Haberdashery Acquisitions

Dropped off my Park Aves for refurbishing and left with a new pair of black Strands.

The lady gave me a gorgeous Saddleback bag. I also rewarded myself with a new Hamilton watch but I already posted that in the Watch Ya Wearing thread.

dsmdylan said:

The lady gave me a gorgeous Saddleback bag. I also rewarded myself with a new Hamilton watch but I already posted that in the Watch Ya Wearing thread.

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man thats a nice bag!

AE Bruce Casual

Picked up some stuff on the ebay, think I did pretty decently Brooksbrothers tweed sports coat @ $70, a Charles Tyrwhitt dess shirt for $14 and 5 ties (3 of which I could actually see myself wearing) @ $8

Harvitz81 said:

Carmina delivery a couple days ago.

Navy Shell Jodhpur MTOs

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Very nice. I'm surprised nobody has commented on these yet. The look great.

My first ever fancy shoe purchase. Both are Allen Edmonds. The Rutledge in Walnut and Mora 2.0 in Brown Burnished Calf.

Those are nice! I like the Walnuts, and I'm not usually a fan of double Monks at all, but those are already growing on me! Great investment

The Rutledges were immediately soft supple. I walked 3 miles in them to sign my contract with new work to break them in with zero pain. I've never worn anything other than sneakers before, so this is a very nice surprise. Just to make sure they don't get too stressed out, I swapped back to sneakers for the walk home.

Any advice on how the Independence Collection shoes break in? I don't see a lot of information on the Rutledges online.

I haven't worn a watch in years, but I couldn't pass up the deal I got on this. That said, I'm excited to start wearing a watch again!

Last August, a fellow doing business as "Panama Bob" made an offer of 30% off to B&B members. Having wanted a real Panama hat for years I took a gamble. The hat arrived yesterday. What a great deal!

oldtrout said:

Last August, a fellow doing business as "Panama Bob" made an offer of 30% off to B&B members. Having wanted a real Panama hat for years I took a gamble. The hat arrived yesterday. What a great deal!

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You are going to love wearing this....I love wearing all of mine...

Sperry Mako's. Casual everyday shoe. Still planning on going with some AE's, once I find a pair that really do it for me. Or just drop a few hundred on Strands.

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Stopped by the local pawn store and found a Seiko 5 that appears fairly new- not one scratch anywhere to be found. I got it for $30. Woo hoo.

i have that same watch and absolutley love it......nice choice and nice price....

mark the shoeshine boy said:

i have that same watch and absolutley love it......nice choice and nice price....

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Thanks. I read up on the 7S26 movement. While I hear it is an inexpensive one, due to its lack of complication it is rather rugged. This is my first mechanical watch (I know, it won't be my last).

oc_in_fw said:

Thanks. I read up on the 7S26 movement. While I hear it is an inexpensive one, due to its lack of complication it is rather rugged. This is my first mechanical watch (I know, it won't be my last).

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thats a beautiful watch owen! watchs are a slippery slope though

Boro62 said:

thats a beautiful watch owen! watchs are a slippery slope though

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I know far too well. When I was young and dumb, I ran a lot of credit card debt on watches. Sadly, they were aall quartz.

My pocket square collection increased my 2 today.


Still looking for a nice green to go with my MacLean Hunting.

Just ordered a pair of AE Mcallisters in bourbon and a pair of black florsheim imperial Classico cap oxfords from Amazon for $120. I've been reading here and decided I needed to take the good advice and try a pair of AE's. Hopefully they will be here next week.