Same here. The best thing about all the money I don't spend on cheap fast fashion: I don't have to earn it in the first place. I work part time, and have more time to actually live.
Sage advice as ever! Sadly, we don’t even get much overnight shipping here in New Zealand, and shipping is costly! Always support our local shops here, in particular McKnight & Brown, the gentlemen of the Invercargill menswear scene.
I love your comment about not buying new and seeing if something old in your closet is worthy. Most everything in my closet is better than all new stuff online. Thx for awakening me from the dopamine addiction of shopping. Love your channel! Thank you sir
Solid tips. Particularly the last tip which I've always followed: stay classic and quality. Best long term value that never goes out of style and Cary Grant was the perfect example.
Great advice Ash. At our goodwill thrift store they get a lot of donations from businesses like Brooks Brothers. You can get brand new items for 80 to 90 percent off retail. And they still have the hang tags on them. Cheers Ron
one more thing: wear a hat, esp. for a bald person. i have seen too many skin cancers on top of the dome for bald people. wear a hat. it will look good on anyone, if the right hat is chosen. and keep you warm, and best of all, free from cancer. if you hate wearing a hat, wear suntan lotion.
Second that! Even if you have a full head of hair a good flat cap or brimmed hat will help with keeping the sun off your face which can definitely help with slowing down the wrinkles.
@@travisr82 Me? Always! Hats are extremely useful - the proliferation of personal transport killed hat wearing, not lack of usefulness! Of course nothing keeps you from just taking it off in the car. And I usually commute by train so why shouldn't I wear a hat? Also it's both *insanely* more useful than no hat or the worst: the basecap. Even a trilby (but *not* the horrible cheap textile... "trilbies") offers more shade than the baseball cap... it's meant to shield you eyes... when you need to see the ball... on the baseball court... everywhere else it's... "use-challenged". Hats are awesome... of course I'm not unbiased... I have acquired 30+ hats over the last two decades... Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
I have finally managed to pick up a pair of Oxblood brogues. It would seem that chaps with size 9 1/2 feet are holding onto them. However, the pair that I acquired are not absolutely cosmetically perfect, having some minor scuffing, but they are very comfortable. Having done some historical research, it would seem that in times past, a landed gentleman would often give a new pair of shoes to one of his male staff to wear for a month or so, to break them in for him. So, for chaps being accused of being cheapskates by their nearest and dearest, the comeback is "There is a difference between worn-in and worn-out"
Truly a treasure trove of tips. I enjoyed every second of the the video. When I buy from eBay, I purchase preferably from North Anerican and UK sellers. I stay away from sellers in Asia. I want to support the people in the West. I found some great Made in USA and UK garments over the last couple of years.
I tell my friends that using polyester in their clothes (unless you're working out) is like using a plastic bag... I live in Utah , I shave my head (I'm bald) and Panama hats are superb for summer which truly elevated my style.Also the "Peaky Blinders" style of hat in winter. Great video as always , Ash
Excellent point about 'Style v Fashion' - alongside great advice, as usual. Supporting local retailers and choosing natural materials, and investing in quality not quantity all enhances a sustainable way of living and being. 👍
Your point about buying online hit home. I am a huge proponent of buying local and supporting local businesses. However, although I live in a quite urban area, the number of times that I have gone out looking for something and driven from shop to shop to shop and have been unable to find the style I’m after, or my size, or the colour I want or whatever… and then I go to Amazon and, boom!, there it is, and will be at my door the next day. It’s disconcerting.
I bought an Armani tie at my local thrift shop for one Canadian dollar today, Ash. -Real bargains are out there for those who will take the time and make the effort to investigate the secondhand market for men's clothing.
That's a good and sensible list of things to do and avoid Ash. You're a man after my own heart when it comes to natural fabrics. I own two second hand coats, one a leather car coat, the other a full length heavy wool overcoat which cost under one hundred pounds for the pair instead of the fifteen hundred pounds new. Treating ones clothes with respect goes a long way in my books. I still have items I wear that I bought in the nineties. I always look forward to your videos Ash. One never knows what the next one will be about.
Thank you, Ash. Got a good shopping tip from John T. Malloy (Dress for Success) when I was a young man. It accords with a few of your tips: Go to an expensive store. Study the quality, the materials, the craftsmanship, the price, the fit. Then go to a cheap store. Compare the same. Then go to a middle-price store. At the time he thought department stores were good value and an affordable compromise. I don't believe that is still the case here (Canada). The traditional department stores have taken a beating in the decades since and it's too easy now to overpay for house brands or designer labels that had a reputation for quality and value that they no longer deserve. But his advice to study the range from sartorial agony to ecstasy holds up. One other tip re pre-owned shopping. I have found some brilliant items at church Christmas bazaars. Make sure to dress smartly (you'll be treated better) and to check out churches in wealthy neighbourhoods.
Bentleys in Southsea, my local tailor. A Saville Row service for a quarter of the price. I have picked up brand full canvas blazers on ebay for a fraction of the rrp and had Mr Bentley tailor them for me. Also had bespoke trousers made up as I really struggle with off the peg trousers. Sifting through his UK made wool/flannel smaples is a real pleasure!
Ash, couldn't agree more about pre-owned from charity shops. In recent years I have found and bought suits and jackets by Austin Reed, Crombie, and McGee of Ireland. All have been of the highest quality and all less than £30. Lots of compliments when wearing them. Hand crafted shoes for £25 as good as new. Lots of top brand polo shirts too The trick is to find a shop in an area where people tend to discard quality items and visit frequently. It can be good fun. Beware, however, of those with an unusually high mark up on their prices.
Great video and advice Ash, especially fashion V style. One thing I would add, it isn't only investing in ones self (to the end that one can of course), but for some folk, that clothing in varying degrees can be a tax deduction as well. That's a win win win my book.
Hi Ash, I do believe in buying the best quality you can afford, only trouble is if you make a mistake, it’s an expensive one! I bought lots of pairs of Crombie all lined wool trousers years and years ago, and am still wearing them, only trouble is trousers have become much narrower in recent years,so they do look dated.
I also check where my clothes are made. Italian fabrics and suits made in Europe, Canada, or the US. Shoes made in the UK and Italy, socks made in Germany, and casual clothes made in France ... and I did it for a reasonable price.
My view however severe is very clear. Royal Warrants should be removed from companies either foreign owned or made outside the UK. Or stop said companies from using the Union Flag as a flag of convenience. Let them use their owners Flags. However it's much easier to trade with the Union Flag for prestige.
I totally agree with you about buying British, buying locally and not buying from countries like China. However in my limited experience I have found that buying knitwear is a problem for me. The jumpers that I have bought from China actually fit me, were the British made knitwear look like a short dress. The reason for this is that I am 5' 4" and the British manufacturers produce garments for those who are 6' +. Have you any advice for those of us who are below the national average size of 5'9" but are still Intentionally well dressed men.
Shopping local might work in England where everything is less than 200 miles away. There is pretty much NOTHING local here that I want to buy except maybe tube socks. And the thrift stores are pretty lousy, especially for larger sizes, as I've mentioned.
I'm wearing cheap boots that were MADE in Mexico, but they still went all the way to New York before they came back here, so maybe some companies need to look more into localized distribution than centralized? It's still easier to have them shipped and wait a couple days than get something at the mall that will be even less suited to my needs. [and probably came from China]
I've mentioned before that finding buyers for much pre-owned clothing is often easier said than done. [At least if you are trying to get anywhere near the ACTUAL value of the item before you add shipping fee. My neighbor said that I was trying to make a profit with my Yard Sales and such and I had to correct him that there is NO profit being had, merely trying to not just give away new items but at least I don't have to give up a portion to ebay site when I'm in my driveway, but much smaller arena, obviously.]
I don't know how much harder it was to find certain items before the internet if you knew where to shop in a metropolitan area, but I was ignorant of where to look for a lot of things or why anyone would want to own or wear them if they weren't a movie character or something. Everybody was pretty much already just wearing mostly jeans and t-shirts already since the 70s and I didn't know very many men who owned business suits for work days. It wasn't until after the 90s that I was terribly interested in much of this most of the time and I'd say there's a lot more people like I was then now for sure. Can find plenty GAP sweatshirts second-hand, likely.
Not many UK brands are made there anymore, the barbour's and baracuta 's I own are made in Moldavia and one in Vietnam. Gloverall still do most of it's thing's in the UK. Also I beleive that if someone want's to be more elegant he should learn french.
Still Catching Up... I have carried out numerous alterations and repairs over the years, and become fairly adept. Definitely, Pay the price or pay it twice. I have tried to by quality items and some have indeed stood the test of time. I have also got years of use out of cheap gear. Buying Local/ known. I bought a suit from Garrison Tailors. UK based clothiers responsible for Peaky Blinders' wardrobe. My Motorcycle, a Royal Enfield for India. My dress shirts are Double-Two from Wakefield (about 3 miles from my front door) Pre-owned, I bought a blazer (M&S 100% wool) for £7 from a charity shop. It is now my Regimental blazer. I don't have enough to off load any. I also need no more items. *salutes
I’ve taken your advice Ash and just bought a M&S Sartorial blazer (pockets still sown together) from St Richard’s Hospice for £15. 100% wool. Absolute bargain
Or, as a retired tailor once told me, “any garment is cheaper if you only have to pay for it once.” In other words, buy the best stuff you can in terms of quality.
For shoes, you need 2 or 3 pairs to allow dry properly from the sweat they have absorbed over the day, or worse, the rain. If you can’t afford multiple expensive pairs you could buy one top class pair another far cheaper pair. That will help extend the life of the best pair.
Hi Ash. I have a question for you. A colleague of mine was recently promoted and asked to move from his London based office to an office in a European city. My colleague prided himself on his appearance and would always be the best dressed person in the office. In fact it was one of the things he was known for - in a positive way. Arriving at his new office dressed in a suit and tie he was told by his new boss "if you want to annoy me keep dressing like that". This office (in a very conservative, formal country where suits had been the norm until recently) had taken the recent decision to dress down (jeans and T shirts are now common place) to help break down the barriers between management and staff. My colleague is now in a management position. He feels like he has lost some of his identity but obviously doesn't want to upset his new management. Any thoughts or advice?
Grow a pair of balls, both of you. What sort of invertebrate sycophant finds himself in a 'dilemma' because he's scared of igniting the ire of another man? If he had any spine, he'd tell his boss to mind his own damn business unless he's in violation of policy. Goodness sake.
For many (or isn't it all of us to some extent?), the urge to buy new things isn't satified by having the things afterwards. It's by the fleeting act of acquiring it. That what makes it so addictive, so dangerous and so hard to quit. Society needs a therapy there. But it is doing the opposite. It finds ever new ways to make the drug even easier to get.
The best example of how quality checks the supply chain. A certain famous wax jacket make you mention has DNA samples for each batch of the fabric for UK made garments and checks are done to verify what's in the shops is from that "chain of custody" for the cotton.... so avoid Chinese Uyghur slave labour harvesting the cotton.
Personally I do not buy any products from artificial colonial 'States' that operate an apartheid system in territory under illegal occupation and that practice ethnic cleansing and genocide against the indigenous population. I think that is an important stance to take.
When it comes to quality, I like what one RUclipsr always closes with: “Buy it nice, or buy it twice.”
My grandmother would use the phrase, “Too poor to buy cheap”
I'm the best-dressed guy at work, and all this from buying 2nd hand at a 10th of the price.
Bravo sir
Same here. The best thing about all the money I don't spend on cheap fast fashion: I don't have to earn it in the first place. I work part time, and have more time to actually live.
Modest to
He cracks me up he really does 😂 this channel is my guilty pleasure!
Excellent advice there, Ash. Thank you sir!
Sage advice as ever! Sadly, we don’t even get much overnight shipping here in New Zealand, and shipping is costly! Always support our local shops here, in particular McKnight & Brown, the gentlemen of the Invercargill menswear scene.
I love your comment about not buying new and seeing if something old in your closet is worthy. Most everything in my closet is better than all new stuff online. Thx for awakening me from the dopamine addiction of shopping. Love your channel! Thank you sir
Solid tips. Particularly the last tip which I've always followed: stay classic and quality. Best long term value that never goes out of style and Cary Grant was the perfect example.
The sewing lesson is a great shout.
Great advice Ash. At our goodwill thrift store they get a lot of donations from businesses like Brooks Brothers. You can get brand new items for 80 to 90 percent off retail. And they still have the hang tags on them. Cheers Ron
one more thing: wear a hat, esp. for a bald person. i have seen too many skin cancers on top of the dome for bald people. wear a hat. it will look good on anyone, if the right hat is chosen. and keep you warm, and best of all, free from cancer. if you hate wearing a hat, wear suntan lotion.
Second that! Even if you have a full head of hair a good flat cap or brimmed hat will help with keeping the sun off your face which can definitely help with slowing down the wrinkles.
And it will make you look taller!
In the words of Sondheim - does anyone still wear a hat ?
@@travisr82 I do! And they just look smart!
@@travisr82 Me? Always! Hats are extremely useful - the proliferation of personal transport killed hat wearing, not lack of usefulness!
Of course nothing keeps you from just taking it off in the car.
And I usually commute by train so why shouldn't I wear a hat? Also it's both *insanely* more useful than no hat or the worst: the basecap. Even a trilby (but *not* the horrible cheap textile... "trilbies") offers more shade than the baseball cap... it's meant to shield you eyes... when you need to see the ball... on the baseball court... everywhere else it's... "use-challenged".
Hats are awesome... of course I'm not unbiased... I have acquired 30+ hats over the last two decades...
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
And lastly, another perfect Cary Grant-analogy!
I have finally managed to pick up a pair of Oxblood brogues. It would seem that chaps with size 9 1/2 feet are holding onto them. However, the pair that I acquired are not absolutely cosmetically perfect, having some minor scuffing, but they are very comfortable. Having done some historical research, it would seem that in times past, a landed gentleman would often give a new pair of shoes to one of his male staff to wear for a month or so, to break them in for him. So, for chaps being accused of being cheapskates by their nearest and dearest, the comeback is "There is a difference between worn-in and worn-out"
Truly a treasure trove of tips. I enjoyed every second of the the video.
When I buy from eBay, I purchase preferably from North Anerican and UK sellers. I stay away from sellers in Asia. I want to support the people in the West. I found some great Made in USA and UK garments over the last couple of years.
Very sound advice.
I tell my friends that using polyester in their clothes (unless you're working out) is like using a plastic bag...
I live in Utah , I shave my head (I'm bald) and Panama hats are superb for summer which truly elevated my style.Also the "Peaky Blinders" style of hat in winter.
Great video as always , Ash
I must commend you on your ethical imperative, great stuff.
Thank you for your very valuable advices ! Greetings from France
You are so welcome!
Very good Points. I should follow more of them.
Thank you.
I've always told people that same saying,
Buy cheap you'll buy it twice ....
Excellent point about 'Style v Fashion' - alongside great advice, as usual. Supporting local retailers and choosing natural materials, and investing in quality not quantity all enhances a sustainable way of living and being. 👍
Thanks again for your balanced Sartorial recommendations Ash! 👍 Cheers!🥂✌️
Thanks
Thank you sir, much appreciated.
Never be afraid to buy the best (that you can handle at the time); you’ll always be happy with it.
One of the best and down-to-earth channels on RUclips! Many thanks for the tips!! Alex 🇬🇷
Thanks! 😃
Your point about buying online hit home. I am a huge proponent of buying local and supporting local businesses. However, although I live in a quite urban area, the number of times that I have gone out looking for something and driven from shop to shop to shop and have been unable to find the style I’m after, or my size, or the colour I want or whatever… and then I go to Amazon and, boom!, there it is, and will be at my door the next day. It’s disconcerting.
Great video, regards from Italy.
Excellent video.
These are such great tips!
Excellent sum up, thanks a ton!
I totally agree about the country of origin. I try to buy European made whenever possible to support the remaining producers we still have left.
I bought an Armani tie at my local thrift shop for one Canadian dollar today, Ash. -Real bargains are out there for those who will take the time and make the effort to investigate the secondhand market for men's clothing.
Great result John - the spoils come to the bold!!
That's a good and sensible list of things to do and avoid Ash. You're a man after my own heart when it comes to natural fabrics. I own two second hand coats, one a leather car coat, the other a full length heavy wool overcoat which cost under one hundred pounds for the pair instead of the fifteen hundred pounds new. Treating ones clothes with respect goes a long way in my books. I still have items I wear that I bought in the nineties. I always look forward to your videos Ash. One never knows what the next one will be about.
I’m not strong enough to wear 500 pounds shoes…😂
I like your shows, more men do need to establish their own look/style/identity to secure confidence.
As I’ve come to endorse. “ quality remains .. long after the price is forgotten”
Thank you, Ash. Got a good shopping tip from John T. Malloy (Dress for Success) when I was a young man. It accords with a few of your tips: Go to an expensive store. Study the quality, the materials, the craftsmanship, the price, the fit. Then go to a cheap store. Compare the same. Then go to a middle-price store. At the time he thought department stores were good value and an affordable compromise. I don't believe that is still the case here (Canada). The traditional department stores have taken a beating in the decades since and it's too easy now to overpay for house brands or designer labels that had a reputation for quality and value that they no longer deserve. But his advice to study the range from sartorial agony to ecstasy holds up. One other tip re pre-owned shopping. I have found some brilliant items at church Christmas bazaars. Make sure to dress smartly (you'll be treated better) and to check out churches in wealthy neighbourhoods.
Bentleys in Southsea, my local tailor. A Saville Row service for a quarter of the price. I have picked up brand full canvas blazers on ebay for a fraction of the rrp and had Mr Bentley tailor them for me. Also had bespoke trousers made up as I really struggle with off the peg trousers. Sifting through his UK made wool/flannel smaples is a real pleasure!
Ash, couldn't agree more about pre-owned from charity shops. In recent years I have found and bought suits and jackets by Austin Reed, Crombie, and McGee of Ireland. All have been of the highest quality and all less than £30. Lots of compliments when wearing them. Hand crafted shoes for £25 as good as new. Lots of top brand polo shirts too The trick is to find a shop in an area where people tend to discard quality items and visit frequently. It can be good fun. Beware, however, of those with an unusually high mark up on their prices.
Great video and advice Ash, especially fashion V style. One thing I would add, it isn't only investing in ones self (to the end that one can of course), but for some folk, that clothing in varying degrees can be a tax deduction as well. That's a win win win my book.
WOW a film container in the sewing kit being repurposed, now thats something that i have not seen in ages!
Hi Ash, I do believe in buying the best quality you can afford, only trouble is if you make a mistake, it’s an expensive one! I bought lots of pairs of Crombie all lined wool trousers years and years ago, and am still wearing them, only trouble is trousers have become much narrower in recent years,so they do look dated.
I also check where my clothes are made. Italian fabrics and suits made in Europe, Canada, or the US. Shoes made in the UK and Italy, socks made in Germany, and casual clothes made in France ... and I did it for a reasonable price.
I agree....perhaps not a good idea to travel to HK or china these days Ash...the CCP may not be happy with your video
Something tells me a man who classifies a country an enemy wasn't planning any vacations to that country to begin with.
My view however severe is very clear.
Royal Warrants should be removed from companies either foreign owned or made outside the UK.
Or stop said companies from using the Union Flag as a flag of convenience.
Let them use their owners Flags.
However it's much easier to trade with the Union Flag for prestige.
I totally agree with you about buying British, buying locally and not buying from countries like China. However in my limited experience I have found that buying knitwear is a problem for me. The jumpers that I have bought from China actually fit me, were the British made knitwear look like a short dress. The reason for this is that I am 5' 4" and the British manufacturers produce garments for those who are 6' +. Have you any advice for those of us who are below the national average size of 5'9" but are still Intentionally well dressed men.
To stay local is what i always do. I have never bought clothes online in my life. I need to try something on before i buy it.
Excellent advice as always Ash. Also the current level of cheap mass produced rubbish is totally unsustainable.
Shopping local might work in England where everything is less than 200 miles away. There is pretty much NOTHING local here that I want to buy except maybe tube socks. And the thrift stores are pretty lousy, especially for larger sizes, as I've mentioned.
Disappointing quality in the socks from places like Target and JCP now, too. Extremely and worsening, sure.
I'm wearing cheap boots that were MADE in Mexico, but they still went all the way to New York before they came back here, so maybe some companies need to look more into localized distribution than centralized? It's still easier to have them shipped and wait a couple days than get something at the mall that will be even less suited to my needs. [and probably came from China]
I'm still waiting to see how long some things last compared to others. Key word still being REASONALBLY afford.
I've mentioned before that finding buyers for much pre-owned clothing is often easier said than done. [At least if you are trying to get anywhere near the ACTUAL value of the item before you add shipping fee. My neighbor said that I was trying to make a profit with my Yard Sales and such and I had to correct him that there is NO profit being had, merely trying to not just give away new items but at least I don't have to give up a portion to ebay site when I'm in my driveway, but much smaller arena, obviously.]
I don't know how much harder it was to find certain items before the internet if you knew where to shop in a metropolitan area, but I was ignorant of where to look for a lot of things or why anyone would want to own or wear them if they weren't a movie character or something. Everybody was pretty much already just wearing mostly jeans and t-shirts already since the 70s and I didn't know very many men who owned business suits for work days. It wasn't until after the 90s that I was terribly interested in much of this most of the time and I'd say there's a lot more people like I was then now for sure. Can find plenty GAP sweatshirts second-hand, likely.
Not many UK brands are made there anymore, the barbour's and baracuta 's I own are made in Moldavia and one in Vietnam. Gloverall still do most of it's thing's in the UK. Also I beleive that if someone want's to be more elegant he should learn french.
Seek help sir! French……!
@@TheChapsGuide 🤣 You made me laugh there. I am actually french ( from Québec). Have a great day Sir.
Still
Catching
Up...
I have carried out numerous alterations and repairs over the years, and become fairly adept.
Definitely, Pay the price or pay it twice. I have tried to by quality items and some have indeed stood the test of time. I have also got years of use out of cheap gear.
Buying Local/ known. I bought a suit from Garrison Tailors. UK based clothiers responsible for Peaky Blinders' wardrobe. My Motorcycle, a Royal Enfield for India. My dress shirts are Double-Two from Wakefield (about 3 miles from my front door)
Pre-owned, I bought a blazer (M&S 100% wool) for £7 from a charity shop. It is now my Regimental blazer.
I don't have enough to off load any.
I also need no more items.
*salutes
I’ve taken your advice Ash and just bought a M&S Sartorial blazer (pockets still sown together) from St Richard’s Hospice for £15. 100% wool. Absolute bargain
Or, as a retired tailor once told me, “any garment is cheaper if you only have to pay for it once.” In other words, buy the best stuff you can in terms of quality.
Was it a lighter in the sewing kit?
Used to burn the ends of thread.
For shoes, you need 2 or 3 pairs to allow dry properly from the sweat they have absorbed over the day, or worse, the rain. If you can’t afford multiple expensive pairs you could buy one top class pair another far cheaper pair. That will help extend the life of the best pair.
Hi Ash. I have a question for you. A colleague of mine was recently promoted and asked to move from his London based office to an office in a European city. My colleague prided himself on his appearance and would always be the best dressed person in the office. In fact it was one of the things he was known for - in a positive way. Arriving at his new office dressed in a suit and tie he was told by his new boss "if you want to annoy me keep dressing like that". This office (in a very conservative, formal country where suits had been the norm until recently) had taken the recent decision to dress down (jeans and T shirts are now common place) to help break down the barriers between management and staff. My colleague is now in a management position. He feels like he has lost some of his identity but obviously doesn't want to upset his new management. Any thoughts or advice?
Grow a pair of balls, both of you. What sort of invertebrate sycophant finds himself in a 'dilemma' because he's scared of igniting the ire of another man? If he had any spine, he'd tell his boss to mind his own damn business unless he's in violation of policy. Goodness sake.
Good question sir. I will give this some consideration and hopefully provide a video response.
@TheChapsGuide Thanks Ash. If this does make it to a video I really look forward to that.
For many (or isn't it all of us to some extent?), the urge to buy new things isn't satified by having the things afterwards. It's by the fleeting act of acquiring it. That what makes it so addictive, so dangerous and so hard to quit. Society needs a therapy there. But it is doing the opposite. It finds ever new ways to make the drug even easier to get.
The best example of how quality checks the supply chain. A certain famous wax jacket make you mention has DNA samples for each batch of the fabric for UK made garments and checks are done to verify what's in the shops is from that "chain of custody" for the cotton.... so avoid Chinese Uyghur slave labour harvesting the cotton.
At some point you have realize that you have enough stuff and stop buying.
This is what I m trying to do 😭
It’s tempting with all this online content and the internet world we live in now but got to draw a line somewhere
If you know of any secondhand stores in St. Louis, Missouri, that could have clothes for athletic build gents, do let me know. I can't find them.
Wow. EVERYTHING is politicized.
Personally I do not buy any products from artificial colonial 'States' that operate an apartheid system in territory under illegal occupation and that practice ethnic cleansing and genocide against the indigenous population. I think that is an important stance to take.
people don t go in thow posh men wear shop , because ,,, they are snobby ,,, and you can buy a actual suite for what they charge for a pocket square ,