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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by InevitableSwing@hexbear.net to c/fashion@hexbear.net
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  1. Are there any good small (~50k subscribers) reddit subs that are good for questions about clothing/fashion? I only know about the gigantic subs with 1+ million subscribers. Posting there is always a total waste of time. Plus all the rules and bots are annoying as fuck.

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  1. I'm looking for a online store that that has ~~affordable~~ colorful long-sleeve equivalents of what Old Navy calls camp shirts. Suggestions?
    Short-Sleeve Camp Shirt | Old Navy

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Edit 1

About once every couple years - I get a hankering for a colorful long-sleeved shirts. But then I google and google and google and google and I learn that only odd-ball clothing firms sell a few versions and they cost a king's ransom.

Edit 2

I had to remove the word "affordable". I can't expect miracles - long-sleeved versions are rare. I'd be willing to go up to $100. And beyond - maybe?

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[-] DiscoPosting@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

de-encyclopedia — Camp shirts are short-sleeve, button-up (or button-down, depending on dialect) tops that are unique almost exclusively in the design of the collar. The collar is designed chiefly to lay flat, rather than something like a polo collar, which usually sticks up a bit regardless of whether or not the wearer has "popped" it.

dubois-depressed — I knew a regular button-up wouldn't work as a replacement.

de-rhetoric [Trivial: Success] — A regular button-up works fine as a replacement. Nobody's going to notice the type of collar on your shirt. If you really are that desperate for the camp collar, you can just get a long-sleeve camp collar shirt. They make those.

dubois-depressed — I'm not a high-enough-net-worth individual to afford them.

de-volition — And the Amazon Basics catalog is out of the question ever since you started boycotting them...

de-savoir-faire [Hard: Success] — Chinese fast fashion. Temu and Shein, places like that. Not AliExpress, though. They make shit. In fact, you're wearing a shirt dropshipped from Temu right now. You paid $34.99 on one of the discount websites to get clothes you could have bought for a third of that direct from the source.

dubois-depressed — But what if I get...ripped off?

de-savoir-faire — Don't buy anything unless it has a good amount of reviews and a positive score. That's all. You'll be in a buyer beware market, but it's not that hard to figure it out. Start small, build your wardrobe slowly. You can get some pretty good shirts from those websites for about ten dollars a piece.

de-electrochemistry — Time to get some disco-ass clothes, baby!

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Great Disco posting from DiscoPosting as usual, but the highlight is this nugget:

Start small, build your wardrobe slowly.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

comes back after 3 months to post on a fashion thread

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

god damn I've missed your posts

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Before reading the other informed comments, this was the duality in my mind:

Camp as in camping and outdoors stuff

Or

Camp as in like John Waters stuff

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Man, that guy dresses like me.

Fuck yeah for colourful shirts. I got that rizz (do the kids still call it rizz?)

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

do the kids still call it rizz?

Don't ask me. By the time I was about to finally google that word - it seemed to already be passé.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I'm looking for a online store that that has affordable long-sleeve equivalents of what Old Navy calls camp shirts. Suggestions?

Are you asking about shirts with a similar print (florals and other fun stuff) or similar shirt (boxy body, camp collar, materials [linen and linen blends])?

I feel like you might be able to find linen shirts with long sleeves (often with a point collar or band collar), but the camp shirt with the camp collar like that (similar to an aloha shirt) is going to be really uncommon in long sleeve

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

really uncommon in long sleeve

About once every couple years - I get a hankering for a colorful long-sleeved shirts. But then I google and google and google and google and I learn that only odd-ball clothing firms sell a few versions and they cost a king's ransom.

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I'll edit my post.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

If you edit your post, maybe include a budget for the shirt you're looking for. It really helps to know how much someone wants to spend when making a recommendation.

I used to be big on colorful print shirts (often floral or paisley), but just I'm in a different era for my clothes now.

It might be outside of your budget, but I had a few from Ben Sherman, Fred Perry, and JCrew that were quite nice. Fun prints tend to cost more, unfortunately. You might be able to snag something on sale or used (from Grailed or Depop or whatever) for a better price.

DiscoPosting had quite a lot of good advice. One thing I'll add is that when you're buying long sleeves from Asian brands, double check the sleeve lengths (especially if you have long arms) as they can be a bit shorter than one might expect.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

double check the sleeve lengths

Thanks. A long-sleeved shirt that's too short always looks silly and that's exactly the sort of mistake I'd make. "My shirt is here!" And then soon "Oh, fuck!..."

It really helps to know how much someone wants to spend when making a recommendation.

I'll edit it again.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

JCrew has a handful of long sleeve floral prints on sale. Tag price is ~$90 and it was showing 40% plus and additional %15 off. Granted, they're more of a smaller floral print, which might not be exactly what you're looking for.

For the more expensive stuff, I would make a wishlist to keep an eye on the things you like and wait for a sale. Patience is a big thing for buying nice clothes on a budget.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Patience is a big thing for buying nice clothes on a budget.

I can afford to spend more. But I hate buying something and having it rarely (or never) leave my closet. I might buy an Old Navy (or similar) short sleeved shirt just to be certain I want a long-sleeve.

[-] FungiDebord@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Jcrew, bonobos, madewell all would have fun, long sleeves shirts I think

R/fmf has good deals, and you can probably ask questions in the daily threads

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