I need new clothes but every time I go out 95% of what I see on offer is so bog-standard male. Solid earth tones, baggy one-size-fits-all, muted colors, work-wear adjacent, etc.
It’s so hard to find stuff that’s more, I dunno, “playful?” I’d like to have some clothes are that more of an expression of my personality but almost never do I see more unusual, expressive, colorful stuff in the brick-and-mortar stores.
To compound this, I’d also like it to:
- not cost me an arm and a leg
- be interesting but not clownish/overly ironic/jokey
This has mostly led me to buying floral shirts but a man cannot live on floral shirts alone! Does anyone know of retailers that might fit the bill?
You can find some great stuff on eBay. I also like Yiume.com . If you like crazy Hawaiian style shirts, owlohh.com is fun. There are even more outlandish online shops for sure. However I find most of them are Asian sized or skinny European sized. Not much for spare tire carrying typical Americans. theblackstore.com is ok. I wasn’t as impressed with their quality though. Heydude.com has a lot of fun and very comfortable shoes.
Now we’re talking. Yiume is definitely in the vein of what I want to see (owlohh was the complete opposite lol). I’m a rolled-up long-sleeve shirt kind of guy but I’m really digging these patterns. Love this cat print one https://www.yiume.com/products/mens-hawaiian-shirt-the-cat-that-kicked-cuju-cotton-camp-collar-short-sleeve-aloha-shirt
edit: Having scrolled through all their shirts, I’m glad they’re doing that cat collection because almost everything else I was not vibing nearly as much as it much more standard “obnoxiously loud hawaiian shirt”–though much nicer designs than I usually see. Maybe what I need to look more for is artist collabs as they tend to have a little more soul than “here’s another kitschy pattern of the same thing you’ve seen a dozen times before.”
On ebay try “Robert Graham” or “Visconti Black” as keywords. You can often find $300 shirts for $30.
I have 5 or 6 yiume shirts. They are all well made and regularly get comments when I wear them. They seem to run true to size unlike some other vendors I’ve tried.