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Who makes your go to khaki or chino pant? I need to add something to my wardrobe that says '"style concious relaxed professional" but don't know where to look.

06-28-2015 , 04:45 PM

#6978

scrolls

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Budget?

06-29-2015 , 10:51 AM

#6979

Acemanhattan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by scrolls

Budget?

No budget. I dislike spending over $80 on any one shirt or pant, in general, and prefer to find a great deal, but I'll spend money whenever the quality is genuinely worth it.

06-29-2015 , 12:32 PM

#6980

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Epaulet is great but definitely over $80. Below that I'd recommend Bonobos and J. Crew. Both of those have frequent sales by the way.

06-29-2015 , 05:26 PM

#6981

LazyTops5

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It's certainly not optimal but a lot of kids do.

I wouldn't recommend it though, lots of value on dressing nice. Even if it's good fitting jeans and a long sleeve shirt or Henley

07-01-2015 , 04:31 PM

#6982

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FYI: epaulet is having an additional 25% off their sale section the next few days. I've mentioned them ITT several times--not cheap but all their stuff is great. Thought this might be a good opportunity for people to try them out on the cheap. Sale items are all final (no returns) but their sizing charts are very accurate so you should be alright. Code is July-Fourth-25-Off.

07-06-2015 , 11:02 AM

#6983

GBP04

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I'm standing in a wedding and the groom has requested us all to wear light brown dress shoes (we have grey suits). I own zero pairs of dress shoes so this seems like a good time to get some nice ones. I might have posted this before but now I'm really ready...wedding is in 2 weeks.

Go with the walnut/bourbon 5th avenues from AE?
http://www.allenedmonds.com/aeonline...0000000001_-1_

or the park avenues?
http://www.allenedmonds.com/aeonline...40000000001_-1

he threw these out as a suggestion in the email.
http://www.dsw.com/shoe/cole+haan+wi...sw12cat1970002

I work from home so these would be exclusively used for weddings...

thanks

07-06-2015 , 11:40 AM

#6984

GusJohnsonGOAT

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If you are really only going to wear them infrequently, something cheaper might be fine, but I have the AE 5th Ave in Walnut, and they are great. They sell a walnut polish as well, which will last forever with how little you'll wear them.

07-06-2015 , 12:16 PM

#6985

mullen

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GusJohnsonGOAT

Agree with this. The AE's are a significantly better shoe. I picked up Walnut Strand seconds and the polish for $210 total during the AE tent sale a few weeks back, and combined that with a $50 off $200 Amex deal for a total spend of $160. I think the tent sale is over so you'll spend slightly more on 5th aves but IMO it's worth it unless you're really strapped for cash or will literally never wear them otherwise.

07-06-2015 , 12:23 PM

#6986

LazyTops5

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Might pick up some AE's for fall to wear with jeans, they look fresh as ****

Also last week went to J Crew outletz and picked up a couple v necks for 8.60 on sale

07-07-2015 , 07:33 PM

#6987

CCuster_911

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http://jknowl3m.tumblr.com/

Love this dudes style (poster on reddit fashion forums).

DOnt know if I could ever go full street style like this though. Ill stick to taking inspiration

07-08-2015 , 03:55 PM

#6988

GBP04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GusJohnsonGOAT

any examples of something you'd recommend that is cheaper? I really like the AE's (5th Aves and the Park Aves). I'm probably going to end up firing on the Allen Edmunds but $400+ w/ tax is not ideal.

07-08-2015 , 07:20 PM

#6989

CCuster_911

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You can get meermin a lot cheaper(175 for shoes, 35 to ship, like 6% customs fee) due to the strong dollar, or go to an ae factory outlet and cop some seconds.

Other brands worth checking out that are cheaper are florsheim and cole haan like you linked earlier

07-29-2015 , 07:39 PM

#6990

CCuster_911

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dirty floor mats/10

all pants are bonobos weekday warriors

ae randolph

ae rush street

meermin double

08-26-2015 , 11:18 AM

#6991

LazyTops5

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Thoughts on casual loafers from like Aldo's or Tods?

08-26-2015 , 11:43 AM

#6992

TheWhoWhat

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custer,

Where did you get the socks from? Also you have links to the watches? looks great.

08-27-2015 , 03:27 AM

#6993

Spurious

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LazyTops5

Thoughts on casual loafers from like Aldo's or Tods?

Go for it

08-27-2015 , 10:36 AM

#6994

CCuster_911

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheWhoWhat

custer,

Where did you get the socks from? Also you have links to the watches? looks great.

The socks in order:
Blue with rainbow colors- Happy socks
Purple- Uniqlo
White/blue houndstooth' Charles Tyrwhitt.

The brown watch is a Rodina. Don't remember model name. If you search thread for Rodina you will find a link when I bought it. It's a cheap automatic made in China on a cheap strap but it has a nice clean/simple look with blue dials.

The black one is a Hamilton Titanium Khaki field watch. Can't link because I'm on phone at work. Simple Google search can find it though. Got it for like 630 during a valentine's day sale on jomashop

08-27-2015 , 01:37 PM

#6995

scrolls

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That Rodina's appeal to price ratio is fantastic. Total rip off from Nomos though, even the font is similar.

LT,

Not real familiar with those brands but loafers are great.

09-02-2015 , 07:13 PM

#6996

fuluck414

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Decent look?

09-02-2015 , 07:18 PM

#6997

fuluck414

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09-03-2015 , 05:29 PM

#6998

Michael888

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You may need an iron my friend. Are you wearing cargo shorts?

09-03-2015 , 06:02 PM

#6999

CCuster_911

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Not a fan of shirt, although I fell into wearing shirts like that like 2 years ago(and defended them as fashionable). Just think the pattern isnt that good.

Fit is good though.