Your worst buy - Topic of the day 10/20/23
We've all done it. You bought something you thought would be great, and it ended up being a dud. Or, you spent a ton of money on something and it ended up sitting in the back of your closet for good. Share your worst buys in today's spotlight!
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This tee
I paid like $200 for it
I bought this fuckin ald crewneck because I was in the store and I wanted to buy something and I’m pretty sure I’ve worn it three times.
I really like it! It fits your style, why don’t you like wearing it?
I think it’s kinda cool I’ve just never found an outfit with it that wouldn’t look better with something else
I thought you were gonna say your shoes since you’re a vans influencer now
Idk if I'd say it's my worst buy, but I've had a tough time finding ways to actually style this Mfpen shirt.
Easy answer would be anything I bought online w/o any measurements cause it was "my size" and never wore because it didn't fit
I don't know wtf to do with this beautiful monster.
I like the crewneck @artvandelayimporting
This is the problem with it though lmao. It’s good, but I haven’t figured out it’s best use yet which is absurd because it’s a crew neck sweatshirt. So it just sits in my closet mocking me
I have a couple of bad sneaker buys.
Margiela triple straps. Dunno why I thought these would go well with tapered Oni secret denim https://i.imgur.com/VceqTq4.jpg
Balmain sneakers (The black pair 2nd pic) and Julius boots which are actually super cool just didn't fit with my wardrobe at all https://i.imgur.com/ynGqT3Y.jpg
damn, beans in balmain would break my brain
Not necessarily the worst purchase because it was a quick catch and release and I got my money back, but I was so bummed that these cmmawear trousers didn’t fit in my wardrobe
also the belt loops were annoying and the waist was slightly too big and it was just agh
where's the cringe channel?
https://i.imgur.com/ZpVnwL8.jpg
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Day 7 9/21
I think those jeans are SLP too lol
I thought I’d wear them to ‘come out of my shell' or something? They’re Kapital, they cost a ton and I’ve never worn them. Gotta put them up for sale soon
I bought not one but two pairs of Thursday Boots because MFA told me they were great entry-level GYW boots. An unfortunate mistake. Not only did I learn within months of purchasing that Thursday is an awful company, but my personal style tastes have drifted strongly in the opposite direction of generic service boots over the past year.
You should wear these!!!
Great examples of why I dislike SBs so much! They're just so so boring. These fits are really nice, but could be so much better with different shoes
I just can't style them well, I've tried a ton of combinations 😭 Plus the fit is kind of weird and I have to cuff them because they're too long
ye the kapital drop crotch jeans can be hard to style
I'm a musician and thought they might be fun to wear on stage if I get it together and start performing
Mistakes were made 😭
I love those margielas but tragic they didn't fit your style
did you end up selling those llbeans?
Yeah all 3 of those are long gone
seconding an L to Thursday 😭
got a secondhand pair of Wyatts last summer and pretty much only wear those now
this our legacy coat. was on deep sale (like 70% off) and whatnot and it's stunning in person, but just didn't mesh well with my every day wear. it was still expensive and ended up using it 3-4 times the year i got it and just sold it a couple of weeks ago
Thirding
2018 MFA and its consequences have been disastrous
also, i panic bought vibergs 2030s when there was that rumour that they'd stop using stictchdown and switch to gyw. i knew the last was not a great fit from some try ons but it really wrecked my fit. i still have them, sunk cost fallacy and all that
Flame Panda service boots. They took 2.5 years to arrive and by the time they got here I didn’t care about service boots. 😭
What year are those from? I'm sure you could easily sell them for a decent amount on like Stitchdown or something
2015
maybe even 2014, although it's not the standard service boot. I got the from Blue Button and they had different laces and number of eyelets
Bruh that's $$$
pic?
I can ask ChineseBroccolli/other gyw folks. I'm sure you could move those
oh shit, maybe it wasn't my worst buy lol
I bought my first EG piece on size alone without reading the measurements
they are in storage, i'll look for them in a bit
You're not gonna like make money on them or anything idt. Heavily dependent on the model/leather/details/etc. but a mid 2010s 2030 stitchdown SB would probably be v easy to sell to the current GYW/SDP crowd
they are cxl 8, with same colour tongue as well
Idk about worst but def my most expensive purchase that I have never worn more than 1 time 
bought these because I thought they were really cool but in reality I have a hell of a time styling them at all and they always look kinda weird in outfits. My plan was to possibly dye them black... But that feels sacrilege for such a cool pair of shoes
bought these because I thought they were really cool but in reality I have a hell of a time styling them at all and they always look kinda weird in outfits. My plan was to possibly dye them black... But that feels sacrilege for such a cool pair of shoes
and not looking to make money, but recoering some would be nice. i just saw vibergs going for like 200 used these days and assumed that'd be what i'd get
This was the stock photo when I bought them
huh, those are GYW I think
This is so tragic 😢
My sources tell me 3-400 probably
I just lose all sense of judgement if an ebay find is under $30, keep ending up with junk as i repeat this move endlessly
Luckily, it was easy to move them
Phew. I probably need to just rip the bandaid off and list my Thursdays on ebay. I will not come close to breaking even
fwiw I actually did like one pair of thursday boots and they became my go to "shitters"
But they were like the rubberized leather chelseas
I got these when they uh reached out to me on instagram
Yeah I think the Thursdays I had and sold I got like $80 for and they’d been worn less than 10x 😭
I believe the term is "shitkickers" not "shitters"
Ive had them 2-3 years? and they are holding up nice. They are mostly my motorcycle boots now because I literally dont give a shit about them
but I think all their other leathers look awful and cheap
I stand by shitters
I now have blunnies as beater boots
Yeah these thursday boots are basically just blunnies in a slimmer shape.
I wouldnt really recommend anything else tbh
the blunnies come out on wet/snowy/yardwork days. they're troopers
I bought a petrified goods Patagonia Synchilla and wore it once
Also bought some sies marjan pants but I was too thick for them
Damn these are so cool, that's a bummer
My all-time grail is a paco rabanne dress or skirt so I bought this & other stories version secondhand and wow. It was literally unwearable. It's so heavy that it digs into your shoulders and really hurts after mere minutes, you can't sit down, can't bend over, if you try or move suddenly accidentally the discs just snap in half or the links break. I have no idea what to do with it now
huh, those are definitely SD
That really sucks, it’s a dope dress 😢
gonna keep giving them a shot I think. I am just not super used to styling "loud" footwear
These are so cool
I agree but now they have been collecting dust for awhile 😬
Sometimes things look cool on me in my head
and then I try to wear them and I am just stumped
Try to wear them more then!! Maybe you’ll get through the mental hurdle of thinking they’re too loud bc I think they can work for a lot of things
Yeah, they don’t seem super loud, just kinda funky and fun
most expensive brick gotta be my jf150s, $200 and they don't fit 
least I know my size now
least I know my size nowThis jacket. Not comfortable to wear, oversized, no hood or hood attachments, unlined 3L fabric, big velcro patch to close collar. Not a brick, but not great execution with regards to the technical functions. Wore it like twice before shelving and finally selling it years later. Still love the object dye, color, and brassard, just wish other areas of the jacket were implemented better.
Vest
and I'm still struggling to sell it
$45 
I love this vest saga
i would if it wasn't so expensive lol
I bought a naissance suit off nmwa several years ago. It was this baby blue kung fu jacket homespun knit thing that was, in practice, unwearable. It seems impossible to find pictures of online, and I certainly didn't take any - wish i had some, it was truly ill advised. It was final sale and obviously nobody wanted it so i think I got pennies on the dollar for it.
thank you, waybackmachine
I’ll $46. I’ll get it framed like a game worn jersey
i find a lot of social media brands fall in this category for me. also in my younger days, i spent a lot on stuff just to 'flex' - basically a ton of t shirts that just had expensive brand name labels slapped on them
Raf ruby high tops, wacko maria bondage shirt my fiance asked me to stop wearing, rick owens blistered lamb bauhaus, like 20 pairs of shoes too narrow for my feet
the bondage shirt is sick but also completely unwearable lmao
wacko maria does a lot of clothes like that
i want the lips one they did, that one is wearable
KVA multilaces
These cream jeans from Benzak that are super well made and have very nice denim but are impossibly skinny and very hard to sell as well. When I bought them they were on the edge of being too small already but now I can't even do up all the buttons comfortably. I would love a pair in a different cut (and size ) but I have maybe worn these 3 times in 3 years and definitely paid too much for that
) but I have maybe worn these 3 times in 3 years and definitely paid too much for that
I have their ukiyo-e one from 2018 or 19 with bound pregnant women and demons on it, i bring it out for special occasions but otherwise its totally true 😭
I think I wore it to one of my art openings a few years ago otherwise its sitting in my “things I like too much to sell” 20gal bin
Whats the size?
mp
same