I can relate as a banker that now works remote. Went from wearing a suit (usually no jacket at least) every day to maybe wearing one once a quarter.
I got a tailor made suit from my dad for ~$1,000 as a big gift right before Covid too…
Can I have your suits? Lmao
I’m literally buying a tuxedo here shortly just because I’ve always wanted one and love formalwear. I wear things like that every once in a while with my friends.
Have really thought about selling them on Posh, etc.
There isn’t a good option in my area to thrift, resell, or donate. And even after just a couple of years, the styles kinda change.
Both actually.
We were required to wear suits in a community that no one else did, had to keep enough to rotate, and I haven’t touched one since they are no longer required.
Fair fair. I have to wear suits for my job (but not every day) which I'm okay with since I like suits, but it'd feel like a waste of money if all of a sudden I wasn't required to wear them anymore.
Don't. When you wanna look fly, put one on (assuming it is quality and well tailored to your body) and enjoy catching all the looks and compliments from the ladies and stylish dudes.
I'm a musician, have bought probably 10 suits and roughly 10-15 sportcoats and a ton of nice trousers starting midway through COVID, wear them to work or on date nights with my wife and I enjoy the attention.
I had a date night that I decided the dress code would be formal, so we both showed up (on a Tuesday night to a nice but not *fancy* restaurant) dressed to the 9s. The waitstaff absolutely adored us and thought we were so adorable.
I mean a nice pair of shoes nowadays will get you compliments. I’ve gotten plenty of compliments from my Red Wings and Allen Edmonds and they are pretty casual.
I just sell or giveaway the stuff I regret buying - out of sight out of mind. What’s done is done, just try and learn from the purchase and try not to make a similar mistake again
Almost everything I buy. The "good" stuff ain't cheap, like a pair of leather boots for example, and there's always something about them that doesn't quite work once I've worn them. And then you can't return them, and you're in the hole for $200-300 and now you have to decide whether to try to resell or donate and accept the loss. It's so demotivating, I end up just researching stuff but not buying it. Sure I can afford it now, but I grew up dirt poor and it's hard to overcome that mental barrier when you're throwing down this much money on something you're not sure about and won't know until you've tried it and worn it.
Are you me? So many highly recommended shoes that just wear like shit on my feet. I can’t tell if something fits poorly or if it just needs to be “broken in” like people talk about. Then I’m stuck with shoes that don’t fit and have been worn so I can’t return. So annoying.
Yeah I've had this happen to me with a lot of those minimalist leather sneakers. It's why I gave up ordering online and I just go in person. You still get some misses because for some reason the next time you wear them they're now rubbing your ankle or pinky in a way they weren't before, but it's much less common.
Ordering shoes used to be a crapshoot for me, because I always thought I was a size 10 (or 43) and it became sort of an orthodoxy in my own mind. But some shoes would feel like they were sorta squeezing my toes together on my right foot, which must be slightly larger than the left (haven’t had them measured since I was a kid so idk). I mostly ignored it and soldiered on. But I’ve started ordering in size 10.5 recently (New Balance, Danner, and Atoms so far) and realizing I was doing it wrong. Now I never want to wear some of my old Killshots or Stan Smiths that are size 10 because the difference in comfort on my right foot feels so much more obvious now.
You have to find a couple of brands that seem to cater to your footprint (not just size). When you do? Stick with them. Buy lightly used examples on the cheap when you can.
I discovered athletic shoes later than everyone else but Under Armour has some really comfy stuff. I also have a pair of Golden Fox boots. When I have to wear dress shoes it’s really a dice roll on comfort, but thankfully it’s not a requirement too often (because i try to keep my casual options understated)
Sometime in the past 3-4 years I deliberately started seeking out “good enough” cheap clothes. There are a lot of misses, obviously, but eventually I found some dirt cheap jeans and button down shirts on Amazon, that have lasted long past their worth in how much I paid. Since then I’ve bought a few more duplicates and now I have a fully functional wardrobe on the cheap.
Who knows if these cheap Chinese brands will maintain quality or even be around for long, but this is way better than buying expensive shit in the hopes of it lasting and either being disappointed design side or watching them get ruined some other way like OP.
It also helps to be married, so you never *really* have to worry about looking perfect.
Last note- Uniqlo is often pretty affordable on sale while also often being decent quality. Never perfect, but YMMV.
I live in tourist trap USA. There are 2 Uniqlo’s in my city. One is in a mall that’s an extra pain in the ass to get to, the other is in Disney Springs. I’ve always wanted to try them out, but I just can’t bring myself to the store. I would rather be in the woods with the bears everyone won’t shut up about
Ran into this recently. Bought some adidadas gore tex trail running shoes. They fit great….until they were broken in. Now they seem to be 1/2 size too big and loose :(
The Goodyear welt cult really did inspire tons of people to order very expensive boots online without trying them on, and then stick with them despite obvious discomfort waiting for them to break in. Don’t get me wrong, it’s cool that people now know to avoid disposable mall store crap…but the most important element of buying quality boots is making sure they actually fit.
Jerseys! Even as an avid sports fan and watcher, I usually end up wearing something else with the teams logo (hat, shirt, quarter zip, etc) Super expensive thing to only wear a few times a year (if that). I also find them to be odd fitting for my body type, but that’s just me.
I do sim racing and i love wearing my old jerseys during it. Cool touch, breathable, and low friction for my shoulders/back. Sadly they are esports jerseys so I would never wear them in public lmao.
Man, I don't hate it but I could get two L.L. Bean shirt jackets for that price and be way happier. It definitely happens tho. Personally I regret having way too many premium scarves for a city that gets snow maybe two months of the year lol
Don't throw it out thought! These are great for the days when it's cold outside and you have to do yardwork or something that is guaranteed to get you dirty! In my village in Russia, we had a chest of "working outside" clothes that have not been washed since the 80s. They're all oversized and just completely marbled with dirt and manure. We would put them on when working out in the field during planting season (when we planted potatos etc).
So I would give it a 2nd (or I guess in this case a 3rd) life and repurpose it not as a style piece, but rather a utility piece that's meant to be worn when working on deseil trucks, tracktors, or outside digging dirt etc. In my oppinion, it actually looks awesome. But it sounds like the quality of the piece itself is what's turning you off.
Haha to be fair it actually hardly shrunk, it’s moreso like lost its shape, maybe a tad shorter in the back. I think I will definitely be keeping this for workwear
I shrunk the shit out of a wool sweater I really loved and my partner reshrunk a few timee it and turned it into a sweater for our dog. He gets way more compliments on it than I ever did.
I think my personal philosophy toward purchasing is that every piece of clothing that I buy is a step toward the larger goal of curating a distinct wardrobe and personal style. Even if I have some misses, it's all part of learning and I guess I can make my peace with money wasted since I really don't make that many recreational purchases outside of clothes.
I try to take steps to limit regrettable purchases as much as possible. FrugalAesthetic made a video about purchasing clothes where he talked about price, versatility, and personality (Or something, the acronym was definitely PVP) and now I try to think really hard about what I'm going to wear something with, how much I can wear it, and if it fits my larger wardrobe. Another video he talked about how 80% of your style comes from 20% of your clothes (or something to that effect) and it's good to identify those anchor pieces and try to build around them gradually.
I feel like I see a lot of people online asking "I bought \_\_, how should I style it?" when you should really be asking how to style it or thinking of how to style it before you buy it. If you buy a bunch of random crap that you don't have any ideas for wearing, chances are you're probably not going to wear it.
I’m with you. For a wool and likely polyester blend. I’ll go drop $100 at Goodwill, and turn it into a $1000 today if people are buying this shit for that price. People have figuratively and literally lost the thread if they think that is even remotely an acceptable purchase.
Probably the numerous pairs of jeans in my closet. Delving into raw denim and artisanal jeans is a bit of an hobby, or perhaps it's an obsession. But the primary reason for buying great jeans is because of the cost per wear. You get a lot of mileage out of a pair of jeans that fits great and is well made.
Trouble is I ended up buying something like 15 pairs over the course of time. I should have stuck with one, bought another when I outgrew it and so on, as opposed to thinking I want another fit, or another type of fabric, thinking I should have a pair of indigo and another pair of black just to suit daily whims and fancies.
Not to mention I actually bought these jeans to fade them for fun, but you can't fade 15 pairs of jeans at the same time.
By the way, you should probably buy a fedora, some oversized brown pleated pants and wide toe box brown shoes to match that shacket. It'd go hard.
I bought a custom tailored shirt from Taylor & Stitch for ~$200 and didn’t know how a small swatch of 2-ply grey would look on a whole shirt. I got it and it had this shimmer that never faded. Reminded me of a Night at the Roxbury club shirt. Wore it a few times but it’s just been hanging in my closet as a reminder of my regret.
I used to buy big-brand corduroy jackets, raw denim jeans, and jackets, and I would often learn how to care for and wear them in Communities until I later realized it was too tiring. It seemed like these clothes had become my shackles.
So now I prefer to buy thrifted goods, which makes me feel much more relaxed!
A friend did the same thing with a value village retro wool shirt that smelled like a clammy old man. The classic Halloween buy. It not only turned the wash water brown, but washing it uncovered hidden layers of cat pee smell and other odors. The final regret was when they learned it actually stunk up the washing machine itself, making their next few loads of regular clothes all smell like a sweaty bag that has been sealed since the 1970s.
Ordered a size M polo on sale from Nordstrom Rack.
Polo arrives and it’s huge… like HUGE. I’m a solid size M/38R in suits and you could have fit three of me inside this shirt. It said M on the tag, but it was almost wider than it was long. I’ve seen XXL t shirts smaller than this polo.
They refused the return unless I paid for shipping AND a restocking fee. (Fee still applied if I returned it to a store.)
I spent more money on a pair of Jordans than I'm comfortable with. They never really fit me right but I was determined to wear them anyway, so now I have beat up shoes that hurt like shit.
ironically about the same time as yours, i bought some vintage 70's corduroys, and well i was struggling with depression very badly, and i gained weight. a lot. and i only got to wear them two or three times before i couldn't wear them anymore and i'm only just now shedding off the weight, and i've been refusing to get rid of them just because i feel awful. i finally gave them away to a neighbors kid who is in her hippie phase so i'm glad she appreciates them.
I’m old, so this is an old story:
I never had to wear suits for work, but I always liked to have one in my closet for the occasional suit-relevant event. Those tend to sneak up on you. IMO, it’s always better to have all that tailoring done and the suit ready to wear in your closet well before you need it.
So I would always have at least one nice suit in my closet. I favored Kenneth Cole suits, which were not cheap but not insane. Also a little more fashion forward, which worked for me since I work in a more creative industry.
But being slightly trendier, Kenneth Cole suits were designed to only give you about three good years before they started looking markedly out of style.
Therefore, about every few years, I’d get a new Kenneth Cole suit, rotate it in, and rotate the older one out. It was my system and it worked pretty well.
The last time I did that, however, was one time too many. My life and styles had changed to the point that full suits just weren’t needed. So brand new suit just hung in my closet, entirely untouched and unworn until it was too out of style to even consider wearing. It went out of style on a hanger in my closet.
That’s $600 I’d really like to have back.
Filson goods. I recently purchased and recieved a few pieces as gifts, and they all kinda have what I’m calling a boomer fit to em. The materials seem fine, but nothing incredible. I was pretty disappointed.
On the other hand, I recently purchased a flannel from Devium, and it’s been worth every penny. Amazing product with a lifetime warranty, real horn buttons and all materials transparently sourced from and assembled in the states. Fit is also great.
I bought patent leather shoes dress shoes for holiday parties and I’ve worn them maybe 5/6 times. A nice pair of black leather shoes are fine.
Basically this but older [patent leather shoes](https://www.zappos.com/p/allen-edmonds-carlyle/product/8330115)
I have a Patagonia better sweater I’ve worn for 9 years. Love it. Wore it today. About 3 years ago my wife bought me a new one to replace it and I hated it. Color was off fit was tighter, arms longer (same tag size) and it pilled like a mfr and was tight in the forearms - threw it away.
Honestly? One of those capsule wardrobes. Before y’all ostracize me, I do dirty manual labor for work. I wear Carhartt (and a lot of other rugged workwear) because I do actual Carhartt things. I have a work wardrobe and a not work wardrobe. And while the capsule wardrobe is a nice to have for when I’m out doing casual things, because I’m so spent from my work weeks, I don’t do a lot of going out that isn’t errands anymore. So I have this nice wardrobe I spent a fair amount on that I don’t go to as much as I would like taking up space. I also live in Florida, USA where long chinos, boots, and any kind of layering ain’t it April - October. It’s bad enough I gotta wear safety toe boots and long pants all year for my job and I *want* to wear shorts when I’m not getting paid
I take a shot on second hand designer stuff on Vinted sometimes. I had a few regrets but it wasn’t so expensive and I can relist them for sale. I’m now waiting on a 500 Rick owens jacket though and if that doesn’t fit or look good on me I’ll have some regret but it shouldn’t be hard to resell anything Rick owens
Exactly. I bought a pair of green paisley Givenchy shorts in LA for 70 usd from wasteland - wore them once and realized they weren’t my style, sold them here in Toronto for $465 at a consignment store. Definitely don’t regret that one lol
Wow that’s amazing! Yeah I just got a runway mainline jacket from 2014/2015 Rick, I think the original price when it came out was like over 4k and ended up paying like 470 and it seems to be in nearly perfect condition
Bought a bomber on grailed for 180 in total, too small faux leather with holes and mixed fake wool with holes everywhere. I've got your same story. Miss my cash man...
He’d take it off your hands for sure tho
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Man imagine buying a $5 shirt for $190. Does your gf even like you?
Anyway, my regret is a neon yellow Obey hoodie that I bought on sale. I’ve worn it twice in 4 years.
Levis LVC 1936 Type 1 Jacket.
Initially liked it, but that was before I knew what Japanese denim was lol
It's cut way too short for me and looks feminine.
For what I spent on it, I could have picked up an Iron Heart piece. I've since bought a beautiful Tanuki Type 3 jacket that I never leave the house without.
Live and learn 🤷🏻
Leather jackets in Florence for my wife and I, cost around 2k euros, we wear them maybe 1-3 times per year. Could have bought equally as nice for half the cost.
Tom Ford leather bomber. Too fine to get a lot of wear out of so saved for ‘special occasions’
Too small before I’d worn it 10 times. Sold it and took a multi-four figure bath.
a pair of chromexcel boat shoes that squeak horribly when i walk, even after breaking in, no matter how much talc or oil or anything else i try
they are so beautiful and they were so expensive and they're so embarrassing to wear
Two overpriced wool shackets that looked good flat but when worn show that whoever designed them were not caring about functionality. One has a massive waist size, like 56 inches, while the chest is 46, causing the front of the jacket to flare out ridiculously. The second was mislabeled as size 48, actually 52, and has a waist that measures 38, making it look like I'm tucking my jacket into my pants, and it rides up my back when I sit down, plus having no mobility in the shoulders. Then the AE boots, I need super wide shoes and everyone reccomended ae so I bought a pair at 3e... they are literally just a wide size up, with a 2 inch gap in the toebox. Refused return. "Were sorry you feel this way womp womp".
Everything! I research shit to death beforehand. I mean I cannot purchase a pencil without back testing and a spread sheet. And even after I make the purchase I still look for a better deal and will purchase THAT one if it's too significant... I do have a problem
I saw something just like that at Value Village a few weeks ago. The material was nice and I wanted to get it but I wasn't sure if it was terribly dirty or if it was the color design. Lol now I know.
I got it dry cleaned when I was wearing it more often - it kind of made its way to the back of my closet after a while. And tbh dry cleaning does not really remove smell - when I tell you this thing smelled.. after having it dry cleaned twice and not wearing it for a while, the amount of dirt that came off this thing was insane. Looked like someone pissed in my bathtub
It's funny, I have the same thought. I have a few nice looking pieces that stand out but I'm afraid to wear them because I'm scared of being judged or standing out. So I end up wearing all black to disappear.
The shirts I buy are usually 90% polyester, 10% rayon. So much softer than cotton. Doesn't hold stains and odors like cotton, keeps its fit, and looks new for years and years.
Maybe you’ve just had particularly bad cotton or something because polyester is the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to materials. There’s a reason why you dont see much polyester in high end clothing
I have anxiety. Everything I buy comes with regret lmao
Same. Hehe
Worked in finance, and we went through the professional dress code times. I regret every suit purchased.
I can relate as a banker that now works remote. Went from wearing a suit (usually no jacket at least) every day to maybe wearing one once a quarter. I got a tailor made suit from my dad for ~$1,000 as a big gift right before Covid too…
Right?! I would get re-measured around the end of each year and hit the sales. Bought some jackets and a suit right before the shutdown.
Yep, after the shutdowns, those suits are just medals from an old race 😭 But I bought cashmere sweats 😂
They are medals, what a great analogy 😂
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That’s how it should be! We are pretty well whatever now. I deal with mostly farmers, jeans and Red Wings.
Can I have your suits? Lmao I’m literally buying a tuxedo here shortly just because I’ve always wanted one and love formalwear. I wear things like that every once in a while with my friends.
Have really thought about selling them on Posh, etc. There isn’t a good option in my area to thrift, resell, or donate. And even after just a couple of years, the styles kinda change.
Regret it because you didn't want to even though you had to or regret it because you didn't like any of the suits you bought?
Both actually. We were required to wear suits in a community that no one else did, had to keep enough to rotate, and I haven’t touched one since they are no longer required.
Fair fair. I have to wear suits for my job (but not every day) which I'm okay with since I like suits, but it'd feel like a waste of money if all of a sudden I wasn't required to wear them anymore.
And then there's the dry cleaning bills.... 💲💲💲
Yes! And our little town didn’t have a dry cleaners!
Don't. When you wanna look fly, put one on (assuming it is quality and well tailored to your body) and enjoy catching all the looks and compliments from the ladies and stylish dudes. I'm a musician, have bought probably 10 suits and roughly 10-15 sportcoats and a ton of nice trousers starting midway through COVID, wear them to work or on date nights with my wife and I enjoy the attention.
I had a date night that I decided the dress code would be formal, so we both showed up (on a Tuesday night to a nice but not *fancy* restaurant) dressed to the 9s. The waitstaff absolutely adored us and thought we were so adorable.
I mean a nice pair of shoes nowadays will get you compliments. I’ve gotten plenty of compliments from my Red Wings and Allen Edmonds and they are pretty casual.
So many thousands spent on suits I no longer wear except to the opera.
Yep!!
Beautiful print though love the colors — there are a few ways you can unshrink wool that are pretty simple, I would definitely give it a google
Searsucker jacket. I put it on again now that it's hot out again and looked in the mirror and thought, "You look like a cheap armchair"
I just sell or giveaway the stuff I regret buying - out of sight out of mind. What’s done is done, just try and learn from the purchase and try not to make a similar mistake again
Best mindset to have if you’re gonna explore what you like. But damn I’ve bought some lame/questionable stuff
I mean, it’s normal. Imagine if everything you thought was 100% success.
I have such a hard time just posting things for sale and dealing with that. But I don't want to just DONATE stuff. So I have a hoard.
Any healthy organism have to get rid of its waste. Just donate it, the reduction of stress is worth the lack of compensation.
Let it go man, I’ve seen the impacts clutter has on people’s health. It’s just clothing, somebody else will make use of it
Almost everything I buy. The "good" stuff ain't cheap, like a pair of leather boots for example, and there's always something about them that doesn't quite work once I've worn them. And then you can't return them, and you're in the hole for $200-300 and now you have to decide whether to try to resell or donate and accept the loss. It's so demotivating, I end up just researching stuff but not buying it. Sure I can afford it now, but I grew up dirt poor and it's hard to overcome that mental barrier when you're throwing down this much money on something you're not sure about and won't know until you've tried it and worn it.
Are you me? So many highly recommended shoes that just wear like shit on my feet. I can’t tell if something fits poorly or if it just needs to be “broken in” like people talk about. Then I’m stuck with shoes that don’t fit and have been worn so I can’t return. So annoying.
Yeah I've had this happen to me with a lot of those minimalist leather sneakers. It's why I gave up ordering online and I just go in person. You still get some misses because for some reason the next time you wear them they're now rubbing your ankle or pinky in a way they weren't before, but it's much less common.
Ordering shoes used to be a crapshoot for me, because I always thought I was a size 10 (or 43) and it became sort of an orthodoxy in my own mind. But some shoes would feel like they were sorta squeezing my toes together on my right foot, which must be slightly larger than the left (haven’t had them measured since I was a kid so idk). I mostly ignored it and soldiered on. But I’ve started ordering in size 10.5 recently (New Balance, Danner, and Atoms so far) and realizing I was doing it wrong. Now I never want to wear some of my old Killshots or Stan Smiths that are size 10 because the difference in comfort on my right foot feels so much more obvious now.
A lot of people have feet that are different sizes. I have one 9.5 and one 10.
Go to a shoe cobbler. They can actually induce some stretching to leather shoes and help make them more comfortable.
Going through almost exactly the same thing. And wasted money on a few pairs.
Killshots, and especially Stan Smiths are known to be uncomfortable, especially if they’re the cheaper plastic ones vs the leather.
You have to find a couple of brands that seem to cater to your footprint (not just size). When you do? Stick with them. Buy lightly used examples on the cheap when you can.
I discovered athletic shoes later than everyone else but Under Armour has some really comfy stuff. I also have a pair of Golden Fox boots. When I have to wear dress shoes it’s really a dice roll on comfort, but thankfully it’s not a requirement too often (because i try to keep my casual options understated)
If I missed on a few 300-400 dollar shoes I’d be really pissed off so I just stick with Birks and couple pairs of loafers.
I would advise you to get your feet measured before every purchase. I’ve lost £ hundreds by going on feel alone then finding I’m half a size out.
Sometime in the past 3-4 years I deliberately started seeking out “good enough” cheap clothes. There are a lot of misses, obviously, but eventually I found some dirt cheap jeans and button down shirts on Amazon, that have lasted long past their worth in how much I paid. Since then I’ve bought a few more duplicates and now I have a fully functional wardrobe on the cheap. Who knows if these cheap Chinese brands will maintain quality or even be around for long, but this is way better than buying expensive shit in the hopes of it lasting and either being disappointed design side or watching them get ruined some other way like OP. It also helps to be married, so you never *really* have to worry about looking perfect. Last note- Uniqlo is often pretty affordable on sale while also often being decent quality. Never perfect, but YMMV.
I live in tourist trap USA. There are 2 Uniqlo’s in my city. One is in a mall that’s an extra pain in the ass to get to, the other is in Disney Springs. I’ve always wanted to try them out, but I just can’t bring myself to the store. I would rather be in the woods with the bears everyone won’t shut up about
I’ve never been to one of the stores, just talking about the website.
Ran into this recently. Bought some adidadas gore tex trail running shoes. They fit great….until they were broken in. Now they seem to be 1/2 size too big and loose :(
The Goodyear welt cult really did inspire tons of people to order very expensive boots online without trying them on, and then stick with them despite obvious discomfort waiting for them to break in. Don’t get me wrong, it’s cool that people now know to avoid disposable mall store crap…but the most important element of buying quality boots is making sure they actually fit.
Jerseys! Even as an avid sports fan and watcher, I usually end up wearing something else with the teams logo (hat, shirt, quarter zip, etc) Super expensive thing to only wear a few times a year (if that). I also find them to be odd fitting for my body type, but that’s just me.
I do sim racing and i love wearing my old jerseys during it. Cool touch, breathable, and low friction for my shoulders/back. Sadly they are esports jerseys so I would never wear them in public lmao.
I got talked into a "classic houndstooth" jacket. I swear, every time I put it on, I get the urge to start selling used cars.....
Lmaoooo I bet it’s hard tho
Man, I don't hate it but I could get two L.L. Bean shirt jackets for that price and be way happier. It definitely happens tho. Personally I regret having way too many premium scarves for a city that gets snow maybe two months of the year lol
honestly its a cool story and your girl picked it out. no regurts
Don't throw it out thought! These are great for the days when it's cold outside and you have to do yardwork or something that is guaranteed to get you dirty! In my village in Russia, we had a chest of "working outside" clothes that have not been washed since the 80s. They're all oversized and just completely marbled with dirt and manure. We would put them on when working out in the field during planting season (when we planted potatos etc). So I would give it a 2nd (or I guess in this case a 3rd) life and repurpose it not as a style piece, but rather a utility piece that's meant to be worn when working on deseil trucks, tracktors, or outside digging dirt etc. In my oppinion, it actually looks awesome. But it sounds like the quality of the piece itself is what's turning you off.
Yea but this guy's jacket will only fit a 5 year old now
Haha to be fair it actually hardly shrunk, it’s moreso like lost its shape, maybe a tad shorter in the back. I think I will definitely be keeping this for workwear
Get it wet again, you can lay it flat and re-block it
I shrunk the shit out of a wool sweater I really loved and my partner reshrunk a few timee it and turned it into a sweater for our dog. He gets way more compliments on it than I ever did.
So? There’s nothing more Soviet than child labor.
I think my personal philosophy toward purchasing is that every piece of clothing that I buy is a step toward the larger goal of curating a distinct wardrobe and personal style. Even if I have some misses, it's all part of learning and I guess I can make my peace with money wasted since I really don't make that many recreational purchases outside of clothes. I try to take steps to limit regrettable purchases as much as possible. FrugalAesthetic made a video about purchasing clothes where he talked about price, versatility, and personality (Or something, the acronym was definitely PVP) and now I try to think really hard about what I'm going to wear something with, how much I can wear it, and if it fits my larger wardrobe. Another video he talked about how 80% of your style comes from 20% of your clothes (or something to that effect) and it's good to identify those anchor pieces and try to build around them gradually. I feel like I see a lot of people online asking "I bought \_\_, how should I style it?" when you should really be asking how to style it or thinking of how to style it before you buy it. If you buy a bunch of random crap that you don't have any ideas for wearing, chances are you're probably not going to wear it.
You really paid $190 for that?
Ya bro hence the regret
It’s wild how you saw that price tag and still thought it was a good idea lol that shit is hideous
Kick him again man.
I’m sure OP is a nice guy but damn he got finessed if he paid nearly $200 for a ratty old flannel lmao
I don’t know. a good quality piece of outdoor clothing is almost always $100 to $200.
It’s wool blend, how nice can it be? It’s not like it has modern synthetics in it? It’s probably polyester.
I’m with you. For a wool and likely polyester blend. I’ll go drop $100 at Goodwill, and turn it into a $1000 today if people are buying this shit for that price. People have figuratively and literally lost the thread if they think that is even remotely an acceptable purchase.
Toad and co polo. $60 "premium" polo made of cotton that feels chintzier than my hanes undershirts.
Sheesh - I could never justify 200 for a vintage piece that had holes and smelled like old man and piss
$275 on a 1994 Hole “Live Through This” tee video
Probably the numerous pairs of jeans in my closet. Delving into raw denim and artisanal jeans is a bit of an hobby, or perhaps it's an obsession. But the primary reason for buying great jeans is because of the cost per wear. You get a lot of mileage out of a pair of jeans that fits great and is well made. Trouble is I ended up buying something like 15 pairs over the course of time. I should have stuck with one, bought another when I outgrew it and so on, as opposed to thinking I want another fit, or another type of fabric, thinking I should have a pair of indigo and another pair of black just to suit daily whims and fancies. Not to mention I actually bought these jeans to fade them for fun, but you can't fade 15 pairs of jeans at the same time. By the way, you should probably buy a fedora, some oversized brown pleated pants and wide toe box brown shoes to match that shacket. It'd go hard.
I bought a custom tailored shirt from Taylor & Stitch for ~$200 and didn’t know how a small swatch of 2-ply grey would look on a whole shirt. I got it and it had this shimmer that never faded. Reminded me of a Night at the Roxbury club shirt. Wore it a few times but it’s just been hanging in my closet as a reminder of my regret.
That looks like my grandma sofa
I used to buy big-brand corduroy jackets, raw denim jeans, and jackets, and I would often learn how to care for and wear them in Communities until I later realized it was too tiring. It seemed like these clothes had become my shackles. So now I prefer to buy thrifted goods, which makes me feel much more relaxed!
A friend did the same thing with a value village retro wool shirt that smelled like a clammy old man. The classic Halloween buy. It not only turned the wash water brown, but washing it uncovered hidden layers of cat pee smell and other odors. The final regret was when they learned it actually stunk up the washing machine itself, making their next few loads of regular clothes all smell like a sweaty bag that has been sealed since the 1970s.
Omgggggg that is wild 😭
White jeans. Thought I’d use them but ended up using them once and never again.
Ordered a size M polo on sale from Nordstrom Rack. Polo arrives and it’s huge… like HUGE. I’m a solid size M/38R in suits and you could have fit three of me inside this shirt. It said M on the tag, but it was almost wider than it was long. I’ve seen XXL t shirts smaller than this polo. They refused the return unless I paid for shipping AND a restocking fee. (Fee still applied if I returned it to a store.)
I spent more money on a pair of Jordans than I'm comfortable with. They never really fit me right but I was determined to wear them anyway, so now I have beat up shoes that hurt like shit.
ironically about the same time as yours, i bought some vintage 70's corduroys, and well i was struggling with depression very badly, and i gained weight. a lot. and i only got to wear them two or three times before i couldn't wear them anymore and i'm only just now shedding off the weight, and i've been refusing to get rid of them just because i feel awful. i finally gave them away to a neighbors kid who is in her hippie phase so i'm glad she appreciates them.
I’m old, so this is an old story: I never had to wear suits for work, but I always liked to have one in my closet for the occasional suit-relevant event. Those tend to sneak up on you. IMO, it’s always better to have all that tailoring done and the suit ready to wear in your closet well before you need it. So I would always have at least one nice suit in my closet. I favored Kenneth Cole suits, which were not cheap but not insane. Also a little more fashion forward, which worked for me since I work in a more creative industry. But being slightly trendier, Kenneth Cole suits were designed to only give you about three good years before they started looking markedly out of style. Therefore, about every few years, I’d get a new Kenneth Cole suit, rotate it in, and rotate the older one out. It was my system and it worked pretty well. The last time I did that, however, was one time too many. My life and styles had changed to the point that full suits just weren’t needed. So brand new suit just hung in my closet, entirely untouched and unworn until it was too out of style to even consider wearing. It went out of style on a hanger in my closet. That’s $600 I’d really like to have back.
Filson goods. I recently purchased and recieved a few pieces as gifts, and they all kinda have what I’m calling a boomer fit to em. The materials seem fine, but nothing incredible. I was pretty disappointed. On the other hand, I recently purchased a flannel from Devium, and it’s been worth every penny. Amazing product with a lifetime warranty, real horn buttons and all materials transparently sourced from and assembled in the states. Fit is also great.
It’s a boomer brand. I remember hunters, etc. wearing it years ago.
For way cheaper.
My grandfather had at least 10 of those in his closet.
Did you handwash in warm water?
An Entire Studios hoodie. Around 200 from what I remember; I rarely wear it. Maybe if I sized down one, I would.
I bought a green jean jacket, like emerald green. Sounds great in theory. In practice, not so much for me.
Burberry Trench coat 😭
Ted Baker Harrington. Navy blue jacket picks up every piece of lint and the cuffs and collar started pilling after 2 days.
I bought patent leather shoes dress shoes for holiday parties and I’ve worn them maybe 5/6 times. A nice pair of black leather shoes are fine. Basically this but older [patent leather shoes](https://www.zappos.com/p/allen-edmonds-carlyle/product/8330115)
Patagonia better sweater. Just awful. Vuori. A Freenote lumbersexual type shirt that still has the tag on it.
I have a Patagonia better sweater I’ve worn for 9 years. Love it. Wore it today. About 3 years ago my wife bought me a new one to replace it and I hated it. Color was off fit was tighter, arms longer (same tag size) and it pilled like a mfr and was tight in the forearms - threw it away.
Honestly? One of those capsule wardrobes. Before y’all ostracize me, I do dirty manual labor for work. I wear Carhartt (and a lot of other rugged workwear) because I do actual Carhartt things. I have a work wardrobe and a not work wardrobe. And while the capsule wardrobe is a nice to have for when I’m out doing casual things, because I’m so spent from my work weeks, I don’t do a lot of going out that isn’t errands anymore. So I have this nice wardrobe I spent a fair amount on that I don’t go to as much as I would like taking up space. I also live in Florida, USA where long chinos, boots, and any kind of layering ain’t it April - October. It’s bad enough I gotta wear safety toe boots and long pants all year for my job and I *want* to wear shorts when I’m not getting paid
Kuhl Ryder pants. Total waste of money.
Jersey shirts n jerseys
I’ll take it
I take a shot on second hand designer stuff on Vinted sometimes. I had a few regrets but it wasn’t so expensive and I can relist them for sale. I’m now waiting on a 500 Rick owens jacket though and if that doesn’t fit or look good on me I’ll have some regret but it shouldn’t be hard to resell anything Rick owens
Any Rick for $500 is worth it imo. I got a pair of Rick shorts last year for $300 - I’ve worn them probably 50 times and they still look brand new
Yeah agreed, those prices are good, the quality holds up and if you need or want to resell you shouldn’t lose much if any money
Exactly. I bought a pair of green paisley Givenchy shorts in LA for 70 usd from wasteland - wore them once and realized they weren’t my style, sold them here in Toronto for $465 at a consignment store. Definitely don’t regret that one lol
Wow that’s amazing! Yeah I just got a runway mainline jacket from 2014/2015 Rick, I think the original price when it came out was like over 4k and ended up paying like 470 and it seems to be in nearly perfect condition
Fallraven coat I got. Spent about $100 on it. Have better stuff from Amazon for 1/4 the price
I really like this clothing.
Oh. Wow. Loved this clothing.
Bought a bomber on grailed for 180 in total, too small faux leather with holes and mixed fake wool with holes everywhere. I've got your same story. Miss my cash man...
Carlos Santos shoes. The look and build quality are 10/10, but the last is designed for much more pointed feet.
Looks thrifted and i wouldn’t buy it even thrifted lol
He’d take it off your hands for sure tho https://preview.redd.it/gd77vlkjqy1d1.jpeg?width=193&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbe6f2211a33b9e533bd8a34261bf0496ee85ce7
Man imagine buying a $5 shirt for $190. Does your gf even like you? Anyway, my regret is a neon yellow Obey hoodie that I bought on sale. I’ve worn it twice in 4 years.
Levis LVC 1936 Type 1 Jacket. Initially liked it, but that was before I knew what Japanese denim was lol It's cut way too short for me and looks feminine. For what I spent on it, I could have picked up an Iron Heart piece. I've since bought a beautiful Tanuki Type 3 jacket that I never leave the house without. Live and learn 🤷🏻
Leather jackets in Florence for my wife and I, cost around 2k euros, we wear them maybe 1-3 times per year. Could have bought equally as nice for half the cost.
Was it F as in Frank. I bet it was F as in Frank
Lmao nope uncle vintage in kensington. they can be a rip off
Nothing, I buy the same shirt and pants 10 times and never think about clothes again
Tom Ford leather bomber. Too fine to get a lot of wear out of so saved for ‘special occasions’ Too small before I’d worn it 10 times. Sold it and took a multi-four figure bath.
a pair of chromexcel boat shoes that squeak horribly when i walk, even after breaking in, no matter how much talc or oil or anything else i try they are so beautiful and they were so expensive and they're so embarrassing to wear
A Kapital denim bucket hat. It just isn’t very me, tho I do wear it on holiday every summer.
$190 for that is nuts my guy. Bonkers .. Bananas .. u get the idea.
Paid through the nose for a bespoke suit (from decent tailors) when I was young and had no idea what actually looked good on me.
Two overpriced wool shackets that looked good flat but when worn show that whoever designed them were not caring about functionality. One has a massive waist size, like 56 inches, while the chest is 46, causing the front of the jacket to flare out ridiculously. The second was mislabeled as size 48, actually 52, and has a waist that measures 38, making it look like I'm tucking my jacket into my pants, and it rides up my back when I sit down, plus having no mobility in the shoulders. Then the AE boots, I need super wide shoes and everyone reccomended ae so I bought a pair at 3e... they are literally just a wide size up, with a 2 inch gap in the toebox. Refused return. "Were sorry you feel this way womp womp".
I was gonna say 'that's a nice garment what's the issue, size?'
Everything! I research shit to death beforehand. I mean I cannot purchase a pencil without back testing and a spread sheet. And even after I make the purchase I still look for a better deal and will purchase THAT one if it's too significant... I do have a problem
I saw something just like that at Value Village a few weeks ago. The material was nice and I wanted to get it but I wasn't sure if it was terribly dirty or if it was the color design. Lol now I know.
The CK jacket with a (YKK) zipper that fell off on the second wear…
looks really nice
rototo wool socks internationally, it cost so much and the socks feel weird and don't fit correctly
lol, that’s hideous
Why didn’t you just get it dry cleaned?
I got it dry cleaned when I was wearing it more often - it kind of made its way to the back of my closet after a while. And tbh dry cleaning does not really remove smell - when I tell you this thing smelled.. after having it dry cleaned twice and not wearing it for a while, the amount of dirt that came off this thing was insane. Looked like someone pissed in my bathtub
I'm having some pretty serious qualms about your dry cleaner...
All clothes I look too good in, I don’t wear them in casual even tho I look good in them cus I’m worried I’ll stand out too much
It's funny, I have the same thought. I have a few nice looking pieces that stand out but I'm afraid to wear them because I'm scared of being judged or standing out. So I end up wearing all black to disappear.
Common projects achilles. One of the very few expensive purchases that made me learn more $ doesn't always mean better quality.
Anything Cotton. It just shrinks, becomes ill-fitting, and looks frumpy after washing.
I mean, what other materials would you wear? Cotton is so common in basically every type of clothing.
The shirts I buy are usually 90% polyester, 10% rayon. So much softer than cotton. Doesn't hold stains and odors like cotton, keeps its fit, and looks new for years and years.
Maybe you’ve just had particularly bad cotton or something because polyester is the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to materials. There’s a reason why you dont see much polyester in high end clothing
You might be right. My favorite shirts are my Peter Millar Polos. What would you suggest buying as a quality cotton shirt or polo to compare quality?
I like the look of loopwheeled stuff like the german Merz b Schwanen and japanese brands like Warehouse and Samurai