/fa/ — How do you avoid dressing like this if you're broke?

>>18716549 (OP)
outside of like designer/archive type shit on my day to day i wear mid century vintage somewhere in between workwear thread and tip. i go to estate sales and get my shit on ebay. if you open up a sears catalog or w/e and learn the history of what brands were available at the time and good in each category and just avoid the most hyped brand u can get insanely nice stuff for like 20, 30, 50 bucks. i just find stuff that ppl took bad pictures of but i can tell its nice or listings ppl passed up because the brand isnt as known. i know how to id stuff the seller doesnt know is vintage. ill just lowball bid like 70% the asking price if its been up a bit or what i think its worth usually they'll hit me back something fair.
u can do this with like any decade u dont have to dress like me and u can make fits built this way look very modern. i recommend like post y2k or older eras because clothes were made a lot better before nafta. even the early era of outsourcing was fine because material quality and complexity of construction hadn't been squeezed out yet. clothes kinda became ass unless you spend a lot of money and know your shit after 2008 or so. before then everything was pretty good and made in usa/hong kong/europe/etc.

>>18716560
You got any outfit inspos? I honestly have no clue where to even start with building my style. I just work in an office, but I also want to be fashionable when I'm out and about.

>>18716560
Are you me?
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like if youre broke you might not have 100 bucks for some vintage orange tabs but if you spend a bit of time to actually learn the other brands you can get shit thats better than them listed for 20 bucks for 3 weeks bc no one searches the search terms and then throw him a 12 dollar lowball and get a pair of unsanforized selvedge 1960/70s vintage jeans. everything 1950s and older gets a bit more expensive. everything pre war gets astronomical.

>>18716563
get your own personal style ive been curating mine for decades and i dont like taking pictures or pictures being taken of me.

>>18716567
It doesn't have to be pictures of yourself. Just pics of outfits that inspire you to dress the way you do. Don't be gatekeeping.

>>18716563
i wear different shit all the time i just wear what i like. im into gorp too. i have different styles i do different days. ive been collecting quality shit this way for like 20yrs you're not going to have the depth of wardrobe and its not worth it to build that up really fast do it slowly and really think about how the pieces u get fit into your style, only get shit you really like, don't buy stuff for the tag look at things for the garment itself.
ask yourself who you are, how i dress is largely downstream from function, i dress according to what im doing.

>>18716573
cant think of any.

>>18716574
How much clothing do you have? Do you throw away stuff after awhile or just resell that shit?

>>18716576
i have a closet full, a dresser full, boxes in the closet with vacuum bags of rolled up clothes, more of that in my garage and storage unit. vacuum bags save a lot of space.
>Do you throw away stuff after awhile
never, if i like it. i try to minimize waste and environmental impact as much as i can buy buying only things i really like. when i was younger i wasn't as good at that. im into visible mending and older clothes that were made better look cooler instead of shittier as they break down. sometimes instead of fixing it i'll cannibalize it to fix another garment.
>or just resell that shit
if i fall out of love with it i do. half the time i regret it.

>>18716576
keep in mind im a rapidly aging millenial and i got into fashion really young and ive been approaching it this way since i was like idk 13. y2k stuff's cool right now so im wearing a hoodie and jeans from middle school.

>>18716566
are you from the pnw?

>>18716576
i have like a wardrobe for vintage streetwear, one for gorp, one for techwear, a lot of shit from various designers ive been into over the years some im still into some i keep for the memories and luls, i have my actual outdoors gear (highly specialized for low environmental impact and high rainfall, not typical pct yuppie shit) cuz im a backpacker, i have vintage outdoors gear bc its better for the environment when im not doing might die tier stuff where the modern stuff matters, im _really_ into workwear militaria and americana, im kinda into western shit, im really into filson/pendleton/pnwcore shit and i have a vintage collection of that type of stuff, i got gear for shit i do like mma, traditional martial arts, riding, boating etc, i could go on forever this really is just the tip of the iceberg.
what i wear is me. if i didnt gatekeep you'd be wearing my skin. find you.

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i collect a lot of metal and 90s/2000s rap/hip hop tees and i bought a tee from pretty much ever tour/show i went to from when i was a tweenager until the end of the american apparel high quality merch era. idk shit i like man. i dont use social media or tiktok or any of that shit. i wear what i like i do what i want people think its sick.
>A hundred percent of you think you're popular
>I haven't watched cable and television, in 20 years
>You catch the hook
>I don't even know how the average jackass with a jersey look
>Check the format, Mr. and Mrs. Unknown
>I'm like the Amish people
>Candles, no phone, although jocked by many stars
>Who copy me, still on my bone

right now i got a stussy mike judge tee on thats shredded to fuck and covered in sashiko bc i wore it to rags you cant just buy that at the store. the blanks they use dont look cool when they get shredded like old tees do. modern printing methods dont age the same way. u wouldnt be able to fake it even if i told u. find u.

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>>18716560
the post that saved /fa/
thrifting and buying clothes from ebay etc. is the quintessential way to look like and feel a king for cheap
for me its Ralph Lauren OCBDs and jeans+thrifted leather jacket

this might help u
my shredded to fuck old stussy mike judge tee and anal cunt tees are sick because thats the shit that made me go my own lane in life and be an outsider. it says shit about me right from the gate. im sending a message with how i dress and look and curate my appearance. im different. im not like u. we can hang be buddies but i dont go to a day job, i don't live your sort of life. half u fools dont even own the albums.
find u.

>>18716602
yup on an average day where i just wanna look decent and have everything touching my skin feel quality not send a statement thats pretty much how i shop and dress
thats like a quintessential typical day fit i probably have the exact same one
vintage rl and similar are HUGE value

>>18716549 (OP)
Asians have done such damage to fashion in the past 15 years. Almost as much as African Americans in the past 30 years. Almost as much as Gen X'ers in normalizing T-Shirt wear in professional settings.

>>18716607
hard agree
i like streetwear but on a whole it made men dress way worse than before it was a thing
it gets worn in very inapproporiate settings
i see fits the same way as acid trips all about the set and setting

>>18716607
asians make the best quality stuff but the way they approach fashion can be too rigid and trend-chasey there are exceptions though and some of the most fashionable friends i have are asians (the type who live in asia not here)

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>>18716590
No, I’m in Europe and I’m probably less outdoorsy than you seem to be. However I share a lot of the things you’re saying. I also mostly buy used stuff, and I like to hunt for lesser-known vintage brands that I like in second-hand markets and online platforms where the prices are low. I agree with your practices in that sense. Even the styles you wear are basically the same as mine. I try to keep my closet fairly small, measured and controlled, so to speak, because I don't want to have unnecessary stuff I never wear. I only keep a few specimens of the items I wear less, while I tend to overdo with the ones I wear often (shirts and wool or cashmere sweaters, for example). I have a solid base of high-quality items I acquired new, but they only make up a small percentage of my wardrobe, and I still like to mix them with used and second-hand items. When something gets torn, has a hole, or I see it's fragile and weakened, I take it to the local seamstress as soon as possible and have everything mended. This way, clothes, especially if you intervene well in advance, can last forever. I agree with everything you said about buying only things you really like, slowly and patiently, and I also only sell if I don't like something (and often regret it later, lol... relatable).

>>18716606
any other lifehack vintage brands than RL? i've yet to find one as consistant. brooks bros shirt cuts aren't for me (though my samplesize is small)

>>18716611
same at all of this, i buy stuff new too probably 30% new 70% used.

>>18716612
i have to gatekeep it because i know a bunch of youtubers and influencers read this place. the archive's indexed on google so they wind up here when they research their videos. i know some lol.
for some intro level ones where the spot's already been blown up tho, watch coyote sharp's videos on yt they're probably up your alley. i kinda already told u how to find other stuff. men shopped out of catalogues a lot more often before fast fashion era. literally download pdfs of them and then find the garments online.

>>18716612
ive posted about some before in the workwear general like a year ago but i stopped posting on /fa/ for a while cause it was so shit w/ the schizo dude impersonating me and trying to spam/ruin the thread all the time just came back

i mighta posted in tip too? i don't post there as much bc most of them are into like preppy/ivy stuff and im hard in the trad camp so i dont have as much to say there.

>>18716612
for workwear ones almost all the old brands with the word "big" in their name are super good i fuck with osh kosh heavy too

>>18716610
I don't disagree in the least that some Asians can be superbly fashionable. But as a people their direction is so erratic and diffuse. They are so high in individuation, the overarching vision they bring forth confuses the masses and leads us to normalize the wearing of the most hideous and peculiar garments.

>>18716549 (OP)
just never dress like outfits 2 and 3? pretty easy bruv

>>18716549 (OP)
I dont get the tard zoomer mindset. How are those ugly athletic socks considered popular now. Thats some stinky ass grampa sheeit.

>>18716639
zoomzooms are all gay so they’re obsessed with stinky grandpa shit. they also have a really weird and contradictory relationship with feet: they seem to hate them but at the same time they’re constantly slamming their nasty jock socks in other people’s faces, like “look at my socks look at my socks, sniff my feet bro lol”. such puzzling creatures

>>18716549 (OP)
>1
The best, not sure I would change anything
>2
Remove high socks, change out for sneakers, anything that doesn't look like some weird sneark dress shoe hybrid
>3
Just no
>4
Change pants for jeans
>5
Remove high socks

>>18716549 (OP)
Well for once don't wear shorts that are knee length or longer such as outfit 2, for outfit 3 I can't quite tell if they're supposed to be really baggy slightly too short pants or really long shorts like they used to wear in the early 2000s or so but either way it looks terrible. Then outfit 5 is almost a good length for shorts since you can see his knees but I think they should still be 1-3 inches shorter so you have a little bit of lower thigh showing. Never understood the point of shorts that don't show your thighs at all personally. Not saying we need to revert to 80s short shorts but I'd say for example a 9 or 7 inch inseam looks a million times better than a 13 or 11 inch inseam unless you're so tall that 11-13 inches show some lower thigh on you.

>>18716615
coyote shart is an insufferable faggot

>>18717125
>Never understood the point of shorts that don't show your thighs at all personally. Not saying we need to revert to 80s short shorts but I'd say for example a 9 or 7 inch inseam looks a million times better than a 13 or 11 inch inseam unless you're so tall that 11-13 inches show some lower thigh on you.
thank you so much for saying that actually! it feels like you stole the thoughts right from my head. the 80s shorts were indeed pretty terrible but still, shorts are about showing your legs. i normally wear shorts that end about 2 inches above my knees so showing some lower thigh like you said and my athletic shorts and swim trunks are quite a bit shorter
somewhere i worked as part of a uniform you could choose between pants and shorts and i chose shorts but they didn't tell you the length of the shorts. turns out they were knee-length. as soon as i put them on and they touched my knees i hated them already. i thought i might get used to them but nope the feeling of them hitting my knees every time i walked was unbearable since i'm used to wearing slightly above the knee shorts and i had to return the shorts and just got the pants instead. good decision on my end

>>18717125
>>18717140
I agree with both of you. The best length for shorts is between slightly above the knee to mid-thigh but any longer or shorter than that and they start to look disgusting.

>>18716560
This right here. I haven’t bought new clothes in years apart from underwear, socks and t-shirts. You just need to know what to look for and spend some time to look for things.

>>18717125
knee length shorts are good if they are baggy but they are hard to get right, i agree hard with this guy and he shows visual examples: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fB58j6O1d_Q
short shorts are a lot easier to get right, if you look good they always look good no matter how the leg opening's shaped.

>>18717130
agree but the brands he covers are the type of stuff anon asked about and the spot's been blown up on all those already. i told him how to find other brands and garments.

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>>18717427
>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fB58j6O1d_Q
I'm a gay man who has been struggling with getting an erection for weeks when I got to this part like 5 seconds in, suddenly the hardest hard on I've had in probably months. This man in specific at least should absolutely NEVER go longer than a 3 or 5 inch inseam. I actually got a little sad when I saw him in knee length shorts about 17 seconds in. And before anyone says anything about his legs not being hot this is just my opinion okay. I'm sort of specifically into average looking pale legs. Not really into super muscular legs or whatever.

>>18717437
i wouldn't go as nearly as far as you but yes he does have pretty nice legs at least for an average guy (not exactly a super high bar but they still are decent legs) and the short shorts do suit him the best

>>18717437
>>18717445
not sure what the hell you schizos are on about but if those are nice legs to you then you might wanna see a doctor. those legs look straight up porcine actually

>>18717449
That insult (if you can even call it that) doesn't even make any sense lol

>>18716549 (OP)
Left is the only one that looks good

>>18717441
Fuck off

Is this board nothing but Macy’s shills?

>>18717724
He's wearing Uniqlo, you fucktard.

shilling uniqlo for free is basically a tradition on here. uniqlo getting shilled on here in the 2000s is probably unironically why they wound up opening stores in the united states. the clothes were way better back then, i wish they would go back to that level of quality. my old uniqlo cotton crewneck sweaters beat out a lot of my $300+ ones in how they've held up and look over the years. the new ones are aite, i'd probably tell most guys to spend twice as much and rec a different brand, but the old ones were great. very close to actual vintage crewnecks minus not being tube knit. had all the other vintage details like the raglan sleeves and correctly oriented dorito, a thick knit with drape, a well constructed collar, good ribbing etc. and its like... the one they sell right now is still prly the best one to get if you only got 40 dollars but its had big corners cut on every single thing i just mentioned.

like the old uniqlo cotton crewnecks im prly going to get 20-30 years of life out of and i wear my black and my navy ones all the time. theyre my least exciting crewnecks but just solid daily drivers. the new ones id be surprised if they lasted 3 years maybe 5 tops if you really baby it and hand wash it because of the collar and changes to the ribbing.

same deal with everything supima tees used to have a nice cut and be a nice lightweight tee you could maybe consider like 75% as nice as a high end one now they look like a bag and the fabric isnt nice
same with the sweats they havent declined as much as other things that used to be good at uniqlo and they DO have better cuts/fits now imo but the old ones had better material and construction
etc etc i could go on, the couple things i used to buy at uniqlo just aint the same
the nu double sided airism tees are sick tho

>>18717796
Why is the old shit that much better when it's not even old enough to be considered vintage? I'm talking shit from the 2010s seem pretty good quality. I noticed that myself, but the shit that they're churning out from 2023 till now have been utter shit. Way more synthetic materials than usual and the clothes feel much lower quality. Meanwhile brands like H&M and Zara are getting better and better but I'd still consider them overpriced to shit.

>>18717437
I didn’t get a boner. You scammed me.

>>18717437
I don't know if I'd describe those shorts as erotic or anything but they do look really cute actually. They definitely beat the super long shorts that's for sure.

>>18717441
something about this made me laugh really hard.

>>18719571
if by cute you mean fucking gay then i agree. it's an invitation for a much bigger gay man to rape you from behind. straight men haven't worn short shorts since the 80s

>>18719621
>straight men haven't worn short shorts since the 80s
That's just not true bro. I went to a college not too long ago and the guys there were all wearing shorts almost as short as the ones the girls were wearing.

>>18719638
I've seen that but mostly just with athletic shorts and swim trunks. Casual shorts otherwise are knee length or longer.