Today at the Thrift

There may be no Kiton or Isaia to find at the local thrifts, but I'm quite fortunate to discover the occasional Oxxford piece. Today, I picked up this remarkable glen plaid sport coat from legendary Schwabe-May.

Today at the Thrift - The Fabulous Freeman

When you find a good suit, you know it. Today, I found a good suit. Actually, it's a f***ing awesome suit in a tremendously soft herringbone wool with a 3/4 lining and soft shoulders and flat-front trousers and those trousers contain an impeccably made, striped lining. 

Damn, I love thrifting.

Today at the Thrift - Sport Coats

Hickey, Brooks, Hickey, Corneliani

Today at the Thrift - Oxxford and Southwick

 Oxxford puts out some of the best stuff a guy can buy, and in recent months I've been fortunate to find a lot of it. One of Charleston's great menswear shops, which is now closed, supplied Oxxford to its top customers. Although this piece comes from Bergdorf Goodman, I'm always amazed to see the custom jobs from around here.

This ever-classic Southwick herringbone tweed comes from Atkinson's. A Google search turned up nothing but a shop in Newport Beach, California. If anyone has more information, let me know. Like many of you thrifters out there, contemplating the backstory behind a piece is half the fun of buying. Of course, regardless of where this jacket was sold, it's fantastically well-made.

Today at the Thrift - Double Hickeys

Two stunning suits,

two super-soft wools,

from two of Charleston's legendary men's shops,

for twenty-two dollars. 

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 Though I'm not sure when I'll get these to the CKC Shoppe, I just had to share my incredible find from Monday. Not pictured are five other jackets, clearly all donated from the same gentleman.

 Oxxford tweed houndstooth / plaid. Amazing.

 Raw silk Bachrach blazer, from when that brand used to mean something.

 Classic worsted suit from HSM.

 Partially lined nailhead blazer. I've never seen anything quite like this.

 Another great tweed. Check out the label locale.

 A 2/1 roll? First time for everything.

 Heavy chalk-stripe. More Oxxford.

More Hickey too, in the form a nailhead suit.

Today's Outfit - Fair Isle for Fall

Polo oxford - Macy's, $20

Polo fair isle cashmere sweater - $40, eBay

*Countess Mara vintage solid silk tie - thrift shop, $1

Polo slub twill chino - ralphlauren.com, $42

(not pictured) Club Room yellow socks - Macy's - $3

J. Crew vintage saddles - thrift shop, $2.49

*This tie was originally sold at Schwabe-May, a legendary menswear store in Charleston which, quite sadly, closed in the last decade. The finest menswear could be found here - suits from Oxxford and Hickey Freeman, fabrics from Loro Piana and Holland & Sherry.