Brands from my neck of the woods to look out for are Meyer (for trousers) and Sioux (for loafers). Both excellent value.

C&A and H&M always have a good stock of small sizes and usually refrain from logo-ing their wares. Two good things in my book.
H&M is good for trousers, they cut slim and their sizing is consistent. They also carry the plainest jeans imaginable.
C&A is the place to get basic knitwear and emergency white shirts. They also have a good selection of cheap stainless steel cufflinks and even tiebars.

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Uniqlo have just got some Oxfords in, £15 a pop and I'm quite pleased with the roll...

I have to own up to being far too snobbish to get involved.  I'd rather do without. 
I was in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, yesterday, looking over an old cottage my daughter is buying with her 'partner'.  Lots of shirts and polo shirts around, but the only thing I even considered buying was a half sleeve Viyella.  In the end, though, I just couldn't get very excited about it, even in a charity shop, so the chances of my getting interested in a high street shop is zero. 
I catch myself casting half an eye through the window of 'outdoor' shops in these English market towns, but I can't get enthusiastic about waxed jackets or Gore-Tex.  Reminds me too much of some of the pricks my old man used to go rambling with thirty five-odd years ago.

One of the best threads here!

Although, I prefer buying "quality", and I don't want to support sweat shop labour, once in a while, I just have to buy cheap, just because I'm not Croesus...

I know, in the long run, buying cheap means paying more, but sometimes you just can't resist...

Thanks for the Stella Stevens pic Prof. She looks great in the end scene wearing the jeans.
Does anyone know what that fabric Jerry Lewis's jacket is made from in the pic above? A lot of American sports coats in the 50's were made from it and I've always really liked it. A heavy speckled wool cloth... Does it have a name?

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