I can't stop buying IZOD clothing!

Belk is just another version of Dillard/Macys etc.

All items with logos suck.

Christ if you are going to be retro, go with BAPE (A Bathing Ape)

One of my many retro fashion obsessions!

In the height of preppy times in the 80's I used to wear a pink izod with bright green Dickie pants. *sigh* the Izod was a small, I don't think I could fit my elbow into it now.

The Z on that logo is a Stage 5 clinger.

I used to wear OP back in the 80's too

OP-

BAPE- A Bathing Ape

Off-White

Kapital (one of the best Japanese Fashion Houses ever- almost unknown)

And id you insist on being a basic BITCH-

Check out RRL, Knickerbocker NYC, and I give up.

Visvim

GANT makes great stuff they only sell in Europe, not USA.

R8- Loved that Michael Bastian Gant line circa 2013-2015? Great stuff.

Are you posting from 1981, OP?

No one knows how old OP is. IZOD is appropriate at any age. BAPE not so much.

[Quote] Are you posting from 1981, OP?

1982

It's pointless buying clothes for me as men always say I look the best with no clothes on.

Don't laugh, OP might end up getting rich writing a new Offical Preppy Handbook.

R13- Not me. Nice dick but love handles.

I like being covered in Bape Gorillas and Kapital. And a little Heron Preston and Off-White- if your nasty, baby.

Izod and Lacoste split up. Lacoste retains the alligator. Lacoste was the preppy attire.

Oh, dear R7. Are you still dressing like a 10 year old today?

R17- Yes. I am. I truly mean that-

What R16 said - Izod is for the Poors

Lacoste makes the shirts with the alligators (Or crocodiles, to be exact, as they are named for "Le Crocodile")

[quote]It's pointless buying clothes for me as men always say I look the best with no clothes on.

I think you misunderstood me. I said "No. [bold]Put your[/bold] clothes on. You look better that way".

[Quote] Izod is for the Poors

Fine with me. I'll save money while I'm at my pool in my brand new 4 br 3 bath 2600 sq ft vacation home in Rancho Mirage away from my primary home any day. I'll keep it poor real, hon. YOU can't say that.

[quote] my brand new 4 br 3 bath 2600 sq ft vacation home in Rancho Mirage away from my primary home

Belk is a mid-level department store. As someone said above, it's on par with Macy's or Dillards.

Had a good reputation when I was growing up in the South.

R22, is seething with envy. Hee.

OP is wearing Izod, Hee

R21 is the balls.

yes bitch.

[Quote] OP is wearing Izod, Hee

Yeah, I started a thread about it, genius.

As far as their polos go Izod is a fuller cut version, the Lacoste is cut narrower in the torso and the arms are narrower. The cotton pique used to the Izod is heavier, the Lacoste a bit lighter.

I generally think Izod is for the older man and a Lacoste only ever looks really good on a lean, athletic frame.

OP types old.

I love going on eBay and searching for shirt lots. I got 4 new Daniel Cremieux shirts (one didn't fit) for $200, and they weren't the Dillard's Signature shirts, they were the $395 shirts. I'm sure they weren't this season (or last or the one before that!) but they were lovely and I try to treat them kindly. Dry cleaning instead of washing them. Building a little room in my house to display them in a glass case. Starting an Instagram for them.

I had lots of colors, r4. I started buying them in 1974, at Saks in Chevy Chase, MD. They cost $17.50 at that time. Then I discovered a store at the Watergate that was going out of business, and I bought a stack of them for $9 each, IIRC. I would no longer fit in mine, either, size [italic]midi-patron[/italic].

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R8 GANT is available here in the States. We had a GANT shop in Bucktown (Chicago) for a few years, but it has since closed. It's very good quality, yet prohibitively priced. A pair of Bermuda shorts were "on sale" at $149, last time I popped in there.

bump

R16 - Thanks for the info. You answered the question I was ready to post.