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Old Feb 14th 2017 | 9:14 am
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Most of these look way overpriced...and that's before you notice it's ££ and not $$

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/...ok-in-pictures
 
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Most of these look way overpriced...and that's before you notice it's ££ and not $$

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/...ok-in-pictures
I'm a bit of a sneaker-head so although I don't think much of them style-wise, I don't find them overpriced.
 
Old Feb 14th 2017 | 9:39 am
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...I don't find them overpriced.
Not compared with the cost of a roof over your head in Vancouver or an evening with the twins, probably not.
 
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Most of these look way overpriced...and that's before you notice it's ££ and not $$

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/...ok-in-pictures
What no 'Adidas Tobacco' or "Stan Smith' or "Munich 72'. I must admit I'm a non trainers guy. I've had the only pair I own since 2010 and they are barely broken in.
 
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I don't like the current styling for men's suits. They all look as if they have shrunk.

Oh and why have women's waists moved up a couple of inches?
 
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I don't like the current styling for men's suits. They all look as if they have shrunk.

Oh and why have women's waists moved up a couple of inches?
Although still tailored I think the style has moved away from the extreme slim fit that was fashionable four years ago. The only ones still wearing them super tight are middle-aged movie stars who are desperate to seem young and Canadian blokes, who seem to be always out of date when it comes to current style.
 
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What no 'Adidas Tobacco' or "Stan Smith' or "Munich 72'. .
I'm wearing Stan Smith tennis shoes. Therefore they are not out of style.
 
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I'm wearing Stan Smith tennis shoes. Therefore they are not out of style.
Stan wants them back though.
 
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I'm wearing Stan Smith tennis shoes. Therefore they are not out of style.
Good heavens.
I see Dunlop Green Flash are still available.

Not that I'd buy from SportsDirect but they're £17.50.
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Originally Posted by bats
I don't like the current styling for men's suits. They all look as if they have shrunk.
Yes!

Originally Posted by Oink
Although still tailored I think the style has moved away from the extreme slim fit that was fashionable four years ago. The only ones still wearing them super tight are middle-aged movie stars who are desperate to seem young and Canadian blokes, who seem to be always out of date when it comes to current style.
I don't think it is so much that they are tight, as the jackets are very short, and sort of cutaway at the bottom of the front, as if they don't quite overlap properly. They don't suit my very tall other half, and yet they don't seem to suit that short weatherman on the telly either.
 
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The karma thieves have struck...poor defenceless little Oink is the victim of such a vicious crime - maybe we need to have a whip round- poor little chap
 
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The karma thieves have struck...poor defenceless little Oink is the victim of such a vicious crime - maybe we need to have a whip round- poor little chap
Have you been raiding the dispensary?
 
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Originally Posted by bats
I don't like the current styling for men's suits. They all look as if they have shrunk.


Oh and why have women's waists moved up a couple of inches?
Or is it just that every has dropped down about 6 inches?
 
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Have you been raiding the dispensary?
Count your little boxes below your raving little DJ avatar....zilch...nada...Gawd blimey you must have been a naughty boy
 


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