IYKYK pieces - Topic of the day 2/27/25
What can someone wear to differentiate themselves to you and signify a mutual understanding of your style? Maybe it’s a darkwear cloak, maybe it’s a vintage jacket, or maybe it’s the small little details on your raw denim. Whatever it is, discuss it here.
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If they aren't dressed like shit
Maybe a more subtle one would be a type 1 denim jacket?
Kinda hard to stumble on to one you have to know what youre looking for beyond just denim jacket
If I see someone wearing a cloak I'm asking them which way to isengard in the most condescending tone possible
How many bag charms do they have on their bag
pre 2003 levis jeans
if they are over 30 and they have trousers that dont look like sausage casings
If I see a Spalla Camicia I know you’ve been to Alfargo’s
guidis
I got stopped the other day on my neighborhood dog walk by a fashion bro who spotted my shoes like pottery
I've never met so many denim heads in the wild until I got a pair of brown weft denim. People don't always ID it correctly, but it always leads to a discussion on brands.
Agree with weeg wearing a type 1, to me at least, is for sure a choice. Id guess a very small percentage of people accident there way to a type 1
In germany, wearing loafers is a telltale sign ime
On others I usually recognize vintage jacket patterns. Lee, old Levis, Carhartt, etc
specifically tassel loafers
Loafers are pretty ubiquitous in the US but a real fashion mf can id the nerd brands and the weejun/doc marten casuals
a cool handbag. any cool handbag. sick of goyard!!!!
Trying to think of the vintage version of this and off the top of my head, the snoopy spruce sweaters are for sure a telltale that someone is a big vintage head. P-44 monkey pants for militaria is a real niche one too
stop attacking me
do you even use goyard totes ever
i never see you with them
the vintage patchwork abercrombie safari jacket. edit: actually think i misunderstood this question. weirdly i feel like in a second tier fashion place just seeing fatigues would be enough.
my work/travel carry on is a goyard
Being sick of Goyard is a real NYC giveaway
Only place I've seen so many st Louis totes
The fatigues thing is real. I’ve only ever seen one person wear them IRL
Iykyk is prolly most of the Lemaire that peeps wear here
I don’t see PF Flyers too often in person and have had someone compliment mine, while they were wearing some too 🙂 I see a lot of presumably non-fashion peeps in my area wearing Barbour jackets and i always think that’s cool
Honestly if I see full real paraboots I know they indulge in online men’s fashion spaces
i also have recognized some lowkey Supreme pieces in the wild (some are easy to spot but others not so much)
Whenever I see a selvedge ID in the wild, I move away because I know how stinky those jeans prolly are
Saw a dude at the grocery store awhile back wearing issey pleats and guidis and it shook me to my core
With the dumpy on the back?
Yes the butt pocket pants lol
having swag in general
like, I fell off my bicyle and landed in a type I denim jacket?
There was a blog written by Ethan Newton of Brycelands, in which he said "a man's greatest sartorial pleasures are largely a private affair."
I think he wrote it more to say that you can wear what you love and actually 99% of the people won't notice or care.
But I also think it can also apply to little details that others can barely see, like a nice dress shirt worn under a jacket and tie, or a good pair of socks when you're not sitting down to deliberately show them.
Happened last night when i went to a work function and this woman was just carrying a Kapital fleece under her arm
Yeah I saw a dude in my neighborhood the other day with the older version of the Kapital painters that don’t have the crosshatch stitching on the double knee and was jealous haha