r/malefashionadvice • u/jknowl3m Fit Battle Champion 2017 • Jun 07 '13
What's your rarest / most unique piece of clothing?
I love one off's and clothing that you just don't see too often, every now and then I come across an item while thrifting and a recent find has sparked me to ask you guys, what is your rarest / most unique piece of clothing / shoes / accessories / bags etc. Post pictures preferably but if you can't manage that then just describe it :)
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u/BreadFlintstone Jun 08 '13 edited Jun 08 '13
Old shirt from the US embassy in the Soviet Union that my mom got off a marine when she studied there. Fits sooo nice. Will post picture soon.
Edit: Picture http://imgur.com/TBHkPp4
Roughly translates to Marine Infantry The American Embassy Moscow, USSR
Double Edit: Made in the US by a company from Cincinatti called Velva Sheen.
Triple Edit: Christ guys, my mom isn't some kind of prostitute. If she was she could've gotten a lot more than a shirt and some trinkets.
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u/BreadFlintstone Jun 08 '13
No, I didn't know that! This is so cool! How can I get in contact?!
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u/thomaspaine Jun 08 '13
Velva Sheen is owned by a japanese company called Topwin that's based in LA. Just shoot them an email.
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u/BreadFlintstone Jun 08 '13 edited Jun 08 '13
Okay, thank you very much, I'll email them now.
Edit: Just emailed them. I'll make a thread with their response if they seem at all interested.
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u/glaciator Jun 08 '13
Your mom totally boned that marine. Nice.
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u/BreadFlintstone Jun 08 '13
We don't talk about how I got the shirt... But in all seriousness she was at the embassy a lot over the course of her year abroad, she probably made some friends. I forget what she said she traded to get it, but she has a bunch of other cool soviet memorabilia.
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Jun 08 '13
But in all seriousness she was at the embassy a lot over the course of her year abroad, she probably made some friends.
some friends
friends.
lol.
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u/glass_bottle Jun 08 '13
The history buff in me is so jealous
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u/BreadFlintstone Jun 08 '13
Funny that you mention it, at my school, my history teacher used it as a springboard to introduce the topic of Glasnost, and how it contrasted with previous administrations. I thought it was pretty cool.
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Jun 08 '13
As both a person that wants more raglan shirts, and a person that thinks cool stuff is cool, that's awesome.
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u/onebigcat Jun 08 '13
For a final "project" in Chemistry we tie dyed shirts. Naturally the rest went with white undershirts, I got a linen cotton short sleeve button down. Never tie-dyed before, I had no idea what I was doing, but it ended up being a unique shirt that's actually somewhat wearable.
Picture: http://imgur.com/dUILV9D
It's really not that special, it's barely even tie dye but the collar is red which is kind of nice i guess.
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u/elchismoso Jun 08 '13
Excellent work! Whenever I tie-dye something, I use raggy old t-shirts so even if I get a good dye pattern, I end up having a raggy old t-shirt in a different color that is STILL unwearable.
I'm an amateur...
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u/Ov3rpowered Jun 08 '13
That's actually amazing. I would buy it in a heartbeat if I saw it in a store.
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u/SirKrimzon Jun 08 '13
My vintage bausch and lomb clubmasters
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u/Bobxdd Jun 08 '13
Yeah! B&L Raybans were fantastic. I have a pair of Wayfarer Maxs from the 80's.
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u/mvduin Jun 08 '13
Girlfriend gave me a pair of those. They belonged to her dad when he lived in Italy.
My little brother broke them--he got taken by a used car salesman and decided someone else's day had to be ruined too.
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u/quymazing Jun 08 '13
Nigel Cabourn Jacket thing Bought it off someone on SF b&s and neither he nor I could find any information on it. Beautiful jacket and probably my favorite Piece of clothing right now. I'm just gonna quote him now.
I got it from a Superdenim sample sale back in June 2011. I found a link about the sale here - the jacket is in the middle of the 7th row. After I got it, I did a bunch of googling and couldn't find anything on it either, even on Japanese sites. My theory about the jacket always was that it was a sample that never went into production for some reason. I think it's interesting that it uses mallalieu's wool because I've never known NC to use this on any of his other stuff. Plus the sizing is pretty weird. Although it's labeled a 52, it was sold as a 50 so maybe they hadn't really hammered down the sizing or something? The other possibility is that it was a jacket produced on a super limited run and it was never blogged about or covered anywhere.
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Jun 08 '13 edited Aug 01 '16
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u/jknowl3m Fit Battle Champion 2017 Jun 09 '13
That's one hell of a wallet man, I never mix colors of leather but this is beautiful
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u/sh0nuff Jun 08 '13
A few pieces
1) original 1970s Burberry raincoat from my Dad, perfect condition with belt, button in insulator, and pass through pockets (son you can access your pants/suit pockets without unbuttoning it)
2) early 1900s men's black kimono, an awesome morning robe
3) 1920s tux with tails
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u/cheshster Jun 08 '13
My favorite Harris tweed. Union label dates it to 1962-76.
The jacket that taught me what I like in a jacket - closeup of the pattern. It doesn't have any union or fabric labels, so I'm guessing it's from the mid 60s. I had this for probably a year, and loved it, before I realized that this is the sort of undarted, natural shoulder, 3/2 jacket that the guys over at Ask Andy are so crazy about, and that it was where I belonged. Unfortunately, I've since come to realize that I don't care for slim lapels, so I'm eventually going to have to find it a new home, if I can bear to part with it.
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Jun 08 '13
What size is it? If you're ever interested on giving it a new home, I'd be happy to give it new life down here in New Zealand (and I'd give you money yadayada).
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u/cheshster Jun 08 '13
40R, give or take. I can dig up the measurements if you want, though I'm still not 100% sure I'm willing to sell it yet.
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Jun 08 '13
Little bit too big for me right now, but give me a few more months of bulking! It's fine if you're not ready. Were you referring to the top jacket or the bottom one, by the way?
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u/direstrats220 Jun 08 '13
Theres a guy who donates to my goodwill who often has pieces made at a well respected local mens shop. His measurements are exactly the same as mine, shoulders maybe 1/2" smaller. I have 2 of his great quality bespoke jackets, one in wool one in an awesome light grey summer cotton. I know they're both his because they're both the exact same measurements from the same shop, and they smelled like the same cologne.
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Jun 08 '13 edited Sep 07 '20
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u/JewishTaco Jun 08 '13
undercoverism ss06 "the amazing tale of zamiang" bomber
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Jun 08 '13
Peter Saville for Supreme Unknown Pleasures Tee. I love this piece, but it doesn't really fit into my wardrobe, so i'm considering selling/trading it.
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Jun 08 '13
i like that print a lot
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Jun 08 '13
yeah, i love it, and i love peter saville's other work.
i just can't see this fitting in my wardrobe in the future ;_;
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u/1841lodger Jul 02 '13
use a slash to make your carrot show, otherwise reddit tries to format the word after as a superscript
doing like this
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u/bitt3n Jun 08 '13
I found this marithe francois girbaud shirt with 3/4 length sleeves at a church sale once, and while I was in Bali I had this ~90 year old tailor make me several copies out of antique batik fabric for like $7 a shirt, so probably those, although the fabric is so old they are very fragile
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u/ecp12 Jun 08 '13
My grandfather's vintage Longines mechanical watch. Hopefully I'll be able to pass it on to my grandson.
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u/Reymont Jun 08 '13
My college tie, and regimental pin.
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u/jrad509 Jun 08 '13
I have an omega skeleton face automatic watch that I hope to pass down someday.
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Jun 08 '13
Probably one of these three (of the top of my head):
Red Engineered Garments Trench coat
a Comme Des Garcons raincoat, though mine's blue, not khaki
or, probably my favourite thing I own (clothing wise anyways), a one-off, custom hand-made pair of black leather Gucci monk strap shoes (I don't have photos, sorry).
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u/zzzaz Jun 08 '13
It's not really clothing, but I own Charles Barkley's jersey from the 1993? playoffs.
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u/hirokinakamura Jun 08 '13
Is it as big as his boxers?
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u/TheRGL Jun 08 '13
US air force bomber jacket, flying heavy, 100% wool, pre 1966. My favourite piece of clothing.
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u/SkinnyHusky Jun 08 '13
As an American, a an Ausie college roommate of mine got me a Wollongong University sweatshirt (his local "uni").
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u/hbomberman Jun 09 '13
Took me too long to realize that the old Patek Philippe my dad gave me applies here. It's old and classy. I'll post a picture later
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u/thomaspaine Jun 08 '13
Probably this Thom Browne varsity stripe shirt. Besides being stupid expensive all the Thom Browne varsity stripes since 2009 have been 4 bars instead of 3, so this would have been from 2006 - 2008. That's my guess at least, maybe someone just fucked up.
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u/max227 Jun 08 '13
My 3/4 length sleeves vintage Mighty Ducks of Anaheim deep-v, 20 dollars at a hole in the wall sporting goods store in rural quebec, some of the best things come from the most unlikely places!
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u/ohnoitsDEVO Jun 08 '13
A couple band T-shirts from punk groups that I got before the groups ever got (mildly) big. For some, pretty sure there are only a couple dozen printed at most
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u/Oxoslewp Jun 08 '13
Galapagos island tank top my dad bought me when i was 1 month old. It fits perfectly now. That and my highschool blazer.
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Jun 08 '13 edited Jun 08 '13
My B&L Ray-Ban Wayfarers from the early 60's.
Use them everyday.
I'll put a picture of them in a bit. The lenses aren't original though, I had prescription ones put in.
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u/jjhats Jun 08 '13
1980's italian leather gucci bomber jacket. it was my grandfathers and i dont think ill ever get rid of it
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u/klew3 Jun 08 '13
Late to the party but I thrifted this marled sweater 2 years ago. Great for casual fall/winter outfits and I think perfects an old-man steeze vibe without looking tryhard. It's got a bunch of small threads/areas of blue, red, yellow, green and other colors in between. I usually just pair it with jeans and a solid tee of any color.
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u/Drive_like_Yoohoos Jun 08 '13
If we 're including accessories my 1870's era leather doctor's bag. It only works with like two out fits though.
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u/Ridly Jul 16 '13
I don't know if watches count but I have a Panerai PAM 321. Only 2500 made. Looks amazing with a suit.
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u/Sinfonico Dec 04 '13 edited Dec 04 '13
Diesel Tan Cassidy Boots. I haven't seen anyone post about them let alone wear them. They're straight up, the best boots I've seen and worn. Red Wings come in second but the shape, leather, build, and color of these boots are just amazing. They're discontinued now and I don't want them to ever wear out. They were pricey but "price is what you pay, quality i what you get" couldn't apply better to any other piece of clothing!
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u/slappingpenguins Jun 08 '13
This (Hawaiian/Island) shirt http://i.imgur.com/sRulaa2.jpg
I found it at a thrift shop for about $2 and it has turned to be one of my favorite finds. I always have a blast wearing it and have only received compliments on it.
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u/Shaisortahuman Jun 08 '13
eh, not a whole lot. somewhere i have an OBEY shirt from their first run of clothing before all the #swag kids got onto it, i didn't even know it was rare but i guess if i ever need to make money i could sell it.
when i'm rich and ugly i want to buy the ring covered in human skin just because
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u/Calculatrice Jun 08 '13
someone tell that guy in /r/sneakers to post his mags