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[freenudemacusers]

I wonder where he gets those made, not even etro goes that hard.

 

[Alucrid]

Where did you get the scarf? Also the pants?

scarf - blackbird ballard
pants - uniqlo

 

[luckyboyceo]

Gotta get these.

http://needsupply.com/mens/brands/naked-and-famous/weird-guy-selvage-chambray.html

Yep, I love those. I'd totally get them if I didn't already have too many jeans in my rotation, one being a similar color. Get them and let us know they are.

And the rainbow fades.

 

[Zekes!]

Yep, I love those. I'd totally get them if I didn't already have too many jeans in my rotation, one being a similar color. Get them and let us know they are.

And the rainbow fades.

I'd get the rainbow fades in a heartbeat if they weren't a dark indigo. Already have the Skinny Guy power stretch and Weird Guy soft raws in my rotation

 

[thezerofire]

I wonder where he gets those made, not even etro goes that hard.

I'm pretty sure he just goes to a fabric place, finds something ridiculous, gets it custom made, and then gives it to charity afterwards

 

[freenudemacusers]

I'm pretty sure he just goes to a fabric place, finds something ridiculous, gets it custom made, and then gives it to charity afterwards

I wanna know who makes them. Most bespoke tailors of that breed would probably faint when they unroll 5 yards of that stuff.

 

[lupin23rd]

Was in Vancouver today. No time to do any shopping though, fuck. I'm gonna need to plan a trip or something

Where are you from?
Are there other people from Vancouver here?

 

[Zekes!]

Where are you from?
Are there other people from Vancouver here?

Victoria

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Would you leave your house wearing these?

 

[freenudemacusers]

In those shoes?? Never

 

[nimbus]

So I'm going to a V-Day event, and the poster says "dress to kill." I'm not sure my wardrobe's capable of that. Alls I got are jeans, chinos, office shirts, and no dressy shoes to speak of. I've been doing a lazy grunge look for years and dressing up causes me more anxiety that it should. Any ideas on quick ways to look dressy?

 

[luckyboyceo]

So I'm going to a V-Day event, and the poster says "dress to kill." I'm not sure my wardrobe's capable of that. Alls I got are jeans, chinos, office shirts, and no dressy shoes to speak of. I've been doing a lazy grunge look for years and dressing up causes me more anxiety that it should. Any ideas on quick ways to look dressy?

Go grab a bowtie. Even if you aren't sure you can pull it off, just the fact that you're wearing one will make you "look dressy."

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Go grab a bowtie. Even if you aren't sure you can pull it off, just the fact that you're wearing one will make you "look dressy."

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Almost forgot to mention I saw this guy at school today who blew my mind. He was a nerd wearing a fedora, with a ponytail, and a cane. Yes, he hit the trifecta. Almost put me in tears man, like I was witnessing a unicorn gallop by. It'll never happen again.

 

[bjb]

Get the fuck out.

Do you even lift bro?

Spoiler

The Jacket, Camos and Fedoras are disgusting. Might as well pair them together

 

[freenudemacusers]

Whoa what happened to PLUR bros

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Is that one guy still looking for black SLP high tops?

http://www.barneys.com/Saint-Lauren...3,default,pd.html?cgid=mens-sneakers&index=36

 

[Tokubetsu]

So I'm heading to a wedding in April and I need just a nice white button down. It'll be going with some charcoal pants, nice dress shoes, suspenders and a skinny tie. All this stuff is set by the groom and bride so no alterations are gonna be happening (I'm in the wedding party). Recommendations?

 

[ucdawg12]

anyone have any good online shops they like besides the ones in the OP? im looking for ones on the less expensive side preferably with free shipping and returns. i really want some brown pants

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

anyone have any good online shops they like besides the ones in the OP? im looking for ones on the less expensive side preferably with free shipping and returns. i really want some brown pants

Well there goes 90% of my suggestions. Check out asos though they got all kinds of prices.

Check out Naked and Famous Selvedge Duck for the best brown.

 

[Illithid Dude]

Is that one guy still looking for black SLP high tops?

http://www.barneys.com/Saint-Lauren...3,default,pd.html?cgid=mens-sneakers&index=36

Thanks man!

 

[Shiv47]

I wanna know who makes them. Most bespoke tailors of that breed would probably faint when they unroll 5 yards of that stuff.

His tailor died in 2007 (not from fabric shock, though):

Frank Cosco made Don Cherry's suits with their mad plaids, their tall stiff Edwardian shirt collars, and their dandyish surgeon's cuffs extruding below the arm of the suit jackets – they might have been risible worn by anyone other than hockey's tough guy.

About 20 years ago the motor mouth sports commentator Don Cherry finally decided to check out a Mississauga store near his home. For several years, he'd been intrigued with the classy, white stucco two-storey building that had replaced a local, nondescript former bank. He was even somewhat impressed by the cursive script on the green awning over the doorway announcing Frank Cosco Merchant Tailor & Designer.

"He was already Don Cherry. He had already created the image of himself," said Mark Cosco, who was working with his father at that time. "He was looking to find someone to carry the image further."

The mad, plaid suits, the tall stiff Edwardian shirt collar, dandyish surgeon's cuffs extruding below the arm of the suit jacket – it might have been risible worn by anyone other than hockey's tough guy.

And made by anyone other than Frank Cosco.

"Sometimes I don't know whether (making Cherry's suits) helped him or not in his clothing business," Cherry said. "I was one of those guys whose suit had to be perfect. I always wanted a little tuck here, there. I probably drove him nuts."

"But this is what I want," Cosco would tell him. Cosco came up with the idea of roping, or doubling the seams of the shoulder to give it definition and height and the fitted suit the look of a T-square. Cosco's wife, Donna, would patiently fit and re-fit the shoulders and Cosco himself painstakingly hand sewed four working buttons on each sleeve.

"I have to look good. He understood that," said Cherry. "I sure thought the world of him."

Cosco used to scout fabric for Cherry. Together they pored over Cosco's book of tartans.
As a boy growing up in a large Italian family in Sioux Lookout, Cosco used to do needlework and rug hooking along with woodworking. At 16, he signed up for the Army where he knitted in his spare time. But, as he once told his daughter Shiela he had to hide his hobby from the other soldiers. He studied with a tailor in his hometown, and he was on delivery for a men's clothier in Toronto when he met Donna. She was 16 and a recent immigrant from Italy who spoke almost no English.

From 1956, Cosco was in charge of the bustling made-to-measure department at Simpson's flagship department store, then at Yonge and Queen Sts., where he had a reputation as a superb fitter. Then Leaf owner Conn Smythe insisted the team wear suits and ties to and from their games and to all public appearances.

Cosco made suits for Bob Pulford, Frank Mahovlich, George Armstrong, Davey Keon and, as was customary, had pictures taken of him fitting the star athletes that hung on the walls of the fitting rooms.

"I think there was pride that these people were well-known," said Mark, who now heads the made-to-measure department for Harry Rosen.

There was also what Mark calls the "wow factor" or the moment when the customer puts on the suit jacket, the silky fabric settling into the contours of his body as he steps back and looks at himself in it.

Often, his father would wait for them to discover the little extras he'd created for them – such as an inside pocket the exact size of a prized object they carried around.

Cosco was working for Harry Rosen when he decided to go out on his own. He opened a store in Westdale Mall in Mississauga. Donna lent him her nest egg, saved from her home sewing jobs, to help him with start-up costs. "It was his dream," she said.

His business thrived. Soon the gregarious Cosco was a member of a local golf club, president of Mississauga branch of the Rotary Club, a Knight of Columbus and fan and one of the founders of the Ontario Ball Hockey Association.

And he continued to knit and hook gifts for his extended family.

In 1999, he retired, although a few customers, such as Cherry, continued to come by the house for fittings until about 18 months ago.

Cosco died July 28 in hospital of congestive heart failure. He was 84.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Interesting. Sounds like they were at least well put together.

I want these. No men's 9 anywhere though

 

[Johnlenham]

There were these pocket tees I posted a while back in this thread but it was some small company out of Europe.

edit: link http://www.varia-curiosa.com/41-clothing

Nice! Got a real thing for pocket Ts..

 

[freenudemacusers]

http://store.jilsander.com/us/jil-sander/lace-up_cod44503873fx.html

based on their eye-gouging price and lumpy appearance I assume Jil Sander is using Silvano Lattanzi again to produce shoes. At least when the marketing on these says 'handmade', it will be 100% honest and accurate.

Hopefully this yields something less... yikes.

 

[h3ro]

Got my Naked & Famous Weird Guy camos today, they look fantastic!

A little snug around the thighs for me, but I WILL BEND THEM TO MY WILL.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Got my Naked & Famous Weird Guy camos today, they look fantastic!

A little snug around the thighs for me, but I WILL BEND THEM TO MY WILL.

I'm sorry to tell you this but apparently camos are vilified within GAF. They also seem to hate this thread.

 

[LyleLanley]

What do you guys think of these as work shoes?

http://www.yoox.com/us/44464081AE/item?dept=shoesmen#sts=sr_shoesmen80_m&cod10=44464081AE&sizeId=

 

[freenudemacusers]

$300 is steep for dell acqua IMO (and the metal bar kills it for me personally), there's gotta be another plan toe derby in that price range on there. what size are you?

 

[LyleLanley]

$300 is steep for dell acqua IMO (and the metal bar kills it for me personally), there's gotta be another plan toe derby in that price range on there. what size are you?

13

 

[freenudemacusers]

hah, slim pickings on there...

http://www.yoox.com/us/44451295AS/item?dept=shoesmen#sts=sr_shoesmen80&cod10=44451295AS&sizeId=

these are kind of cool in a weathered casual way... iirc you like varvatos so i'd think these would gel well with that. I would assume the dell acqua's would go on sale before running out of stock, it's not exactly a hot brand.

 

[LyleLanley]

hah, slim pickings on there...

http://www.yoox.com/us/44451295AS/item?dept=shoesmen#sts=sr_shoesmen80&cod10=44451295AS&sizeId=

these are kind of cool in a weathered casual way... iirc you like varvatos so i'd think these would gel well with that. I would assume the dell acqua's would go on sale before running out of stock, it's not exactly a hot brand.

Slim pickings everywhere. Thanks for the link, those look good.

 

[freenudemacusers]

it's never too late to try foot binding

 

[LyleLanley]

it's never too late to try foot binding

Nah, my gorilla sized feet are my cross to bear.

 

[kaskade]

Well there goes 90% of my suggestions. Check out asos though they got all kinds of prices.

Check out Naked and Famous Selvedge Duck for the best brown.

Mmmmmmm, they are nice. I can't bring myself to buy pants online. I feel like there's too much variance in sizing between brands. I'd have to buy or try a pair on first before I buy. I would really like a pair of Naked and Famous, or Nudie, or any of those nicer brands of raw denim. I have no idea where to find them in stores though.

 

[freenudemacusers]

a lot of the stores that stock naked and famous have extremely detailed measurements, like blueowl.us etc.

fwiw, n&f don't really stretch a crazy amount nor do they shrink alot after washing. it's a pretty safe buy IMO.

 

[Shiv47]

Mmmmmmm, they are nice. I can't bring myself to buy pants online. I feel like there's too much variance in sizing between brands. I'd have to buy or try a pair on first before I buy. I would really like a pair of Naked and Famous, or Nudie, or any of those nicer brands of raw denim. I have no idea where to find them in stores though.

If you can't find a local place, just go somewhere like Blue Owl where they post accurate measurements of the denim and compare to your own measurements and order accordingly wherever you find a deal. I've ordered several times from Blue Owl using their sizing data and never gone wrong with it.

 

[Johnlenham]

Wow the fedora/camo jeans thread is a good laugh, how did I miss that one.

 

[Marcovaldo]

http://store.jilsander.com/us/jil-sander/lace-up_cod44503873fx.html

based on their eye-gouging price and lumpy appearance I assume Jil Sander is using Silvano Lattanzi again to produce shoes. At least when the marketing on these says 'handmade', it will be 100% honest and accurate.

Hopefully this yields something less... yikes.

as nice as everything about these shoes may be i just can't see someone with $3k shoe budget going jil sander as their first choice shoe

 

[peteykirch]

I hate being on a diet, and being in that in between stage where you're losing weight, but not quite where you want to end up. I want to start rebuying for my wardrobe, but I just can't bite the bullet at the moment >_<

 

[freenudemacusers]

yeah I have no idea who is gonna buy that. They're more than the sartorial jil sander lattanzi's they had a few years ago under raf (iirc they were $2500 or something), which were kind of plain but still nice looking.

 

[shas'la]

Mmmmmmm, they are nice. I can't bring myself to buy pants online. I feel like there's too much variance in sizing between brands. I'd have to buy or try a pair on first before I buy. I would really like a pair of Naked and Famous, or Nudie, or any of those nicer brands of raw denim. I have no idea where to find them in stores though.

There's quite a large Nudie stock in Liberty. Not sure if you're UKGAF or not.. So that may or may not be helpful advice.

 

[Zekes!]

Got my Naked & Famous Weird Guy camos today, they look fantastic!

A little snug around the thighs for me, but I WILL BEND THEM TO MY WILL.

Yeah, if I get any fit complaints about Weird Guys at my work, it's usually that they're snug around the thighs. Whatever, the double camos are great pants and if they're not uncomfortable, enjoy them. I get constant compliments on them.

 

[luckyboyceo]

His tailor died in 2007 (not from fabric shock, though):

That should not be joked about, it's a terrible way to go from what I hear.

Got my Naked & Famous Weird Guy camos today, they look fantastic!

A little snug around the thighs for me, but I WILL BEND THEM TO MY WILL.

They'll stretch a little bit so you should be fine. If the first week is painful then you know you got the right size.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Yeah, if I get any fit complaints about Weird Guys at my work, it's usually that they're snug around the thighs. Whatever, the double camos are great pants and if they're not uncomfortable, enjoy them. I get constant compliments on them.

Hmm, the thighs are my problem area. Are the other fits any better around that area?

scarf - blackbird ballard
pants - uniqlo

Thanks.

*Sees scarf prices* *Dies* Maybe I'll find a scarf somewhere. I just need one a bit longer than my current and a bit thinner.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I hate being on a diet, and being in that in between stage where you're losing weight, but not quite where you want to end up. I want to start rebuying for my wardrobe, but I just can't bite the bullet at the moment >_<

Buy a smaller size so you have motivation to fit into it.

 

[luckyboyceo]

Hmm, the thighs are my problem area. Are the other fits any better around that area?

As far as Naked & Famous goes, no. The other cuts are going to be even slimmer.

 

[haunted_taco]

I have some weird guys and I'm hoping I didn't buy them too small.

any tips on getting raw (n&f) jeans to stretch besides wearing them. At the moment they're still too uncomfortable for me to wear out in public without feeling like I'm waddling. I've worn them sitting around the house a few times and that has helped somewhat. I guess I just need to bite the bullet and wear them more.

 

[Alucrid]

sounds like you need to size up

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

As far as Naked & Famous goes, no. The other cuts are going to be even slimmer.

Hmm. Maybe I'll order a pair and just see how they fit.


I'm also trying to get myself to wear more chinos in non-work scenarios. My mind still fights me because they always look dressy to me. I can never figure out what shirts to ear with them untucked, or how to dress them down just a bit. How do you guys pull them off? T-shirts? Polos? Untucked button ups? For a more casual look?