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  1. probably gonna pick some up sometime before than. settle into some good movies with a friend or hopefully a gal (please please please please please) and see where the night takes me. i'm not heavy on it, but i do enjoy getting deep and mellow.

  2. depending on your budget - H&M is alright, Zara is good (not my thing), Kenneth Cole Reaction seperates are good (you gotta be able to walk into them though), and TopShop is always an option for you all on the other side of the pond. if you've got the money though - dior homme, burberry, zegna, etc. etc.

    i just got a Kenneth Cole suit, a tad baggier, but i had the pants completely redone, so its quite a fitted look. you can always go on ebay and buy vintage, or used, or NWT from last season or something...

    it would be nice though if skinny suits came back into full-fashion again. i was talking with a friend of mine whose a tailor (much older than myself), and he said the problem with american's and their suits are that they are too concerned with trying to not look fat and getting boxy square cut suits (no vents usually) than getting a slimmer suit and having it tailored out to the appropriate measurements for their bodies. the problem is, no one wants to look bad in an unflattering suit, but their willing to buy an unflattering suit and tailor it to death. in reality, you should get a suit that fits you well from the moment you put it on, and make changes from that basic fit. i had the pants on my KC suit completely thinned out because i'm tall and skinny. they were long and baggy. i had them taken apart and resewn ($90 later...) to my exct specifications. people shouldn't be afraid to try and look slim in a slim suit. their too concerned with looking slim in a baggy suit.

    sorry ive been dwelling on this for a while, its very hard for me to find suits/clothes that fit. i wear a 44XL... but i buy 44L so you can see my problem with the garment industry - there are big people out there, make suits for us too!

    and don't bring up big & tall, its never an option. most unfashionable, lamest place next to bob's. but i do like bobs.

  3. The Fifth Element. I had no idea it was panned by critics at the time. All I remember was seeing it and loving every moment - cool costumes and set design, cool aliens, naked mila jovovich, and one of Chris Tucker's most brilliant performances. Still one of my favorites to this day and it gets the gasface from many people I talk to.

    It's a pretty generic Bruce Willis performance but other than that I enjoyed everything about it.

    Plus it's got Luke Perry in it. I've never seen him in a movie before that.

    fifth elements one of my most favorite films of all time. luc besson is an amazing director, and i can't wait for his new one Angel A

  4. i'm thinking i'll buy a pair in 34 from SE, and if they don't work, i'll return them. if anyone can point me to somewhere where i might find FH in 35/36 waist, that would be awesome. site preferably in english, please.

  5. i'm currently making a list of movies that i have seen/haven't seen/need to own/need to go out and see - i started with these four

    - cemetery man (dellamorte dellamore) - haven't seen it, gonna buy it

    - bad taste - seen it, gonna buy it

    - meet the feebles - haven't seen it, gonna buy it

    - braindead - seen most of it, gonna buy it

    early peter jackson stuff like the 3 after cemetery man, and movies like the frighteners (which he also did) are actually amazing movies, you can see why he did so much right with LOTR. he's a brilliant director, and a real innovator. cemetery man i came across in my endless search for quality horror movies (i love 'em, plan on making them, already started on my own zombie feature with some friends), but it goes way beyond my expectations of what a great horror movie is. i've seen bits and pieces and i can't wait to go out and buy it when my paycheck comes in a few weeks. i'm long overdue for some new dvds. i suggest you all see these horror-gross out gems.

  6. Thin Finn's come in inseams over 36?? I got new standards a month ago and they were only 35" inseam so that's not going to work for him.

    matthewizzo.com

    azaleaonline.com

    revolveclothing.com

    bluebee.com

    these sites have nudie's stocked waists up to 36, inseams usually to 34. i got my slim jim black blacks from revolve in 36x34. i've seen finn's in 36x34 on those sites, bluebee has them dry, as well as revolve, but matthewizzo only stocks up to 34x34 in dry, and 36x34 finn's in prewash. azalea stocks APC up to 36 (i'm gonna be getting a 34 cause you always size down two from what i've been told about them). i wear a 34 inseam, usually i have to cuff my raw jeans if their marked 34, so he should be fine.

  7. trust me my friend, i know exactly how you feel. i'm 6'7", rail thin, and finding jeans is quite the pain in the ass sometimes. i wear around the same size as you. i suggest levi's capital E stacked skinny, or the Nudie Thin Finn or Slim Jim (and maybe when the High Kai or Grim Tim come out, those as well). i have a pair of H&M sliq's that are good kick around raw jeans, and i'm working them something fierce right now, they fit great, though they do stretch a lot. anyways, heres a list of brands that work for me, and should usually work for all tall guys like us -

    - Nudie Slim Jim/Thin Finn (sizing depends on the wash)

    - Levi's Capital E Stacked Skinny/LVC 47xxx (a little baggier, but nice denim)

    - H&M Sliq raw

    - Imperial Dukes (like Gilead said)

    - Ernest Sewn (not baggy, but not tight, nonetheless nice)

    - Diesel Viker'

    - A.P.C. new cure/new standard (word of advice, if you buy them marked 36, its really a 38, so always size down 2 from your waist - meaning a 34 in this case)

    - and if you're lucky, japanese brands such as Flat Head, Evisu, Iron Army, Samurai, Julian Red, etc. etc. wherever you can find them stocked will come in larger sizes.

    good luck, i know i still need it

  8. well, nothing too recently, but i got a nice kenneth cole reaction blue thin pinstripe suit a couple weeks back, just got it back from the tailor the other day. i have to try it on, see if everything fits right..

  9. jeepster that first picture is amazing. The contrast is great. I almost missed the trees in the background because I looked at it too fast. I miss doing my own printing. Hooking my digital camera up to my computer just isn't the same. Do you have your own lab?

    actually i did it up at a local art studio/gallery as part of a student run program. thats where i learned most of the stuff (other than what my dad taught me with an old box camera). they had a really small but nice printing room with a darkroom in the back. i left some of the negative in on the first photo, which gives it that black border. i only have the negatives these days, unfortunately i lost the prints i made. come to think of it, i dunno where the negatives are either... alas, at least my buddy made me some scans before they went missing. thanks for the comment 7south

  10. i've owned 3 pairs of skinners so far, i'm on my 3rd, but i don't wear them cause they fit me like shit. the first pair i got were dry, which i had no idea of at the time i owned them (this was a good while before i knew about selvedge/raw/dry denim and the whole idea behind it, the fad was only revving up then) so i washed them after about 2 months, butthey fit amazing. 33/34, i wore them for about 3 years straight, nearly every day outside of the summer. the other two i owned were both premiums, but were nowhere nearly as good. i haven't tried any of the capital E versions, i hear they aren't as snug in the thighs as the premium kind, but levi's is catching on with the raw concept a little more (as many know, they did not capitalize on the premium denim when the fade started, so their a bit late in the game), and i'm gonna search out some since i'd really like a nice pair of selvedged skinners. i'm not a fan of my lvc 47's, i wear them maybe once a week.

  11. Dang! You're like 50% taller than me!!! How long is the inseam on these jeans? I'm 5'9. Anything longer than a 32 is a stack or cuff (I don't hem.)
    jeepster- from my experience, the FH hugs your hips and thighs alot. But if you are going to be sizing down one, you might be in for some trouble. My advice is, if you really want FH is to loose some extra weight to get yourself to a 34.

    cynlix - first of all, i weigh 200 lbs, and i don't need to loose weight, i need to probably gain some weight for my height, but i'm anything but fat or in the slightest overweight. i know its not an attack on me, but i'm tall, skinny as a pole, and mostly legs

    junkie - i usually wear things marked 34 since a 36 is hard to find in inseam, but i only cuff my dry jeans, all my prewash (all 2 i guess) are marked 34 and i don't cuff them.

  12. well, i came across these jeans in my epic odyssey like journey to find nice denim, and i'm intrigued. anyone have any general info, sites they can point me too...? anything really would be appreciated.

    jeans demonstrated here -

    http://breachofstyle.blogg.se/

    the guy looks very fashionista taking himself too seriously, but he has some good threads; most of it is H&M surprisingly.

  13. just watched it. i've been getting into a lot of experimental and ambient stuff now that the lazy days of summer are upon me - a lot of just sitting outside with my ipod just zoning out and thinking deep deep thoughts while listening to this stuff. and thats before i bust out the drugs haha

    but im definately into Low, they have a real mellow sound thats perfect for that kind of thing. hopefully it will warm up so i can just meditate outside with this kind of stuff on

    other than that, today's music is late period beatles (white album/let it be) and gorillaz

  14. I've been eyeing these jeans as well (actually eyeing about 10 pairs of jeans atm). I'm a natural 34, but its my thighs that have been giving me the most trouble. 24.5 at the widest part, 1 inch from the crotch. That means, I literally, cannot fit into jeans with thigh sizes less than 12 inches wide. (fortunately, these are 12.2) I don't know about you, jeepster, but I always look at the thigh width for jeans first to see if I fit into them or not. Then again, guys like us aren't "supposed" to be wearing slimfit jeans :rolleyes: .

    haha, well actually, i'm 6'7" thin as a rail, its just because of my height, i have wider hips at a certain point, though i'm completely proportional. my lvc's were 34's, and my jims were mismarked and measure about 35.5 (36 on tag). i'm not going for like ramones tight, but i'm definately going for a slim fit (baggy clothes make me look... well, lets not get into it cause its so bad.. hah)

  15. advice needed - i'm thinking of some 3001's for my next pair of jeans - i'm a natural 35 waist. flat heads only go up to 34. you can see my dilemma. on the SelfEdge site, they say the approximate waist size of a 34 is in truth a 35 - but how do they stretch? will these be package crushingly tight in the waist, or will it stretch over time? my jims, lvc's, h&m sliq's, and my other assorted jeans have stretched quickly as that i frequently wear them day in and day out (thats the point right...) but i'm unsure of how to go about these. thoughts?

    plus - i haven't seen a 35 or 36 waist anywhere for these, so i imagine 34 is the only road that leads to rome for this brand

  16. cool, thanks. i haven't been to selfedge for some time (at least since i was out in SF) and i havent been to their site in a good long while, or at least since they got an online store. this is awesome, i just gotta make some money first...

    +

    do you know anywhere that i can find flat heads in a 35 or 36 waist? preferbably a 35... i'm tall, skinny, but i have weird hips, so i'm wondering if i should get a 34 (when i have the cash), or try and find a 35 or something... any suggestions?

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