Oh, fandom ...

[apocalypsos]

... about that link to what Sam and Dean really wear.

-- If Sam and Dean are going to invest in anything, a couple hundred dollars on a pair of a good durable boots seems like a real priority from two guys raised by a Marine. You know how long cheap boots last? Not long, that's for damn sure.

-- Speaking as someone who goes to the Salvation Army all the time, it really isn't outside the realm of possibility for them to go in there and find a brand-new pair of never-worn eighty-dollar designer jeans from the Gap for sale. No, really, even in the guys' section. Sure, you have to dig through twenty pairs of jeans you could pitch and hold a circus under and another twenty pairs that went out of style in 1976 and another twenty pairs stained with paint or oil or worse, but having gone through the guys' section for shirts and hoodies guys are just as guilty as women of buying something new, stuffing them in a drawer and completely forgetting they exist.

-- We are remembering it's not their money, right? So even if they were buying them new, the guy whose credit card they're using they can certainly afford it.

-- Dean might not normally shop in a Gap or a Nordstrom's, but then again the salesgirls in my Gap and Nordstrom's are REALLY hot.

-- Considering how freaking big Sam is, I can only imagine it's the exact opposite (and the exact same) as me buying any pair of jeans I see that fit me without having two or three inches of extra denim hanging past my ankles, even if I don't have enough money to waste on them, just because they're there. Seriously, if I were in a store with my rent money, my car payment, and the money I needed to go to Wincon and I saw a rack of 6/7 flared jeans that ended exactly where they're supposed to ... well, I wouldn't be going to LA or have a roof over my head, that's for damn sure.

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[minim_calibre]

-- Speaking as someone who goes to the Salvation Army all the time, it really isn't outside the realm of possibility for them to go in there and find a brand-new pair of never-worn eighty-dollar designer jeans from the Gap for sale.

Testify.

My favorite pair of Luckys is from Goodwill. Got them for $6.99.

I also once scored a NWT pair of $200 (authenticated later) designer jeans for $20 at a Buffalo Exchange.

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

I live in an area that has trailer-park poor on one side and quite well-off/rich folk on the other. If you troll through the Goodwills and Salvation Army stores on the upscale side, you can find some interesting stuff, including very nice, unused shoes and good jackets. I once found a beautiful, old-fashioned dress that I really loved at a Goodwill for only a few dollars.

So it's not unbelievable that the guys could find some sturdy clothes in used stores, if they knew where to look. It *would* make sense for them to invest money in things like good boots and coats that would last a long time.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Blundstones are good farmers' boots, and they make them in HUMUNGOUS sizes. Apart from knee-high gumboots, they're the footwear of choice around here. I don't know if they're expensive in the US, but they're not that dear in Australia, for their quality.

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

See, when it comes to details like that, I just figure that the costumers get free stuff from the designers, and one brown shirt looks like another. And really, how many people are going to check.

[titti]

Except that Sam's jeans are always too long, and ripped at the bottom. I really really want to know how a 6'5" tall man only finds jeans that are too long.

[openmydoors.livejournal.com]

I shop at Value Village, which really is the equivalent to Salvation Army and Goodwill and all of those second-hand shops, because it's really ridiculous to pay ninety fucking dollars for a fucking t-shirt.

And I can't imagine what it must be like to try and clothe Sam.

[gelasius.livejournal.com]

You know, I was going to make just that point earlier. Then I got distracted.

::nods firmly::

A lifetime's practice of digging through Goodwill racks totally prepares one to find $200 designer jeans for ten bucks. Duh. :)