How much do you spend on clothes?

Ben wrote:Boots look daft, I wear platforms for that kinda stuff I wear pumps most of the time too, very rarely wear any kind of trainers, those one's I posted actually look like pumps when I've got them on.

They look fine if you wear them well.

Wear them with a pair of these bad boys
.http://www.riverisland.com/Online/men/jeans/carrot--cuffed-jeans/light-wash-denim-rib-waistband-jogger-jeans-251571

With a cardi or somthing

Yeah they look good if you can pull them off. I've never tried.

I'm into those 'skinny carrot' trousers at the moment, they look good.

Same as Ben said I got brown and I got grey trousers of them and I got black jeans of them and beige cuffed bottoms of them all skinny carrot type

Hehe they look so much better than normal jeans. Just drooping down onto and covering part of your shoe is not a good look

I get my parents & sister to buy my clothes until I get a job, we go up Bluewater every month or so.

I don't buy expensive because it's a rip off.......

I spend on average like £20 a month (generally that means I'll spend a lot in one go and then nothing for ages)....yet that doesn't mean I go to the charity shop or anything......unless you consider very good knock offs and Sports Direct as bad

Sometimes I splash out at Next but when I say splash out I mean £30.......not stupid shit which costs £100 but is worth £5 without the badge.

Which is another point. I buy for the look not the brand. Sometimes it comes hand in hand though.....with Nike you get good quality and the logo (especially on shoes) is pretty good. But Ralph Lauren.....Stone Island and all that other garbage are overpriced trash.

Also I'm not cheap/poor....I'm just smart with my money.

TBH I do need knew jeans though......I've lost 1 1/2 stone in the last 10 months and now the 36 waist jeans I have fall down . Thing is I think size 34 is a bit tight so I wish they did 35

Ben wrote:Hehe they look so much better than normal jeans. Just drooping down onto and covering part of your shoe is not a good look

Init I can't wear any of my normal jeans now. When i try them on i think they look too baggy cos im used to the skinny carrots now

forestfcfan wrote:

Ben wrote:Hehe they look so much better than normal jeans. Just drooping down onto and covering part of your shoe is not a good look

Init I can't wear any of my normal jeans now. When i try them on i think they look too baggy cos im used to the skinny carrots now

Yeah same, I need some new jeans cause otherwise I'll end up wearing these trousers all the time

All about customised Adidas trainers

bcfcben wrote:All about customised Adidas trainers

How many people actually notice without you point it out to them though?

I hate skinny jeans, look too feminine

Skinny jeans look gay and my hench thighs would look ridiculous. Skinny carrots are different though, perfectly normal and quite droopy but then snug around your lower calfs.

I bought some arc leg carrot type ones from Topman a while ago and I really like them. Lovely and baggy round the crotch area and thighs but then they get tighter at the bottom, keep my legs warm and make my pumps look better!

yarnbury11 wrote:I bought some arc leg carrot type ones from Topman a while ago and I really like them. Lovely and baggy round the crotch area and thighs but then they get tighter at the bottom, keep my legs warm and make my pumps look better!

Summed them up perfectly really, got 3 different pairs and wear them all the time.

Luxz0rz wrote:

bcfcben wrote:All about customised Adidas trainers

How many people actually notice without you point it out to them though?

I know what you mean but it's not just the name thats been customized, i created the whole trainer eg lace colour, 3 stripe colour, main body colour etc so if people like them my ego gets boosted dramatically

Ben wrote:

yarnbury11 wrote:I bought some arc leg carrot type ones from Topman a while ago and I really like them. Lovely and baggy round the crotch area and thighs but then they get tighter at the bottom, keep my legs warm and make my pumps look better!

Summed them up perfectly really, got 3 different pairs and wear them all the time.

I'm definitely in the market for a second pair. The ones I have at the moment are light grey, so maybe a darker pair is needed.

Not as much as I used to. Am very picky on what I wear, so it takes awhile for me to find the right shirt or jeans. Spend most of me money on trainers these day.

If I didn't have to buy anything I could easily spend all my wage on a new pair of Airmax 95 trainers week in/week out.....I dont know why but I just love them even though they are a bit chavvy, I get a new pair every month or so, unless I find some other trainers

Trainers every month?

I think buying a pair every 6 months is wasteful. The ones I bought in the Summer still seem pretty new. Bit of a scrub and they're fine

Luxz0rz wrote:Trainers every month?

I think buying a pair every 6 months is wasteful. The ones I bought in the Summer still seem pretty new. Bit of a scrub and they're fine

My mum always gives me an earful when I buy another pair aswell, Just love trainers though, whatever floats your boat I suppose

Used to go abit mad to be honest, when I was working and stuff but since college obviously I'm not earning as much money to buy...But I've got a good amout of clothes anyway now. With being in college an that, I mainly just buy sports wear, training tops, trackies, trainers, pro vests, football boots, running shoes. Recently got these for Christmas.



New Reebok Zig Sonic. Class.
http://www.jjbsports.com/reebok-zig-sonic-mens-running-trainers-/running-trainers/shop/fcp-product/17812



Nike Therma Jacket.
http://www.jjbsports.com/nike-therma-mens-fleece-jacket/sweatshirts-/-hoodies/shop/fcp-product/16442


Hugo Boss Jacket

They are the last 3 items I bought.

Disagree with Lux aswell about the dearer not not being better, it is better, the quality of clothing itself is better from the top brands, the actual fabric is better. Colour's don't wash out, they don't go bitty. they'll last you a long time. Thats why am prepared to go dearer. Anyone who buys alot of well know brand stuff, I reccomend using the site http://www.bbclothing.co.uk/index.php

Online, price not as a high as in the retail shops, like if you was buying a Hugo Boss coat for £400, well on the brown bag it'd be like £300, thats like a £100 off which is quite good to be honest, the only problem with online shopping is you can't try it out, which is why I only use this occasionally.

NGreat wrote:Not a huge fan of most of these trainers which are cropping up. I don't mind hi-tops though. To be honest, I wear plimsolls. Unless I'm at a formal event in which case I wear *ahem* boots .

A decent pair of boots is good for every occasion

Dean wrote:Disagree with Lux aswell about the dearer not not being better, it is better, the quality of clothing itself is better from the top brands, the actual fabric is better. Colour's don't wash out, they don't go bitty. they'll last you a long time. Thats why am prepared to go dearer.

The fabric might be better (though that is not always the case), but that doesn't mean the design is better. I was in a Lacoste store the other week and they had some jumpers in the sale. They were just plain v-neck jumpers with a small Lacoste logo on it and they cost £120, that was the sale price. Ridiculous.
I don't buy shit that falls to bits after one wash, but I certainly don't waste money on things like that. I got a much nicer Original Penguin jumper for £25 online, which would probably cost about £50-£60 in a shop.

Chelsea Boots!

Royal wrote:

Dean wrote:Disagree with Lux aswell about the dearer not not being better, it is better, the quality of clothing itself is better from the top brands, the actual fabric is better. Colour's don't wash out, they don't go bitty. they'll last you a long time. Thats why am prepared to go dearer.

The fabric might be better (though that is not always the case), but that doesn't mean the design is better. I was in a Lacoste store the other week and they had some jumpers in the sale. They were just plain v-neck jumpers with a small Lacoste logo on it and they cost £120, that was the sale price. Ridiculous.
I don't buy shit that falls to bits after one wash, but I certainly don't waste money on things like that. I got a much nicer Original Penguin jumper for £25 online, which would probably cost about £50-£60 in a shop.

True, good point. I just think personally, generally the designs and options of clothing are generally better for the dearer makes. Agree with you about Lacoste. It's shit Lacoste I reckon anyway, as you said just a buch of plain jumpers, polo's...just in different colours. Nothing origninal about Lacoste at all, I found there quantity to be huge but their quality is poor.

Dean wrote:Used to go abit mad to be honest, when I was working and stuff but since college obviously I'm not earning as much money to buy...But I've got a good amout of clothes anyway now. With being in college an that, I mainly just buy sports wear, training tops, trackies, trainers, pro vests, football boots, running shoes. Recently got these for Christmas.


New Reebok Zig Sonic. Class.
http://www.jjbsports.com/reebok-zig-sonic-mens-running-trainers-/running-trainers/shop/fcp-product/17812o

Zig Techs are soooooo damn sexy, i would get them but i see them as more practical shoes and although i study Sport at Uni i very rarely do anything physical as im a lazy shit

Luxz0rz wrote:Trainers every month?

I think buying a pair every 6 months is wasteful. The ones I bought in the Summer still seem pretty new. Bit of a scrub and they're fine

People clean their kicks?

Not that much really I need some new material though

Need some jeans but I only like straight - probably get these from next http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/men/jeans/7/1

I have an obsession with hoddies, like superdry and soul cal ones.

dena wrote:People clean their kicks?

Sometimes they get dirt on them so I just hand wash them a little bit.

Dean wrote:

Royal wrote:

Dean wrote:Disagree with Lux aswell about the dearer not not being better, it is better, the quality of clothing itself is better from the top brands, the actual fabric is better. Colour's don't wash out, they don't go bitty. they'll last you a long time. Thats why am prepared to go dearer.

The fabric might be better (though that is not always the case), but that doesn't mean the design is better. I was in a Lacoste store the other week and they had some jumpers in the sale. They were just plain v-neck jumpers with a small Lacoste logo on it and they cost £120, that was the sale price. Ridiculous.
I don't buy shit that falls to bits after one wash, but I certainly don't waste money on things like that. I got a much nicer Original Penguin jumper for £25 online, which would probably cost about £50-£60 in a shop.

True, good point. I just think personally, generally the designs and options of clothing are generally better for the dearer makes. Agree with you about Lacoste. It's shit Lacoste I reckon anyway, as you said just a buch of plain jumpers, polo's...just in different colours. Nothing origninal about Lacoste at all, I found there quantity to be huge but their quality is poor.

I'm pretty sure I said that generally better brands have better quality....but not always...and usually it's not worth it.

As said by Royal...some very plain clothing which is almost identical to something you could buy for £5-£10 except for the brand/logo can cost you £100......

Also more expensive stuff won't always last you longer..or at least as much as you'd expect. Generally I wouldn't say the shirts I'm getting for £10-£20 are losing colour, going bitty etc even after a year. But even they did I can go buy another 2 or 3 and still save money in comparison to buying one expensive shirt.

Generally my main disagreement with expensive clothes is when it's for the brand/logo. If I could buy a plain white shirt with a great little logo on it that cost a lot or a nicely designed/patterned shirt with a less popular logo/brand on it that didn't cost a lot I'd go for the latter definitely.....tbh I'd go for it even if it was the same price.

bcfcben wrote:

Dean wrote:Used to go abit mad to be honest, when I was working and stuff but since college obviously I'm not earning as much money to buy...But I've got a good amout of clothes anyway now. With being in college an that, I mainly just buy sports wear, training tops, trackies, trainers, pro vests, football boots, running shoes. Recently got these for Christmas.


New Reebok Zig Sonic. Class.
http://www.jjbsports.com/reebok-zig-sonic-mens-running-trainers-/running-trainers/shop/fcp-product/17812o

Zig Techs are soooooo damn sexy, i would get them but i see them as more practical shoes and although i study Sport at Uni i very rarely do anything physical as im a lazy shit

I agree, I have asics for when I run but I would love some of these. What I don't get is why Louis Hamilton advertises them, it's not like he actually needs to run.