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Originally Posted by peter12
Oh yeah, buying whatever is on sale is a big issue. I struggle with it myself. Like oh that Gitman Vintage shirt is 40% off, but do I need a mint green oxford?
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Or that snot colored shirt made of silk that's so damn cheap (<$50). Ugly as sin and an obvious fashion faux pas... could I justify buying it as lounge clothing?
Wife answer: I do not disagree it feels amazing, but no matter how comfy it feels, you should be embarrassed every time you put it on. This shirt might work for someone else, but definitely not you.
I agree with _Q_, better off to pay closer to full price for something that agrees with your wardrobe and you can wear it regularly rather than buying something on clearance that you shouldn't be wearing ever.
Different direction (Caridgans):
My wife loves the cardigan/academic long sleeve look (which I agree with), but we can never seem to find me anything that looks right. Either it's too baggy or the buttons look like they're about to burst. My wife did comment that I look good in formal and athletic, but I look kinda weird/awful in many types of offerings in between. Similar in nature to everything in Levi's being horrible for me other than the 541 being great,
is there some style category similar to something like an athletic cardigan? most style articles about cardigans are useless as hell.
I've tried all sort of selection from Saks, Nordstrom, Club Monaco, Boss, Zara, J Crew, Banana, Simon's, The Bay etc. and nothing that's a reasonable balance between look and price. We did find one once at Simon's that looked really good for $50, but we can't seem to replicate that look even if we toyed with cardigans that were $200+ and nothing else at Simon's looks reasonably close. Since the cardigan is a little bit of a broad category, it's kinda crazy IMO we've only found one thing in the last 7 to 8 years that looks good on me. But reading this thread is making me wonder if there might be some specific style like a golf cardigans or something that fits my body shape how I want it to fit and I generally never go into the golf stores to look at brands (ie: Jay Lindenberg?).
Possibly all the other cardigans I've ever tried are essentially the equivalent fits of classic, boot cut and skinny for jeans, which would be possibly why everything I've ever tried on cardigan wise essentially didn't work? It's one of the rare things I think I'd be willing to spend a bit more on and if I find a category that is exactly what I want, I think I'd be retiring a ton of long sleeves and fall jackets from my wardrobe in a hurry.
Does my logic make sense? Or am I just going to have to manually look for a cardigan that looks good?