I still have and wear some stuff I bought when I was around 15 , my Harrington is one of those things.
If there's some kind of outlet village nearby with a Ralphy store, the chinos are always a good buy.
When I was 15, I was a 15.5 or medium size shirt, now I am either a 16/41 or a 16.5/42 depending on the make. It's thirty years ago now, hard to accept those years have passed, I remember some events as if they were only yesterday and I can almost feel they way it was.
John Lewis normally always have a decent striped tee with a good neck line
For example: http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-organic-cotton-breton-stripe-t-shirt/p2521690?colour=Navy/White
uniqlo and muji. muji made a good summer weight olive M65 knockoff last year, might be a few on eBay now.
a few other ideas:
clarks factory shops (all over the place, peckham and woolwich both had stone dessies and a few other colours for 39-49 quid last week)
tk maxx (obvious but useful with persistence)
ralph outlets (ashford - although small - usually has a few interesting things, bicester too)
sunglass hut outlets (often carry classic ray-bans and persols around half price)
military surplus stores (how about a 60s USN peacoat?)
dickies or carharrt clothing from online workwear suppliers (dickies do a good cheap coach jacket, for example)
if he's 15 now then he'll be having formal interviews in a couple of years, so can't go wrong with a knitted tie, navy blazer, longwings.
And there used to be a UK eBay seller who sold NOS Baracutas for 60ish quid, maybe they're still around?
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Last edited by Tomiskinky (2016-07-29 01:14:14)
Looks good! Is the collar buttoned? I think with the collar buttoned and the jeans, it's a really nice blend of old and new.
Get him to Muji
Some decent and cheap Ivy-ish stuff in there at the moment: good striped tees, decent button downs including short sleeve, linen 3/2 roll patch pocket jacket etc
Perhaps you can convince him to such trousers, slim and low but somewhat mid-60s compatible and better than the skinny trousers;
http://www.landsend.co.uk/Mens_Slim_Fit_Denim_Jeans/pp/P_28216.html?cgid=11364&brand=2
http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=1050839&vid=1&pid=720216002
http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?vid=1&pid=321470002
P.S. and get him into COS, good slim fit chinos with a proper rise there... and Weekday could have youthful, Ivy compatible stuff, too... (especially denim, youthful cropped chinos that look much better as fashion Ivy trousers than skinny jeans, and sweatshirts)
Last edited by Leer R. (2017-05-02 02:41:01)
Sigh. Kids these days. I don't see even a glimmer of hope anymore.