Clothes

[The Merse]

Oh aye you're from up here aren't you?

Wouldnt say that either. Split pre-high school childhood between Dudley and Glasgow and then stewed in the shitter parts of the west mids for a while before Dundee, West Wales, Sout Wales and then the South West.

In effect- pikey.

[Boydy]

If you fancy spending a fortune.

I do not.

[The Merse]

Sounds like your mum was the one mixing incompatible cultures.

She did sandwich Irish diaspora with Jamaican to be fair...

[John]

Boxfresh trainers are comfortable and reasonably priced, so if you can find a pair of those in a style you like go for it.

[The Merse]

I thought boxfesh had died with that early noughties affordable LAD designer culture - the FCUK era if you will.

Quite liked their t's.

[Magic]

Henri Lloyd have rocketed in price.

[The Merse]

Really? Their stuff was offensively poor quality for the money. And stuck to the feet and chests of the biggest wrong uns imaginable.

Ned style :drool:

Burberry and aquascutum are back to being quality these days, mind.

[Lewis]

I thought box-fresh trainers meant that they were perfectly clean.

[Kikó]

Go to Bicester village and go crazy.

[SvN]

Check our /r/malefashionadvice on reddit. I don't think just spending money on expensive clothes is the answer if you're genuinely clueless.

[Mike]

Can you ask someone to go shopping with you?
When I had to get my first suit I went with a friend who regularly wears suits to help me out.

I'm not a fan of spending large amounts on clothes, I have found paying a little more is better than getting the cheapest stuff. Jeans for example, a pair of nice 511's is always better than 2-3 cheaper pairs.

[Boydy]

These (http://store.nike.com/gb/en_gb/pd/sb-portmore-skateboarding-shoe/pid-11046752/pgid-11619640) or these (http://store.nike.com/gb/en_gb/pd/sb-koston-hypervulc-skateboarding-shoe/pid-11056597/pgid-11620468)?

Or possibly even these (http://store.nike.com/gb/en_gb/pd/sb-zoom-stefan-janoski-canvas-skateboarding-shoe/pid-11046111/pgid-11619385)?

I think the first ones are my favourite though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

First.

[Raoul Duke]

1st or 3rd.

[Adamski]

Third.

[Baz]

I've got the third ones in black and in grey. Would recommend.

Red though? :confused:

[Boydy]

Went for the first ones.

[Boydy]

Red though? :confused:

Why not? I see plenty of people wearing red Converse or similar.

Plus if I'm wearing jeans and a dark shirt, they'll add a bit of colour.

The first ones are also 'dark cayenne' so they probably aren't that bright.

[Adamski]

Paging Giggles, dark cayenne alert.

I think I clicked the second ones twice earlier :D, first look decent.

[phonics]

First are by far the best. The second are the stuff of chavs (hence the cyan) and the third would fit right in among one of merts more fashion conscious mates decked out in board shorts and polos.

[Baz]

Uh yeah I don't have them (twice) really. :stamford:

EDIT: Actually yeah the first are awesome. Good pick. I'd buy them in blue if they were on sale.

[Reg]

First are by far the best. The second are the stuff of chavs (hence the cyan) and the third would fit right in among one of merts more fashion conscious mates decked out in board shorts and polos.
Yep, the first and third look completely different to me as well.

https://media.giphy.com/media/zjQrmdlR9ZCM/giphy.gif

[Lewis]

I inadvertently asked for some ladies' shoes in a Fred Perry shop the other week (they were indistinguishable from the manly ones except for a thinner sole), but I played it straight and they went from lolling at me to shitting it that they might have misgendered a potentially difficult tranny.

[Reg]

:D excellent.

[Spikey M]

Wouldnt say that either. Split pre-high school childhood between Dudley and Glasgow and then stewed in the shitter parts of the west mids for a while before Dundee, West Wales, Sout Wales and then the South West.

In effect- pikey.
'Kinell. Someone start a Go Fund Me.

[Spikey M]

I inadvertently asked for some ladies' shoes in a Fred Perry shop the other week (they were indistinguishable from the manly ones except for a thinner sole), but I played it straight and they went from lolling at me to shitting it that they might have misgendered a potentially difficult tranny.

I'm going to need a picture of these shoes.

[Lewis]

It was these (https://www.fredperry.com/shop/women/footwear/kingston-twill-b6259u-102.html), which, having now looked them up, are listed in both (https://www.fredperry.com/shop/men/footwear/kingston-twill-b6259u-102.html) sections (and go up to man sizes). I bought some Vans in the end so fuck Bradley Wiggins.

[Spikey M]

You could have atleast pretended they were a pair of heels.

[Shindig]

Man, why is it so hard to find a pair of trousers with a 29" leg? WHY CAN'T I BE AN INCH TALLER?

[John]

Pop along to the children's section and get a nice pair of cuffed cords.

[The Merse]

Man, why is it so hard to find a pair of trousers with a 29" leg? WHY CAN'T I BE AN INCH TALLER?

I've actually bought some cropped suit trousers for work that are 29'' :D try Farrah mate.

Also got some 27'' Obey bad boys (I'm over 6'2'' so they're pretty damn short) . They're mint:
http://shop.obeyclothing.co.uk/productimages/gallery/display/w540/SS-image-2016-04-05-5703aaab5787a.jpg

[John]

Those just look genuinely stupid. The shirt describes that poor bastard being duped into modelling them.

[Boydy]

These (http://store.nike.com/gb/en_gb/pd/sb-portmore-skateboarding-shoe/pid-11046752/pgid-11619640) or these (http://store.nike.com/gb/en_gb/pd/sb-koston-hypervulc-skateboarding-shoe/pid-11056597/pgid-11620468)?

Or possibly even these (http://store.nike.com/gb/en_gb/pd/sb-zoom-stefan-janoski-canvas-skateboarding-shoe/pid-11046111/pgid-11619385)?

I think the first ones are my favourite though.


Went for the first ones.

Been waiting on these all week. Went looking to see when I'd ordered them and there's no record of the order in my emails or on my account on the Nike site. Or in my bank account or with Paypal.

I was sure I'd ordered them. :cab:


EDIT: They were still in my basket. Ordered now. I'm an idiot.

[The Merse]

All very nice for the price. Got some Janoski's and some of the hyperfeel Bruins and they are seriously comfy.

Still trying to search out some Soulland x Nike Fri.day special ed's of the Koston hyperfeels - sold out before I got a chance to get them (in a day), but they're popping up on eBay now for close to the RRP as the UK re-sellers seem to have dropped the ball on this one. They're fucking beautiful:
http://www.endclothing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nike_friday_end_040816_blog_3.jpg

Nike are seriously donning the colab game at the minute after the Polar, Soulland and Supreme capsules of late. Now, their new collection with Quartersnacks is immense. The bruins :drool:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1202/6102/files/r-12.jpg?v=1476439891

[John]

What is that image supposed to be depicting, besides the fact that Vim needs to clean his room?

[Foe]

Is that trainers with that built in bit like football boots have?

[The Merse]

What is that image supposed to be depicting, besides the fact that Vim needs to clean his room?

The top and the bruins are from the lookbook for the Nike SB x Quartersnacks capsule.

The likeness to Vim is spot on :D


Is that trainers with that built in bit like football boots have?

Yup. The original Koston's were a combination of three shoes - the Nike SB Bruin, the CR9's (the 'sock') and an american football 'cleat'. The 'sock' thing is being used in American football boots too. It's the one of use of it that I've liked or seen in a shoe that will not just be worn for sports.

[Adamski]

All very nice for the price. Got some Janoski's and some of the hyperfeel Bruins and they are seriously comfy.

Still trying to search out some Soulland x Nike Fri.day special ed's of the Koston hyperfeels - sold out before I got a chance to get them (in a day), but they're popping up on eBay now for close to the RRP as the UK re-sellers seem to have dropped the ball on this one. They're fucking beautiful:
http://www.endclothing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/nike_friday_end_040816_blog_3.jpg

Nike are seriously donning the colab game at the minute after the Polar, Soulland and Supreme capsules of late. Now, their new collection with Quartersnacks is immense. The bruins :drool:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1202/6102/files/r-12.jpg?v=1476439891

What language is all this mate?

[The Merse]

What language is all this mate?

Hypebeastian.

[Giggles]

I'm just so glad I don't know what a colab is and why its game is so important.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You need to become more street.

Or white Scottish emo with tattoos.

[Pepe]

Still trying to search out some Soulland x Nike Fri.day special ed's of the Koston hyperfeels

Worst sentence ever written.

[Adamski]

I can't be the only one wishing his missus didn't leave him.

[igor_balis]

jessop jessop jessop

[John Arne]

I loved my first pair of Adidas Wishtheyweres.

[Baz]

Why were "BK Knights" called such, when the K stood for Knights?

[Adamski]

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/now-live-adidas-outlet-up-50-off-sale-another-25-off-free-returns-24-hrs-only-2520008

[Raoul Duke]

Got myself a Barbour jacket. It's very swish :cool:

Also - I've found the best-fitting shirts from a brand called Produkt. Love it when you find a brand that does a thing in a cut that works for you. I've already bought three of their shirts and am gonna buy a load more.

[Adamski]

Does anyone have any decent jean recommendations like that? I find the high street ones awful.

[Baz]

Was expecting major price lols but I guess not (http://www.asos.com/produkt/produkt-washed-cotton-shirt/prd/6605583?iid=6605583&clr=Red&SearchQuery=&cid=20869&pgesize=10&pge=0&totalstyles=10&gridsize=3&gridrow=1&gridcolumn=3),

[Raoul Duke]

Does anyone have any decent jean recommendations like that? I find the high street ones awful.

The best "normal price" jeans I've found are from Topman. They also have weird sizes (I prefer a 31x31). The selvedge ones I bought from there are great and were only about £30.

[The Merse]

Does anyone have any decent jean recommendations like that? I find the high street ones awful.

Loom (exclusive to Urban Outfitters) are very good, along with the staple Cheap Mondays, I stick to those two normally but really want to try some of Polar Skate's 90's jeans.

[Pen]

I think the ones I recently bought are Levi's, Lee and Nudie. Although I enjoyed the slightly forced TTH theme of the first two, I went for Nudies as they didn't have any Booms (double denim) in the shop.

(Nudies are probably the ones I like the best)

[Baz]

Is this jacket chavvy?

http://www.usc.co.uk/firetrap-beck-jacket-mens-600036

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41yzVhG%2BAHL._UX342_.jpg

I just want something plain and relatively lightweight to wear on the bus to and from the pub in winter, for about thirty quid. This says it used to be £70 so must be okay.

[Adamski]

A little bit but enough to pull it off if you don't have a chavvy face.

[Baz]

Curse my face.

[igor_balis]

my mum bought me a nice jacket from a charity shop at the weekend

[Adamski]

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

[Boydy]

:D

[Magic]

What do we think about suit lapel pins?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Trash.

[Magic]

Anyone who's dress sense transcends elastic jogging bottoms and XXXXL white t shirts?

[Boydy]

What sort of lapel pin are you talking about?

[igor_balis]

they're alright as long as they're not for a good cause

[Adamski]

Anyone who's dress sense transcends elastic jogging bottoms and XXXXL white t shirts?

This isn't the relationship thread, bro.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Anyone who's dress sense transcends elastic jogging bottoms and XXXXL white t shirts?

I don't own any jogging bottoms or white t shirts.

I'm a shirt and jeans (sometimes I'll throw in a chino, regular trouser or shorts depending on the weather or how I'm feeling) man.

[Boydy]

You forgot the fedora.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You forgot the fedora.

Hats just don't work on me sadly :(

[Magic]

What sort of lapel pin are you talking about?

I have a gold bee just now and it's quite sweet. Want to expand on my portfolio.

[Lewis]

You're a wanker not owning any trackies/joggers/sweatpants (whatever people call them), mate.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You're a wanker not owning any trackies/joggers/sweatpants (whatever people call them), mate.

I do own a shit load of comic book inspired pyjama trousers.

Do they count?

[Lewis]

No, but they more than fill that fedora deficit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I even took one of my Spiderman ones to Ukraine.

They didn't work.

[igor_balis]

i'm wearing a nice pair of joggers that my mum bought me from peacocks

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I decided to channel my inner black man/aspiring basketball star by buying some Jordan's.

https://asphaltgold.de/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/930x669/0f396e8a55728e79b48334e699243c07/n/i/nike-jordan-horizon-low---gym-red-2.jpg

http://www.prodirectbasketball.com/productimages/V3_1_Main/124976.jpg

https://images.sneakersaddict.com/images//jordan-reveal4-760x570.jpg

The last ones are fucking obscene, they're incredibly comfortable and light.

Come at me.

[Lewis]

This is why they let your stepmum have it all.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This is why they let your stepmum have it all.

I've bought some amazing things.

I guess it's better for big corporations to have my money than Eastern European cam whores.

[Lewis]

What else have you got?

[Samadini]

12 Chocolate Oranges and he's going back for more tomorrow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What else have you got?

A load of comics, some neodymium magnets, a flip camping knife, laptop, ferrofluid (although it hasn't come through yet).

Also bought some selection box of Japanese kit kats and some American oreos.

[Lewis]

Are you wasting it all as some sort of protest?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are you wasting it all as some sort of protest?

I'm being a lot more liberal with the life insurance payout because I know that I'll be getting enough to get a one bedroom flat in May/June next year.

If anyone wants to stick a bid in btw:

http://search.savills.com/en-ru/property-detail/gbhahshah160128#/r/detail/GBHAHSHAH160128

[Lewis]

I'll give you eighty quid.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Done.

I've also paid off my credit card debts (wasn't that much) and stuck some in a savings account (with more to go in there) so I'm not completely pissing it away.

[Pepe]

What happened to the BMW?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What happened to the BMW?

I'll be getting one next year, second hand.

[Spoonsky]

Hang on, Mahow is moving to Hampstead?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hang on, Mahow is moving to Hampstead?

Christ no. I would never live in London.

That was my Dad's.

When it sells the mortgage will be paid off, legal fees paid and I'll get 1/6th of what is left.

[Adamski]

You'll walk out of the lawyers office owing 1/4 if the last meeting is anything to go by.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0183/2727/products/bowsermariosocks.jpg?v=1475538928

:drool:

[Spikey M]

Grown man.

[The Merse]

I need to buy a turtleneck.

[Raoul Duke]

I need to buy a turtleneck.

A tactical turtleneck

[Reg]

Mahow :cool:

[The Merse]

A tactical turtleneck

The idea did first spring upon me whilst watching Archer. I think I'll go with a mustard one though, so there's not much of a tactical element unless I've got to visit Norfolk.

[Lewis]

They're not as mad for mustard as you would expect. You would think that they would be like the Cornish are with clotted cream, putting it on everything, brushing their teeth with it, greasing machinery with it, and so on. But no. They're obviously a better class of inbred.

[Raoul Duke]

There's a Coleman's museum in Norwich

[Lewis]

It's more of a shop than a museum.

[Magic]

NEXT have a deal on today where it's free delivery to your home before Christmas or the order is free.

I ordered a tank top for next summer, a linen shirt and a tie/pocket hankie combo for £30 all in.

[Magic]

I'm wearing a pair of 'EASY' jeans. They look and feel every bit of the £12 they cost. Disgusting.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You sound rather uncouth, all told.

[Magic]

I'm not a jean snob but this might push me over the edge. Back to NEXT.

[bruhnaldo]

I'm wearing some slacks I bought a few weeks ago today.

They're comfy.

B+.

[Magic]

Idiot wife put my new linen shirt in with the bedding wash so I chucked it all in the tumble drier. It's fucked now so looking to apportion blame.

Edit: yes the same shirt at the top of the page.

[igor_balis]

The bird I was sleeping with before she went travelling for a few months came back, and observed I was still wearing the same jeans. Only when she made this observation did I realise I've been wearing the same two pairs of jeans in rotation for about 6 months. Is this normal??? I do wash them sometimes.

[Adamski]

I'd say it's not unheard of. I've got about 4 in rotation.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

3 for me I believe.

I'm pretty sure I've got about 5 pairs of shorts though.

[Giggles]

The bird I was sleeping with before she went travelling for a few months came back, and observed I was still wearing the same jeans. Only when she made this observation did I realise I've been wearing the same two pairs of jeans in rotation for about 6 months. Is this normal??? I do wash them sometimes.

At least you're wearing them separately.

[igor_balis]

Rather than buy more jeans I might just diversify my wardrobe. Show solidarity with the angry Eastern European men who come into the bank and start wearing camo trousers. Paired with red sleeveless puffa jackets, obvz.

[Magic]

She managed to iron unshrink it sort of. It looks ok now. Maybe because it was rolled up in the middle of all the bedding.

Also it's around a month for me, the bum starts to become a bit butty smelly any longer.

[Manc]

People wash jeans?

[igor_balis]

I should probably be more hygienic. As a fat 13 year old I spent an entire summer holiday wearing the same nasty old trainers every day without socks. Right at the end of the holiday I got a huge blister practically the size of the sole of my foot, and it got proper infected. My mum calmly said I had to go to the hospital, and some bloke cut it off with a scalpel and I was off school on antibiotics for 2 weeks.

Mother only informed me quite recently that the sepsis had visibly spread to almost the top of my thigh and that I nearly died, lol.

[Magic]

:D

I fucking love you.

[Boydy]

I rotate two pairs of jeans. I've recently added a pair of chinos to my wardrobe. They feel classy.

[Raoul Duke]

Chinos :drool:

I wash my jeans about once a quarter. I iron the backs of the knees more regularly as they get creased to fuck.

[Giggles]

I rotate two pairs of jeans. I've recently added a pair of chinos to my wardrobe. They feel classy.

Classy. In 2002.

[Lewis]

That reminds me of when somebody I know suddenly started coming out in trousers instead of jeans. He claimed that he was bored of his jeans, and that there was no more to it than that; but we made out that it was part of a positive thinking kick ('dress like who you want to be, not who you are'), and about a week later he was back out in his jeans like a miserable tramp.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I prefer trousers to jeans.

I pretty much only wear shirts though.

[Manc]

I iron the backs of the knees more regularly as they get creased to fuck.

Top tip.

[Adamski]

I prefer trousers to jeans.

I pretty much only wear shirts though.

Sounds drafty. No wonder cam girl said no.

[Adamski]

Anyone got anything from YMC? Raoul Duke?

[Raoul Duke]

The only thing I've got from them is a £100 poncho: https://www.youmustcreate.com/products/aw16-ymc-coat-and-jackets/randy-california-poncho/ :eyemouth: Some or their shirts look ok, but the rest looks horrific.

Did you try out Thread in the end? I pretty much just get stuff off there now. Also liking Scotch & Soda, Sunspel and J Crew.

[Boydy]

A £100 poncho. Fucking hell.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's a fucking blanket with a zip and a hole in it ffs.

[Adamski]

The only thing I've got from them is a £100 poncho: https://www.youmustcreate.com/products/aw16-ymc-coat-and-jackets/randy-california-poncho/ :eyemouth: Some or their shirts look ok, but the rest looks horrific.

Did you try out Thread in the end? I pretty much just get stuff off there now. Also liking Scotch & Soda, Sunspel and J Crew.

First two are on my list.

I haven't bothered with Thread, not sure why. Might get back into it. I still get the email every week.

[Giggles]

A poncho? :D

Sort yourself out Raoul.

[Offshore Toon]

It was surely a joke?

[Giggles]

95% of posters here and I'd agree.

[Offshore Toon]

Tbf one of my mate's is gradually turning into a poncy hipster/LAD disgrace and I blame London. The desperation to be seen as authoritative and trendy is pathetic. I'm gonna have to have a word with him soon because I don't particularly like him anymore, but I owe it to the old him to say something. If I turn up and he's sporting a poncho, though, I'll know he's too far gone.

[Raoul Duke]

Of course I haven't bought a fucking poncho

[Boydy]

Yeah, yeah. Don't try to backtrack now.

[Raoul Duke]

It's not a poncho, it's a cape

[Manc]

Pepe?

[bruhnaldo]

Holy shit I thought you actually bought that.

[Baz]

Might start running.

Which one of these should I get?

http://images.sportsdirect.com/images/products/21112003_l.jpg
http://www.sportsdirect.com/nike-fs-lite-run-4-mens-running-shoes-211120?colcode=21112003&awc=5374_1499979049_47c0df434a09c8265ddc4e5079e8ac 1e&utm_source=Affiliatewindow&utm_medium=Affiliates&utm_campaign=awin


or

https://i1.adis.ws/i/jpl/jd_264618_spin_01?qlt=80&w=920&h=652&v=1
https://www.jdsports.co.uk/product/black-nike-run-all-day/264618/

[phonics]

They're both awful. Top pair looks like orthopedic shoes and that bottom pair look like knock off Yeezys.

[Foe]

The second ones are :drool:

[Pen]

I like the second ones.

[Adamski]

If Phonics doesn't like them then either pair will do just fine.

[Baz]

Not had a pair of white trainers for yonks but picked these up for £34:

https://images.nike.com/is/image/DotCom/M_PDP_HERO_RETINA/918303_111_A_PREM/sb-air-zoom-stefan-janoski-elite-ht-skateboarding-shoe.jpg (https://m.size.co.uk/product/white-nike-janoski-elite/280938/?istCompanyId=44259a28-7e2d-45e6-bbfe-b7c7b54af454&istItemId=xmpmplaaxa&istBid=tzxw&gclid=CjwKCAiAxuTQBRBmEiwAAkFF1qVXecKHkHY-O6OEjUd3wuxTfiZFx0OzXeNr1uAgllTwIBTHoILtQRoCE7EQAv D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)

[Offshore Toon]

Do ASOS have the monopoly on clothes these days?

[phonics]

I've just seen that YouMustCreate site up top. Christ. Is it in to look like you just snuck across the border of East Germany these days?

https://i.imgur.com/ZsyK3at.png

[John]

I've been thinking about a new pair of smart shoes for a while now. It's been ages since I properly splurged on something so I've decided I was due on gone quite big.

http://eu.christianlouboutin.com/uk_en/shop/men/greggo-calf-1.html

[Giggles]

Jaysus imagine scuffing them.

[Weaver]

They’re lush, John, but like Giggles, I’d be so worried about causing them damage they wouldn’t leave the house.

[SvN]

I wore an expensive pair of shoes (~£200) out to a bar once and I spent my night worrying about getting them stepped on, which nearly happened about 15 times. Drunk fuckers don't give a shit where they're walking.

[Giggles]

They’re lush, John, but like Giggles, I’d be so worried about causing them damage they wouldn’t leave the house.

They are class looking but I don't think I could bring myself to wear them.

[Baz]

I’ve a mate who as soon as he sees you’re wearing new shoes, stamps on your foot.

[Giggles]

I'd be more surprised if you hadn't.

[igor_balis]

I got some nice Church shoes off ebay. Similar RRP to John's, but I got em for £120. Big fan of nice, grownup shoes. I cringe at the pointy Topman monstrosities I thought were cool when I was 16. The absolute pits of shoes though are those cheap boxy loafers generally worn by the weird bloke in the office.

[Giggles]

Are Church shoes a type of shoe, a brand of shoe, or shoes you wear to a Church?

[igor_balis]

all of the above

[Adamski]

I got some nice Church shoes off ebay. Similar RRP to John's, but I got em for £120. Big fan of nice, grownup shoes. I cringe at the pointy Topman monstrosities I thought were cool when I was 16. The absolute pits of shoes though are those cheap boxy loafers generally worn by the weird bloke in the office.

There’s no way this isn’t you.

[igor_balis]

There’s no way this isn’t you.

I don't work in an office, chief.

[Raoul Duke]

Some quality deals on Asos at the moment. Picked up some Red Wing boots with a massive reduction.

[Baz]

Bought a coat (http://amzn.to/2DChFdG) for £60.

https://mosaic01.ztat.net/vgs/media/pdp-zoom/EL/82/2L/00/EQ/11/EL822L00E-Q11@14.jpg

https://mosaic02.ztat.net/vgs/media/pdp-zoom/EL/82/2L/00/EQ/11/EL822L00E-Q11@15.jpg

https://mosaic02.ztat.net/vgs/media/pdp-zoom/EL/82/2L/00/EQ/11/EL822L00E-Q11@16.jpg

I've already got a "big coat" a little poncey bomber jacket, so this will be for in-between.

[SincereTheRebel]

Can you wear loafers with socks?

[SincereTheRebel]

After looking at some images, it appears you cant. Not wearing socks appears to be a must with a loafter

[Raoul Duke]

Why are you wearing loafers in February?

[Giggles]

Why is anyone wearing loafers at all?

[Raoul Duke]

There is that, aye

[Magic]

Can you wear loafers with socks?

Fuck. :D

[Panda Bear]

Yes, you can wear loafers with socks or without socks.

You cannot wear boat shoes with socks.

You can wear sandals with socks if you become that guy.

[Mike]

You can’t wear sandles. Not with socks, not without socks. Not ever.

[Giggles]

That goes for boat shoes too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Can you wear loafers with socks?

You can. We can't.

[Magic]

Black guys especially can get away with anything. There is no margin for us. We're one sock away from looking like paedophiles.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If I wear a hat, any hat, I get lolled at for it being a 'paedo hat'. Meanwhile a black man can spend 40 minutes browsing in shops for a bucket hat, have 60 sexual crimes on his record, and he would just get called 'lit' or 'crah' or whatever other words people make up in order to patronise them.

Or, in the words of my 61 year old mother, 'he's got rhythm'.

[Baz]

Crah? :scratch:

[SincereTheRebel]

You can. We can't.

I can't pull it off. Socks are crucial. I couldn't leave the house without wearing socks. Even if I wore trainer socks so it appears your not wearing any socks. Its just not a look I want to be affiliated with. After looking at the images, its just not for me. Suede chukka is me.

[Lewis]

Luca cried all the way home when I lolled at him not wearing any socks with his jeans/shoes.

[Raoul Duke]

Brogues are where it's at.

[Lewis]

And you should persevere with the hats, Floyd. Find one that really suits, run with it, and make it your own (I could see a Popeye Doyle pork pie working).

[Boydy]

How about a fedora?

[John]

Floyd would look like he was about to jemble everyone to death in a fedora.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Carmen Miranda hat would work.

[John]

Just get a flat cap and fully embrace your new line of work, Floyd. Bonus points if it's tweed.

[Boydy]

A panama hat. I've always imagined Jimmy in a linen suit looking out over the colonial plantation fields.

[Lewis]

Remember he does cricket stuff. Panama hats are very much spoken for in that world.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have a 1940s standing in a gutter lighting a cigar sort of hat. I don't know the name for it.

Always fancied being able to pull off a straw number, but my head is too big for most hats.

[Boydy]

I have a 1940s standing in a gutter lighting a cigar sort of hat. I don't know the name for it.

Always fancied being able to pull off a straw number, but my head is too big for most hats.

That probably is a fedora.

[Spoonsky]

Sandals. :drool:

Anyways, impressive of Jimmy to sound about twice as ancient as his mother in that post.

[SincereTheRebel]

Acquired.




https://i.imgur.com/ACei8ku.png

[Spikey M]

Knee high socks required for them.

[phonics]

Acquired.




https://i.imgur.com/ACei8ku.png

Think I've got a pair of those myself Sincere. Strong choice, they're not great for wearing for an extended period of time but they'll get you through a posh dinner.

[SincereTheRebel]

Think I've got a pair of those myself Sincere. Strong choice, they're not great for wearing for an extended period of time but they'll get you through a posh dinner.

I was looking for comfort levels to be max. Once they arrive, ill wear them in the house for a full day and see how it feels.

[phonics]

TBF I wear sneakers at all times normally so anything that doesn't come with several layers of foam, I moan about.

[Magic]

Lol suede. A dece chice but nae yase in the wet weether.

[phonics]

I just bought a scarf/snood thing. It's great. I'm never taking it off. I will be warm forever.

[Magic]

I bought a pair of Converse Chuck Taylor for £27, down from £70 directly from their website. They arrived and they are fucking massive, easily a 12 (I'm an 11). Not only that, but they feel plasticy, cheap and utter shite. They are going straight back, what the hell happened here?

[phonics]

I just bought a scarf/snood thing. It's great. I'm never taking it off. I will be warm forever.

The weather got good about 10 days after buying it. But boy, those were 10 great days.

[SincereTheRebel]

I really hate the standard nasty brown gum sole on most trainers. It would be better if the sole colour actually matched the boot.



https://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gum-soles-nike-tennis-classic-ac-03.jpg

[Magic]

I bought a pair of Converse Chuck Taylor for £27, down from £70 directly from their website. They arrived and they are fucking massive, easily a 12 (I'm an 11). Not only that, but they feel plasticy, cheap and utter shite. They are going straight back, what the hell happened here?

I kept them. :D

[Mike]

I really hate the standard nasty brown gum sole on most trainers. It would be better if the sole colour actually matched the boot.



https://sneakernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gum-soles-nike-tennis-classic-ac-03.jpg

Get Air Force 1’s?
https://c.static-nike.com/a/images/t_default/jomszuqr8gw3h18xhpro/air-force-1-07-mens-shoe-JkTGzADv.jpg

[SincereTheRebel]

Those are two big on your feet. I wasn't looking at the nike boots I posted, I was just using the image as an example of the gum sole on that type of boot. Puma are king pins for the gum sole. It ruins the boot.

https://www.endclothing.com/gb/puma-madrid-suede-364930-03.html

[Magic]

Not if they're black or basically any other colour other than white.

[John]

Boot? If you're going into shops asking for boots it's no wonder you're getting bulky nonsense.

Android Homme trainers are about the most comfortable I've worn in ages.

[Pepe]

:harold:

Might as well wear some Uggs.

[phonics]

Those are Globes for dorks.

[Magic]

Those are two big on your feet. I wasn't looking at the nike boots I posted, I was just using the image as an example of the gum sole on that type of boot. Puma are king pins for the gum sole. It ruins the boot.

https://www.endclothing.com/gb/puma-madrid-suede-364930-03.html

I've got those with a white sole. Boss.

[SincereTheRebel]

Boot? If you're going into shops asking for boots it's no wonder you're getting bulky nonsense.

Android Homme trainers are about the most comfortable I've worn in ages.

Nobody goes into shops anymore and asks any human for anything old man. Stop living in the past. Its all done online now you dinosaur.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He probably still watches live TV as well the nerd.

[John]

If doing it all online means struggling to find trainers that don't have a brown sole I'll stick to buying my shoes from a person in a shop.

[Magic]

Yeah you can't get shitey gold ones that make you look like an absolute roaster online Sincy mate.

[John]

You absolutely could but I'm not sure how that's relevant.

[Adamski]

Went into the Levi shop yesterday, so much better in store.

Ended up with a pair of 511’s which I don’t think I’d went for online looking at them. The fit is incredible :cool:

Checked online and bought another pair at 40% off too so win win all round.

[Spikey M]

You could also get your name stitched into them online, just so everyone knows how to address said ‘roaster’.

[Mike]

511’s has been my go to for a while now.

[Magic]

Went into the Levi shop yesterday, so much better in store.

Ended up with a pair of 511’s which I don’t think I’d went for online looking at them. The fit is incredible :cool:

Checked online and bought another pair at 40% off too so win win all round.

They look not bad value I always thought they'd be way too expensive.

[Giggles]

Unless you're cheating on the Mrs or planning to, then there's little point in spending that kind of money on an item of clothing.

[Magic]

I got a pair of Joe Browns, Jack & Jones and Superdry ones for a total of £100 which is nae bad. Just need to buy at the right time.

[Baz]

Went into the Levi shop yesterday, so much better in store.

Ended up with a pair of 511’s which I don’t think I’d went for online looking at them. The fit is incredible :cool:

Checked online and bought another pair at 40% off too so win win all round.Wheres 40% off 511s?

[Lewis]

I tried an XXL Superdry jacket on today and it was like a children's one. I thought they actually were a Japanese company, which would have explained it, but no.

[Magic]

Their SUPERDRY kit that has the logo everywhere is cringe and is being adopted by middle aged people but the subtle stuff is actually really good quality and can be had at a great price in the sales.

[SvN]

I have a few Superdry tshirts and jumpers and you're right, the quality is great. You wouldn't know it was Superdry either by looking at it, just a subtle tag at the bottom.

Their stuff with the ridiculous over the top branding is awful.

[phonics]

The jumpers are really crap material but their shirts are really nice.

[Baz]

Their stuff with the ridiculous over the top branding is awful.Anything like that is. Worst being Henley’s (or HNLYS PRJCT, or whatever it is.) Similarly, Hollister stuff is amazing quality, but the branding is over the top.

I wear plain tshirts 90% of the time.

[Magic]

Hollister is not amazing quality lol.

[John]

Went to get a pair of those Deerupt trainers Adidas have started doing this morning but they feel horrendously cheap. There's a sort of netting over the whole shoe that feels like those little nets you used to get for washing machine tablets and there's some half obscured writing beneath it that makes them look like the whole net idea was a last minute addition. Not at all good trainers. Only eighty quid, but still.

SincereTheRebel this is why I still go into shops.

[Foe]

Interesting because I quite fancy the red/blue/white pair. Probably won't bother now.

[John]

They don't even look good up close. From the advert and the pictures I'd seen I thought the white pattern on the pair you refer to was stitched, but it's a net that's only connected at the sole and the ankle, so it doesn't look at all good and it'd get caught incredibly easily. Complete shit.

I bought the Pharrell ones instead, both much nicer and much more comfortable.

[igor_balis]

I think a lot of adidas trainers look a bit too smart now. I like my trainers to look like they're plausibly something you'd actually wear to do sport in. Not like nasty running shoes that old fellas at spoons seem to pair up with cheap suits, but somewhere in between.

[Magic]

I think a lot of adidas trainers look a bit too smart now. I like my trainers to look like they're plausibly something you'd actually wear to do sport in. Not like nasty running shoes that old fellas at spoons seem to pair up with cheap suits, but somewhere in between.

Always Reebok.

[John]

Reebok stuff is horrible. All of it.

For the record, those things Baz has posted in the FM thread are the childrens' version of the worst available colour scheme.

I was looking at the plain white ones. Or at least they appeared to be plain white until I picked them up in store and saw the concealed writing and a black block along the inside of the sole.

[Baz]

Yeah sorry, got that wrong. Here:


https://www.adidas.co.uk/dis/dw/image/v2/aagl_prd/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-adidas-products/default/dwf298b30d/zoom/DA9610_01_standard.jpg


:roflol:

[Pepe]

The white ones look so much better.

https://s16-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https:%2F%2Fhypb.imgix.net%2Fimage% 2F2018%2F02%2Fadidas-deerupt-model-closer-look-001.jpg%3Fq%3D75%26amp;w%3D800%26amp;fit%3Dclip%26 amp;auto%3Dcompress%252Cformat&sp=6a7ec6a261fdb45954ea35b6402c6d73

:harold:

[John]

We're agreed on that.

[igor_balis]

I quite like that meshy design, actually. Fuck knows what you'd wear them with though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A string vest and chinos.

[Pepe]

I quite like that meshy design, actually. Fuck knows what you'd wear them with though.

Yoga pants and a sports bra?

[igor_balis]

Yoga pants and a sports bra?

I could make it work, ask Magic.

[Magic]

I could make it work, ask Magic.

please no more.

[Magic]

The white ones look so much better.

https://s16-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https:%2F%2Fhypb.imgix.net%2Fimage% 2F2018%2F02%2Fadidas-deerupt-model-closer-look-001.jpg%3Fq%3D75%26amp;w%3D800%26amp;fit%3Dclip%26 amp;auto%3Dcompress%252Cformat&sp=6a7ec6a261fdb45954ea35b6402c6d73

:harold:

They look like Harachis. Or however the cool kids spell it.

[Boydy]

What has he done?

[Lewis]

They look like part of the uniform in a mental home.

[Magic]

They look like part of the uniform in a mental home.

Bring back bad memories?

[Lewis]

I reckon you should have let somebody (anybody) else make that joke.

[Magic]

I reckon you should have let somebody (anybody) else make that joke.

Quince?

[Lewis]

Somebody with quality banter obviously.

[Magic]

Kiko. :cool:

[Boydy]

Those white ones would be dirty in no time.

[Magic]

Those white ones would be dirty in no time.

We have pavements over here bud.

[Boydy]

Yeah and they'll still be grimy because it rains all the fucking time.

[Magic]

Yeah and they'll still be grimy because it rains all the fucking time.

Not on the east coast bud.

[Baz]

They look like part of the uniform in a mental home.


Bring back bad memories?


I reckon you should have let somebody (anybody) else make that joke.:D


Quince?

[Baz]

QWERTEE (https://www.qwertee.com/r/2095e36512) do referrals now. Get a free random tshirt with your first order. :thbup:

Good site if you like that sort of thing. Cheap too.

[phonics]

I wanted to get an old pair of shoes I had, these ones to be specific

https://i.redd.it/hd4y6u497bx01.png

But it turns out they don't make them anymore :(

So I picked myself up a pair of these for work to cheer me up.

http://www.prodirectselect.com/productimages/V3_1_Main/116550.jpg

[Lewis]

Those red ones look like something off a rejected World Cup mascot.

[phonics]

They're the most garish yet beautiful things I ever owned.

[Raoul Duke]

Those Osiris look like the sort of thing Super Mario would wear.