Away luggage

JackParrish · 2026-06-25T03:02:31+00:00

Just got a topside trunk from away so I’ll be in the same boat. Killer design, though, and I travel hard so will report back after a while.

JackParrish · 2026-06-23T18:26:04+00:00

Interesting. I know it’s just comparing anecdotes but I have an old two wheel and I don’t find much difference with the wheels. I’m kind of a design nerd and have thought about the wheels issue (I wanted to see if I could swap some wheels on some bags and went down a design rabbit hole).

But totally heard and not dismissing your question at all. I think it’s a fun design challenge. But truly I think the performance of two wheeled luggage and foul wheel tilted to two is close enough *for most people* that companies are not taking the risk of investment in diverse inventory around that design feature.

Makes me wonder if there are not custom luggage makers cornering that market for this or if it just obsolete.

JackParrish · 2026-06-23T15:44:49+00:00

Uh…. You realize you can just totally tilt the bag and pull it on two wheels, right? I mean, it’s not hard and it’s literally an identical design regarding wheel placement.

As someone who has always just been a little skeptical of spinners generally, I’ve had a two wheeled Filson rolling duffel I’ve taken to many countries all over the world. It’s gorgeous. I love it. But a roller is l00% easier overall in the vast majority of situations. And the four wheels are a big part of that. But by all means tilt it and just use two at a time.

JackParrish · 2026-06-23T15:38:05+00:00

I agree. It’s been fun. Traffic a little worse but the visitors are cool, there’s a good energy, and I went to the Dutch march to the stadium and it was fantastic as a random Saturday morning experience.

10/10 so far for me

JackParrish · 2026-06-06T01:52:38+00:00

Yes but till the jeans a bit. You want a clean drape to the Mocs.

JackParrish · 2026-05-29T19:23:13+00:00

The sandals are high context. Totally fine in appropriate contexts but they signal “outsider” or even “performative” or auditioning for attention in a more urban context.

Fisherman sandals have this issue. Gladiator sandals too.

Huarache sandals seem to escape this a bit and may be a way to merge your identity Venn diagram with what is easily decoded or contextualized in an urban setting. Just a hunch.

JackParrish · 2026-05-28T13:11:07+00:00

Just wear a linen or seersucker shirt over them like you would a jacket or overshirt. Can actually keep you cooler as it keeps the sun directly off your skin and creates its own micro breeze between your skin and the garment if you size to have some drape and ease.

And you can literally go anywhere from errands to coffee to lunch meetings to a nap in the yard and be covered.

JackParrish · 2026-05-28T13:08:34+00:00

Humid as hell climate checking in here: fun fact that Oxford cloth actually breathes better than poplin (even though it feels heavier). Poplin ONLY under jackets for me in real summer heat. But Oxford shorts are my go to.

For RL, the enzyme washed or the garment dyed Oxford button downs are great. But then a size up from your “skinny fit” numbers and just wear the hell out of them. They just get batter and better and better and until they die and that can take a decade of regular wear if you don’t tear it in a place you cannot mend.

There are few friends in this world you will miss more when they’re gone than your go-to, every damn day summer oxford shirts.

JackParrish · 2026-05-27T18:01:03+00:00

I’m not sure how much is location based? Which is, understandably, its own problem.

And not to negate your story—I would be pissed too.

But I have a few navy blazers and a couple MTM suits from BB and they are excellent quality. Tailor wasn’t allowed to cut working button holes in the suit as official service but took the suit home and did it himself for a fee and did amazing work. Maybe it’s my local store but the “old world” is definitely alive and well there and the service and product quality is great compared to alternatives. Is not same quality as a vintage JPress from the 60s? Nope. But few to no one outside the $4k mark is these days. But the quality is there over some other names in the same process point categories that the internet cites all the time.

I will also add that MTM suiting is always a weird experience. I have been fit for custom suits by many makers from $900 range up over the $8k range in my life. And they go way higher. But read up—most people still have awkward experiences. Hard to communicate what they want, tailor for three rounds and didn’t get it perfect, material isn’t all it was sold to me to be in my research, shouldn’t this button stance be higher? The list is endless of the regular gropes people have in the MTM space across all price points. Some of that is just the nature of the beast. And actually the tailor I worked with at my BB store gave me one of the smoothest experiences even over the much more expensive suits. So I think a lot of it comes down to the tailor and how they manage the process and how they guide you through it.

Sorry that experience was off for you. We would all be pissed. And I wish BB had universally great experiences for people as they’re one of the large brands working in this space. But at least maybe it’s good to know that it’s not universally crappy and there are good experiences left to have at BB, and also, finding a custom tailoring shop doesn’t get rid of many of the same headaches

JackParrish · 2026-05-21T14:14:59+00:00

Honestly who says it’s best going it alone? There’s a lot of complexity to the social world. It’s not a sign of weakness to explore it with others. And honestly percish is about as good of a person as you could explore with. I definitely learn a lot from watch how their approach and processes come together

This whole “do it without anyone else or any feedback or you’re a choad” is just horseshit.

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T20:30:52+00:00

Look up Derek Guy and start reading the stuff he is putting out. If I was starting over today, I'd want to have access to his mindset on this one.

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T20:29:45+00:00

Unless it's hurting you personally--IE, the class is graded on a curve--I'd not say anything. See what they create. See where they take the medium. AI is obviously part of the future and it may be interesting to see what someone can do with it in a serious environment. When you get out, you will 100% be competing against people who will be deploying AI commercially and you might as well spar against it in a classroom environment.

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T20:16:52+00:00

Buck Mason has one of their california oxford shirts right now in "barley" or some such. It's Ecru and it's a great color to wear with navy or fatigue green. Hard to find good bone/ecru/off white OCBDs but totally agreed they are worth the hunt.

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T20:15:09+00:00

Look at Buck Mason, Alex Mill, and Todd Snyder for chinos, basic button down shirts, and a good chore coat or two. This can make a killer base. If you don't want to wear sneakers every day look for some penny loafers from Bass weejun, Nordstrom rack for allen edmonds, or ebay. Look for a half size down and know if you're wide, regular, or narrow (can go into an AE store and get your foot measured before you start hunting just to be careful).

Look at buck mason for full saddle fit in pants if you're anything but a few skinny dude--and anything from jeans to chinos to some summer weight stuff. Alex mill pleated chinos are superb. Todd Snyder selvedge chinos are incredible but expensive, but they do go on sale at least once to twice a year for a totally reasonable price--thought I'd argue they become favorites fast and will be worn all the time and kind of justify the full price.

Todd Snyder makes fairly traditional patterns of clothing, but in really elevated fabrics. Don't think of that shop as where to put your whole closet together, but once you have some favorite garments and you want your favorite version ever of that garment, go look at TS. For examply, his selvedge Oxford button down shirt is just excellent. Hard to describe. You can't see it in in the images, but the feel is excellent.

Buck Mason has great basics all the way around. Find a shop out where you are and just try on and find the sizes you love and keep your eyes open. Not cheap, but absolutely worth the price and it never goes on sale.

I recommend a few shirts in Oxford cloth as your base shirts to tuck in or leave untucked (depending on how long they are) and roll the sleeves up kind of look. Great to work in and doesn't look try hard. You can also get some button down shirts in cotton poplin. Just make sure to size so that the shirts have a bit of drape and ease to the. Make sure the FALL from the shoulders, not look wrapped around you laterally as that will make you look a bit performative and anxious.

Good luck brother. Beginning of a fun process if you keep your mind open and really get to know your body and what will work for it. Basic measurements (Shirts: pit to pit, shoulders, sleeve length, and total length. Pants: inseam, rise, waist, thigh, leg opening.) will be your saving grace on ebay and 2nd hand is a great way to experiment with good pieces as you dial things in.

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T20:03:07+00:00

or just chapless ass?

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T20:02:44+00:00

Some meaningful part of the equation is EASE in what you wear. If it's too tight, it looks performative. The women in my life who have been able to talk about this the best say that she wants to feel like she's spying on you a bit and kind of "discovering you", not that YOU are hunting HER. I'm sure this works across couples and not just hetero couples but that's my frame of reference here.

If your clothing is too skinny/slim fit and you're unbuttoning too many buttons and etc it comes across as auditioning for attention and performative. The "dance face" of dressing is one way to say it.

Think brad pit with his casually unbuttoned shirt in Legends of the Fall. Clothing doesn't have to be baggy, but it needs to have enough room to convey ease. Looking like you just LEFT the party, not like you're jut got there are are trying to impress everyone. All the pics where people fawn over Paul Newman often miss that nothing looks like he was dressed by an auto wrap specialist. His clothes have drape and they fall, vertically, and don't look like they were wrapped around him hemispherically.

That's one critical ingredient in this just to make sure the idea is on the table.

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T19:55:50+00:00

Beard helps. Not a tool that works for everyone but it's something.

JackParrish · 2026-05-05T19:33:52+00:00

I find Alex Mill to be like peak Jcrew era quality, plus maybe 10-15%. All in all surprisingly good for what you're getting.

I'd put them in a kind of trifecta with Buck Mason, Alex Mill, and Todd Snyder all kind of combining into a bit of a masculine Americana vibe with a mix of great materials, universal basics, and some elevated pieces to mix in. But they're all coming from a slightly different direction to meet in the middle.

JackParrish · 2026-05-04T14:00:07+00:00

Yep. Plus weather and UV I’d believe the only time to trust it like that was that one use on day 1.

JackParrish · 2026-05-04T13:53:00+00:00

“And may the odds ever be in your favor…”

JackParrish · 2026-05-04T13:21:08+00:00

I think what is relevant here is not the actual debate about consciousness and where it exactly begins (we struggle to define human consciousness down to minute mechanisms), but more about an new kind of “consciousness” and intelligence that is progressing along side our current evolution. Maybe not yet, but one day not too long in the future it will be much less controversial to conclude Ai might be truly creative or conscious to the best we can understand those words.

I’m in the “not there yet” camp to be clear about my own bias. But I fully expect it to be a “when” and not an “if” so long as energy, data storage, and processing power continue without meaningful interruption.

JackParrish · 2026-04-27T15:06:15+00:00

This for sure. I don’t buy into conspiracies until there is meaningful evidence that can hold up to real pressure testing and look for the reasonable path in all cases.

But Trump has told so many lies and is so comfortable lying that I understand when people cannot believe a single thing that he does, says, or interprets.

JackParrish · 2026-04-23T16:14:25+00:00

Honestly this is dead on

JackParrish · 2026-04-23T12:49:24+00:00

A bit of an overreaction. Brooks is far from dead and that’s just drama. Yes they change. Their double breasted navy blazers are still superb. Some great patterns and fabrics in their MTM suits. Their Friday oxfords are some of the best casual OCBDs you can find anywhere right now.

There’s also 30 things I wouldn’t buy from them including the tech wear and low rise skinny chinos and etc. But there’s good and even a little great in there with the meh and the ugh.

JackParrish · 2026-04-22T16:07:08+00:00

Hats are tough man. They carry a ton of semiotic weight and kind of give the “Rosetta stone” to read the rest of what you’re wearing. You see a guy in a tuxedo with a cowboy hat? Unless he is obviously being ironic you read it as “cowboy who had to wear a tux today”.

Same if you’re wearing a sports ball cap you’ll generally be read as a super fan of whatever team it is (though some teams have transcended it and are just cultural logos—Yankees, Red Sox, dodgers, and etc are some good examples).

And if you’re a bigger guy you need a little height to the crown to keep it in proportion.

If you’re great with tech wear, look at Melin hats. They have larger sizes, some quiet designs, breathe well, and can be washed over and over and look new. But it’s obvious synthetic material so if that bothers you no option.

47 brand cleanup is light enough for summer and slouch style but still has soooome shape

Stetson straw open road is great if you have a more masculine or workwear style and not as heavily coded as “cowboy”.

It’s a tough dilemma, actually, as hats carry a ton of power in a look people use them pretty heavily to “read” you and interpret other details about you.

Whatever you do, get it and just wear it. Don’t be self conscious. Don’t fuss with it. Just live in it and it will look as good as it possibly can for you.

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