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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#52 · Quote Reply

I ID with it. Women's thrifting is 90% of the store. Men's thrifting is the 4 things that will fit me that someone's uncle died in.

you gotta find better thrift stores/cities.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#53 · Quote Reply

Gotta branch out. I'm fairly certain a few thrift store shirts I have were left in the mens section by accident because the buttons are on the wrong side. Fuck if I care, I like floral patterns - fight me bro.

real men wear hawaiian shirts dude

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funkless_eck sh.itjust.works funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-07
#54 · Quote Reply

you gotta find better thrift stores/cities.

Atlanta GA here. Sometimes there's good finds but the hit rate of men's clothing is proportional to the wider Western culture imo.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#55 · (edited) Quote Reply

Atlanta GA here. Sometimes there's good finds but the hit rate of men's clothing is proportional to the wider Western culture imo.

also how wealthy the neighborhoods are, what fashion was like there 30 years ago, there's a lot that plays into it that i am an hour's worth of coffee away from being able to explain properly, but then i won't have a keyboard. i'm preaching to the choir anyways, explaining for everyone else's benefit

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bitwolf sh.itjust.works bitwolf@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-11-20
#56 · (edited) Quote Reply

Me whenever we went into Forever21.

There's either a "guy's rack" or there is no mens clothes at all

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Dyskolos lemmy.zip Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-10-01
#57 · Quote Reply

thrift stores, discount racks, and nordstrom's discount store is where i find interesting fabrics that no one else is buying. Pros: you find interesting fabrics Cons: you might end up dressing like me make of that what you will

lol. dunno what nordstrom is, but yes. I found many cool stuff in 2nd-hand-stores. But there the same pattern applies btw. 97% women, 2% men, 1% whatever :)
Though i often try to not shop there, as I feel kinda bad buying things others would need more.

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MeatPilot sh.itjust.works MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-10-27
#58 · Quote Reply

real men wear hawaiian shirts dude

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#59 · (edited) Quote Reply

lol. dunno what nordstrom is, but yes. I found many cool stuff in 2nd-hand-stores. But there the same pattern applies btw. 97% women, 2% men, 1% whatever :) Though i often try to not shop there, as I feel kinda bad buying things others would need more.

Nordstrom is a rich people mall store in statesia. If you live in the states and have larger than DD cups, you probably have to shop there for bras if you don't buy online. I like their fabrics but cannot afford them. They have a discount store that sometimes has decent prices called the rack

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#60 · Quote Reply

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Dyskolos lemmy.zip Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-10-01
#61 · Quote Reply

Nordstrom is a rich people mall store in statesia. If you live in the states and have larger than DD cups, you probably have to shop there for bras if you don't buy online. I like their fabrics but cannot afford them. They have a discount store that sometimes has decent prices called the rack

Neither live in the US nor shop for bras. As a male, this is kinda boring except for gifting :-)
But I'd bet there are equally good bras elsewhere for decent bucks. Quality sure comes at a price, but it doesn't have to be expensive.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#62 · Quote Reply

Neither live in the US nor shop for bras. As a male, this is kinda boring except for gifting :-) But I'd bet there are equally good bras elsewhere for decent bucks. Quality sure comes at a price, but it doesn't have to be expensive.

They had a nice jacket I regret not buying, but I ain't got 700 in jacket moneys. It was so pretty tho

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Dyskolos lemmy.zip Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-10-01
#63 · Quote Reply

They had a nice jacket I regret not buying, but I ain't got 700 in jacket moneys. It was so pretty tho

That's a lot for a silly jacket. I'm a very cheap cheapskate and this would be a big nono.
But if quality is equal to the price then maybe...if one has it to spent...though I would prefer to invest 650 and get one for 50 ๐Ÿ˜

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
#64 · (edited) Quote Reply

I have to research before i know which of the clothing shops in a new city has any mens clothes at all. Ratio is ca. 1/4. And then 2/3 is for the business guy body type.

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irish_link lemmy.world irish_link@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
#65 · Quote Reply

They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one. you know what? i'm a disabled person who needs to sit. i'm going to start making ADA requests for sitting areas.

Thatโ€™s messed up. Here I am just complaining. I didnโ€™t even think about folks who legit need to sit. Iโ€™m so sorry, friend. That sucks.

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-10
#66 · (edited) Quote Reply

They all had chairs near the changing room, now not a single store has one. you know what? i'm a disabled person who needs to sit. i'm going to start making ADA requests for sitting areas.

Yep, I currently gotta get around with a cane.

Can't stand up for more than about 15 minutes straight.

Went to the DMV the other day... strategically sat myself next to a pair of 20ish yo brothers, waited untill it was maybe 15 minutes till my ticket would be up, and asked if one of em could pull the chair I was sitting in over to the actual service window thing.

Thankfully this worked, they were mostly happy to have someone to chat with..., one of them's phone had died and they kept trying to check it...

But uh yeah, yeah... you'd think it would maybe occur to, I don't know, a presumably ADA compliant government office, that there exist mobility states in between 'fully mobile' and 'in a wheel chair'.

Oh also yeah just fuck you and die if you wanna take busses anywhere, can't have homeless people with anything resembling a bed, therefore if you're crippled, well just suck it up buttercup.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#67 · Quote Reply

That's a lot for a silly jacket. I'm a very cheap cheapskate and this would be a big nono. But if quality is equal to the price then maybe...if one has it to spent...though I would prefer to invest 650 and get one for 50 ๐Ÿ˜

It was really pretty. I have been looking for one its equal for, uh, ten years or so. Maybe longer I can't remember I'm very grumpy I haven't found it in a thrift store yet.

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Dyskolos lemmy.zip Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-10-01
#68 · Quote Reply

It was really pretty. I have been looking for one its equal for, uh, ten years or so. Maybe longer I can't remember I'm very grumpy I haven't found it in a thrift store yet.

Understandably. If one finally finds "the one thing" and then can't have it and never finds something like that again is....frustrating ๐Ÿ˜

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#69 · Quote Reply

Understandably. If one finally finds "the one thing" and then can't have it and never finds something like that again is....frustrating ๐Ÿ˜

I even have photographs of the label and everything. Papa taught all us shitheads how to document. Also to get receipts everywhere you go, but do jack shit with them (makes you look like a businessman)

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psychOdelic she/her discuss.tchncs.de urheber@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2024-06-21
#70 · Quote Reply

I don't get it? Clothes are literally unisex! If you don't like the ugly gray with Wolfes just buy "girl clothes"

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