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This seems like something that will only work for someone who views clothing as 100% utilitarian and does not care about how they look. The sizing, fit, and sty

This seems like something that will only work for someone who views clothing as 100% utilitarian and does not care about how they look. The sizing, fit, and style aspects are really hard to do right for clothing where people care about their style and other players seem to have shipping basics on-demand nailed down. (e.g. MeUndies, ManPacks - although none seem to have a mobile app so maybe you can just compete on user acq. in that channel) 1. I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) 2. How do you size tees, tee sizing varies widely across brands? How does jean sizing work, are the jeans bootcut, straight leg, slim straight? (you also have 35's as a waist size which basically nobody but Bonobos produces) 3. Are you matching the shoes to my style somehow (or the other clothes you are sending) or are they just some random pair of shoes? 4. How are undershirts and t-shirts different? 5. Are you shipping me sneakers or shoes? If shoes are they oxfords? desert boots? something else? If anything but sneakers are you shipping dress socks to go with them or are you still shipping athletic socks?

evan_ 13y ago
> 1. I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is not for you.
- sizzle 13y ago
  Levi's 501 STF (shrink to fit), can be had on sale <$50. Very flattering jeans if you break them in correctly and thoroughly enjoy mine. (coming from a person who used to rock Dior mij 19cm's growing up)
- sizzle 13y ago
  replied to comment, but yeah this app would appeal to people who will wear anything
sizzle 13y ago
Levi's 501 STF (shrink to fit), can be had on sale <$50. Very flattering jeans if you break them in correctly and thoroughly enjoy mine. (coming from a person who used to rock Dior mij 19cm's growing up)
kin 13y ago
I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) I know HN's not the place for fashion advice but shop at Uniqlo. High quality affordable Japanese denim with free hemming on-site.
- jamiequint 13y ago
  Uniqlo is awesome. I meant nothing that you can buy at wholesale (where you actually can make margin on the sale) that sells for less than $90.
- snogglethorpe 13y ago
  I've never tried their jeans, but while I rather like Uniqlo, their stuff is generally not high quality. I think the appropriate term is "cheap and cheerful." I actually buy a lot of stuff there, but for anything I really like, I often buy two or three of it because I know from experience that it will wear out rather quickly (and luckily they're so cheap that buying multiple copies is quite practical).
- chriogenix 13y ago
  20Jeans is also good and has fairly high quality clothes. Most of the Jeans are in the $20-30 range.
  - jamiequint 13y ago
    Interesting! Those actually look really nice (the $65 ones). Looks like another brand that only enables this pricing by going direct-to-consumer though. Unfortunately that makes them impossible to buy from as a 3rd party reseller (their model doesn't support markups wholesalers would need so these kind of companies generally do not sell to wholesalers)
argumentum 13y ago
> 1. I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) Wow, I don't think I've ever spent more than $50 for jeans. Admittedly, I don't really care how they look as long as they are comfortable.
jamesaguilar 13y ago
1. Levi 511s for slender folks qualify.
PhasmaFelis 13y ago
> I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) The vast majority of people wouldn't recognize the different between a $30 and a $500 pair of jeans on the street. They wouldn't even think to wonder, because they have no good reason to care. You are certainly welcome to hold yourself to higher standards--Lord knows I'm picky about things nobody else cares about--but don't assume your standards are objective or universal. I agree with most of your other complaints, though. My dress sense is pretty lackadaisical, but I know from experience that most manufacturers view things like "inches" as sort of a vague ballpark, not a firm measurement. They're too incompetent to be trusted without a return policy.
- jamiequint 13y ago
  > The vast majority of people wouldn't recognize the different between a $30 and a $500 pair of jeans on the street I suspect most women could tell you the difference between $30 and $200 jeans easily. Maybe not in passing, but certainly in person. You actually see huge leaps in quality between $50 and $200 in terms of both material and construction quality. Anything significantly above $200 and you're just buying brand though so the differentiation is harder (and less meaningful). As with most things you wear though $50 jeans that fit beat out $400 jeans that don't any day.

evan_ 13y ago

> 1. I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is not for you.

sizzle 13y ago
Levi's 501 STF (shrink to fit), can be had on sale <$50. Very flattering jeans if you break them in correctly and thoroughly enjoy mine. (coming from a person who used to rock Dior mij 19cm's growing up)
sizzle 13y ago
replied to comment, but yeah this app would appeal to people who will wear anything

sizzle 13y ago

Levi's 501 STF (shrink to fit), can be had on sale <$50. Very flattering jeans if you break them in correctly and thoroughly enjoy mine. (coming from a person who used to rock Dior mij 19cm's growing up)

kin 13y ago

I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) I know HN's not the place for fashion advice but shop at Uniqlo. High quality affordable Japanese denim with free hemming on-site.

jamiequint 13y ago
Uniqlo is awesome. I meant nothing that you can buy at wholesale (where you actually can make margin on the sale) that sells for less than $90.
snogglethorpe 13y ago
I've never tried their jeans, but while I rather like Uniqlo, their stuff is generally not high quality. I think the appropriate term is "cheap and cheerful." I actually buy a lot of stuff there, but for anything I really like, I often buy two or three of it because I know from experience that it will wear out rather quickly (and luckily they're so cheap that buying multiple copies is quite practical).
chriogenix 13y ago
20Jeans is also good and has fairly high quality clothes. Most of the Jeans are in the $20-30 range.
- jamiequint 13y ago
  Interesting! Those actually look really nice (the $65 ones). Looks like another brand that only enables this pricing by going direct-to-consumer though. Unfortunately that makes them impossible to buy from as a 3rd party reseller (their model doesn't support markups wholesalers would need so these kind of companies generally do not sell to wholesalers)

argumentum 13y ago

> 1. I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) Wow, I don't think I've ever spent more than $50 for jeans. Admittedly, I don't really care how they look as long as they are comfortable.

jamesaguilar 13y ago

1. Levi 511s for slender folks qualify.

PhasmaFelis 13y ago

> I don't know of any brand of jeans that sells for $40-80 that fits well and looks good. (I'd say Flint & Tinder is the closest and they come in at $105) The vast majority of people wouldn't recognize the different between a $30 and a $500 pair of jeans on the street. They wouldn't even think to wonder, because they have no good reason to care. You are certainly welcome to hold yourself to higher standards--Lord knows I'm picky about things nobody else cares about--but don't assume your standards are objective or universal. I agree with most of your other complaints, though. My dress sense is pretty lackadaisical, but I know from experience that most manufacturers view things like "inches" as sort of a vague ballpark, not a firm measurement. They're too incompetent to be trusted without a return policy.

jamiequint 13y ago
> The vast majority of people wouldn't recognize the different between a $30 and a $500 pair of jeans on the street I suspect most women could tell you the difference between $30 and $200 jeans easily. Maybe not in passing, but certainly in person. You actually see huge leaps in quality between $50 and $200 in terms of both material and construction quality. Anything significantly above $200 and you're just buying brand though so the differentiation is harder (and less meaningful). As with most things you wear though $50 jeans that fit beat out $400 jeans that don't any day.