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On December 24 2012 08:05 .Mystic wrote:
Hey TL, i need you help!
K, I'll be starting to work soon and I need a suit. I got a suit as a gift from my Mom but its from korea so the shoulders are a little tight, makes me look small. I'm looking to buy a new suit, my budget is $500.
I live in Canada and IDK where to buy a good suit or which brand. If anyone can help me out, appreciate it!
At that price point I suggest going to the mall and finding something that you like in terms of color (if this is your first suit, go with gray) and fit at the shoulders. After that take it to a reputable tailor and have them fix it up for you. You should budget for about $100 in alterations (hem, length of jacket, arm length, waist).
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can jacket length be altered reasonably? i need to go see a tailor
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Jacket length can only be altered by about an inch (maybe two). Any more than that and you mess with the proportions too much (the buttons and pockets will look weird). A rough guide is that you should be able to curl your fingers around the bottom edge with your arms relaxed at your side; this can depend on your body shape a bit. A stricter guide would be that it must cover your butt.
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On December 24 2012 08:05 .Mystic wrote:
Hey TL, i need you help!
K, I'll be starting to work soon and I need a suit. I got a suit as a gift from my Mom but its from korea so the shoulders are a little tight, makes me look small. I'm looking to buy a new suit, my budget is $500.
I live in Canada and IDK where to buy a good suit or which brand. If anyone can help me out, appreciate it!
Check out brooks brothers during boxing day, they usually have huge semi annual sales in the states, which might fall on boxing day in Canada
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On December 23 2012 15:37 krndandaman wrote:Show nested quote +On December 23 2012 15:35 Dknight wrote:On December 23 2012 15:33 krndandaman wrote:On December 23 2012 13:35 Fruscainte wrote:So I live in Florida and it's really fucking hot year round. I don't like jeans for very obvious reasons, and rock shorts most of the time. I was wondering if there was any good casual fashion to do with shorts? Especially taking into the fact I'm not by any means skin and bones? Getting a bit tired of wearing plain shirts and v-necks with gym shorts  well what I usually wear during summer is: top: ocbd rolled sleeves, nice t-shirt (i prefer a solid color vneck), or a polo bottom: chino shorts (mix and match colors) shoes: boat shoes or slip ons tucking in shirt depends on you and what you're wearing belt is optional pretty simple :D edit: example pics: http://postfiles8.naver.net/20120612_295/nabbocokr_1339465149521ovhan_JPEG/3.jpg?type=w3http://postfiles4.naver.net/20120612_147/nabbocokr_1339465149953lyttk_JPEG/4.jpg?type=w3 Referral Denied tt weird it works for me I just posted them as images now, it should work :o
Of course it does: you have access on that server; we do not have the same allowance.
Boots:
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I figure that you guys will not care for the prefaded jeans that I'm wearing, but I like 'em.
Are there any other cologne enthusiasts on this forum? I can't decide on a single scent, so I have a lot of colognes, with about four more on my list to buy sometime in the near future.
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I've gotten compliments from females with Burberry for Men. Smells good, not fruity or oceany and it's pretty cheap too.
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I still don't like the toes on those boots
I'm not an enthusiast by any means but i do use cologne.
1 million by paco rabanne for F/W
Ysl la nuit se l'homme for S/S
Versace baby blue jeans for travel
I'm quite content with it, although i went through an entire bottle of CK One and part of a bvlgari before i stuck to my 3
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Yeah, I think I have 21 colognes right now. So... a bit more enthusiastic than you guys, I guess. List in the spoilers, in no particular order, if you care to know.
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D&G The One Gentleman
JPG Le Male
Ralph Lauren Polo Double Black
Ralph Lauren Romance
Ralph Lauren Romance Silver
Kenneth Cole Black
Kenneth Cole Reaction
Kenneth Cole Reaction Thermal
Guess by Marciano
Guess Seductive
F By Ferragamo
Creed Green Irish Tweed
Creed Original Vetiver
Diesel Only the Brave
Ed Hardy Man
Aqua Di Gio
True Religion for Men
Gucci by Gucci
... I'm failing to remember the other ones (I'm at work). I think one is some old Michael Jordan cologne that I got when I was a kid (my first ever cologne). It's very average and very synthetic smelling.
I might also be counting some really cheap US Polo Association stuff.
On my to buy list are Terre D'Hermes, Pasha De Cartier, and H.M by Hanae Mori. That's it until I find another one that I fall in love with at a reasonable price range (i.e. not Creed anywhere outside of a swap-o-rama for $50. They just aren't good enough to shell out $225 a bottle).
As for the boots, I think they'd be a bit better without the toe, but I don't hate the toe, so I like the boots. I'm not in love with them, but I like them.
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why do you have so many holy crap
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Anyone know a good place to start for redoing my wardrobe since all of my stuff has basically been hoodie and jeans from high school on?
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On December 24 2012 17:02 LolitsPing wrote:
Anyone know a good place to start for redoing my wardrobe since all of my stuff has basically been hoodie and jeans from high school on?
Rugby online, if they still have that sale.
Then the other hot places people here like seem to be, in no particular order:
Brooks Brothers
J. Crew
Banana Republic
A litany of online retailers
But I guess that also depends on what kind of style you want to develop for yourself.
On December 24 2012 16:16 Juliette wrote:
why do you have so many holy crap
I really enjoy scents in general. I don't know why.
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I like le labo rose 31 & santal 33, viktor&rolf antidote, and cdg vettiveru.
I think le labo is one of the best perfume houses out there, but their scents are seriously tailored towards the initiated. hence I'm not sure if it's ok for everyday wear.
creed git is nice for extremely casual & laid back settings, but I think I like smw the best out of all their scents.
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Creed is nice, but it doesn't last for long enough to justify the price. I got both bottles for a combined $100. I would probably wear GIT's retarded step-brother, Cool Water, over GIT if I hadn't gotten such a great price on it. They have a similar enough scent, but there's something much more crisp about GIT. The OV is okay. It's a very clean scent, but too soapy smelling, with not enough vetiver in it. Honestly, I think Creed is overrated, based on the wild reviews I've seen on their stuff on forums. They're not any better than most designers.
SMW is excellent, but I think I like Himalaya the most. I'll have to check out the two Le Labo, and the Vettiveru, they all have good reviews at basenotes.
Viktor & Rolf also makes Spicebomb, which is an excellent scent, imo.
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On December 24 2012 17:02 LolitsPing wrote:
Anyone know a good place to start for redoing my wardrobe since all of my stuff has basically been hoodie and jeans from high school on?
Hey man remember me? :p
Depends what look you're going for. How dk you want to dress?
Flamboyantly cut
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Looks like one of those low quality korean/asian products tbh
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Hmm I just realized that I get turned on by girls who smell like laundry lol. I don't know what it is, but I guess this is partly because I can't stand perfume/cologne, and it's one of those times I can smell a scent without feeling nauseated. Anyway, how do you get that laundry scent? Is it wrong for a guy to smell like that (I received mixed views from a small sample of girls)? Note: I highly doubt most of those people I come across actually wash their clothes everyday.
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On December 25 2012 02:55 billy5000 wrote:
Hmm I just realized that I get turned on by girls who smell like laundry lol. I don't know what it is, but I guess this is partly because I can't stand perfume/cologne, and it's one of those times I can smell a scent without feeling nauseated. Anyway, how do you get that laundry scent? Is it wrong for a guy to smell like that (I received mixed views from a small sample of girls)? Note: I highly doubt most of those people I come across actually wash their clothes everyday.
Softener, and drier sheets. If you have drier sheets, and access to a free drier, you can put whatever you're going to wear on the air fluff cycle (i.e. the cycle that has no heat at all) for a few minutes before wearing it. That also has the positive benefit of taking some of the wrinkles out, if you had any.
Back to my cologne obsession for a moment. I just picked up a sample of Tom Ford Noir, and it's incredible. I imagine this is what Brad Pitt smells like, despite him advertising for Chanel now. Also, I knew I was forgetting two colognes. I have Christian Audigier for men, and Zegna Intenso. To my dismay, I just found out that the CA cologne was discontinued two years ago. Tells you how often I wear it (I have a lot to cycle through!).
In completely different news, I just picked up my first ever pair of Alpha Khakis from Dockers. I'm excited to work them into an outfit. I'm not really sure what to do with them just yet, though. I'd like something more interesting than what I've been doing lately with my clothing. The last fit that I posted was okay, imo, but there was nothing that stood out in it. To me, it just looked "nice," as in unoffensive to the eyes. I'd like to add a little more "pop" to my style, something that would make what I'm wearing memorable, in a good way. I don't think the boots are good for that, to be honest. The more I look at them, the more they bore me, and remind me of shoes that someone who needs a decent pair of shoes to wear, but has absolutely no inspiration for good clothing would wear. They're very safe. I think that's why I like the high tops that I wear so much; they're really the one piece that sticks out, and I think in a good way, and makes what I'm wearing memorable. People know me for wearing some cool shoes at work now (I think they are, and I've gotten many compliments on the high tops I linked to before). In any case, I'd like that same sort of flare, but from my clothing more so than my shoes.
I was shopping this morning and stopped by J. Crew to see what they had going on (got a blue polo to wear tomorrow - decent looking, and I won't wear it very often, so it getting dog dander on it and me becoming allergic to it until it's washed won't bother me too much), and there were three people there that I though "damn, that dude has some good style." I don't think people ever look at what I'm wearing and go "man, that's a solid look." I don't know how to get that just yet, but it's where I want to be. I should probably concern myself with solidifying the basics first, though.
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post more pictures so we can critique more
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Yeah, once I figure out what I'm wearing today, I'll post it. I'm finding it difficult to really pair any of my clothes with these khakis. 
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