The Hero's Disguise

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cotonblanc: Martin Margiela Artisanal Jeans

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:31:23 -0700

cotonblanc:

Martin Margiela Artisanal Jeans

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Mon, 20 May 2013 04:03:53 -0700

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Mon, 20 May 2013 03:36:54 -0700

ethandesu: Blue and Red Ring Jacket & Drake’s

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:09:52 -0700

ethandesu:

Blue and Red

Ring Jacket & Drake’s

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Mon, 20 May 2013 02:42:24 -0700

cnvsblg: Great illustrations of birds in nautical uniform by...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:53:17 -0700

cnvsblg:

Great illustrations of birds in nautical uniform by Japanese illustrator, Sato.

gentlementools: Summer essentials

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:26:19 -0700

gentlementools:

Summer essentials

stylebritish2012: Combo by Rose & Born

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:59:21 -0700

stylebritish2012:

Combo by Rose & Born

joegannon: VIS

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:31:58 -0700

joegannon:

VIS

youbroketheinternet: holy shit, so rad. Schott for Barney’s

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:05:14 -0700

youbroketheinternet:

holy shit, so rad.

Schott for Barney’s

suitsupply: The Weekend Rig: Business Trip to New Orleans Our...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:57 -0700

suitsupply:

The Weekend Rig: Business Trip to New Orleans

Our wool/silk/linen blend Havana will keep you cool under the most intense of conditions - like in the sticky Southern heat of the Big Easy.

Wear it with a White Safari shirt, Washed Blue Chinos, Tassel Loafers, a Silk tie, Linen pocket square, and of course our Cognac Portfolio bag.

christiankimber: Photographer Jesse Hisco

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:10:50 -0700

christiankimber:

Photographer Jesse Hisco

dreamsofperfection: Slowear Montedoro

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:43:45 -0700

dreamsofperfection:

Slowear Montedoro

voxsart: Easy Spring Saturdays. Try it with linen and cotton.

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:17:05 -0700

voxsart:

Easy Spring Saturdays.

Try it with linen and cotton.

superdanger-us: I need a ladder.

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:49:44 -0700

superdanger-us:

I need a ladder.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 10:22:44 -0700

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Sat, 18 May 2013 09:55:44 -0700

putthison: The Man Who Thrifted A Ferrari Who’d have thought...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:28:17 -0700

putthison:

The Man Who Thrifted A Ferrari

Who’d have thought you could thrift a Ferrari?

Matthew R. is an inveterate thrifter. He says he works seventy hours a week, and he’s been buying and selling second-hand clothes since 1998. Not long ago, he started a consignment service, Luxeswap, and not only do their auctions often crop up in our eBay picks, but I’ve personally trusted him to consign a number of clothes in the past. He’s one of the best menswear sellers on eBay. But truly: I had no idea.

This week, Matthew bought a Ferrari. With thrift store money.

Here’s how it happened…

Matthew started thrifting in the late nineties, and quickly learned that when he found something good that didn’t fit him, he could sell it on eBay and make a little dough. The first item was an Emporio Armani sportcoat. It sold for fifty bucks. Like most of us, Matthew took the extra money and spent it on clothes and small indulgences.

In 2007, he read a book called One Red Paperclip. It was written by a man, Kyle MacDonald, who traded a paperclip for a pen for a doorknob for a camping stove and on and on for a year until he had traded for a new house. Matthew thought: how could I turn my own little hobby into something special?

So he started a savings account.

His business money went into a business account. His personal money - the money from his own personal purchases - went into the savings account. And year after year, that money grew.

Then, last week, he took the money and bought a Ferrari.

Matthew says: “This car was born of things that nobody else wanted. Things that people discarded. I wanted to be able to say I thrifted a Ferrari. And I did.”

A genuinely remarkable achievement.

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