Men's Fashion Thread - Page 40

On April 01 2012 14:10 Focuspants wrote:
Just a note on the BB shoes. Apparently they are made by Loake, more specifically they are the Loake 1880's. They are not made by C&J like some of BB other upper end shoes. Loake is probably a rung below AE, and sell for around $225 regularly. So $200 would definitely be getting your moneysworth, but those shoes are certainly not worth the ~$500 pricetag they have on them at retail.

Again, they are good shoes, but they arent AS good of a deal as they seem. Still a worthwhile pickup if youre in the market, so long as youre not looking for very premium shoes.

Who makes these shoes for BB?
1 month, 2 weeks agoby Anonymous


A: Hello,

Crockett and Jones are the shoemakers.

Thank you for contacting us.

Have a great day.

On April 01 2012 14:12 cz wrote:
Just bought some Unbranded Skinny jeans for $85, first time I've ever bought jeans >$35 and ever thought about the fit/sizing / bought raw denim. Excited for them to arrive.

On April 01 2012 21:19 jamesr12 wrote:


What makes you think that? I am pretty sure they are C+J shoes

From the BB site:

On March 29 2012 22:44 JWD wrote:

I agree completely.

except I view getting dressed as something that I do!

On April 02 2012 09:11 Xiron wrote:


I don't think that 'impress by getting dressed' is a matter of 'skill' or 'good taste'. It's rather a matter of money.
There is no difference in the impression you make on people when they see your style, that you either chose yourself, or your style that somebody, that got paid by you, did so. In other words, you'd impress people by what you are and what you can do; be wealthy and have the ability to spend money.

It's not specifically meant for you JWD, you are awesome! It's just my thoughts when I think about reasons 'to get dressed'.

On March 30 2012 12:36 Diglett wrote:


http://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/comments/p7usf/shoe_guide_v20/

boom

On April 02 2012 09:17 jamesr12 wrote:


Disagree completely I have seen a $1000 dollar suit look awful and a $200 suit look great. It takes a degree a skill and knowledge to dress well, is it the hardest thing in the world to dress presentably? No. Does it take some skill and knowledge? Absolutely.

On March 29 2012 17:47 opisska wrote:
Please, don't take the following post as trolling. I just thought that people reading this thread make an interesting audience to hearing something about ... me

I am almost 30 now and I weared a suit exactly 4 times in my life. Three times because my mother made me so: for two immatriculations (high school and university) and the final exam from the high school - and once for kinf of a joke activity with my friends (and I got to keep my hiking shoes at least ). And that is it. Dressing as I want has become an importatnt part of my life since I left my parents' home ten years ago. I do not own a single shirt and my whole wardrobe is a couple of outdoor pants and a lot of t-shirts, mainfly from the "clothes for workers" store, 5$ each.

Some people would still keep telling me: but you have to dress for X to be successfull. No, I don't. Everyone was wearing a suit for the final exam from the university (i am not sure, how to you call it in English, it is an exam in front of a state-supervised committee, looks dead serious), I was wearing my stuff - yet I had the easiest time, because I had the most knowledge. And thies happens over and over. I want to impress people by who I am and what I can do, not how I look and I have been incredibly succesfull in this in my life. For many years, I do even have a side-job that consists of leturing people on astronomy (sometimes in broad daylight ) on a public observatory and nobody over there dares to say a word about my looks either.

If I were offered a dress-coded job, I would gladly decline, no matter how much money would be in it. To me, being able to dress as I want to is one of the stepping stones (yet just one very small part) of my life dream that I am living now: freedom. It is more amazing that you can imagine.

And I got married in style, too



(Oh, the look on the city offiial doing the ceremony when he entered the room, that was priceless! The poor guy had no idea, what waits for hime inside. It has been 4 years and random people still talk about the wedding. We even got guests that we never saw before, they just heard baout us and wanted to see what happens, I our personalities get combined with osmething so serious as a wedding. Hell, they got what they wanted!)

On April 02 2012 17:23 ProteiNSheikH wrote:
Hey Guys I've been lurking for a while here. I have a question for JWD, dude how do you pull off Bucks/Oxfords with Jeans/chinos?

On April 02 2012 17:59 nepeta wrote:


I say go more minimalist on the attitude as well ^^

On April 03 2012 05:29 PrimeTimey wrote:


Would love to know what that guy does for a living. There is a difference between dressing casually/not caring about your attire all the much to looking like a bum who should be living on the street. I honestly don't think you could even get a job at McDonalds if you dressed like that for the interview.

On April 03 2012 06:59 jamesr12 wrote:


I bet he is very very in his field, that is how he is able to do it. I worked at NASA for a summer you should see how many of them dress. When you are in the top .1% of your field people let you get away with dressing however you please because they need you. Also technical fields tend place less importance on how people dress. Personally I enjoy dressing well, and am never going to be at the top of my field so I will take any boost it gives me in how people see me as well.

On April 03 2012 21:40 Grend wrote:


I think it is nice if people dress well but come on. You do not need to be in the top .1 % to get a job even if you do not dress fashionably/well. Actual skills and know how matters. But of course being able to demonstrate that you are aware of social codes and that you are able to adhere to them by dressing correctly for the occasion is often a necessary skill in many lines of work. Actually it seems to me that the lines of work where dressing well is necessary is in the minority. Advisory, finance, court stuff, politics are the ones that pop up in my mind. I think the reason why is that you need to instill a high degree of trust quickly and clothes are very useful in doing so.

And just to put things in perspective, has it occurred to you that dressing fashionably can also give you negative reactions as to how people perceive you?

But this is not what I wanted to post about at all. I was just going to say that I enjoy this thread and find a lot of the advice and guides useful. Thanks