@sabergirl said in What are the essentials:
Belt loop buddy’s are impossible for me to use. Everyone says they’re so easy. NOPE.
I felt the same way when I was using them the way they said to. I found a different way to do it, and it has made all the difference to me!
None of it is essential, but I guess the best “starters” are a belt loop buddy in brass or maybe a ball chain bracelet. Eases you into it.
I honestly didn’t “get it” until I listened to Josh on the Iron Cast talk about the business and process. Then I met him at the 20th anniversary party and got to talk with him for a bit.
What most people don’t get with Good Art is that you aren’t just paying money for silver jewelry but rather you are actually buying well-made, well designed, and creatively built pieces of wearable art. Pick and choose your starting point dollar wise, and go only as far as you want to go.
I’d be up for another leg when it comes back to the U.S. Ideally, it would need to be here around January or February so I could actually get some good wear out of it. Last time, I had it just as the weather was starting to warm up. By late morning, it was already too warm to wear, so I only had a couple of hours each day to enjoy it. That said, I had a great time with it and absolutely loved the jacket!
@Jett129 said in Random Announcements:
I kept thinking that there was some sort of significance to yesterday,but couldn’t remember what it was. Just dawned on me that it was my 14th anniversary of being on the best place in cyberspace.
Facebook?
@worn2fade looks good! I'm sweating just looking at those photos. It was 100 in Nashville today.
Also, don't know if it's been brought up in this thread yet or not, but y'all ever check out the Fragrantica website?
Still very much backing that $20 Nemat "Amber" roll on that is $20 at Ulta. It's my daily driver. Very subtle and I literally don't smell it anymore when I put it on, but always get comploments on it.
Also still love Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, which I'm excited to bring back out with my fall wardrobe.
Still love Maison Margiela "By the Fireplace" but we used up our small sample bottle and bought a huge knock off online and CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE. Like, a lifetime supply for 1/10 of the price.
My wife recently got into Tom Ford "Ombre Leather" and I bought her a small sprayer of it a couple months back. I love it, but it's definitely a spray on my shirt or jacket the night before kind of thing. At least to my nose. I LOVE the smell, but it is strong right off the bat.
Just grabbed a SureFire 9p for $10 today. Gonna put that into the edc bag rotation.
Dig this one. Had to pass since it wouldn’t fit my 57-58cm head, but looking forward to fade pics!
Same here. It was a little on the big side but still worked. Only part that felt off was the sleeve length for me, but I was able to fold em if I remember correctly.
Love CountyComm. I've never bought from them directly, since everything I usually want is sold out, but I have bought a few of their pieces on eBay.
I'd wear my black one today, but it;s like 100 degrees in Nashville. I am moving this to the top of my wear list as soon as fall season hits here. The absolute only thing that would send this shirt over the top and into the sky is if it had CPO pockets.
Looking for some IH patches. Specifically the black/white 21oz Army circle patch, or the blue/gold tiger one.
Pic from forum member Chris for reference.
Oh man, I may be able to make this. No guarantees, but I’ll have plenty of time to plan out a family vacation.
@Mizmazzle I would’ve copped, but I’ve already got so many indigo shirts. Plus, I don’t wear my black 64 nearly enough as it is. I need to fix that.
Was it that one that was on Grailed?
On a similar rant, when I had my store in downtown Nashville we would get people all the time from other countries that were very confused about sales tax. We'd have something with a tag that said $100 on it and they come to the register with a $100 bill in hand, and it would ring up $109.25. They were understandably confused and sometimes frustrated. I totally get it. I was amazing when we were visiting somewhere (think it was France?) and it was nice just paying the total price that was on the sales tag.
I find it gross when they include the mandatory "service charge" as a line item on the bill. I'd rather they just increase the prices of the menu items by the same % amount and say no tipping. Then at least you'd be able to see the prices and plan accordingly with your budget.
Same as above comments with sizing. Went with my same size for most other shirts, but had a little extra room (which I don't mind on my westerns).
I've also washed and tumble dried this shirt so many times without worry and it comes out great. The tail in the back curls up a bit (just from the way it's constructed) but other than that it has stayed pretty consistent. I just do the normal inside out, presoak, was cold, tumble dry low. Easy and is breaking in nicely!
I mean, it's hard to compare since Paul had so many more years of personal and professional life for people to critique. But I will say, after watching the Get Back doc, I get why George never said a word. Or, rather, never had a chance to say a word.
