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•Created by Ilumiel on 11/26/2024 in #questions-and-advice
Which leather gloves to buy?
My fall gloves that I wear when temperatures are around 0 Celsius is not keeping me warm and I'm looking at leather gloves with cashmere lining. Here's what I am thinking
Dents Andover, $169.05CAD sale price (https://row.dentsgloves.com/products/men-s-cashmere-lined-touchscreen-leather-gloves?ROW=yes&variant=39449615761470) - Seems to have most of what I need. Glad it has the touchscreen capability. It's supposed to be a good brand, so I'm hoping it will be of good quality and can last me a while. It's what I'm leaning for rn. Only fault I have with it is something I see with leather gloves in general(at this price point anyway) is that they seem to have no fastener of some kind to make sure my gloves hug my hands tightly. This may only end up mattering when the weather is extremely cold, where I might need different gloves anyway and I could always just wear jackets with hand cuffs to keep my gloves snug but that's my only blemish with these gloves for me.
Dents also has quite a few other leather gloves with cashmere lining, but, tbh, I can barely tell the difference between some of then. If you feel I should buy another product from there, let me know.
J.Crew's Cashmere-lined leather gloves $100.80CAD sale price (https://www.jcrew.com/ca/p/mens/categories/accessories/cold-weather-accessories/gloves/cashmere-lined-leather-gloves/BB984) - Cheaper but maybe more appropriate for my first leather gloves before I fully understand what I might be getting into. Once again, no fasteners.
Hestra's Handsewn Cashmere Men's Leather Gloves $325CAD (https://www.hestragloves.ca/hairsheep-1-34-bt-handsewn-cashmere-mens-black) - Looks the best. No touchscreen capability, but, it does have an elastic wrist fastener of sorts to keep me somewhat smug at least but I dunno if I can justify spending 325 CAD for gloves. I might wait until Black Friday to see if it maybe goes on sale but then I might lose out on the opportunity to snag Dents Andover for the sale price, so I dunno.
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Mmfad
•Created by Ilumiel on 10/6/2024 in #questions-and-advice
How tight should underwear and socks should be?
I'm testing some new Manmade underwear and Darn Tough socks and I've noticed that initially they do feel slightly tight. I do get used to it very quickly and forget about it soon after but considering I've had underwear and socks that didn't feel like that, I'm wondering if I should size up or not. I've also heard that underwear and socks can shrink after washing which makes me wary of how it will feel in the future.
The socks in particular do give me more resistance width wise than most socks I've worn when putting them on (nothing terrible but there is some resistance) but at the same time the heels of my socks are slightly too long to align perfectly with the heels of my feet. That makes me wary up of sizing up and maybe I should just look for different socks maybe 🤔
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Mmfad
•Created by Ilumiel on 10/4/2024 in #questions-and-advice
How much cold can a barn jacket tolerate?
Looking for fall/winter jackets, I came across the really stylish J Crew's heritage Barn Jacket. While a hoodless jacket was not what I had in mind, it's still very stylish and I'm considering buying it but I'm wondering how much cold it can protect me from? Like is it fine to wear around 0 degree Celsius or even a little below around -10 Celsius or so? And suppose it rains, would if offer a bit of protection for the body at least?
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