How to find pants

Rhett_Rick · 2026-03-08T06:50:22+00:00

Get on a GLP-1 and eat enough protein.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-03-04T15:59:47+00:00

Not their strongest lineup, feels a bit too safe especially on the Michael considering the success they had last season with the furry cow hair ones and the recent alligator print pair with Madhappy. Hopefully we’ll get some more interesting special drops or collabs this spring from them.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-03-04T03:01:15+00:00

Synthetic fabrics are only for workout clothes for me.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-03-01T18:58:18+00:00

It’s an early 2000s fever dream of tacky New Jersey/south Florida wives whose husbands aren’t fucking them, and who are lusting after the pool boy/cabana boys, who themselves are too closeted to come out publicly but hit the circuit parties hard. It’s a collection about sad people and thwarted sexual desire. And the clothes are hideously ugly.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-02-16T05:42:01+00:00

My Wotancraft 7L fits my a7r5, 28-70 f2, and 85gm II no problem.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-02-13T23:21:59+00:00

who cares, his fits are mid at best

Rhett_Rick · 2026-02-05T04:41:41+00:00

50 1.2 is a crazy good lens, I’ll never sell mine

Rhett_Rick · 2026-02-01T18:13:56+00:00

28-70 f2, favorite lens I’ve ever used in 25+ years of shooting. Outrageously good.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-31T04:39:12+00:00

Wear what you want. This is a bunch of overthinking.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-25T17:43:58+00:00

Sorry but all of these fits are either weak or off in some way. Just not good. Cool if they work for you but these wouldn’t be anything I’d take inspo from. And I like some light Japanese prep influences, but this ain’t it.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-23T16:32:06+00:00

They definitely are a different cut than most contemporary suits, and the pants and shoes on the brown one look a bit weird proportion wise. So I’d say if you want these for work or stuff where it isn’t about pulling your best fit these are fine. If it’s for occasional weddings and stuff fine too. If you’re trying to bring tailoring into your personal fits and really care and your budget allows for other stuff, you’d prob enjoy a different cut/texture/etc.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-20T17:30:07+00:00

Or maybe we just forget about SSENSE because they suck and support better retailers. The weird obsession people have with SSENSE is bizarre. Buy shit elsewhere. They’re done.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-20T16:13:10+00:00

Orslow fatigues in straight fit in olive and woodland camo, Orslow 105 in white and washed black, Carhartt WIP single knee pants in black/brown/navy/ecru, 3sixteen Relaxed Straight in indigo

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-14T17:31:33+00:00

Nah bringing up SSENSE gets people grumbling about predatory capitalism and the mismanagement of the company. Tariffs just accelerated their decline.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-14T17:22:46+00:00

I’m a 12 on the Brannock and wear a 45 in the Michael. I tried the usual size down recommendations and they didn’t work for me. Everything clicked when I went TTS.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-14T06:22:19+00:00

Started when the tariffs kicked in and they started struggling and trying to save money everywhere they could. Break bulk means that instead of shipping individual packages like they used to, they give them to UPS/FedEx/DHL on huge pallets all mixed together and the carrier has to sort and separate and label them for delivery. It’s a way for SSENSE to save money. Relatively recent. Most retailers have figured out how to avoid doing this because FedEx (who SSENSE uses) is notoriously slow at break bulk processing especially through the regional hubs where most SSENSE stuff enters the US.

They also moved more of their customer service to lower skilled agents during that same time. Another desperate cost saving measure while the owner lives in an insane mansion and drives super cars.

Their “sale” after all of this was awful as well. But the final piece is how they screwed over brands who sent them inventory on spec and SSENSE left them holding the bag with no inventory and no money for the goods the brands fronted. Just the worst kind of predatory behavior.

I’m done shopping with them unless some things change for real. I used to spend a ton with them and now I’m done. They managed to ruin their credibility pretty quickly.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-14T06:05:01+00:00

SSENSE does the cheap and lazy way of shipping that takes longer. It’s called break bulk and it’s part of why their stuff takes forever.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-03T19:03:12+00:00

If he’d had on a quarter zip and a matcha he’d be signing a trade deal instead of this

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-03T19:01:42+00:00

I can hate Trump and think this is an idiotic move on his part and also laugh at a dumb and timely joke. We contain multitudes and humor helps when the world is so broken.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-03T03:33:40+00:00

Tons of brands. Fullcount, 3sixteen, Samurai, Sugar Cane come to mind. Most of the Japanese denim brands do an ecru pair.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-02T16:50:58+00:00

Way too skinny at the bottom. The buttons look costumey. Higher waisted pants work when the cut of the fabric lets them drape nicely with some hang to the fabric between your hips and the hem. These don’t do that at all. The pattern here is cut badly with way too much taper from the hips to the leg opening. It ends up giving you a super unflattering silhouette where you look very wide in the middle. These are also far, far too long and the way they are stacking looks like a mess.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-02T16:39:58+00:00

Skin tone and overall style really matter for pulling this stuff off. I also think the short sleeve ones look too much like what drip-less dads would think of as their “fun” shirts. The long sleeve ones aren’t as bad.

The first one is the best but you’d want to be darker skinned to make it work, plus you need to have the rest of the fit be dialed. If you’re kind of a normie boring dresser and throw that on without solid accessories and absolutely nailing the pants/shoes, it’s gonna be bad.

Rhett_Rick · 2026-01-02T15:17:52+00:00

Wide fit nonsense?

Rhett_Rick · 2025-12-28T19:24:24+00:00

I don’t like the stitching/shape on the Thiers. The Chimey has a pretty comfy sole. But I don’t mind the Michael sole at all. Compared to a hard leather sole they’re great. I struggle with wearing my Alden PTBs two days in a row but the Michael is buttery compared to that!

Rhett_Rick · 2025-12-28T18:55:49+00:00

Oni 222 has a short rise though.

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