/fa/ - Fashion

>>15799093
Chastity, mind break

>>15510606

>>15285626
Hey anon, I do a fair bit of thrifting in the UK too, not much experience with Ebay but I'll share what I know.

From my in-store experiences, charity shops on upscale streets tend to be your best bet for finding very cheap trad stuff. Scope and Loros have consistently had the best quality clothing out of all the shops i frequent, I've gotten lucky and found Brooks Brothers and designer tailoring there.
Shoreditch/Brick Lane has a couple vintage thrift stores that have a good selection of quality vintage suits, as well as the Underground Market, but they're more expensive and need a little haggling for a good deal usually.

>>14999788
>>14999920
>>14999944
This is cringe because you're not being yourself by doing this, you are actively trying to 'look like' yourself. Even if you have a hobby like hiking, hiking isn't the sum total of yourself. You would look like a NPC because you're literally trying to look like an archetype.
Taking the time to work on yourself is genuinely good advice, though. It's easier to dress as yourself if you know who that person is.

>>14999741
My personal policy is when I find something I think looks good and want to buy, I take a minute and ask myself honestly if I can see myself wearing this for a long time, possibly for the rest of my life. If I find myself 'making excuses' to buy it, e.g. I could wear this at x event or when I do x activity, then I'm not buying it to dress authentically. You should be able to answer yes or no to the question, no excuses necessary. Once I started doing this I noticed that I made fewer purchases I regretted, and I wore the clothes I bought more routinely in my daily rotations.

Like other posters have mentioned, you should also try to be mindful of trends, and try to catch yourself if you think your interest in buying something is being affected by it's current popularity. It's obviously impossible to avoid this completely, but it helps to keep it in mind.

>>14459585

>>14437804

>>14334195
What are some good corduroy trousers?

>>13902766
I have a whole folder of this