Clothes thread?

[BTExpress]

Fat guys - don't be embarrassed to go to Big & Tall stores.

I don't get it. If there are "X" amount of regular-sized people, that means there should be "Y" amount of "Big & Tall" people and "Y" amount of "Little & Small" people.

So why are there eleventy million Big & Tall stores and no "Little and Small" stores? Us jockeys need clothes, too.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I don't get it. If there are "X" amount of regular-sized people, that means there should be "Y" amount of "Big and Tall" people and "Y" amount of "Little and Small" people.

So where the **** are the "Little and Small" stores? Us jockeys need clothes, too.

H&M

 

[TigerVols]

Don't sleep on Eddie Bauer; they have great sales and their dress clothes last for ever, don't wrinkle, and are stain resistant.

 

[Cosmo]

Spoiled by a lot of the gear at the job. Footjoy and Bobby Jones make really nice golf shirts/sweaters/jackets/pullovers. My weekend garb could use a refresh, though ...

 

[Webster]

On dress shirts, I took me 38 years to get to this place but I will only wear Charles Tyrwhitt shirts. Based in London. Every so often, they'll mark their shirts down to $29.50. I promise you, they're fantastic at that price. Before that, I wore Paul Fredrick shirts but I've found they wear out a little too quickly.

Also, if you wear dress pants or suits, paying for the services a tailor is one of the best investments in your overall work comfort you can ever make. If the tailor has a thick Eastern European accent, even better. Enhances the experience.

I'm a bit of a tie snob -- like The Tie Bar but prefer Ted Baker and Ike Behar.

I have never tried Charles Tyrwhitt but heard that it is good. In dress shirts I go exclusively Thomas Pink. Over the top expensive, but I get them from the outlet mall and they call me when they are having a sale.

I have to wear a suit most days and tend to wait for bargains before getting new ones. The Saks Off Fifth store has great deals and there is a good tailor in my town. I tend to get work blazers and pants there or at Ted Baker. Ties and cuff links are more catch as catch can.

Dress and casual shoes I go Geox, which are nice and super comfortable.

 

[Moderator1]

I don't get it. If there are "X" amount of regular-sized people, that means there should be "Y" amount of "Big & Tall" people and "Y" amount of "Little & Small" people.

So why are there eleventy million Big & Tall stores and no "Little and Small" stores? Us jockeys need clothes, too.

Not long before I left The Times, a little person joined the staff. Good, funny guy. Creosote knows him. We ended up becoming pretty good friends. One day, after I'd gone on a Facebook rant about having to pay out the ass to alter a suit, he sticks his head in my office and says, "You can just shut the **** up." He asked me to look around next time I was in a nice clothing store and see how many shirts I could find with a 16 inch neck and 20 inch sleeve length. Everything he buys has to be altered.

We came up with a get-rich-quick scheme of an online clothing store for little people, though surely there is one somewhere. We were going to call it clothealittle.com - a riff on a story he told me about meeting his wife on datealittle.com. Greatest dating site idea ever, though I'm still bummed there's no dateanoldfatbaldjew.com

He obviously found stuff somewhere because he dressed pretty well.

 

[albert77]

Three words: Duluth Trading Company. Their stuff is pricy, but it's comfortable and lasts forever. And their TV ads are an absolute hoot.

 

[Rhody31]

I don't get it. If there are "X" amount of regular-sized people, that means there should be "Y" amount of "Big & Tall" people and "Y" amount of "Little & Small" people.

So why are there eleventy million Big & Tall stores and no "Little and Small" stores? Us jockeys need clothes, too.

I knew a couple guys who could buy kids' sizes. There's a lot of printed garbage, but they'd buy pants and dress casual button downs for half the price.

 

[qtlaw]

Sleeper is Lands End; excellent quality for the price; cotton button downs and dress shirts with neck and sleeve sizing;

For polos, I prefer Lacoste (tight fit, nice feel) so I go to flea bay and get great deals.

On shoes; since I go suit and tie nearly every day, I've learned never to cheap on shoes; buy good shoes that are well made (Alden, BB (made in USA)) not based on style.

 

[bigpern23]

One piece of advice is to sign up at your favorite clothing retailer's website so you get notified when their stuff is in on sale (shut up, @**** Whitman! ). I mostly wear J. Crew or Banana Republic for my everyday clothes (and some jackets/suiting) and I often take advantage of their sales of an extra 50 percent off clearance items. So items that were already discounted on clearance get their price cut in half. You end up paying like a third of the price.

I got a $450 blazer from Banana last year for like $90.

 

[BTExpress]

I can usually buy 14 1/2-inch collar shirts that fit reasonably well. But finding 29-waist/30-inseam pants is a chore.

 

[Moderator1]

I used to like you. Not so sure anymore. I wore 29 waist once, about 49 years ago.

 

[spikechiquet]

I don't get it. If there are "X" amount of regular-sized people, that means there should be "Y" amount of "Big & Tall" people and "Y" amount of "Little & Small" people.

So why are there eleventy million Big & Tall stores and no "Little and Small" stores? Us jockeys need clothes, too.

Shut up. You have Kids R Us and ****.

 

[Vombatus]

Garanimals are good, so you know what matches.

That photo made me think of Michael Jackson and Gerry Sanduskey. And priests.

EDIT: **** Jerry Sandusky. Thanks Rip!

 

[cranberry]

Sleeper is Lands End; excellent quality for the price; cotton button downs and dress shirts with neck and sleeve sizing;

For polos, I prefer Lacoste (tight fit, nice feel) so I go to flea bay and get great deals.

On shoes; since I go suit and tie nearly every day, I've learned never to cheap on shoes; buy good shoes that are well made (Alden, BB (made in USA)) not based on style.

I can't stand clothes with obvious branding/logos. Unless a company want to sponsor me, I don't want it's branding on my shirt or hat or jacket or sneakers.

 

[JackReacher]

I've always had good luck with Men's Warehouse. I buy all my suits there. But I'll go to Kohl's or the like for dress shirts. I still buy jeans and khakis at Old Navy for some reason. I'm not 100% happy about it, but they fit my fat ass just right and I rarely pay more than $25.

 

[Riptide]

That photo made me think of Michael Jackson and Gerry Sanduskey. And priests.

Jerry Sandusky, too?

C'mon, now. It was in all the papers.

 

[Vombatus]

Jerry Sandusky, too?

C'mon, now. It was in all the papers.

Goddamnit. Ok. I was lazy. I should have double checked before posting. I recently saw someone type the last name with an "e" and it stuck in my mind. And one of my many supervisors is named Gerry and his management style reminds me of an ass raper, so I got confused.

 

[Bradley Guire]

I'm in between regular and big & tall, so shopping was a ***** until I gave up on shopping anywhere other than JC Penney. I get St. John's Bay for shirts and khakis, Levis for jeans. I expanded recently to a new brand called Foundry. Cotton spring and fall, that thin stuff for summer in the high desert.

In the winter, I get these long-sleeve thick cotton sweater shirts. They're like wearing a long-sleeve T-shirt but look nice enough for biz-cas in the office.

I wasn't snooty with underclothes until I discovered Hanes ComfortBlend boxer briefs, undershirts and socks. I can't go V-neck, too much chest hair pops out otherwise. I'm too lazy to shave my chest.

Nike Air Monarch sneakers because I need 4E wide and don't care if they're sneakers for gramps. I buy a new pair every year for $50.

I might need to wear a tie once a year.

And a lot of pro wrestling or comic book T-shirts. Because I know who I am. After all these years, there's a victory in that.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Burlington Coat Factory. Cheap stuff for dumpy, fat guys. And others, naturally.

I have never in my adult life gone out in public without an undershirt, even when wearing a polo.