Anonymous asked: Any good online shopping sights tat are fairly inexpensive? I love your style

The word “inexpensive” sounds so…..inexpensive.

While I suggest going out and trying things on and interacting with humans, online stores can be good lookbooks for what you are trying to achieve.  However, I don’t think my list of online stores is going to shock and aw anyone. 

None of these websites have asked me to post their site on Plain T-Shirt.

Websites that I do kind of check often are:

Some of these serve as a visual stimulation, some quality stores, others spontaneous orders that I feel bad about the next day.

Online ordering can get pretty senseless, so really pay attention to what it is you’re ordering.  Subscribe through email and you will find out about regular sales going on.

Loafing.

Dillon and I took a last minute detour in to a small shop and I just so happened to find this orange hoodie(?) by Marshall Artist.  What a great brand to find as they are just gaining popularity outside of the UK.

They do not sacrifice detail for anything.  And I love it.  I’m such a huge fan of small details.  Like, the biggest fan.  

So many pockets.  
So many tags.
So many strings. 

I sit in class and continue to find new stuff.  It works out super well for my attention span.  

You know, sometimes you really like an outfit.  No advice, it just works out.  Very minimal, simple and colorful.

It’s Thursday, can we just say the week is over?  
Enjoy what you wear today, no matter how good or bad your week was.

Hoodie: Marshall Artist
Denim: Scotch & Soda
Loafers: Sebago

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2-Way Cardigan

Doubling up your cardigans is always fun when you finally get two of them.  So if you haven’t bought a second one yet, remember to consider a different color, pattern, etc.  

• Keeping the thicker cardigan on the outside creates more of an outerwear style.
• Pattern under a solid creates subtle detail in an outfit.

I have had these shoes in a box for a long time now.  They have been begging for nice weather and got a little bit of it today.  It’s funny when you have something for a while and then it becomes somewhat of a trend (wearing tennis shoes more formally).  And although I think this is a backwards move for #menswear, it is a very comfortable move for #classwear.

NYC exceeded every expectation I could have had.  I met some great people.  Keep an eye out for pictures and interviews in the coming weeks from some of these amazing creators.  And enjoy the rest of your week!

A jug fills drop by drop.

  -Buddha

Cardigan(s): J. Crew
Denim: GAP
Shoes: Nike

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Anonymous asked: What are the Aldo boots that you are wearing in your latest fit, and can you comment on the quality? The "style forum" people having nothing good to say about them, but they're cheap and stylish and I like the look of them.

I have been getting questions about boots, so this works out.  I don’t read the “style forum”, and maybe I just got a pair that was built better than the others but I wore these around everyday this past weekend in New York and they were great.  

I:

• Crushed MrDanger’s high score.
• Walked countless hours
• Went to Snack Dragon
• Clubbed hard
• Ate these really good cupcakes

I don’t plan on climbing any mountains with them, nor do I think they will last a lifetime, but they are rather inexpensive and nice.  So yeah, why not?

Appreciating different styles.

threadandsalt:

kids acting cool.

My weekend.  (@threadsalt @superdanger)

My week in Advance:

Busy week, so here is my GPS location.  Kidding.

• Two exams & a paper
• Haircut (time consuming, just ask Edward)
• Packing
• Thursday-Sunday: NYC to network and meet people/bloggers (two different kinds of people obviously) and to take lots of pictures/pictures.

Want to say hello?
Collaborate?
Offer me a job in the city?
jace@plaint-shirt.com,

Let’s create.

Oh, and if you wouldn’t mind taking a minute (literally takes one minute depending on your description) to vote Plain T-Shirt Microblog of the Year on Tumblr, I would really appreciate it.  If I have ever helped you out, conversed with you, laughed/cried with you, made you angry, etc. then let me know.  Let’s see if we can make something happen.  Now here’s my awkwardly tired thanks. 

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The other day I was going on about how you should find brands that you like and stick with them.  Which is why when my first pair of Scotch & Soda’s jeans had some problems, I never left my apartment again had to find a new pair.  But seeing as though I spent a good amount of time in them, I decided to contact the brand and let them know how many adventures these jeans went on and how unexpected the problems were.  

Scotch & Soda, an Amsterdam based brand was one of the reasons I started blogging.  Finding brands I haven’t heard of before and letting you guys and girls know is the mortar used in finding your own style.  And choosing whether or not to support one is how you build.  I constantly wonder why people, including myself, choose the items they do.  That attraction, or iffy-ness (probably not a word).  The want of something whether or not you’re thinking in short or long term.  All the choices that make yourself, you.

Whether it’s my denim telling me “today is a very good day”, or the exclusivity that the details make an owner feel, or their practical and sartorial lookbooks, I found the brand so fun.  So when I recieved a new pair of jeans and a written letter, I could not have been happier.  Some big name companies might forget about the consumers the minute they walk out the door.  So being mindful of where you shop is always something you should think about.  

And that certainly was not the case for Scotch & Soda.  Thanks for the great customer service.

(And if Daniel Craig is about wearing their jeans, count me in.) 

Enjoy your week.

-PTS

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callmeemilyy asked: As a fresh stylist here in LA I have to admit I come to your blog for some inspiration for one of my clients. Thank you for keeping it up to date and doing such a wonderful job at it! Keep it up! xo

LA is beautiful.  You keep up the good work and thanks!

Plain T-Shirt: Thought of the day

I was walking back from class today.  And it was snowing a lot.  And I’m always thinking about outfits and brands and food clothes.  Not new stuff, but what I already own.  I know there are plenty of new brands and trends that come out everyday, but looking at what you have and enjoying your clothes and actually wearing them until they look traditionally worn in is what’s so nice about personal style.  Especially when you don’t have people giving you clothes or the money to continually change your closet.

Don’t get so caught up in #menswear and whatever else that you don’t enjoy what you have.  Don’t be constantly scouring websites for new clothes when you already have enough to put together sartorial outfits.  Wear a pair of pants to hang out in your apartment, then to class the next day.  And if they don’t hold up to your tests of time, check out another brand.  

Create a style that doesn’t follow every trend and that is smart about it’s adjustments and changes.  

On that note, I’m done shopping for a while (at least that’s what I’ll tell myself). 

And it’s still snowing a lot.

Thanks for reading
- PTS

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