Detail your latest clothes and slap related purchases here #2

[Cribynkle]

I'm not sure about it either. I say send it back. There's no point buying things for them to just gather dust because you don't actually wear them.

I like it but if you're not sure about something you should send it back, you'll end up only wearing it a couple of times and not feeling comfortable when you do. I'm guessing that the price of a leather skirt's going to be the kind of amount where you could buy something you love and will wear again and again.

Plus H&M's home delivery is indeed rubbish

 

[Biddlybee]

Excellent pins Ms T, but not that keen on the cut of the skirt.

 

[Voley]

Nowt wrong with Travis as a style icon. Get one! I've got Alpha Industries coats I bought 25 years ago, you definitely get your money's worth.

Done. One proper Alpha industries M-65 arrived from Silvermans today.

Think of a fat Travis Bickle with no mohawk wearing black, not vietnam vet olive and you'll get the look I'm aiming for.

Thanks to monsterbunny ViolentPanda Sprocket. danski and of course your good self moose for purchasing advice.

It's worth paying the extra for a proper Alpha Industries one, I reckon, even if they're no longer made to the 'will withstand a bomb blast' spec of the really old ones. Looks like it'll still take a lot of battering, though, and that's what I was after. Lots of VERY DEEP POCKETS for LOTS OF POINTLESS KIT, too, which is very important to me, obviously. It's been a while since I spent over a ton on an item of clothing but I'm very pleased all in all.

I now need to spend some time perfecting my thousand yard stare.

 

[Rebelda]

I'm not sure about it either. I say send it back. There's no point buying things for them to just gather dust because you don't actually wear them.

This is very very good advice, and I should probably say that I am the kind of person who buys things that gather dust. Some things (hello asymmetric hem black skirt covered in mexican day of the dead skulls. I will wear it one day. Probably ), I also buy stuff that earns its cost. So take my maybe-ing with a pinch of salt

 

[fucthest8]

Think of a fat Travis Bickle with no mohawk wearing black, not vietnam vet olive and you'll get the look I'm aiming for.

I approve of that jacket too. <goes off to Alpha's website>

 

[Red Cat]

Can't decide whether to keep this leather skirt that finally arrived today from H&m (their online delivery is unbelievably shit). It's a bit short, and maybe not that flattering? Advise me, urbz.

I say spend more money and get a leather skirt you love.

 

[Ms T]

Thanks folks. Definitely going back, which is also a bloody pain at H&M, who need to get with the programme with their online shopping. On a related matter, I really wanted a pair of tan leather culottes I saw in the flagship store on Regent Street but couldn't justify the £200 price tag. I then saw the very same ones online for half the price (but sold out in my size). Wt actual f? Customer services could not explain why this might be.

 

[iona]

£70 pair of Firetrap jeans on ebay for £13, and they actually fit and look good
Primark jeans on ebay that I thought were like some I used to have but are actually horrible and don't fit - going to the charity shop tomorrow
Three more sports bras because the coloured print ones I've liked for ages were reduced
Silk scarf like this -

 

[Looby]

I love them. I wore them tonight and kept sneaking a peek at my feet.

 

[Rebelda]

Shoe twins sparklefish

 

[Looby]

 

[iona]

Black nail varnish. I did also buy a clear one with multicoloured glittery bits to go on top but I'm going to relive my early teens gothy phase first

 

[kebabking]

a bit of a bargain...

i bought these

and these..

for £103 for the pair (of pairs).

i'm very, very impressed. i've got Loake shoes and Barker shoes (all many, many years old..), and while these aren't quite Loakes or Barkers (£250 a pair, and not a pair of pairs..) they are easily comparable to the Barbour Ilkley (£140 a pair). very sturdy and very comfortable once you've worn them in a bit. i've had them 3 weeks now, and as far as i'm concerned i've got £350 worth of shoes for a hundred notes.

sizing has been a bit of an issue with the dark brown ones (yes, they are that colour - it's surprisingly nice, the picture doesn't do it justice) - i sent the first pair back as too small, but the bloke is fantastic, utterly honest, and paid all postage for the swap. both shipments arrived in 24hours.

http://www.gentlemen-prefer-brogues.co.uk/ they're in Weston-Super-Mare if you don't want to do the internet shopping thing..

 

[moonsi til]

I bought this for £12 as I had a £10 off vouvher for online shopping with spend over £15..

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A pair of brown slippers, with fluffy insides. A pair of red-ish tartan pyjama bottoms. A wine-red lambswool jumper and a black leather belt. From the M & S Outlet shop, so only £56 in total.

 

[kebabking]

mmm.... M&S jimjams....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

mmm.... M&S jimjams....

Thinking 'ooh, they look comfy' when you're looking at pyjamas and slippers is definitely a sign of middle age.

The slippers are lovely and comfy by the way.

 

[killer b]

A vintage homoerotic sailors shirt.

 

[Orang Utan]

A vintage homoerotic sailors shirt.

Don't wear it on telly

 

[killer b]

why not?

TBH I'm struggling to think of an occasion I could wear it, but it was too beautiful not to get.

 

[Orang Utan]

I was referring to that scientist who wore that shirt with all the sailor art on it.

 

[killer b]

oh, ok. it doesn't feature any rude pics (although I do have a tom of finland shirt upstairs somewhere). Just the only info I could find about the maker (Vince of London) suggests it's connected to a beefcake photographer of the 1950s.

anyway, what do we think?

 

[Ms T]

Some ankle boots from H&M which are real leather, less than £30 and incredibly comfy. Love.

 

[kebabking]

...anyway, what do we think?...

initially? that you should shoot whatever the fuck that hairy thing is thats crawling out of your shirt!

 

[killer b]

That would be my manly chest. Have you never seen a man before?

 

[gaijingirl]

oh, ok. it doesn't feature any rude pics (although I do have a tom of finland shirt upstairs somewhere). Just the only info I could find about the maker (Vince of London) suggests it's connected to a beefcake photographer of the 1950s.

anyway, what do we think?

love the top! Possibly because you said homoerotic, it made me think of this - although I want to take black marker pen to the picture and scribble some hair on it..

 

[Orang Utan]

initially? that you should shoot whatever the fuck that hairy thing is thats crawling out of your shirt!

How rude

 

[Greebo]

These slippers, for my mum's christmas present, I'm wondering if they're whimsical enough for her.

 

[Orang Utan]

oh, ok. it doesn't feature any rude pics (although I do have a tom of finland shirt upstairs somewhere). Just the only info I could find about the maker (Vince of London) suggests it's connected to a beefcake photographer of the 1950s.

anyway, what do we think?

I like it, though I think you look more like an imprisoned French homosexual thief, Jean Genet-stylee

 

[killer b]

I was thinking Querelle, although I see it lacks the stripes.