peteyross

press@yoox -- 20%

sweet.

Weird....I just had a bunch of stuff in my cart at 20% off and then the page reloaded and the coupon code no longer works.

with the server in its current condition this site is becoming a larger hassle to navigiate.

the solution seems easy, don't allow guests or lurkers to browse the site.

this policy should remain in place AT LEAST until the servers are back to normal (god knows when)..

show some respect to the fucking members who made this place as popular as it is. I hope this site is not so hungry for hits that it will sacrifice the quaity of browsing experience for registered members..

this as tedious and frustrating enough as is.

Then as someone who has been here longer than you, I have the right to tell you to lead by example and be the first to leave.

Just found this link. Click on "Shoe-maker" and follow the links to Corthay. Some great photos!

http://homepage2.nifty.com/cobblers-web/index.htm

Edit: if the website doesn't work too well in Firefox, try IE

The selection at BG is quite small though, both in range and sizing. They're also planning to increase the price to counter the falling USD. Still if the shoe fits, go ahead.

Did you get yours at BG? Must be a recent buy because they haven't been carrying them for long.

Yeah, I got mine in January. I didn't pay full price though.

Thanks for the recommendations guys, but I'm in Tokyo! They just opened a Borrelli store in Roppongi Hills, I might have a look on a lunch break....there is also a Kiton right across the street.

Haha, yeah I know sorry for the NYC crap.

I'll attempt to redeem myself with this:

Ginza Tailor www.gintei.com

I think I've seen something about them in one of the main Japanese sartorial magazines. I think they can do shirts as well as suits.

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=27313

Or probably your best bet is asking Kazunari himself. He could probably make you shirts or at least point you in the right direction.

Although Kiton is a damn good brand, apparently their MTM isn't worth it (this is according to what I've read on the internet). I think it's in the range of 600-800 per shirt. A little ridiculous for MTM.

As far as MTM shirts in NYC goes, I can basically echo what Fuuma has said above.

Paris and Geneva are probably the best places to go. The differences between them are discussed at length on Styleforum but both of them are good.

Other options include going straight to retail stores like Domenico Vacca, Borrelli, Eredi Pisano, etc. but I don't think you'll find them as tweakable as Paris and Geneva. Also, you run the risk that the shop employees really don't know what they're doing when they measure you. Better to just go to someone who specializes in shirts and knows their product extremely well.

On the cheaper end, there is always CEGO on 22nd St. I had several shirts made there when I was younger but I've since moved on. The fit was great but I wanted to move up market. They do know what they're doing and the results were great for the price.

Then, you've got the Nolita shops which are fun to poke around but I don't think they've got the know how to compete with the better places in midtown. Seize Sur Vingt has some great cloth that I haven't seen anywhere else though.

I'll post my chocolate suede chukka boots later tonight. Even the shoe trees are beautiful to look at.

Bergdorf (only in NYC) has an account with them now and the prices are ~$1350-$1500.

Where do you get your shirts made (if at all)? I do MTM shirts in NYC (tried a few places) but I haven't jumped to MTM suits yet. Besides a marginally better fit and a really fun process, I've realized that what I really value is collar choice and fabric choice.

BTW, I remember reading that you wanted some Berluti shoes...if you haven't gotten them yet, make sure you check out what Corthay has to offer (you probably already have though). I got a pair this winter and they are, as you like to say, B.A.L.L.A. status.

Now is a wonderful time to be employed at a boutique firm with really high profit per employee. There is an extremely high chance that I'd be unemployed if I worked at a large firm. Did anyone see the $2 bill taped to the door of Bear Stearns? Funny, but not so funny at the same time. It's tough watching other hard working people's professional lives just go up in smoke.

At $1500, you're gonna be quite far from the city and realistically, this might price you out of Brooklyn entirely. Sure you can probably find a $1500 2BR in BK but it's not likely to get you excited. To get the most out of your dollar, you should really scour Astoria for a no fee (ie no broker) apartment. Finding a no fee apartment will allow you to go up a few hundred dollars a month in rent and still come out the same economically. It's worth the time and effort if you're not under a strict timeline.

I think you could probably land a 2BR in Astoria for b/w $1750 and $2000 but it's likely to be about 10 minute walk from the train. There are still deals to be had in Astoria relative to other neighborhoods though, especially when you're comparing neighborhoods with young people.

Just as a barometer the average studio in Manhattan is running at about ~$1900 with nicer ones getting close to ~$3000. Prime neighborhoods in Brooklyn aren't going to be too far behind.

New York is the largest and most expensive city in the country with very distinct neighborhoods. Try to narrow it down a bit first and I think you'll get better responses. What do you want to spend? What type of place do you want to live in? How close to the train do you need to be? What vibe are you looking for?

Hah. This is nothing compared to Tokyo. The dead of winter and watch youngins' rock micro-mini skirts with knee high fuck me boots and fish-net stockings while its -10 degrees outside.

That's what makes this country so wonderful.

Women will resort to pain and cold to look beautiful.

Would rep if I could. I miss this so much about Japan. This is what's missing from New York. At least women in new york are stylish though.

JM Weston should be on your list if it's within your budget. They make a wholecut that's got an extended, slim toe box.

Nevermind. Just re-read your post.

You should look for a nice, well made pair of shoes on sale -- don't buy cheap shoes at retail.

I want some Softbank Brad Pitt type shit. Brad Pitt doesn't care if his phone has features. He needs ソフィスティケション.

I'll take a slim phone with reasonable features any day over a do-it-all brick. I'm into the wood grain phone I see in LEON all the time. I don't even know what service its for. The wood grain reminds me of an old school Jeep Wagoneer with the fake wood paneling.

Of the suits I've own(ed), I like the following the best:

RL Black Label

Paul Smith Main Line

Paul Stuart ("Paul" fit, now under the Phineas line)

Eredi Pisano

Sartoria Castangia

Raffaele Caruso

Costume National Homme (fully canvassed version)

Careful about who you piss off in interviews...you never know if your interviewer knows someone that can affect your future prospects.

I once was kept at a firm for 6 straight interviews and by the 5th or 6th interview, it was clear to me that I didn't want the job. I didn't give the last two guys much effort and went on my way thinking "whatever". A year later, a different group from the same company called me for a position that I actually wanted. They were quite enthusiastic about giving me a competitive offer but when they ran my name past some other people at the firm, it came up that I interviewed once before and I seemed disinterested. I did get an offer, but it was so terrible that they knew I wouldn't take it.

So this morning I had a second round interview with a managing partner of a very well known Venture Capital firm off Sand Hill Road (The "Wall Street" of the VC world). The firm started four years ago with the founders from some of the most famous VC firms in the industry. The interview was 30 minutes long and like almost all VC interviews its all about "fit": No technical questions. No guesstimate or puzzle questions. I think the hardest question they asked me was what industries I was interested in investing in and why...

Things I learned from the interview:

- Be really concise and eloquent with your answers. These guys hear pitches from hundreds of start-up founders a month and can cut through bullshit really fast. I learned this the hardway when I interviewed w/ a VC/Hedge Fund three weeks ago and fucked up on three or four questions because I wasn't concise in my answers. The interviewer called me out on it.

- Know markets/industries really well and be able to explain them clearly and concisely.

- Expect the interviewer to be ridiculously smart. My interviewer went to Stanford MBA after being the head CFO of a billion dollar web-retail site after only five years.

- Despite the conception that the world markets are dry and credit and funding is scarce, the VC market has TOO MUCH MONEY. Yes, my interviewer told me that they have too much fund money and NOT ENOUGH good investment opportunities. This surprised me a lot.

I also got an e-mail from a head-hunter today asking me if I would consider a trading job for a well-known hedge fund. Catch is, its in Dallas. The only thing that popped into my head when hearing that was "Equities in Dallas" from Liar's Poker. Haha. Can anybody comment on Dallas and what it's like to live there?

From my experience (you know who I hear it from) they say this all the time and to a certain extent it's just part of talking the talk. I can't tell you how many times I've heard the too much money chasing too few opportunities speech in the past few years. The top tier PE/VC crowd never seems short for equity since they get a never ending supply from the Yale, Harvard, etc endowment funds. The VC/PE firms love it too because they get paid on committed capital, not funded capital.

You can definitely see the same phenomenon with the large PE firms that raised funds in the past 12 months too. Some of the top tier firms went for $20 billion funds but others went for somewhere between $10 and $15 billion. The argument that the 10-15 billion crowd gives is that they didn't get caught up in the pissing contest by trying to have the largest fund. They decided not to take as much money because they didn't think they could use it effectively.

I've seen a lot of Asia funds cap themselves fairly low too since they really don't know if they'll be able to spend the money.

About Dallas...unless you're getting paid a lot more and it will lead to something good in the future, I think it'd be tough. I guess it depends on how much you're willing to sacrifice your non-work life for your job. You'd have unprecedented access to corny white chicks though.

As far as next year goes, I expect the Patriots offense to come out with a chip on their shoulder and continue to dominate. Their defense on the hand is old and it became apparent around week 12 this year that they can't maintain their level of play for an entire season. I hope they make some changes and come back with something to prove.

You can't deny that there was some legitimate talk about getting rid of Eli Manning about 2 month ago. Many people were calling for a fresh start and I don't really believe that Giants fans were 100% behind the team even midway through the season.

With that said, they won the Superbowl. They certainly weren't the best team this year but they still won. It was painful watching the Patriots collapse and it's sort of a shame that their legacy will haunt those guys for the rest of their lives. I'm a lifelong Pats fan (I'm still hurting from the Superbowl loss to the Bears!), but I can't deny that the Giants made the Patriots look terrible last night.

Weirdest interview question I've ever gotten was from the Co-Founder of the company I currently work for (interview was 2005):

"Talk to me about MBIA reinsuring their own offshore entities and the relation it has to American automakers and their rental car leasing securitization programs"

Luckily I was in the habit of reading the Wall St. Journal and I knew where he was going with his questioning. If I drew a blank, I'm not sure that I'd have the job the I've got today. Whenever I meet someone important, I make sure to review the news from the past few days just in case.

GoGo Curry in East Village!

http://www.gogocurryusa.com/

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/01/thanks_to_gogo_curry_55_alive.html

Haven't looked at this thread in a while but has anyone posted Diemme? It's an Italian brand that has a following in Japan.

http://store.yahoo.co.jp/atist/diemme.html

Oh yeah, and MilSpex is the only dude on here who is keeping any streetwear from the 90's alive.

Oh shit, you brought this back.

Met up with some old high school friends this weekend and still expected them to be wearing:

Nautica sailing jacket

Dolomite boots

Carhart work jeans

Tommy Hil work jeans (the hammer loop was the TH flag)

Adjustable polo hats

Sagged Eastpak

NorthFace bubble

Polo Sport cologne

i have to say.. APC and nudies always seem to turn out the best

They only turn out the best when you're looking at pictures on the internet. They look boring and lack depth in person. Go to 45rpm (or BIG) and look at the employees' jeans and then walk down the block and look at the APC employees' jeans. There is no comparison.