Fashion without looking "common"

PardonTheWait said:
Alright, skinny was a bit strong, but you are certainly on the slim side. Just because you as a slim person will fit in it doesn't mean that I, for example, as a chunky monkey but not an outright fatty, will be able to wear it.
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Yeah but the other guy was suggesting it wouldn't fit anyone, with a 36" chest it would fit people far larger than me.
 
nydryl said:
Not absolutely massive then but getting well on towards fat.
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So if you're getting on towards fat, and there is nothing in that clothing line that you can physically squeeze yourself into, even if you buy an XXL, that's nothing to look out for?

What I'm grasping at here is that the people that mentioned sizing only said 'the sizes are different to here, watch out'
 
PardonTheWait said:
So if you're getting on towards fat, and there is nothing in that clothing line that you can physically squeeze yourself into, even if you buy an XXL, that's nothing to look out for?

What I'm grasping at here is that the people that mentioned sizing only said 'the sizes are different to here, watch out'
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This is getting a bit off track - I wasn't arguing with you that the sizes were different. I said earlier that people should just look at the measurements. Even here I go by measurements where possible. Easier than sizes.
 
vonhelmet said:
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I honestly don't care how I look, and I do have a great deal of contempt for hilariously expensive gear.

Anyway. I'll leave now, as anything more than this would probably constitute trolling.
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Short reply seeing as you've left - it's possible to care about how you look without getting close to hilariously expensive clothes.
 
nydryl said:
Short reply seeing as you've left - it's possible to care about how you look without getting close to hilariously expensive clothes.
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Rephrase - I care, but there's no way I'm spending any significant amount of money on that caring.

(Brief reply after leaving, but being sure not to troll!)
 
Another vote for Threadless here as well as Raymond Lin said.

I have a few of there shirts (use to have more but I've lost a few when moving house / people borrowing them).

I have only ever seen one person with the same shirt from there as me. For some reason, not really popular over here but they arn't expensive either. Not even with the shipping.
 
if it hasnt been mentioned before.. go on http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/ ... they usually have previews of new designer and fashion lines... In general buy things that will last, not because they're cheap or overly fashionable.. i have a nice superdry coat that i've had for a year or two i think, but it was one of the more respectable coats they did, and because of the more subtle branding you probably wouldnt know on first glance that it was.... (it's not the tired out high collar design)...

Rather than having lots of cheaper clothes i find it nicer to buy a few really nice clothes... oh and don't skimp out on jeans... i fell over drunk in my levis the other day(long story) and was amazed to see next to no damage whatsoever ( from the fall i expected to have holes in them).....

Check out french connection.... I've go a nagging feeling they've gone slightly downhill in quality recently, but they generally have some nice, and subtly branded clothes...-- there is a large difference in the cuts of jeans, hence why Levi's and other companies do so many different types...

in general- if you dont want to look common stay far away from big logos.. and go for quality not quantity...
 
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Buy GQ magazine, have a flick through, pick out some things that you like and then go and buy those things from ordinary high street shops (or online).
 
PardonTheWait said:
I know you like to think your Primark jeans are as good as £110 nudie jeans, but here's the facts.

Your Primark jeans are not cheap because they're from Primark.

They're cheap because they're ****. They're in Primark because they're ****.

They're made of bad denim, they're badly cut and badly made.

Don't get me wrong, you couldn't pay me enough to have G-STAR RAW DENIM printed on my leg, it's not going to happen. I also wear lots of cheap clothes.

But you pays your money...

On to the OP... shop in smaller shops, shop online, there's plenty of stuff that's either got very little or no branding on it, or has branding on it that's not so common. Get a little more independent, or wear less-known brands. That's it. You don't have to wear Bench or G-Star or Henleys, not all designer labels are in three inch high lettering.

For example, Carhartt make lovely jeans. They're not stupid money and for the most part the branding is a 1 inch square label on the back pocket.
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This man wins the internet!
 
chaosdestro0 said:
I really get annoyed by the people with hate for Cheap clothes, if you can't tell the difference why does it matter what the price is? I can bet that the designer clothes are 90% profit while cheap tat is 90% material 10% profit.
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Whilst I agree partly I do wonder what the last are like for a lot of cheap clothes. It seems to be the more expensive clothes have a much better shape and fit to them.

Take outdoor clothes, go to Mountain Outdoors (or whatever they are called) and Millets and look at the clothing. Then go to somewhere like Ellis Brigham and Snow and Rock. The cheap stuff looks cheap and the fit is terrible (really, who has a square chest/stomach?), the expensive stuff fits nicely and looks nice. It's almost like cheap clotes are cheap because some "designer" just sews some fabric together and sells it, without first trying it on to see if it actually fits a human body.:confused:
 
PardonTheWait said:
I think 'absolutely massive' is a bit strong for 13 stone 7 at average height, don't you?
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No, still technically overweight.;)

Unfortunately overweight has become the norm in our society. Anyone who isn't overweight but in the healthy range is usually classed as skinny (for reference I hit bang on middle of the BMI range and am called skinny all the time).


Awaits all the "but BMI is rubbish because I carry muscle" brigade. Amazing we're all a load of body builders on this forum.;)
 
Viper² said:
Fact is that cheap clothes are probably 90% profit aswell, hence they are poor quality.
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Cheap prices on clothes doesn't equate to poor quality, the same way that high prices doesn't equate to high quality. You'll probably find expensive "designer" clothes are of a worse quality because it really is all about the absolute maximum profit. I've heard of many times where counterfeit clothes have been of a higher quality than the "designer original".
 
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