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exalted
United States3612 Posts
http://www.watches2u.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=45&products_id=515&osCsid=23d792444ecb757fbf84012583368a2b Now, I love the watch, but right now my only pair of shoes are these brown ones - does the watchband have to match the shoes, or is this no longer followed through as much? I know this is why metal band watches are more versatile, but I do enjoy leather straps as well. Any comments about this or fashion in general is good. | ||
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MoltkeWarding
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HULKAMANIA
United States1219 Posts
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Hot_Bid
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HULKAMANIA
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chrusher97
Canada811 Posts
This is the watch i wear to school everyday.. ![[image loading]](http://www.misterbling.com/java/spinner_gold_silver/photoalbum/spinner_gold_silver5.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.misterbling.com/java/spinner_gold_silver/photoalbum/spinner_gold_silver3.jpg) | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
that being said I have 3-4 lacoste piquets but they're all ugly and I've never seen any nice lacoste clothing and they all suck because the crocodile is way too noticable and just screams "look at me I'm rich" and well, that's pretty gay. sadly many girls will in fact like that you have expensive clothes even if they're ugly though. | ||
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NeverEndingStory
446 Posts
calvin klein & dolce gabbana look like much better usually | ||
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WGT)DarkXprT
Qatar428 Posts
screw lacoste. Just buy a clean shirt and put the damn cocrodile, you're done and rich. | ||
ToKoreaWithLove
Norway10161 Posts
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Doctorasul
Romania1145 Posts
 Next you'll be telling me you don't like Volvos. | ||
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
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ToKoreaWithLove
Norway10161 Posts
Again I have to agree with my fellow norwegian here that high prices are usually = good quality and better comfort, but sadly that seems to be somewhat less true for the more classic high-price brands and more true for never brands. Why, I don't know. | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
Lacoste isn't even expensive when it comes to brand name clothing - polos aren't 200 dollars and way up, especially if you go to an outlet (there is one by my aunt where their polos are $52, which is quite reasonable) I also enjoy the brand as I play badminton, and lacoste is the tennis brother (as I may eventually pick up tennis). Similarly I enjoy Yonex (a badminton brand) for this reason. | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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HULKAMANIA
United States1219 Posts
For your information, work out SUPER HARD. I'd be willing to bet that I bench more than you, squat more than you, and deadlift more than your bench, squat, and deadlift combined. I also like writing and reading. I'm not concerned with fashion beyond being able to look presentable for my girlfriend. If you pay attention to my posts at all, you might gather that I'm not wallowing in angst or personal agony about the cruelty of life. So call me emo and metro if you must, but I'm not the one who constantly posts online asking a bunch of other men for fashion advice and whines whenever someone makes fun of me. | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/plasmabot/4.jpg) interests: starcraft, piano, badminton Hulk Hogan: ![[image loading]](http://www.webontario.com/fighting/hulkhogan/hulk_hogan.jpg) interests: pro wrestling, being large, fucking people up who is more metrosexual and emo again? | ||
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NeverEndingStory
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
 .Hulkamania, photo? I definitely need advice on lifting and etc, but have to finish college apps first. I at least know that TL isn't the place to ask for those kinds of matters :O! | ||
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mitsy
United States1792 Posts
the answer is YES, they should match, but NO, you cant match that expensive piece of shit with anything other than other tacky yet expensive things, if you can consider that matching. actually this was drone's answer. i guess you didn't read it or didn't find it informative. if you only want to know what is "followed," you will always be behind and chasing. if you are always trying to do and figure out what you "have to," this is escaping the responsibility of really being yourself. you're drowning out your real self to immerse yourself in this superficial culture. what's your point? furthermore, its nice to hear that you enjoy leather straps as well, but you should probably keep bedroom chat to yourself. that's a fashion tip for you. if you have to try this hard to blend in, you aren't going to blend in. find somewhere where you do instead of asking strategy tips on how to appear like something you aren't. now for my comments on fashion in general. wal-mart shirts are good, especially the cotton ones as they don't wrinkle as badly. for pants, i would skip wal-mart and go right up to belles or however you spell it. i think it has an "a" in it. get flip flops with a slight heel and those bumpy texture with cloth thing between your toes from target. they will keep your feet from hurting, from getting dirty as much, from drying out too much, and also last long enough (i play basketball in them). also be sure to get your hair cut every 4 months or so, including facial hair. its quite fashionable to down ~500 mg or so of dxm hbr (story removed), ace hardware and walmart have many things what is in fashion? who is in fashion? people who watch tv and then mimic it and judge eachother based on it? weird stuff. | ||
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
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mitsy
United States1792 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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Hot_Bid
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
for the record I think hot_bid is funny but i still like exalted more since he helped my tvp :O | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
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John Doe
Fiji71 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
all of you people who "dont give a shit lolz wear it with whatever because fashion is shallow blablabla" just because you don't care doesn't mean other people don't care. some people have an intrinsic talent for telling what makes them look like a tool and what doesn't, others have to ask so exalted did a perfectly reasonable thing, which is to come to a web forum frequented by a bunch of young men and ask them: yo, what would you do with this watch? While it might not be main-stream among men to care about the way they look, since when is it a sin to want to be well-dressed? I for one find no fault with it. I think it is normal and healty to take care of and place importance on your physical appearance. While most of you say "looks don't matter, girls like you for who you are etc." that's only after they get to know you. A large part of what makes people want to meet you in the first place is physical appearance. Nobody likes an ugly. Why do you think fat kids have no friends? | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
Drone, you seriously don't like Lacoste? I think Lacoste polos are almost cliche now in the US college demographic but I wouldn't go so far to say that they are _ugly_. Definitely better than Abercrombie and Fitch and American Eagle for starters. The popped collar pink polo shit I"ll try to stay away from though -.- | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
i'd put columbia above brown and dartmouth, at least in difficulty of admittance, if not awesomeness of location... live in nyc and you can't live anywhere else edit: if you're asian i wouldn't buy a&f | ||
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
if you have to try this hard to blend in, you aren't going to blend in. find somewhere where you do instead of asking strategy tips on how to appear like something you aren't. i wouldn't say he's trying hard to blend in, or be something he isn't, he's just trying to pay attention to detail. no harm in that. the implied fact that he would be willing to get a pair of shoes to match the watch indicates that he is the type of person who would wear a lacoste watch. he just wants to know if his shoes should match or not (i found it hard not to laugh at that last sentence) while certainly a bit strange, it's by no means abnormal, and definitely not something you would want to ask your real life friends (they will all probably just laugh), so hell, this is probably the best place to go with these types of questions (fashion forums aside) since where else is he going to find a bunch of guys, of his age group, with different opinions to consult | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
Dartmouth Brown Harvard Columbia UVirginia Berkeley Emory with possibly Cornell UPenn are basically my college choices. I'd post a thread on "WITH MY QUALIFICATIONS CAN I GET INTO "X" COLLEGE" but I"ll pass for now. | ||
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lil.sis
China4650 Posts
you should apply to yale btw and probably princeton | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
those are good schools, enjoy | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
2. asking fashion advice on tl.net is a goofy concept to begin with 3. worrying about watches matching shoes aligns you with Vin Diesel 4. having multiple personalities on a forum is.. well pathetic in a glad someone is doing it though kinda way. | ||
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
we don't have either brand here though, and I can't say I mind. (although this also means that I really haven't seen THAT MUCH A&f/american eagle, but I haven't seen anything I thought looked nice. ) lacoste is about the LEAST brand I'd consider buying in norway though. I can get equally good looking clothing for less than 1/3 of the price, or I can buy much better and more durable and more comfortable clothing through paying the same. and my best piece of advice regarding clothing is to buy by far most inexpensive clothing that you try to match as nicely as possible, ask whoever is working in the store you're visiting for advice on buying an outfit as opposed to a piece of clothing if you're unable to match yourself. and then if you DO feel comfortable matching yourself, you can top it off through buying a small amount of expensive clothes that add flavour and uniqueness. personally I think lots of clothes in "mainstream" stores like H&M looks nice but I generally avoid shopping there because I don't want to run into others wearing the same as me. that's generally avoided if you have "some" clothes that aren't completely standard. there's very little point in all your clothes being brandnames tho, and the same effect will be accomplished through say, buying second-hand if you can't afford spending tons. | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
THIS POST IS NOT ABOUT FASHION  Why do they suck? I really like the location seeing how that it's a good distance from my family and not a 6 hour drive when I want to go home for holidays and things. They aren't top top tier schools, but they also are ivys so they at have some reputation. I can't be definitive on how I feel about the campuses since I'm in Taiwan now, but I figure I can look into the schools I get admitted to in more detail. Unfortunately, I called the Yale and Princeton admission offices and they are very harsh on my situation, which is that I am a transfer student. This is a brief email I sent to admission offices that describes what I"m talking about: -- I am a prospective applicant to Brown seeking advice on the method with which I should apply for admission. My story is unique - I graduated from Ward Melville High School (a public HS) in 2003 at the age of fourteen, with a B+ GPA and 1370 SAT (will be retaking the new SAT this October). However, most of my time was spent playing piano, where I was able to play in Carnegie Hall several times and have placed first in several international competitions throughout the US. My plan was to attend the Curtis Institute of Music, but started to grow diverse interests. I love music, but I want the opportunity to study at a world-class institution such as yours, with a major in Business and possibly a music minor. Currently, I am 17 and a sophomore at Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. My major is Management Science, which involves broad courses as C++ Programming to Statistics and Leadership English. I am Chinese, but never learned Mandarin, therefore being immersed in the language and culture is certainly a broadening and life-altering experience. My desire is to take these experiences and continue study in Brown, where I will be the same age as the incoming class. Brown is my choice school. As I am a US citizen, would you suggest applying as a transfer student or as an undergraduate freshman? I want to maximize my ability of becoming an admitted applicant – any suggestions and advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. -- Obviously switching school names for each. I didn't get any replies from the major schools, so I used skype to call their offices - Emory and Brown were more understanding of my situation, but for example Princeton was like, errr, you have college credits = you are college student, you are thereby banned from applying. Yale was never high on my list anyway and so when they told me if I did apply I would have to be in the transfer pool (and hence hyper selective), I just took it off my prospective list. Harvard gave me a similar response, but since it is my choice school I figure I'll give that a shot. Since I'm already derailing this thread hard, this is a brief accomplishment list, thoughts? -- International College Student at 15 • Studied Freshman and Sophomore Year in National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan o Full time international student o Experienced learning Chinese for the first time through total immersion Lived with Taiwan students and experienced culture Involved in Mandarin-taught classes o Top 3 GPA in Management Science class for two consecutive semesters o Involved in Graduate Level Courses in Varying Fields: Oral Communication International Management and Business Administration (IMBA) Courses • Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Chamber Music o Member of NCTU Badminton Team Currently teaching in Management Science Badminton Club o Successfully overcame language barrier, being independent from family and academic/social challenges High School Experience • Graduated from Ward Melville High School, Upton, NY at 14 • 1370 / 1600 SAT score at the age of 13 • 2220 / 2400 SAT score on October 05 SAT I • After high school was originally planning for further music study at the Curtis Institute of Music (piano performance CD enclosed in application package) Piano Performance and Studies • 10 Years of Study • Scholarships at Prestigious Universities and Camps o Manhattan School of Music o Luzerne Music Camp o Chopin Society of Texas Summer Program • Lessons with Eleanor Sokoloff, Curtis Institute of Music • Performances in Carnegie Hall – Winners Recital of xxx • International Piano Competition Winner (xxxx) -- Length T_T | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
On November 16 2005 10:25 {88}iNcontroL wrote: 1. lacoste rocks 2. asking fashion advice on tl.net is a goofy concept to begin with 3. worrying about watches matching shoes aligns you with Vin Diesel 4. having multiple personalities on a forum is.. well pathetic in a glad someone is doing it though kinda way. ty Yeah I will ask SA forums or something more about this matter - I need to buy another pair of shoes soon (maybe lacoste :o) but I hear their more casual shoes are very flimsy and not durable, so maybe screw that, depends. If I'm going to wear this black watch daily though, I may have to end up getting black shoes, but the problem is brown shoes seem to go a lot better with (especially shorts) jeans and khakis than black, but that just may be my imagination. Maybe it'll go well with a white shoe? ugh... I don't like black sneakers especially- The shoes I wear now are: http://www.journeys.com/catalog_detail.aspx?id=31970 | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
Penis waving, maybe, but its not like I got the fashion advice I wanted =[ Basically every kid that applies to Harvard etc has similar qualifications, it's super gay. | ||
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mitsy
United States1792 Posts
but the word "fashion" implies "what is in style" and "what they do," "what is hot," which is completely NOT using your appearance but rather letting other people use YOU, making yourself say only, with your appearance "I am trying not to be the particular I am." so if you look at yourself in the mirror, or see other people and like how it looks, do it, sure. and if you trust other people's judgement, then you can ask them and their answers can help shape the way appearances of clothed people show up for you. that's pretty much fine. but thinking there is some singular, absolute "fashion" that changes and "is right," something tied to people who probably only care about selling clothes to rich people or to fat 40 year old soccer moms who read the jc penny catalogue, which is the connotation of "fashion" if you ask me, then trying to be fashionable is entirely dishonest and wasteful. only you, and maybe people you know, can tell you how they feel about, say, pants. if you think my pants look gay you might actually get me to think of them differently, ultimately. it depends who you are to me, where i see myself in the scheme of things, etc. your question bothered me because it was too ontic: "is it absolutely right, currently, that i must match my watch with my shoes?" that seems going about it all wrong, friend. fashion is basically two entities: A. people who operate freely above and are liked in general by many people and copied. B. the people who chase after "what _is_ 'factually' fashionable" what do i do? perscribe fashion to me. tell me how to act as though i have your thoughts, because i don't. bogus. love, mitsy | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
edit: not every kid that goes to harvard has similar qualifications, they usually have better ones than your gpa/sat, you had best play up your piano stuff | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
Exalted you seem intelligent and mannered as you havent overreacted to my posts but seriously dude. Lets broaden our horizons. | ||
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HeavenS
Colombia2259 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
I think the best goal is just trying to increase one's confidence and image. Similarly there are ways to do it without spending a shitload of money on clothes, for example by improving communicative/presentation skills and working out and doing athletics. When I was young, I was a total fatty and my Dad just had me to piano all the time. I also skipped grades a shitload when I was young, so I garnered respect from piano playing, but at the same time became socially inept. Now that I'm in this taiwan college, being independent and working on these kinds of things like fashion/athletics is new to me, so I'm working on improving myself to compensate for my childhood without. It may seem extremist, but I like it ! | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
On November 16 2005 10:39 {88}iNcontroL wrote: hot_bid is asian and therefore intelligent ? thats the most racist thing ive heard in a long time. Does that mean he also sucks at driving and has a small penis? Does that mean he must like math? Exalted you seem intelligent and mannered as you havent overreacted to my posts but seriously dude. Lets broaden our horizons. Haha, incontrol, I know you're white so your PENIS IS ULTRA LARGE!!!!! It was a joke, but I guess you didn't find it very funny. People usually don't find it very funny when I gay rush them either. | ||
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
I'm not sure about the other prejustices though and that being said I felt he was being sarcastic with that anyway. and once again stimey scores. | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
On November 16 2005 10:42 Hot_Bid wrote: 2220/2400 and graduating early from HS is not something really to brag about... if he graduated early and did something other than play piano and take some college courses, then maybe... but that resume impresses nobody fuck u....this is exactly what I"m talking about, give me advice fag My peer recommendation for Dartmouth is from a piano teacher friend I made here, she's the only person that can actually speak English worth a shit in Taiwan. I'm going to play up the piano in the accomplishment side and then for my college essay write about Taiwan and the adversity, being independent and experiencing challenges of college to prepare myself for this, etc. | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
On November 16 2005 10:43 Liquid`Drone wrote: incontrol, it most likely DOES mean his penis is small at least. I'm not sure about the other prejustices though and that being said I felt he was being sarcastic with that anyway. and once again stimey scores. That's not what your mother said last night! Zing! Oh shit you're a mod - you found that joke funny right? rite?? RT?!?! | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
"Oh but you have such laaaaaaaarge penis" That episode rocked socks hard. | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
On November 16 2005 10:44 exalted wrote: fuck u....this is exactly what I"m talking about, give me advice fag My peer recommendation for Dartmouth is from a piano teacher friend I made here, she's the only person that can actually speak English worth a shit in Taiwan. I'm going to play up the piano in the accomplishment side and then for my college essay write about Taiwan and the adversity, being independent and experiencing challenges of college to prepare myself for this, etc. i don't know if you're serious about being pissed, but that was just my honest impression of your giant resume that you hyped up and that was supposed to be very impressive... it's really not that great. you have a decent chance of getting into the lesser ivys, but it'll be a stretch for harvard princeton or yale... | ||
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
likewise being nonconformist for the sake of not conforming is equally or honestly, even more dumb though. in the "what grinds your gears" topic I guess you could add "people who pay money for pants that have holes in them so they will appear "punk"". (while I have absolutely nothing against people who wear pants with holes in them, in fact I generally like people who do because it means they don't care an excessive amount about their own looks, paying for inferior clothing indicates the opposite. ) | ||
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1tym
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
My resume is still on the quirky side and I know that the angle I need to play is the uniqueness, not the "SUPER STUDENT" Do starcraft skills look good on resume? | ||
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1tym
Korea (South)2425 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
On November 16 2005 10:51 Liquid`Drone wrote: that's true, it's not that expensive. but it's also no better looking than stuff that costs 1/3 of it, nor is it particulary more unique, more comfortable or more durable. =[ Ok, so a standard price of a Lacoste polo is 72, you're saying you can find something that is as durable/stylish for 24 dollars? Come on - you don't even play poker so you can't get the Pokerstars FPP polos -.- (will be getting one once I get the points) The stitching and the color of Lacoste polos are certainly unique and vibrant. Some of their more "flashier" designs are hit-and-miss, but some I do like very much. | ||
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Krzych
Poland693 Posts
On November 16 2005 09:46 HULKAMANIA wrote: For your information, work out SUPER HARD. I'd be willing to bet that I bench more than you, squat more than you, and deadlift more than your bench, squat, and deadlift combined. I also like writing and reading. Will you also be willing to bet that you read more than he reads and writes combined? | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
at least for me my lacoste clothing was less durable than my ck, dolce, ysl, sand and armani, and equally durable but way less attractive than my hugo clothing. (and less attractive than the other mentioned brands too. ) | ||
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
) lower (like in lacoste-range), while lacoste does not differentiate much. | ||
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1tym
Korea (South)2425 Posts
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Krzych
Poland693 Posts
On November 16 2005 11:03 Liquid`Drone wrote: ok maybe slightly more durable, definitely not 3 times as durable. at least for me my lacoste clothing was less durable than my ck, dolce, ysl, sand and armani, and equally durable but way less attractive than my hugo clothing. (and less attractive than the other mentioned brands too. ) What's that all about with durability? So what if a polo/tshirt/whatever can be worn for three years without falling apart and losing colours, when I get bored of it in a year and don't want to wear it anymore? | ||
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1tym
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Tien
Russian Federation4447 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28665 Posts
On November 16 2005 11:58 Krzych wrote: What's that all about with durability? So what if a polo/tshirt/whatever can be worn for three years without falling apart and losing colours, when I get bored of it in a year and don't want to wear it anymore? then don't buy expensive clothing.. actually I generally don't think you should do that anyway. | ||
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HULKAMANIA
United States1219 Posts
On November 16 2005 10:56 Krzych wrote: Will you also be willing to bet that you read more than he reads and writes combined? That depends; are we counting forum posts as writing and forum browsing as reading? And I don't consider myself super buff. I do, however, bust my ass in the gym on a regular basis, and I've learned a thing or two about moving iron. I'm not metro. That's for god damned sure. | ||
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