Show Us Your Purchases....GUYS !

[AlanC]

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Hopefully, you'll donate those 20 dollars to charity.


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Which he can do by purchasing something at a charity thrift...

 

[BellyTank]

Full circle-


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[cptjeff]

HarpPlayerGene, I keep telling myself that I'm being environmentally-friendly by purchasing used items...saving the raw materials that would have gone into new items.

That's a helpful thought, and if one shops at thrift stores run by charities, you are typically supporting job training for reformed criminals, homeless people, and often the developmentally disabled, and often helping to fund shelters and soup kitchens. They do a lot of good work.

 

[Orgetorix]

reformed criminals

[bad] I believe the PC term is rehabilitated offenders.



lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Which he can do by purchasing something at a charity thrift...

+1 :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap


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[Baron Kurtz]

Interesting. I never heard of it. Great jacket btw. There seems to be very little country-country variation in ski suit styles, as opposed to "business" suits.

bk

Yes I have lots of their catalogs

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

New Flatcaps at Winter Sale (German C+A)

Two Tones from Pennangalan (Uk...bought online) They were not too expensive but the quality is only mediocre so to speak.

 

[stevechasmar]

Glasses with Mixed-Metal Frames

I've been looking for a vintage frames like these for ages, and now finally found a pair, courtesy of one of my favorite ebay sellers. I spent way too much on them, but knew I would kick myself if I missed out. I will get these fitted with bifocals -- the old fashioned type with a line through the lens. I tried the new bifocals -- those ones where the bifocal lens is invisible -- but they don't work for me.

The brand is SRO Styl-Rite and they were made in the USA.

 

[theinterchange]

Which he can do by purchasing something at a charity thrift...

Which is what's happened, actually.

Randy

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Which is what's happened, actually.

Randy

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap


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[theinterchange]

I bought this Hawaiian shirt at a ridiculously low price to resell, and am wanting to confirm or deny what I think about it. After a Google search turning up only one result for a shirt, an Italian listing stating it's 1960's. Which is what I was guessing. Am I right in this assumption?

Thanks for any assistance!

Randy

 

[Mr Badger]

Two Tones from Pennangalan (Uk...bought online) They were not too expensive but the quality is only mediocre so to speak.

They're nice, and £57.60 including postage within the UK, which isn't a bad price. How do you mean mediocre? Are they proper leather, stitched soles or plastic? Is the leather poor quality and/or stiffly faced so it'll crack easily? It'd be great if you could give a little more detail – many thanks in advance!

I've got brown and white pair of Bretano spectators and they're kinda middling, quality-wise, with that brittle, crinkles easy leather (even after leather balm). Much different to a similarly mid-price pair of Stacy Adams Madisons, which aren't anything to write home about, leather quality wise, but are softer and nicer. Sorry, waffling a bit – I'd rather have supple but not very great leather than the shiny, stiffly-coated stuff...

We're just about to go on holiday to see pals in Memphis, but I deffo won't see anything like this there, unless it's in an RLL concession at a mall (eugh) so I may have to make an exception to my 'no more shoes' rule!

 

[Trotsky]

HOLY HOLY HOLY CRAP.

I just finished shopping the new Goodwill in town. No pictures yet, but let me express my excitement:

1 Pair of Allen-Edmonds "Maclean" brouges/gunboats. Retail: $549. My price: $3.00

1 Pair Bill's Khakis: $3.00

1 Hopsack Blue jacket, brand new, with tags, even the pockets are sewn up: $3.50

1 Chairman Mao Hat: $1.00


I am very happy, this is the best haul since Tennessee!

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

They're nice, and £57.60 including postage within the UK, which isn't a bad price. How do you mean mediocre? Are they proper leather, stitched soles or plastic? Is the leather poor quality and/or stiffly faced so it'll crack easily? It'd be great if you could give a little more detail – many thanks in advance!

Here they are. They look okay at first sight but ...

You see that dent there in the leather where the upper part is sewn to the sole? Shouldn't happen

There is also a little scratch at the front part ...so I guess the leather will scratch easily. It looks like it is painted and very stiff.

The big part of the sole is leather but it doesn't stand flat on the ground. The highest point is at the front of the heel...if this makes sense. As the leather is still very stiff you can go fore and back like a seesaw. Hope it gets more comfortable when theyre outworn a little.

Well it's okay for the price I guess[huh]

 

[Mr Badger]

Thanks, man. Well, I'd say that they look 'quite' well made, mebbe you just need to slather the uppers in leather conditioner and leave 'em overnight before buffing it off, then they should ease up quite a lot. Be sure to test for colour-fastness before doing the whole of the shoes, but judging by the look of the leather, you should be OK... I'm just amazed that an ostensibly 'goth' clothing site had anything like this at all!

 

[PADDY]

Norma Shearer.

 

[D Yizz]

Cufflinks!

(Closed auctions, just in case!)

 

[Feraud]

^ Those links are not working.

 

[theinterchange]

Had a good thrift store run today. Scored a blue Hart Shaffner & Marx suit dated 1955 which is too small for me, so I'll be selling it... but who could have passed it up?

I also picked up a "Charlie Brown" shirt... not the Peanuts character, but a brand. Anyone familiar with them?

Randy

 

[sproily]

@ Helsinki Vintage for 25€

ps: some issues with the transparency it seems..