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Ask HN: Clothing for a lazy programmer

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At the moment I cycle between about 40 tees from H&M in either navy blue or navy blue. I recently went off to purchase a couple extra to discover they have discontinued the style and replaced it with a thin nylon stretch type.

Wasn't there a couple of startups in this space? Ideally they should deliver to the UK.

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My friends and I want to start a thrift store for old tech company shirts. I bet a "Windows 95" shirt would fetch dozens of dollars.

Do it! Theres a good few on eBay already so the market is there. I love and collect old-school tech company work shirts. Once literally bought the shirt off a guys back out one night because he had a nice DELL shirt. Offered him €10 for it and he took it and was immediately escorted off the premises for being topless.

Have about 6 so far and my most prized one is the red IBM shirt. IBM! RED! It's brilliant. Now, While I love them, the cut on these shirts is absolute crap. Fits grand on neck and wrist but is the poofiest thing everywhere else. You yanks! Would pay extra to have it cut to a better fit.

In terms of market, if you get the brand right you might be able to skirt both earnest tech-heads and the Vaporwave kids who like this kind of stuff: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Japanese-Windows-Long-Sleeve-Tee-T-Sh...

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My friends and I want to start a thrift store for old tech company shirts. I bet a "Windows 95" shirt would fetch dozens of dollars.

Do it! Theres a good few on eBay already so the market is there. I love and collect old-school tech company work shirts. Once literally bought the shirt off a guys back out one night because he had a nice DELL shirt. Offered him €10 for it and he took it and was immediately escorted off the premises for being topless. Have about 6 so far and my most prized one is the red IBM shirt. IBM! RED! It's brilliant. Now, Whil…

Man. That sweater is cool though.

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Do it! Theres a good few on eBay already so the market is there. I love and collect old-school tech company work shirts. Once literally bought the shirt off a guys back out one night because he had a nice DELL shirt. Offered him €10 for it and he took it and was immediately escorted off the premises for being topless. Have about 6 so far and my most prized one is the red IBM shirt. IBM! RED! It's brilliant. Now, Whil…

Man. That sweater is cool though.

Yeah they're pretty rad! Here's more in a similar style:

https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/221858048/sega-dreamcast-lon... https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/239251010/windows-japanese-l... https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/221858970/n64-long-sleeve-t-...

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Sometimes, I think people spend too much time and energy trying to avoid spending too much time and energy on what to wear. Maybe Jobs and Einstein did it, but I view it more as a quirk rather than efficiency.

Enter these guys: https://www.trunkclub.com/

Though even Trunk Club is too gourmet. I just need a service that will send me Forever21 t-shirts and leggings when mine are devoured by holes.

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