Handsome dandies: Where can I buy clothes online?

Krazii Bakon Lypes

I mean besides Urban Outfitters and American Apparel. Like, a decent pair of skinny-ish shorts that costs like $60. I've searched high and low, and so far all I have found are LL Bean equivalents and designer outlets (I'm just one of those cheapskates that thinks $300 is too much for a pair of shorts. Call me crazy. Scotch & Soda is tempting, though). I guess you could say I dress sort of scene, but not really. I don't want to go down that road. I ride a fixed-gear, though, so that shoehorns me in there somewhere.

dongle · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA

http://styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=16498

add rakuten.co.jp

there are also nice and not-so-nice fakes on ebay if you want to save tha dollas

wpham · Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Location: California

http://www.bluefly.com
http://www.revolveclothing.com

Diesel probably has something like what you're looking for. Wait for 50% off or higher sales, or hit ebay.

Oh yeah, thrift stores can sometimes be amazing. Beware of "vintage" stores, though.
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Krazii Bakon Lypes · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:44 pm

There's actually one decent vintage consignment store around here, but they don't have nearly enough men's clothing. Also, most people are 32-36s, whereas I am a slender and sexy 29/30. This makes thrift shopping difficult. Dongle, thank you for the link to that thread. I found a shitload of great stuff.

GalaxyHead · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:52 pm

What kind of clothes are you looking for?
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Krazii Bakon Lypes · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:44 pm

Slim-fitting, simple stuff. I don't like logos or images on my shirts for some strange reason.

stotelheim · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:44 pm

Maztorre swears by these guys: http://www.cult.co.uk/

I honestly can't help you with this at all, I'm an analogue clothes man at heart.
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dongle · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA

dongle · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA

GalaxyHead · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:19 am

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Krazii Bakon Lypes · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:17 am

Diesel's terribly overpriced, though. And it makes looking good sort of easy. Which is a good and a bad thing. You always end up looking great, but you don't know WHY you look great. We should hold some sort of contest to see who looks the best. IC had a handsomeness contest a while ago, but it became a "who's more scene" contest instead.

CubaLibre · the road lawyer Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: Balmer

Takoma Park has like five or six resale shops on the same block, and they run the gamut from trendy and overpriced to a basement where they sell vintage Playboys and faux-zebra standing lamps. It is awesome.

I get shirts there when I can.
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Krazii Bakon Lypes · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:46 am

No, because you will never shave off your ironic moustache that you have fully embraced as not-ironic. Also, you only got like two votes last time. Toups managed the most. If we are to have this contest again, it must be as superficial as possible. You cannot take personality into account at all. Like, Mussolini could win if he were actually handsome.

Newave has a chance because he dresses extremely well. I have a chance because I am just astonishingly attractive beyond all measure.

Kappuru · forum bishonen Joined: 05 Dec 2006

http://www.beamst.com/

awesome tshirts. they used to have REZ ones!
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dongle · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA

PianoMap · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: victoria, british columbia

I dress out of my frequently newly-used hand-me-downs and I shop at consignment shops.

I think I pull off handsomeness well enough with them as I could with designer shit. The next threshold of good-looking would require a tidy jacket and a clean pair of shoes, I reckon.

Actually, I really don't understand the pull of $80 khakis and $55 aloha shirts and the like. When I buy a pair of jeans I pay like 20-30 bucks, tend to keep them for about a year. There's this moment in time somewhere in between where I look at them, and see how the fabric has "matured" and faded, and I think "these could probably sell as 'new' for $100."
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newave · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles

As for Diesel, i think their Jeans are way overpriced and I've never really found a wash I liked by them. I still stick with my Levis Premium Skinner jeans. Diesel does have some nice, not too expensive, jackets sometimes though.

Also even though I shop at Urban Outfitters, 90% of their clothes is trash, either in style or quality. You sorta have to be picky about them, something thats hard to do when shopping online.

Also thanks Garneau

CubaLibre · the road lawyer Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: Balmer

Buying jeans from anywhere other than a department store is stupid. I will stand by that statement forever.
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SplashBeats · Guest

Guys I wear Levis, hipster shirts (hi, Threadless), some nice leather, and some nice shoes.

I look pretty good for a college student :(

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slipstream · hates LOTR films Joined: 05 Dec 2006

If you want nice (expensive) shirts, the Imaginary Foundation has a lot of really well done shirts. These shirts will cost you $30, but it's better than being another hipster in a threadless shirt, right?
www.imaginaryfoundation.com

Fat American has a bunch of political shirts that make a bunch liberal statements in obtuse ways, but I can't see anyone not getting behind their Buckminster Fuller shirt:

www.fatamerican.tv
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GalaxyHead · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:37 am

I'm going broke now.
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shnozlak · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:01 am

at $130 the fucking jeans are wearing you man. jesus
Time to go cruse the girls section again.
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CubaLibre · the road lawyer Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: Balmer

another god · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

You guys are making me want to spend a lot of money on clothes.

(this is a good thread. keep it up. also: let's talk more about jeans [i actually will spend money on those {very soon}])
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CubaLibre · the road lawyer Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: Balmer

Levi motherfucking Strauss.

Jeans are work pants. They should be rugged and awesome. Not slimline and wankoff.
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Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

But I wear jeans to look sexy. :-(

shnozlak · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:19 am

Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Also, while they are not the absolute bleeding fucking edge of style, lately I have been finding that Lucky Brand Jeans look good at an excellent price-to-value ratio!

Also: Holy shit Beams T and that Imagination Foundation site have some mother fucking awesome t-shirts. The one I really liked on the IF site was out of stock though, and the Beams T stuff is really fucking expensive, but I'm darned tempted...

shnozlak · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:23 am

Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Yeah, that's their old gimmick... it says that on the men's jeans too, unless I've managed to somehow mistakenly purchase only girl's jeans from them, but I'm pretty sure I have not!

Also, this might be the most rofl-tastic-yet-somehow-awesome clothing site known to man:

http://www.whalesdirect.com/

I mean, come on how much more fucking bad ass can you get:

Imagine wearing these at the same time!

Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

I'm digging these:

slipstream · hates LOTR films Joined: 05 Dec 2006

It is not often that you see shmup inspired clothing, much less striking and fashionable pixelated scarves. I am tempted to brave the exorbitant prices to get

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My favorite shirt is still my NO REFUGE shirt.

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Over $100 though, yikes! I could buy that banana and snake t-shirt with that! Still...

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dongle · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA

SplashBeats · Guest

Dongle, I wear nothing by Levi's and nothing with that fake 'worn out' wash that they do.

I wear out my own jeans, damnit.

Also HSB, I'm pretty sure that's a fucking purse, not a bag a man should be holding.

Churippu · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:03 am

I want that man purse HSB.

Joe, it is a man purse, look at the strap, it is like a messenger bag!

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I thought it looked a bit pursey too, but then I noted the 35x40cm dimensions, which put it well out of purse territory and well into man-purse territory!