30-09-2004 10:17									#91
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer the muslims sell questionable clothing at their stands or stores... i dont mess with that stuff though they were good for white tees before Foot Locker started selling the big ones for $4 a piece.

I would still rather buy from those people. I'm more of a socialist than a capitalist, so I figure buying from them is gonna help them, why would I want to make an already rich, big company richer with my money when I can spend it on charity and at the same time get a good product?

Anyway, the same applies to the situation here in Malaysia. I'm just helping out in my own small way the people who manufactured the clothes for those mega-giants who used that dirrrty tactic of outsourcing to many factories. Who's gonna buy the unsold product then? It's basically the same thing and no one's gonna pull my collar to check the label.

	30-09-2004 10:26									#92
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Iskander:

quote: It's basically the same thing and no one's gonna pull my collar to check the label.

ah... middle school and 9th grade... we were so obsessed with finding someone with a torn label...

	30-09-2004 10:26									#93
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oh yeah and...

quote: I'm more of a socialist than a capitalist

DIRTY COMMUNIST

	30-09-2004 10:33									#94
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Socialist. They are two totally different things. I don't think all wealth should be spread evenly. What's the point of working then? But balancing it out a bit is fine I guess.

	30-09-2004 10:34									#95
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yeah yeah... socialist parties formed in france and england several years before Marx and Engels began writing... yadda yadda... still a red commie bastard

	30-09-2004 10:38									#96
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hehehe, yeah and I still download free mp3s

	30-09-2004 11:02									#97
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I usually buy pants and shorts for $20-30 a pair
I'll buy shirts for more than $20 if I really like them
I try to spend $25 or so per pair of shoes
Boxers & socks I just buy what is cheap at target, sears, or walmart.

I just don't see the point in spending obscene amounts of money on clothes when I can get stuff that looks just as good and lasts just as long for a fraction of the price.

	30-09-2004 11:05									#98
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ixnay:

the point is to look stylish, you care about your physical appearance, etc. the clothes make the man

(and little kids in india make the clothes )

	30-09-2004 11:07									#99
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quote: The point is, the urban black youth were buying his clothes to be more like the rich whities.

Yes, or perhaps like their imagined ideal of the rich whities.

	30-09-2004 11:12									#100
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and the capitalist refuse to buy those clothes the little kids in india because another factory in india employing little kids got the contract for delivering it a day earlier.

and so it's shipped to everywhere around the world, sold at slightly lower prices to bulk dealers in the black markets around the world, who still manage to make a profit while selling it much lower than would otherwise be if it were bought from the capitalist who exploit the little kids exploited in the factories of india

	30-09-2004 12:13									#101
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I wear Ralph Lauren pants - I like their simplicity and trim cut. We go up to the outlet store, and they're not too bad. Mayb 70 bucks a pair or so.



I have one pair that looks very much like that.

I wear eddie bauer jeans, in this vein:



about $40.

	30-09-2004 12:34									#102
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I favor $18 jeans and $5 pocket t-shirts, and wear them out before buying more.

My daily footwear are the ~$100 safety shoes that the company provides twice a year -- they are "street styled", since I work in a lab and don't need full boots. I haven't bought new shoes in over five years, and nobody can tell; my favorite are the steel toed Florshiem loafers I got last year -- it's like wearing slippers to work!

I purchased a $200 suit ten years ago in a conservative style and have kept it in good condition ever since.

I have a good quality black blazer that's almost as old as the suit.

I have a dozen $50 shirts I bought for $10 each from JC Penny's clearance table. Ten years ago.

I think you get the idea.

	30-09-2004 12:37									#103
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quote: Originally posted by Iskandar Reza I buy my clothes off the black market. It's cheaper and real enough. Besides, I found an interesting fact - most of the clothes from S.E. Asia's blackmarkets are in fact original.

Pretty much what I do too - except it's not illegal here.

	30-09-2004 15:38									#104
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell why wear expensive belts? that's one thing I never got. A belt is a completely utilitarian thing. It serves no fashion purpose. It holds your pants from falling off your ass.

Ah, the Jethro Bodine look.

	30-09-2004 15:45									#105
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quote: Originally posted by Asher That's not what I'm talking about. This is the kind of sophistication you are incapable of comprehending, as you're too ghetto:

Those guys must be log cabin Republicans.

	30-09-2004 16:28									#106
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I never spend that much on clothes, really. Haven't brought anything new for ~6 months. But then I do have a wardrobe that causes some people to worry about my sexuality - after Coco's comment especially

But then most of the stuff I buy in sales (we have sales almost all the time here). Like my last couple of pairs of shoes cost $18 a piece. One's some black boots that are great, and the others look like baseball boots, brown and textured. Reduced from $85 a piece

My jeans cost $35-$80 depending on sales. But then you can't get jeans for less than £20 really ($35) here. Most I've ever spent was ~$100 on a pair of Versace Couture ones in Harvey Nicks sale, which are gorgeous, textured and look fantastic. Shame they don't fit anymore

T shirts I go mad on, I spent $55 in a sale on one, that I love, but usually I'll spend ~$30 for one. Sadly, most of the interesting designers, even the high street ones, charge £30-60 for a t shirt ($50-100). Shirts usually cost $50 or so, less if I can find ones in River Island or H&M sales.

The most I've ever spent at once was ~$450 on a handmade German dinner suit for university, which is gorgeously cut and light enough not to get too hot. And years ago I spent ~$250 on a long cashmere and wool coat by Valentino, which is the nicest thing I own. It's almost 4 years old and still looks like new, and it's incredibly soft and warm. Also has Italian lapels (as opposed to normal English ones), so I look like a Russian spy if I put the collar up

	30-09-2004 16:55									#107
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quote: Originally posted by Iskandar Reza I buy my clothes off the black market. It's cheaper and real enough.

I used to do that, but sometimes you get the real thing, and other times it's a cheap counterfeit. I just can't be bothered wasting my time searching through the open air markets for the good stuff. And in Hong Kong, a lot of the "black market" places won't let you try the stuff on to see if it fits.

	30-09-2004 16:59									#108
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Shoes: HK$800 - 1,000 which usually gets me good quality stuff. Like one of my friends says: Buy good shoes and a good bed because you're either in one or the other.

Shirts: About HK$250 which will get me all-cotton dress shirts.

Pants: about HK$100. The strange thing about Hong Kong is that a pair of Levis will cost HK$650, but in Canada I can get them for HK$300.

Suits: A good suit will cost about HK$2,500.

Sports jacket: HK$1,300

	30-09-2004 17:08									#109
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The jeans I'm wearing cost about $25 or $30, the shirt cost about $5 or $10, and the shoes cost about $30. I forget how much my socks and boxers cost -- probably somewhere in the range of $1500 to $1600, because I loves me some silk gold-plated boxers.

	30-09-2004 18:02									#110
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Buying clothes? That's what christmas and birtdays are for

The only clothes I've bought this year is pants...

	30-09-2004 18:58									#111
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Pretty much what I do too - except it's not illegal here.

It's not illegal here either. We have a street - Petaling Street, in the capital dedicated to selling all theses items. If you come by this way be sure to stop by. They've redone the place so that now there's a shade over the street.


However if you're looking for really hard to find items like Russian FLIR binoculars or nightvision scope, come after midnight. Be careful, though.

	30-09-2004 20:44									#112
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quote: Most I've ever spent was ~$100 on a pair of Versace Couture ones in Harvey Nicks sale, which are gorgeous, textured and look fantastic. Shame they don't fit anymore

What is the size of them, and your size now?

	30-09-2004 21:42									#113
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quote: Originally posted by monolith94 What is the size of them, and your size now?

They're 32inch waist, which is what I am now, however they're a small 32, so are too tight in the legs and hips for me now. I was a 30 when I bought them, and they fitted great.

	01-10-2004 09:39									#114
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quote: Originally posted by Tingkai Shoes: HK$800 - 1,000 which usually gets me good quality stuff. Like one of my friends says: Buy good shoes and a good bed because you're either in one or the other. Shirts: About HK$250 which will get me all-cotton dress shirts. Pants: about HK$100. The strange thing about Hong Kong is that a pair of Levis will cost HK$650, but in Canada I can get them for HK$300. Suits: A good suit will cost about HK$2,500. Sports jacket: HK$1,300

Woo hoo. You seem to be paying too much for most of these - except for the Levi's jeans.

	01-10-2004 21:33									#115
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quote: Originally posted by Drogue My jeans cost $35-$80 depending on sales. But then you can't get jeans for less than £20 really ($35) here.

The ones I'm wearing cost £15.

Tescos are currently selling them for £4.

	01-10-2004 21:53									#116
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It's so materialistic isn't it, you pay for a name sewed/embroidered somewhere on the thing. The fact remains the same - I think there is rarely a quality issue now as they all seem to be made in sweatshops in China. To me, on so many levels, the fashion industry is the pinnacle of everything that is nasty about capitalism. But the amount I spend on clothes? I think similar to the average amounts shown above. I do look out for a bargain and I resent paying through the nose for, what are essentially, pieces of cloth.

	01-10-2004 21:54									#117
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quote: Originally posted by Verto 32 waist, here.

Fatso.

	01-10-2004 22:05									#118
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon I'm not much of a clothes person, but I spent nearly $700 on it today, which is easily the most I've ever spent at one time. So how much would you pay for a shirt, trousers and shoes? Among the crap I got today, I bought a "nice" shirt for $135 (although I'd usually spend 50-70 bucks) some Jeans for $110 and $190 for a pair of boots (on sale). Am I a lamer n00b clotheswise, or a terrible wastrel?

Welcome to the rush of a shopping spree

A casual shirt @$135 is nothing to laugh at. I spent less on an "expensive" t-shirt at Bloor a month ago and still love it. Dressier, collared shirts generally start in the $100 range for anything nice. Jeans @$110 is moderately priced. A sale pair of $190 boots had better be some good looking kicks (hey, I've spent $450 on a BOSS pair but still wear em 3 years later)

Again, that's some moderate pricing there for casual clothing. as Ming pointed out, nothing in comparison to businesswear, so no big deal - spoil yerself now and again, right. When you start dropping over $200 on jeans, $350 on a Prada t-shirt and so forth at Holt Renfrew - kick yourself in the teeth, please.

	01-10-2004 22:07									#119
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ps I just LOST a $180 dollar pair of really really cool Diesel runners and am considering buying em again.. talk about addiction

	01-10-2004 22:11									#120
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I actually bought clothes for about $100 yesterday. Got two pairs of jeans and a thing I don't know what's it's called. Like a pullover, except you can open it with a zipper at the front.

Before that, um, I bought some underwear for a few dollars in Munich in June, cause I had forgot bringing along spare boxers. Before that? Don't know; suffice to say, I don't spend very much money on clothes, and those I buy I use till they fall apart.

My natural state is wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and, if it's colder, a pullover or similar. I'm dressed so right now, with the twist everything I wear is black - I usually rather wear blue jeans, and most of my t-shirts and pullovers are dark but not black.