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can't you get a chainstitch at stanton tailors?

anyway, gordon will chainstitch if you buy jeans there. i think thats good enough.

the pbjs have a tighter weave than the onis, fyi. both very stubbly,

the APC one looks nice but i really cant spend more than $200 (preferably less, I have other things to buy as well) atm. i really like that store though, i very much agree with their look.

like others have asked, will that Uniqlo one pictured be available in the US? What is it made out of? I like the Banana one because its thick and made out of nice materials, I hate nylon and other such things.

The current Uniqlo in SoHo is awful, and the one on the Upper West has yet to open, I still need to see the rockafeller center one. I guess I will have to wait a few weeks until the flagship opens. (I like the wool zip up hoody they have shown on the website, under winter 07 looks, so I want to pick that up if I can).

yeah, RL has a nice one but its like $250 and im not sure if i wanna spend that much (yet). the fabric on the BR one is nice though, wool, cashmere, angora. oh decisions decisions decisions. oh, and I checked monaco and they only had really thin ones, and nothing with a nice turtleneck.

I saw this cardigan at banana republic and was wondering if any of you know other brands that make something like it. if not, i will probably just get this one because it is quite nice and perfect for the winter (almost like a coat).

the cut looks very 'new standard'ish so they could be nice. might be very cool in black. but these are chinos right? not denim? not too interested in the cardigan because i like mine to be beefy and warm.

those alden indies are the hottest things i have seen in a long time, i will have to pick some up next fall when i can make up a reasonable excuse for buying some. then again christmas is coming up and boston has a long winter...

the only thing that i have ever seen under $20 at BR are tshirts...

there have to be some decent hostels there, just make sure its in the middle of the city. the subway there is okay, but its much nicer to stumble home drunk then to ride the subway off into the wrong direction. i was there last summer and my hostel was far away from everything and terrible in general. save on food by not eating out all the time. go into the gormet stores and super markets and buy sandwich supplies and fruits! I do this all the time while traveling, and then go to a fancy place once in a while and drink coffee in nice cafes. Never been there in october but it should be nice, I liked what little I saw of the city.

Thats a really nice domain, you could start a tradition of it. Maybe do it again every year or something. Would be fun!

not sure why everyone likes AA so much, its all kind of expensive. i guess the fit is good, but are they even made well?

i got some new standards in soho today and i am usually a 30-29, i got 27s that fit like a glove (real tight for now); could get my ass into some 26s but then i couldn't button the top 2... I absolutly adore these jeans, wait till you see them in person.

ps: the shop is great and the service is wonderful,

'why are you checking out my ass, again?'

i got the same question...

im not answering his question because i dont want anybody wearing my watch ;-), though i will recomend 'vostok europe' watches, some cool designs and they all have good quality automatic movements. you can get them at a number of websites, including amazon.

thanks, I will have to try that out. instead of getting anything for now, I will just pick up some american apperal polos to wear with sweaters when it gets a little colder out.

true waist is right where your belly button is, no joke (not that anyone wears jeans that high up).

dismal, where do you get cheap made to measure?

yeah, would do it if the price were better :-/, I know, Im cheap ($150 or something)

Yeah business casual is tough. I made the mistake of buying a bunch of Kenneth Cole to save some money. I can't believe how fast it's all wearing out. And I bought a bunch of JCrew striped collared shirts in different colors at an outlet mall and theyve since shrunken to the point that I can't keep them tucked in very long, yet theyre too billowy to wear untucked with jeans. Useless! As Im typing Im wearing a banana republic shirt that seems to think that it needs to bulge dramatically in the front when I sit down. I keep punching it down but it keeps coming back up. Im not that fat, you stupid shirt.

And its suprisingly hard to find flat-front trousers in my experience. I ended up having to blow $110 at banana republic just for a decent pair because obviously Nordstrom hasnt caught the boat yet in the flat-front department. And they dont even fade in interesting ways after months of wear!

Yeah, pretty much the same experience. I have a Jcrew shirt and after a month I already had to reattach 2 buttons. I have some Zara pants that are working out quite nice. My dad actually has some nordstroms shirts that he has had for years and they are pretty much as good as new, so I might pick up a white one when I can and try it out (they have a tailored fit, who knows how good it is).

Yeah, get a decent tailor though. I had a shirt altered and they didn't even dart the back, just cut a little out and restiched the sides and Im pretty sure thats not how you do it.

I don't really care about personal style at work, I don't think thats part of the equation. I think looking clean and fitted is good enough (I only like about a third of my work clothes, the rest is just like a uniform). Some of my shirts are from banana republic, and they have some nice sweaters too. I would assume that charles twill has better quality shirts though, in terms of fabric and construction.

I think for a look, having some perfect fitting white shirts and some nice grey and black pants is a good start. A tie is optional where I work, but I kind of like the idea of a simple and nice white shirt plus an interesting tie. I had to buy all my work clothes pretty much at one time when I started working, so I didn't really think it through. Now Im planning to slowly start buying some nice things that I actually like.

yeah, most shirts need to be tailored but it would be nice to tuck in a unaltered shirt for once and not have it look like a potato sack. have any of you tried some of those valentino or mission shirts that are always on sale at filenes basement and the like (they look like they are made with some nice material)? I guess for dress pants I can keep shopping at h&m a while longer (good fit), though I really wouldnt mind spending more money for something better.

I'm not sure how many of you have to dress business casual for work, but I was wondering where you shop? I'm looking for quality stuff that will last more than a few washings. Slim fitting pants, slim fitting shirts, not too expensive. Most shirts (14.5 - 15) fit fine on the shoulders but balloon out around the waist (30). For pants, its just hard to find a modern fit sometimes.