo before seeing him in the store, and my phone was in the car. First thing I noticed was the buttons/holes. When I saw the hand stitching on the collar, I knew it needed further inspection. When I saw the shoulders, I tore the ******* store apart to find the others.