where does everyone shop for clothes?

[jefhatfield]

i am into the simple, utilitarian look, so mervyn's or target are quite ok...if macy's has a sale, i will get something there

but the edie bauer (sp?), saks fifth avenue, and land's end clothes...while nice...are too much for my budget

my wife makes sure i get good shoes though...dkny dress shoes, rockports, and carolina boots

...but i would rather buy computer related stuff

[vniow]

You mean where don't I shop for clothes.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=251718

I'll go just about everywhere, from JC Penny's to trade shops in downtown Santa Cruz.

Haven't been shoppping for awhile though, I'm due for some more goodies.http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=257755

[howard]

i would never buy pants for over 20 dollars unless i really really liked them and i'd never by a shirt for over 12 unless i really like it. i shop at wherever i can get something in just plain colors...not crappy logos or anything like that. i don't have any particular bias towards a store, but then i hardly ever go shopping...maybe once every year or two

[job]

whereever i can find stuff the cheapest.

if i'm going for namebrand ****** then northface, patagonia, dockers, or random polo shirts.

i really don't care all that much where i shop, so long as it's comfortable and i like it.

[janey]

everywhere. literally everywhere BUT abercrombie & fitch-i hate their stuff :p

[D0ct0rteeth]

Mens Wearhouse, Baby

http://www.menswearhouse.com/

-Doc

[eyelikeart]

usually wherever has something I like...

but I tend to go for Banana Republic often...their clothes fit me best...being short & all... ;)

as for shoes...Doc Martens...Sketchers...Adidas...

[3rdpath]

theres a resell shop not far from my home for all the clothes used on tv and movie productions. quite a bit of it is unworn and still has the tags...at most its been worn once.

example: a new pair of blundstone 550 boots for $20.00.

the list goes on and on...

i think i'm finally past my t-shirt, shorts, barefoot stage.

;)

[medea]

mostly Bananna Republic, Men's Express and the Gap.

[guitargeek]

I REALLY want to go to Men's Warehouse, it sounds like a great place.

Most of my clothes come from two places: 1) Concerts. I tend to wear a lot of band T-shirts... 2) Macy's. My girlfriend works there and get's a 20% discount, which is nice.

I just go for whatever is cheapest, though. Abercrombie, American Eagle, etc, are all WAY overpriced, trendy, and ugly.

[DakotaGuy]

Where do you think I shop? I like A&F for fun stuff and American Eagle. I shop at Eddie Bauer for clothes that I wear for work. Eddie Bauer is not that expensive, they have excellent sales. I also like Herberger's and Yonkers. They are regional department stores here in the mid-west. TJ Maxx has a few nice things sometimes for very little. I guess it depends my mood.

The only store that I refuse to shop at anymore is Wal-Mart and that goes for everything. If I want hard-line goods I shop at Sears. If I have to shop at a discount store I shop Target or Kmart. Wal-Mart has the same business stratgy that M$ has, try and run everyone out of business with junk.

[scem0]

I wear white undershirts exclusively, and my friends make fun
of me all the time for it. I get them anywhere and everywhere.
I just like plain white shirts. I usually shop at Old Navy, or
Oshman's. Actually - I never shop. :rolleyes: ;) :D

[jelloshotsrule]

salvation army

[mc68k]

mervyns and gap

blue jeans and plain blue shirts. get up, get dressed go to work/school with minimal thinking involved. saves time too.

[Judo]

yeahh Jelloshot :)
Me too. you can find some real jems sometimes.
I usually end buying about five things everytime I go in but I just end up wearing one of them so i take the others back.
Sometimes the opshop down the road from me has a half price sale aswell. Makes me feel like I'm ripping them off.
$2 dollar shirts for half price. :P
Seems kinda wrong.

[RandomDeadHead]

My wife makes most of our clothes herself, no joke. I dont think she owns an article of clothing that she or her mother did not personaly make. Just about everything I wear she has made, except for a lot of my t-shirts.

I keep asking her to make a quilt with the macrumors logo on it for Arn, but she is working on too many projects right now. I'll try to get her to do it later on in the year. She realy is extremly talented.

[iAlan]

Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, **** and CK. I guess I spend too much money on clothes, but I like to look nice. The only thin I spend more money on are my Macs......

Oh well, it is only money after all...

[iGav]

hmmmm..... I used to shop at SU214, now I frequent lot's of skate and snowboard shops.... or sites like Dirty Habit also army surplus for combats.

I quite like DKNY for smart stuff or ****, they occasionally go funky *****.... UNIQLO and Muji also get abit of attention for understated, non label stuff!!

I design and print my own T-shirts though.... so I always have a relatively unique look about me!!

Aprons are also cool.....

[iAlan]

Originally posted by iGAV
UNIQLO and Muji also get abit of attention for understated, non label stuff!!

Hey iGAV, not sure if you know this but both UNIQLO and MUJI are Japanese companies. Muji have a whole lot of stuff - furniture, cooking utensils, food, stationary, electronic devices, storage boxes, bedding..the list goes on.

Anyway, as for non-label stuff, MUJI has become the non-designer designer brand, the non-labe label. I must admit I have alot of MUJI stuff around my apartment...

[iGav]

Originally posted by iAlan
Hey iGAV, not sure if you know this but both UNIQLO and MUJI are Japanese companies. Muji have a whole lot of stuff - furniture, cooking utensils, food, stationary, electronic devices, storage boxes, bedding..the list goes on.

Anyway, as for non-label stuff, MUJI has become the non-designer designer brand, the non-labe label. I must admit I have alot of MUJI stuff around my apartment...

Yep I know..... only the Japanese could come up with something so cool!!

I'm itching to be able to afford to buy my own place so I can kit it out with MUJI's finest!!!

MUJI and Apple just go together sooooooooooo... well!!!

I've also got a MUJI apron, like what the staff wear, it's so cool..... apart from making me look like I work in a shop!! heh heh!!

Just incase some people are wondering what on earth MUJI and UNIQLO are... check these out!!

http://www.muji.com

in english

http://www.muji.co.uk/

and

http://www.uniqlo.com/

or in english

http://www.uniqlo.co.uk/

[daniel77]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
i am into the simple, utilitarian look, so mervyn's or target are quite ok...if macy's has a sale, i will get something there

but the edie bauer (sp?), saks fifth avenue, and land's end clothes...while nice...are too much for my budget

my wife makes sure i get good shoes though...dkny dress shoes, rockports, and carolina boots

...but i would rather buy computer related stuff

american Eagle, Abercrombie, JC Penney, Old Navy (for boxers)

[daniel77]

Originally posted by D0ct0rteeth
Mens Wearhouse, Baby

http://www.menswearhouse.com/

-Doc


"you're going to hate the way you look. I guarantee it."

[bcsimac]

I have be honest and say I really don't shop for clothes for myself all that often. Most of my t-shirts either came from Apple or came from vendors. Everytime Apple put out a new product, I got a new t-shirt. The Apple PowerRep would give one pretty regularly. I got some from the HP rep, Caere Rep, Adobe Rep, 3COM Rep, and Epson Rep. I got some while at MacWorld Expo......Starnine, Apple, MacAddict, MacWorld, Adobe, MacToday, Global Village, Virmage, Microsoft (ick!). I got hats from Apple. I got bookbags from Apple, Seybold Seminars, and HP. I got Sweatshirts from HP. Polo shirts from Apple.

I have bought a few t-shirts at Christian bookstores. I did buy an NBA replica jersey from Champs Sporting Goods. My fiancee' bought some stuff from Christian bookstores, Old Navy, and Dillards. My mom buys stuff for me from places like Sears, JC Penney, Macy's (occassionally), and Filene's Basement(a Boston area store). Mom used to get stuff for me at the Salvation Army store, ValuCity, and Kmart. My aunt gets me things at Kaufmans and Walmart. Grandpa used to get me stuff from Ames and Walmart.

[TEG]

Hard Question to Answer... It depends on where I am.

In Canada:

The Bay, Sears

West Coast US,

Navy Exchange (NEX), Fred Meyer, The Bon Marche (Macy's\Bloomingdales NW Cousin), Sears, Target.

Midwestern US

Target, Marshall Fields, Sears.

I'm a little apprehentious about shopping at Old Navy, American Eagle, Abercrombie & Fitch, or Aero Postale..... Although I'm in that generation, I don't seem to feel right about going there to shop.

TEG

[Pismo]

I love shopping at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS).

[howard]

Originally posted by mc68k
mervyns and gap

blue jeans and plain blue shirts. get up, get dressed go to work/school with minimal thinking involved. saves time too.

yeah this guys got it down, thats what i do except for its with corduroys not blue jeans.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by Pismo
I love shopping at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS).

i like the outdoor stuff but it's a little pricey

my brother got me a kevlar or gortex pair of hiking boots and the things were very sturdy, but no more than my leather rockport work shoes

at least, if anyone shot at my feet, i would be safe:p

[bbarnhart]

I buy my jeans at Nigro's Western store and I wear knit short sleeve knit shirts that my wife buys for me ( I have no idea where she gets them ). When you get old your clothing is not as important. I remember shopping for clothes a lot when I was a teen-ager. Had to look good. Had to be in style.

Now, my wife has to throw away my old shirts otherwise I'd still wear them.

[wdlove]

Being 6' 8" I never have much of a selection, so I don't shop much. The last time I shopped for clothes it was at the Big & Tall Shop, still don't get a large selection! :(

[scem0]

Originally posted by wdlove
Being 6' 8" I never have much of a selection, so I don't shop much. The last time I shopped for clothes it was at the Big & Tall Shop, still don't get a large selection! :(

Why aren't you a pro basketball player!??! You could even go
by your MR handle. " Yo dis is da big W - D - Love - in da haus".
That would be tight. :D :D

[wdlove]

Originally posted by scem0
Why aren't you a pro basketball player!??! You could even go
by your MR handle. " Yo dis is da big W - D - Love - in da haus".
That would be tight. :D :D

Thank you scemo. That is a question that I get ask often! My answer, I don't really like sports. It's not as easy as it looks. Some are just not athletically inclined.

Would you allow me to use your quote? ;)

[scem0]

sure. hehe. I can understand. I quit diving even though I was
really good (not trying to sound egotistical), and most definitely
would have made it far had I not quit. It was too hard. Maybe I
was just too young. I was on pre-nationals when I was 10. :p

But there was an 11 year old in the olympics for diving in... I want
to say 1994 (when my coach, Matt Scoggins, won :D).

[MacFan25]

I usually wear Abercrombie, American Eagle, and Polo.

As for shoes, doc martens, nike, adidas.

[scem0]

I love Abercrombie. THey are hella expensive, but the clothes
are great. I also use Abercrombie cologne. Good stuff.

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by wdlove
Being 6' 8" I never have much of a selection, so I don't shop much. The last time I shopped for clothes it was at the Big & Tall Shop, still don't get a large selection! :(

that sucks...I wish they'd start making short & small stores...

that's why I limit my clothes shopping to places like Banana Republic if I can help it...they actually make smaller clothes still...

it seems everywhere else that the size "small" now is not...heh...

bastards... :rolleyes:

[Vector]

Emporio armani, banana republic, and kenneth cole for the clothes that i wear normally, and two other companies for my suits.

Eyelikeart: That is also the reason that i shop at banana republic. They are one of the few stores that still make small clothes that fit well.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
that sucks...I wish they'd start making short & small stores...

that's why I limit my clothes shopping to places like Banana Republic if I can help it...they actually make smaller clothes still...

it seems everywhere else that the size "small" now is not...heh...

bastards... :rolleyes:

It's amazing the extemes have problems! :( Clothes like cars are made for the average person!

[eyelikeart]

:o blah...

it's so true...and it's so pathetic...

I hate the "One Size Fits All" philosophy... :rolleyes:

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by wdlove
It's amazing the extemes have problems! :( Clothes like cars are made for the average person!

there is this lady in the bay area that is seven feet tall and works at the local grocery store near cal

she belongs to a tall club according to my friend, who is a 6'2" female and quite tall in her own right and wants to join the club and find a tall man about 6'5" or taller

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
there is this lady in the bay area that is seven feet tall and works at the local grocery store near cal


that's a huge bitch!!! :eek:

[MrMacMan]

I'd have to say a store.

Yeah stores and other stores.

[guitargeek]

Clothes like cars are made for the average person!

Hehehe, my girlfriend is really small, and when she was looking for cars, she had a helluva time trying to find one that she could reach the pedals on! There was a great 94 Saab 900S that she would have LOVED to get, but even with the seat all the way forward, she couldn't reach. Too bad, it was a nice car, too. There was also a Chrysler something or other that she liked, but she had the same problem.

She can't find clothes ANYWHERE. Every pair of pants she buys, she has to hem a few inches off, no matter what, and mini skirts become regular skirts on her. She's pretty little.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by guitargeek
Hehehe, my girlfriend is really small, and when she was looking for cars, she had a helluva time trying to find one that she could reach the pedals on! There was a great 94 Saab 900S that she would have LOVED to get, but even with the seat all the way forward, she couldn't reach. Too bad, it was a nice car, too. There was also a Chrysler something or other that she liked, but she had the same problem.

She can't find clothes ANYWHERE. Every pair of pants she buys, she has to hem a few inches off, no matter what, and mini skirts become regular skirts on her. She's pretty little.

How tall is your girlfriend?

[evoluzione]

i tend not to like department stores or the chains like abercrombie etc, having said that, i just bought some carpenters pants and a sweater from a gap store for $20 the pair! and they're great. generally i like to look fairly sharp and i don't mind spending money on clothes as i find a lot of the more expensive stuff fits me better, looks better and stays "newer" longer so it all evens out in the long run. for example, i have the cheap gap stuff i was lucky enough to find, but i also wear givenchy, georgio armani, donna karan, gucci, double rl, diesel etc etc. my favourite shirt though, is a white yokohama (iGav and WinterMute, yes the tyre co. :p ) shirt that a friend found in the sally army store for 50pence (less than a buck) and i've had it for years (been lucky for me too ;) ). I also have a pair of awesome leather pants (no not cheesy black) that cost over a grand and were custom made for ralph lauren's double rl label. i'm not a label freak though, just like well made clothes.

[evoluzione]

Originally posted by iGAV
MUJI and Apple just go together sooooooooooo... well!!!

i remember muji! they were just getting big before i moved state side. just got a new ikea catalogue this morning, nice.

don't think i can get any muji stuff here though.

there's a lot of clothing that i buy when i go back to england, that i can't get here in new york, or if i can it's overpriced...ted baker, thomas pink and more i can't think of right now.

[lmalave]

Filene's Basement. Cuz I'm a cheap bastard.

I will shop at Banana Republic when they have clearance sales though - they have great pants. Like the heavy wool pants I got for $30 that easily look like they could cost $100. I bought them in January when the "Winter" stuff was already on clearance. Never mind that for the two months since it's been mostly below freezing in NYC. I love stupid fashion rules! They only work to my benefit :D

[lmalave]

Originally posted by howard
yeah this guys got it down, thats what i do except for its with corduroys not blue jeans.

Heh, I put no thought into my wardrobe but it's more like: blue button down shirt, gray or black wool slacks, and shiny black shoes. It's the corporate "business casual" uniform, y'know? I have, like, 20 shirts in different shades of blue. Sometimes I'll get crazy and wear, like, a blue-green or a bluish-purple.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by lmalave
Filene's Basement. Cuz I'm a cheap bastard.

I will shop at Banana Republic when they have clearance sales though - they have great pants. Like the heavy wool pants I got for $30 that easily look like they could cost $100. I bought them in January when the "Winter" stuff was already on clearance. Never mind that for the two months since it's been mostly below freezing in NYC. I love stupid fashion rules! They only work to my benefit :D

my wife went to school in the east village and now that she is out here in california, she swears that all the styles of the youth here, in the california malls, are mostly knock offs of the fashion sense of the east village

she lived on 23rd

i wonder if california comes up with anything or if we just wait for the styles to drift westward from the east coast

[lmalave]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
my wife went to school in the east village and now that she is out here in california, she swears that all the styles of the youth here, in the california malls, are mostly knock offs of the fashion sense of the east village

she lived on 23rd

i wonder if california comes up with anything or if we just wait for the styles to drift westward from the east coast

Heh, I have friends in the fashion biz and I can tell you that the trends usually (but not always) start in the streets of London or Tokyo. From there they move to the streets of NYC (like St. Marks/8th st. where I live, which is heavily Japanese and also heavily punk/alternative). From NYC they are picked up by the various mass media for which NY is a center (magazines, TV, even Web). And from that point wether they are aware of it or not, kids all over America are picking up the trends of Europe and NYC.

Cali just doesn't have the local fashion or media industries to really influence fashion far and wide. There are cases of "anti-fashion" spreading, like when grunge spread from the Northwest using MTV as its medium. But it's very rare that a major fashion trend will spread throughout the U.S. without going through NYC first....

[edit]
P.S. If you don't mind my being nosy, where did your wife go to school? (I only ask because the only true East Village college that I'm aware of is Cooper Union. NYU and the New School are actually in the West Village, though they do have dorms on the East side)

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by lmalave
I only ask because the only true East Village college that I'm aware of is Cooper Union. NYU and the New School are actually in the West Village, though they do have dorms on the East side)

nyu is almost entirely all east of 5th ave... which splits wash sq. park. the law school building is on the west side, and the new student center is pretty much right there in the middle. though i think technically it falls on the west.

but tsoa, cas, the library, stern, etc are all on the east side.

[lmalave]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
nyu is almost entirely all east of 5th ave... which splits wash sq. park. the law school building is on the west side, and the new student center is pretty much right there in the middle. though i think technically it falls on the west.

but tsoa, cas, the library, stern, etc are all on the east side.

The streets change from West to East at 5th Ave, but I don't think the East Village is generally considered to start there. I mean, Mercer St. and Greene St., University Pl., etc. are not considered East Village. I would say that East Village starts East of Broadway. I might even go so far as to say it doesn't start until Bowery/4th Ave. (though I guess if you're down at Bowery it's really considered NoHo now more than any part of the Village).

[guitargeek]

How tall is your girlfriend?

5' even. She *almost* weighs 100 pounds, too. She's about 97 pounds, and a size 1 in pants.

She's itty bitty :)

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by lmalave


[edit]
P.S. If you don't mind my being nosy, where did your wife go to school? (I only ask because the only true East Village college that I'm aware of is Cooper Union. NYU and the New School are actually in the West Village, though they do have dorms on the East side)

school of visual arts in the east village on 21st by 23rd i think

along with cooper union, pratt, parsons, and rhode island school of design...it's a good, small private art school in the nyc metro area

of course, if you want to study art and have the world's best general education (and worldwide reputation) to go along with it, columbia university is a great school to study art...but i don't know if that's near you or not in nyc

if i lived in nyc and had the grades, i would want to go to columbia

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by guitargeek
5' even. She *almost* weighs 100 pounds, too. She's about 97 pounds, and a size 1 in pants.

She's itty bitty :)

heh...yeah that's small...

I dated a girl like that once...she was such a freak about it though...

I mean..she had the nerve to actually say she had fat thighs... :rolleyes:

of course...she was an attention junkie...

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
heh...yeah that's small...

I dated a girl like that once...she was such a freak about it though...

I mean..she had the nerve to actually say she had fat thighs... :rolleyes:

of course...she was an attention junkie...

my wife is size 0/size 1 and weighs 97 lbs. at the most and thinks that when she is getting close to 100 lbs., that she is getting fat

she is 5'2" and nearing 50 years old and having lived that long and never having been 100 lbs is just too much for me to comprehend

i am nearing 40 and i am 167 lbs. (5'7") but was under 140 lbs. until age 28...then something happened to my metabolism and now weight is an issue with me:mad: :p

ps - i knew i had something of a weight issue when i realized at my heaviest over 185 lbs, i was categorized as light or middle heavywieght if i were a boxer...the second heaviest designation of a whole (HUGE) list of weight ranges

[job]

i'm nearing 6'4" and i only weigh 163. :p :D ;)

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by hitman
i'm nearing 6'4" and i only weigh 163. :p :D ;)

wow, that is really thin

you will fill out though:p

got a pic?

[job]

do a search for "pictures of yourself" or something like that. i started the thread and i attached a pic of myself.

you can't really tell anything from it though. (i'm in a suit)

i'm tall and lanky, but still have a six-pack. :p :D

[jefhatfield]

at 6'4" and only 163 lbs., i am sure you can really catch air if you wanted to

can you dunk a basketball?

[lmalave]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
school of visual arts in the east village on 21st by 23rd i think

along with cooper union, pratt, parsons, and rhode island school of design...it's a good, small private art school in the nyc metro area

of course, if you want to study art and have the world's best general education (and worldwide reputation) to go along with it, columbia university is a great school to study art...but i don't know if that's near you or not in nyc

if i lived in nyc and had the grades, i would want to go to columbia

Ah, OK. North of 14th street is not the East Village - that would be the Gramercy Park neighborhood. But 23rd is still definitely downtown with everything that implies. Uptown is just a couple of museums and a park ;)

I live right next to NYU, where actually I'm in a part-time MBA program. Columbia is definitely tops in the city for general education (being in the Ivy League and all), but it's located waaaaaaay uptown in Harlem (115th St. or so). Yeah, NYC has several great art schools like the School of Visual Arts, not to mention the undisputed top music school Juilliard :)

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by lmalave
Ah, OK. North of 14th street is not the East Village - that would be the Gramercy Park neighborhood. But 23rd is still definitely downtown with everything that implies. Uptown is just a couple of museums and a park ;)

I live right next to NYU, where actually I'm in a part-time MBA program. Columbia is definitely tops in the city for general education (being in the Ivy League and all), but it's located waaaaaaay uptown in Harlem (115th St. or so). Yeah, NYC has several great art schools like the School of Visual Arts, not to mention the undisputed top music school Juilliard :)

she just came home and told me grammercy park...somewhat near east village

are you at stern b-school? or does columbia's or cornell's b-school call themselves stern? either way, that is one of the great mba schools and there are 700+ mba schools these days

i was taking classes in grad school with a goal of mba-arts administration at ggu in the 1990s and dropped out to work for a dot.com like a lot of other mba students in the bay area who dropped out...stupidly...to make a fortune in sf/san jose

the mba schools i think that are on the top level, like harvard or mit, on the west coast are stanford, usc, and some say thunderbird b-school in arizona (for entrepreneurship)...but you guys in ny have nyu, columbia, cornell, and tons of those east coast schools to choose from...over here, if you can't get into stanford or usc (in so cal), the other schools left over, while good, are not the same...it sucks and makes it hard to find the right b-school education...many saavy west coast students go east for mba school

i forever got away from general business and plan to get my master's in cs...for my computer business...but i still find business/economic issues and case studies interesting

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by hitman
i'm tall and lanky, but still have a six-pack. :p :D

well that would be because u have very little body mass... ;)

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
well that would be because u have very little body mass... ;)

...but eye, according to your picture, you have very little body mass, except for that exceptional rack you have:p :p

[wdlove]

Jef & Hitman you both are very thin, guess age related metabolism hasn't really caught up yet, enjoy.

I'm 6' 8" and 216 lbs, no six pack though!

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by wdlove
Jef & Hitman you both are very thin, guess age related metabolism hasn't really caught up yet, enjoy.

I'm 6' 8" and 216 lbs, no six pack though!

proportionally, i am heavier than you and will be 40 later this year...so the metabolism thing has...unfortunately...caught up with me:p

you body mass index is probably healthier than mine

www.healthcentral.com has a body mass index calculator

i can't remember, but mine is between 25-30 somewhere

[wdlove]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
my wife is size 0/size 1 and weighs 97 lbs. at the most and thinks that when she is getting close to 100 lbs., that she is getting fat

she is 5'2" and nearing 50 years old and having lived that long and never having been 100 lbs is just too much for me to comprehend

i am nearing 40 and i am 167 lbs. (5'7") but was under 140 lbs. until age 28...then something happened to my metabolism and now weight is an issue with me:mad: :p

ps - i knew i had something of a weight issue when i realized at my heaviest over 185 lbs, i was categorized as light or middle heavywieght if i were a boxer...the second heaviest designation of a whole (HUGE) list of weight ranges

When I was a freshman in college decided to paticipate in a mixer. They matched us up using a personality questionaire. It was a computer that did the selection. I was matched up with a girl that was 5' 2", we had a lot in common. Went on a couple of dates, but then she would no longer accept. I think my height bothered her more than it did me. Personaly I missed going out with her.

[pantagruel]

no where in particular really I just shop around and buy whatever looks nice and fits that isnt too expensive. i like dockers though.

[bcsimac]

I am 5'10" and 168lbs.....and not happy about it. I was 5'10" 158 lbs. I want to be playing weight of 5'10" 155. I just can't do anything about it right now with snow on the ground and it being so cold. I only play basketball.......so it is not like there is anything else for me to do at this point to lose the weight I gained over this winter.


My fiancee' is 5'7" and weighs 149. She has curves and so I am pretty happy with her. She says she could lose a little weight. I would be happy either way.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by lmalave
Columbia is definitely tops in the city for general education (being in the Ivy League and all), but it's located waaaaaaay uptown in Harlem (115th St. or so).

haha. harlem rules. i used to live on 133rd and malcolm x blvd (lenox ave). this was only for a summer, but being a honkey, myself and my brother did feel a little like outsiders... ahh was a good experience though

columbia, from the one time i went there, is in the "nice" part of harlem. ie, the west side. nowhere near spanish harlem and such... in other words, it's not as tough.. though anything's tougher than union square.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
haha. harlem rules. i used to live on 133rd and malcolm x blvd (lenox ave). this was only for a summer, but being a honkey, myself and my brother did feel a little like outsiders... ahh was a good experience though

columbia, from the one time i went there, is in the "nice" part of harlem. ie, the west side. nowhere near spanish harlem and such... in other words, it's not as tough.. though anything's tougher than union square.

my wife is white and she was born in the 50s in washington heights...called white harlem (irish and jewish) in the 40s and 50s...and before

an african american friend of ours from the south bronx told us that if she set foot in washington heights today, she would be taking her own life into her hands and that it has become so dangerous

some of the movie "shaft" was filmed there...i love the scene when shaft pegs peoples with a basketball and ends up with food on his egyptian cotton knockoff leisure t-shirt:p

[lmalave]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
she just came home and told me grammercy park...somewhat near east village

are you at stern b-school? or does columbia's or cornell's b-school call themselves stern? either way, that is one of the great mba schools and there are 700+ mba schools these days

i was taking classes in grad school with a goal of mba-arts administration at ggu in the 1990s and dropped out to work for a dot.com like a lot of other mba students in the bay area who dropped out...stupidly...to make a fortune in sf/san jose

the mba schools i think that are on the top level, like harvard or mit, on the west coast are stanford, usc, and some say thunderbird b-school in arizona (for entrepreneurship)...but you guys in ny have nyu, columbia, cornell, and tons of those east coast schools to choose from...over here, if you can't get into stanford or usc (in so cal), the other schools left over, while good, are not the same...it sucks and makes it hard to find the right b-school education...many saavy west coast students go east for mba school

i forever got away from general business and plan to get my master's in cs...for my computer business...but i still find business/economic issues and case studies interesting

Yeah, I'm in Stern's part-time MBA program. I'm definitely happy with it. I don't remember what Columbia and Cornell call their business schools, but most business schools have a name (except for Harvard Business School since the name Harvard works pretty well for them).

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by lmalave
Yeah, I'm in Stern's part-time MBA program. I'm definitely happy with it. I don't remember what Columbia and Cornell call their business schools, but most business schools have a name (except for Harvard Business School since the name Harvard works pretty well for them).

many mba programs are about the same nationwide because they are based on harvard's model, but the good private (expensive) ones give you the education and the contacts to go with it

while the regular mba at some inexpensive state school will hope to land a management job in the following five years after school...the mba student at the elite private college is doing case studies next to someone who will inherit a large company or start one

and it's also obvious that the rich want to keep their wealth or increase it, so it only makes sense to send jr. to the prestigious private mba program because that is where they will most likely meet and start ventures with other rich students and entrepreneurs

while many public mba programs are good, the contacts simply are not there as much but the actual education of a public school like cal's haas mba program will be the same as stanford's private elite mba program...same analogy could be made of the public ucla vs the private usc mba schools

[Rower_CPU]

Here's a fun place (hope it hasn't been mentioned already):

www.thinkgeek.com

[lmalave]

Originally posted by jefhatfield
many mba programs are about the same nationwide because they are based on harvard's model, but the good private (expensive) ones give you the education and the contacts to go with it

while the regular mba at some inexpensive state school will hope to land a management job in the following five years after school...the mba student at the elite private college is doing case studies next to someone who will inherit a large company or start one

and it's also obvious that the rich want to keep their wealth or increase it, so it only makes sense to send jr. to the prestigious private mba program because that is where they will most likely meet and start ventures with other rich students and entrepreneurs

while many public mba programs are good, the contacts simply are not there as much but the actual education of a public school like cal's haas mba program will be the same as stanford's private elite mba program...same analogy could be made of the public ucla vs the private usc mba schools

Word!

For MBA programs you definitely have to go where the money is. The neat thing about MBA programs is that unlike Law School or Med School, students are basically required to have a few years of professional experience. So not only can you start business ventures with classmates that are smart and rich, you also know if they have proven leadership experience.

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by lmalave
Word!

For MBA programs you definitely have to go where the money is. The neat thing about MBA programs is that unlike Law School or Med School, students are basically required to have a few years of professional experience. So not only can you start business ventures with classmates that are smart and rich, you also know if they have proven leadership experience.

the top shelf schools like nyu can make their applicants have to have 5 yrs experience

but some lesser schools, being desperate, will take a 21 yo recent graduate

...and it's sad to see someone just take in all that theory with nothing in their life to give the theory/case studies a reference...anyway, they have to work for a few years after mba school to land any sort of real mba type job