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  • bakla
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 902

    Re: Your recent purchases



    After an extensive boot hunt, I finally picked up a pair of high Miu Miu pull-ups in a distressed leather with a round toe. Not cheap, but not too bad either. Might need a pair of cropped pants to go with them!



    [*-)]

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    • Faust
      kitsch killer
      • Sep 2006
      • 37852

      Re: Your recent purchases

      [quote user="bakla"]

      After an extensive boot hunt, I finally picked up a pair of high Miu Miu pull-ups in a distressed leather with a round toe. Not cheap, but not too bad either. Might need a pair of cropped pants to go with them!



      [*-)]



      [/quote]



      Sounds good - do you have any pictres? How do you find Miu Miu quality-wise?

      Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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      • bakla
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2006
        • 902

        Re: Your recent purchases

        [quote user="Faust"][quote user="bakla"]

        After an extensive boot hunt, I finally picked up a pair of high Miu Miu pull-ups in a distressed leather with a round toe. Not cheap, but not too bad either. Might need a pair of cropped pants to go with them!



        [*-)]



        [/quote]



        Sounds good - do you have any pictres? How do you find Miu Miu quality-wise?



        [/quote]





        They're not bad, actually. And despite the Prada parent, I like Miu Miu's image. I think I must own like 7 pairs of Miu Miu shoes from various seasons, one pair in particular that I have not stopped using for over 5 years and they're still gernering me compliments, as well as holding up really well. The boots are actually a great basic, very nondescript except for the boot height (which is pretty high). I'll try and take pics. At $695, they're not cheap, but not as high as other boots out there.

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        • dontbecruel
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2006
          • 494

          Re: Your recent purchases

          I reckon Miu Miu quality is really good for the reasonable prices. Sometimes there are loose stitches, buttons etc but those can easily be sorted and they use interesting, quality fabrics, which is much more important. I am wearing a pair of slick woolen trousers today that I bought 4 years ago and are still going very strongly.

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          • threerepute
            Member
            • Sep 2006
            • 39

            Re: Your recent purchases





            silver
            john varvatos boots. i love them, but they arent very
            practical. i'm trying to decide if i should keep them or exchange
            them for these:











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            • Faust
              kitsch killer
              • Sep 2006
              • 37852

              Re: Your recent purchases



              threerepute, it's hard to see the first pair of boots from that picture. the boots on the bottom are not bad, but they look a little uncomfortable as far as opening/closing them.



              So, it got cold outside, and I while scrambling for accessories, I realized that I don't have a black hat, which is of course a crime in my book. I bought this one from Yoox, should be fine for $40 (100% wool).




              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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              • Faust
                kitsch killer
                • Sep 2006
                • 37852

                Re: Your recent purchases



                Ahem, so I went to buy winter boots for my daughter and ended up with a pair of pants for myself.... Oops. I'm a bad father! Well, not really, since there weren't any good boots in her size. I HAD to compensate! Anyway, the pants are by a little know brand (outside of Italy) called Messagerie. They do some funky stuff. These pants are grey in color done in my favorite fabric combination 95% wool, 5% steel, so the legs have a crinkley effect. They also have some nice hardware, very subtle tabs on the sides, and studs near the pockets. Fully lined, too - you don't see that often these days. $37 - Daffy's is full of garbage, but sometimes they have some crazy finds (and good for children!!!).





                Oh, and I got my new cell phone/mp3player/watch.



                Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                • laika
                  moderator
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 3787

                  Re: Your recent purchases



                  cute phone! i'll be curious to hear how you like it, as I am in the market for a new one as well.



                  very devoted of you to brave daffy's--glad to hear it was fruitful. that store gives me a headache, but it can be good for those obscure italian labels. the pants sound very good!

                  ...I mean the ephemeral, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art whose other half is the eternal and the immutable.

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                  • Faust
                    kitsch killer
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 37852

                    Re: Your recent purchases

                    [quote user="laika"]

                    cute phone! i'll be curious to hear how you like it, as I am in the market for a new one as well.



                    very devoted of you to brave daffy's--glad to hear it was fruitful. that store gives me a headache, but it can be good for those obscure italian labels. the pants sound very good!



                    [/quote]





                    Yea, I never go in there for myself, only when Mrs. Faust asks me to look for something for baby Faust. It gives me headaches too (so does Century21 - that's why I go before work, when it's EMPTY).



                    I'll let you know how the phone works out once I have it for a week or so.

                    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                    • bakla
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 902

                      Re: Your recent purchases

                      [quote user="bakla"][quote user="Faust"][quote user="bakla"]

                      After an extensive boot hunt, I finally picked up a pair of high Miu Miu pull-ups in a distressed leather with a round toe. Not cheap, but not too bad either. Might need a pair of cropped pants to go with them!



                      [*-)]



                      [/quote]



                      Sounds good - do you have any pictres? How do you find Miu Miu quality-wise?



                      [/quote]



                      They're not bad, actually. And despite the Prada parent, I like Miu Miu's image. I think I must own like 7 pairs of Miu Miu shoes from various seasons, one pair in particular that I have not stopped using for over 5 years and they're still gernering me compliments, as well as holding up really well. The boots are actually a great basic, very nondescript except for the boot height (which is pretty high). I'll try and take pics. At $695, they're not cheap, but not as high as other boots out there.[/quote]





                      Oh, these are the boots. Crappy photo though. I like that it's mid-way between the refinement of a Gucci/YSL versus the opposite spectrum deconstructivism of a Carpe Diem or Margiela. While the boot shape is lean and clean, the toe is quite round and the leather looks like a distressed horsehide. Like a horse, the damn thing needs to be broken in though.



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                      • nqth
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2006
                        • 350

                        Re: Your recent purchases



                        I bought the pea coat that I asked you about a while ago. The fabric wool(80)+nylon(20) is stiff and the coat looks nice oversized (a bit 60s), but add a mess. bag and walking in a bigie could be less comfortable :-))



                        Anyway I still like it.



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                        • Faust
                          kitsch killer
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 37852

                          Re: Your recent purchases



                          Congrats, nqth.



                          I like the shape of the boots, bakla, these can last you a long time without going out of style.

                          Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                          StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                          • bakla
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 902

                            Re: Your recent purchases

                            [quote user="Faust"]

                            Congrats, nqth.



                            I like the shape of the boots, bakla, these can last you a long time without going out of style.



                            [/quote]





                            Oh, you mean like 3 seasons? Heh. [;)]

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                            • drexl
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 798

                              Re: Your recent purchases



                              Won this Number Nine rider's jacket on Ebay, can't wait to get it! I've been itching for a new leather jacket. [H]



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                              • threerepute
                                Member
                                • Sep 2006
                                • 39

                                Re: Your recent purchases



                                here's my new leather jacket





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