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Found out one of my irl fashion friends is $4k in debt because he got addicted to buying clothes on ebay. We made him cut up the fucking card and erase it from off his phone but damn. He's going to be in the hole for a while.

Which is to say, budget and be deliberate! He was even buying second-hand for the most part and not even that could save him.

As someone with neurodiversity I recognize clothes have many layers, no pun intended. There are cultural significances and practical uses, these are the two main qualities of clothing. Culture eventually wins over the practicality of certain garments, people wear flight jackets without being pilots, people wear Stetson’s without being ranchers, I fit that second category. Living in this country I have been exposed to the common judgement passed by others, Americans love to observe a person and fish out their qualities so that they can equate them to something familiar usually attached to pop culture. Since I live in the city, wearing a rancher hat most people won’t care but some people will point and say “Ayyy I’m walking here” or “Howdy pardner” or some stupid shit.

Two years ago when I didn’t care about appearance I had many people point and laugh, one person I confronted said “when is x album coming out”, essentially comparing me to some washed up classic rock star who I looked nothing like. I walked back to their apartment after researching what they said and said some things which made them close their window and end their windowsill “comedy show” which was essentially what I mentioned before, the lowest form of comedy of making fun of appearances and comparing those features to someone else / pop culture references.

But the hat is seven hundred dollars.

My grandpa bought it from a native guy in Arizona in the 70s is all I know about it. Wondering what others think.

E: per @[email protected]'s suggestion, I found the brand and year and found the exact same belt on ebay . Looks like my grandpa confabulated some story about a belt he bought at like a land's end or something.

Kamala Harris has arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to begin today's campaign bus tour in SW Pennsylvania, and she is wearing her Chucks!

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It has cute wittle heart buttons. And it's stripey and I love historical reproduction. BUT It will cost about half my disposable income for the rest of the year. I've been saving for a while, and part of the reason I save is so I can get special things like this, but buying special things like this is why I always end up close to paycheck-to-paycheck.

Help me decide! I tend to get hyperfixated on a favorite article of clothing and wear it 3-5x per week until it disintegrates or is really inappropriate for the temperature.

I love the tonal pocket square.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ajUDl7JrA

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Most of the ones I can find are oriented towards preppy and menswear styles but like I live in the rust belt and I'm not gonna be caught dead in boat shoes.

I mostly buy second hand and do hand alterations but I'm running out of inspiration :c

I r-r-r-really don’t trust the quality of that shit.

I finally spent some of the money I got from selling my records on an Oni Type 2 jacket, but temps are in the high 90s F here. I'll just admire this thing in my closet for the next 2-3 months

Solana Oversized Straw Hat In Black X Natural

Ralph Lauren designs Team USA's uniforms for the 2024 Olympics | CNN

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I love this guy's videos - he's just got a good vibe. Highly recommend for anyone looking for masc fashion videos.

1. Are there any good small (~50k subscribers) reddit subs that are good for questions about clothing/fashion? I only know about the gigantic subs with 1+ million subscribers. Posting there is always a total waste of time. Plus all the rules and bots are annoying as fuck.

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2. I'm looking for a online store that that has ~~affordable~~ colorful long-sleeve equivalents of what Old Navy calls camp shirts. Suggestions?
   Short-Sleeve Camp Shirt | Old Navy

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Edit 1

About once every couple years - I get a hankering for a colorful long-sleeved shirts. But then I google and google and google and google and I learn that only odd-ball clothing firms sell a few versions and they cost a king's ransom.

Edit 2

I had to remove the word "affordable". I can't expect miracles - long-sleeved versions are rare. I'd be willing to go up to $100. And beyond - maybe?

how do you wear your keffiyeh? and where can i get one that directly supports Palestine?

Lots of fantastic sounds in this one!

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