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gmku 11.27.2006 04:50 PM

Do you buy second-hand clothes?
 
I do. And I made some scores this month, let me tell you. I've found several awesome sports coats that look brand new and are on famous brands, most of them for under 20 bucks a piece. I've also found two great winter overcoats--below the knee length, black tweed (one), and black cashmere-like blend, for like 20-30 bucks each. I've also found great dress shirts for work.

screamingskull 11.27.2006 04:52 PM

i try too, i love the idea of buying actual vintage retro clothing from second hand stores instead of from a chain store. But everytime i go i can't find anything i like. :(

Savage Clone 11.27.2006 04:53 PM

I have no problem with buying second-hand clothes. I have done it often and for a very long time. My Howard Hughes germ complex manifests itself via handwashing and teeth brushing, but wearing dead people's clothing bothers me not a whit.

A Thousand Threads 11.27.2006 04:54 PM

i bought second-hand armani jeans for 5€ 3 weeks ago.
Unfortunately, i´ve lost them somewhere.

Blank Label 11.27.2006 04:55 PM

I do. Most all shirts. Jeans mostly are purchased new. I love used clothes that are affordable yet still worth wearing.

blastscenealibi 11.27.2006 04:55 PM

Wearing other people's clothes will fuck up your chakra action. So I've been told...

Savage Clone 11.27.2006 04:56 PM

Gesundheit.

porkmarras 11.27.2006 04:57 PM

I do and i very often wear clothes that are borrowed.

!@#$%! 11.27.2006 04:58 PM

no, i hate them, they stink, they carry weird vibes, fuck no, never, i have TRIED to like the stuff but the smell always turns me off. and the greasy collars and worn out cuffs. i like to wear out my own shirt collars thanks very much. i am my own thrift store.

Savage Clone 11.27.2006 04:59 PM

There's this newfangled invention called a washing machine. Some band named an album after it, even.

atari 2600 11.27.2006 05:00 PM

I-I'm not crazy about used clothes. I mean they call it vintage, you know to take your mind off of what it really is...'nasty wear.' Oh it's clean you know people wear underwear, ya well they don't wear iron underwear and that's what it's gonna take to get me in those clothes. I mean I'll move into an apartment after a strange person moves out, why would I wanna move into somebody's pants? There is no vintage underwear of course, but it's not because the guy couldn't sell his underwear, it's because men wear their underwear until it absolutely disintegrates. Men hang on to underwear until, until each individual underwear molecule is so strained it can barely retain the properties of a solid. It actually becomes underwear vapor. W-we don't even throw it out, we just open a window and it goes out like dandelion spores. That's how men throw out underwear; we just go (blows on the mic) and it's gone.

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:o579Mdm-1dUJ:www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheRaincoats.html+seinfeld+%22vintage+underwear%22 &hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

gmku 11.27.2006 05:00 PM

I don't really go for vintage. The stuff I buy is more contemporary, more recent in style and such.

The consignment shop I go to is very particular about the quality of the stuff they take. Everything is in good condition, and nothing smells or looks dirty. Seriously, this has been a great way for me to update my wardrobe this winter. I bet I've spent no more than about 150 bucks, with the biggest ticket items being the big overcoats, and come away with some really classy casual dress stuff. These sport coats alone would each cost at least a couple hundred new in some men's shop--I got Oscar de la Renta and Banana Republic brands! And I got 2 pair of Clairborne dress trousers for only 7 bucks each.

!@#$%! 11.27.2006 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
There's this newfangled invention called a washing machine. Some band named an album after it, even.


fuck no man, its just weird, there are invisible particles, something... i mean most of the shit they sell is washed already but i'm talking about subtle quantum particles or something-- it just FEELS wrong.

A Thousand Threads 11.27.2006 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Gesundheit.



did someone sneeze?

atari 2600 11.27.2006 05:01 PM

I used to shop thrift stores a lot more than I do now.

For instance, I used to do catering and restaurant jobs, so it only made sense to buy cheap used clothes. I have been to thrift stores that ha stuff I actually like, but it's usually not the case.

Savage Clone 11.27.2006 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
fuck no man, its just weird, there are invisible particles, something... i mean most of the shit they sell is washed already but i'm talking about subtle quantum particles or something-- it just FEELS wrong.



Oh, I get it now.
You're insane.

!@#$%! 11.27.2006 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Oh, I get it now.
You're insane.


thank you! took you SO long to realize??

atari 2600 11.27.2006 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras
I do and i very often wear clothes that are borrowed.


The big advantage of homosexuality is that if you're going out with someone your size, right there you double your wardrobe.

Inhuman 11.27.2006 05:04 PM

got this shirt for $8.00 a few weeks ago
 

porkmarras 11.27.2006 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600
The big advantage of homosexuality is that if you're going out with someone your size, right there you double your wardrobe.

I was able to spread good vibes this time.

Blank Label 11.27.2006 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
no, i hate them, they stink, they carry weird vibes, fuck no, never, i have TRIED to like the stuff but the smell always turns me off. and the greasy collars and worn out cuffs. i like to wear out my own shirt collars thanks very much. i am my own thrift store.


I hear ya....but I don't buy it if it has any smell, or greasy collars...your secondhand stores must not take care of their inventory very well!

!@#$%! 11.27.2006 05:08 PM

seriously, armpit smell is not so easily removed by soap

the greasy collar part was just rhethoric

i just hate other people's clothes. hate them.

and i have an extremely sensitive nose. everything smells of something.

gmku 11.27.2006 05:13 PM

I wouldn't wear smelly clothes. Seriously. My used clothes don't smell.

I love sticking it to the big clothing stores, too. As long as someone else keeps buying the expensive stuff so they can hand it down to me someday.

porkmarras 11.27.2006 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmku
I wouldn't wear smelly clothes. Seriously. My used clothes don't smell.

I love sticking it to the big clothing stores, too. As long as someone else keeps buying the expensive stuff so they can hand it down to me someday.

You wash them,silly prick.

!@#$%! 11.27.2006 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras
You wash them,silly prick.


confess, porkie: you LOOOOOOOOOVE man armpit...

porkmarras 11.27.2006 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
confess, porkie: you LOOOOOOOOOVE man armpit...

Yes i do,but i also like clean clothes,new or not.Your point?

!@#$%! 11.27.2006 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras
Yes i do,but i also like clean clothes,new or not.Your point?


then i will send you my worn t-shirt in the mail

--

ps i gotta go for now but wait for your christmas parcel

gmku 11.27.2006 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras
You wash them,silly prick.


Yes, I do, sweetheart. Not the wool coats though. And the store has already dry-cleaned everything.

porkmarras 11.27.2006 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
then i will send you my worn t-shirt in the mail

Sure,the mail gets delivered straight next to the kitchen where our washing machine is.

!@#$%! 11.27.2006 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras
Sure,the mail gets delivered straight next to the kitchen where our washing machine is.


ha ha, you bastard.

i really gotta go now. but i shall first shed a tear. :D

Norma J 11.27.2006 05:24 PM

I've found many many of my cardigans from op shops over the years. And suit jackets, shirts etc.

porkmarras 11.27.2006 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norma J
I've found many many of my cardigans from op shops over the years. And shirts etc.

Look,everyone knows about the way australians dress and i have inside information.

Norma J 11.27.2006 05:29 PM

Oh, all the clothes have been khaki. Got to match my cork hat and the foreigners impressions.

scott v 11.27.2006 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
seriously, everything smells of something.


yeah including your butthole. yeah, even yours.

Glice 11.27.2006 05:39 PM

I clothes shop almost exclusively in charity shops. Except for my undergarments, obviously. And I'll occasionally buy a few Matalan packs of plain t-shirts for homemade t-shirt action.
I don't think there's anything better or worse about buying designer stuff only or charity stuff only. I just get the fear in mens shops (and in ladies' shops, for that matter).

gmku 11.27.2006 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glice
I clothes shop almost exclusively in charity shops. Except for my undergarments, obviously. And I'll occasionally buy a few Matalan packs of plain t-shirts for homemade t-shirt action.
I don't think there's anything better or worse about buying designer stuff only or charity stuff only. I just get the fear in mens shops (and in ladies' shops, for that matter).


I get the fear, too. High pressure sales clerks. Big prices. Fashions from hell.

Glice 11.27.2006 05:48 PM

It's the same with hairdressers. I always get this irrational thing where I think they're going to expect me to know what other people are doing/ wearing, when in fact I have no idea. I'm very, very lucky to be so very, very good looking and blessed with an enormous penis. I bless it every time I urinate, just like an orthoJew.

porkmarras 11.27.2006 05:49 PM

You make me laugh(and you do) but that aint particularly means i like you.

gmku 11.27.2006 05:50 PM

Glice, you make the sign of the cross with your free hand, or is your penis so big it takes both hands?

k-krack 11.27.2006 05:51 PM

Always. Basically all of my long-sleeves are second-hand.


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