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>> Do you have any fashion choices
from your past that you deeply regret?
>> No, because I do not regret
looking like Guile from Street Fighter II.
But a friend of mine had these ridiculous pants
that went up to his waist once, and--
>> This is the home of the pants, man.
[gasps] >> I was trying to be silly
but now I feel like I'm in hallowed ground.
>> That's right.
>> Okay.
>> I should have worn them.
>> The pants are dope.
>> They're dope, you don't have to tell me.
They know too,
[softer] everybody knows.
[distorted tone]
[electric pop] [gentle vinyl static]
We are here at New Bo in Austin,
my favorite vintage shop in the world,
and we're here with Talena. She's going to give us some tips
on how to look cool, which we desperately need.
>> I don't even care about looking cool,
I care about not looking like a chump,
and being a sucker, I don't want to pay overprice,
I don't want to buy stuff that is garbage.
Vintage is a scary world for me,
because at least in the mass market
you at least are wearing the same crap everyone else is.
Whereas, in a vintage store, it's like
you're making a bold decision of how you're going to look,
and I'm constantly afraid
of buying something overpriced and wrong.
What should I be afraid of when I walk into a vintage shop?
>> You shouldn't be afraid of anything.
>> Snakes. >> One, you should--
>> Sometimes there are snakes. >> -you should expect to find something
if you walk into any store
expecting that "there's nothing in here for me,"
you're not going to find anything.
You're not going to attach yourself to anything
that you find because you've already put it in your mind
that you're not going to find anything.
You have to go in with a good mind set to begin with, right?
>> Right.
>> So if you are really tall and you have really long arms
and you're like, "Oh my arms are always, you know,
everything's always too short," and you don't want to roll them up,
just walk around the rounders
and look for a really long sleeve,
and that's what you take into the fitting room,
instead of everything that you just think is handsome.
>> Ah, no this is good. >> Does that make sense?
>> So before you even walk in the door, you should note
what tends to be problem areas for you and play to your
actual body structure.
>> Absolutely.
>> And not just say, "Oh I like that, I like that"
and then you put it on and you're like,
"Oh, this isn't right at all." >> And then, "Oh, nothing works."
>> Yeah. >> Okay great.
What constitutes like a bad vintage store?
You were talking about lighting, for instance?
>> Yeah, a used clothing, vintage store, if it has really
poor lighting, all the clothes are used, there is most
likely going to be damage on a lot of things and you're
okay with it or you're not okay with it.
I personally wear t-shirts with blood on it, all the time.
[laughing]
>> I don't care, but-- >> Same!
>> That escalated quickly. >> Same.
>> If you don't want to wear a t-shirt with blood on it,
you need a store that's well lit
or a store that notes when there is damage.
A lot of times on the tag, we'll write
as is. >> As is.
>> So then you can look, "Oh, what is the as is on this?"
It might be ring around the collar,
it might be a burn hole that you don't care about,
then you just decide, for the price,
for the damage, am I okay with this item?
>> I never even would have thought about that.
I would've seen as is and be like, "Well, sure, it's as is"
but as is is a clue for >> That there is--
>> find what's wrong with it.
>> Yeah, and a lot of times it's noted on the tag, right?
It'll say you know spots here, missing a button.
Like you said, you have to make sure that it's something
you're going to be okay with, that you're comfortable with.
Like, oh, that stain is down here,
I'm going to tuck this in anyway,
so, not a big deal.
>> What kind of places do most vintage
stores source all their stuff?
I guess, maybe a lot of garage sales?
>> Could you imagine going to a garage sale
and finding this much cool [bleep]?
The people that are going to garage sales, most likely,
are the people who have pop up shops and stuff.
They are the people who have time to go out
have a good Saturday morning, right?
And go to a state sale.
If someone like me, who, is going to have 150 snap shirts
out at one time, I can't pick up one shirt here,
one shirt there, and have a store full of good stuff.
I have to find other sources for it,
so, there are rag houses.
>> [whisper] I don't know what a rag house is.
>> Textile recycling warehouses. >> Oh, got it, okay great,
okay, got it!
>> You know how sometimes you'll see those mailboxes
where people drop off clothes?
>> Yeah, clothing donation to benefit
this charity or that charity.
>> Exactly, a lot of times the charity never
even sees the stuff that's in those bags.
>> BRIAN: But they do see the check. >> The charity is selling that
to a rag house who buys it at
pennies per pound or something.
And then a sucker like me says,
"I want all your Western snaps,"
and they pull those out,
and then sell it to me for way higher of a price,
and then I wash it, mend it,
steam it, tag it, put it on the floor.
>> I assume that we're not going to find a lot of stuff
that just came out five years ago, here,
but 15 years ago? >> I guess--
>> 25 years ago, like at what point
does it enter vintage appeal?
>> Well probably depends on the store, right?
>> Yeah, it depends on the store. So there will be some
stores that just--classic vintage, so they might only
do 1960s and earlier. They don't even want to fuss
with anything newer than that,
because they're going for a very specific aesthetic.
I like street style more than
anything else, so I like people who buy any random thing
and put it with another random thing,
and feel like a badass and walk around,
and that's their style. Like that--my favorite look is called,
all my favorite things right now.
So, like if these are my favorite boots
and these are my favorite overalls and
this is my favorite t-shirt, this is what I'm wearing today.
>> Okay, so that leads me to another question,
because, a lot of people place these artificial constraints
on how they're dressing themselves,
and I did that for a long time too.
Like, I'm only going to buy things from the '50s,
Oh, I can't where that, that's from the '70s, and
this is, these pants are from the '50s, that's ridiculous,
you can't do that. But that's not really true.
>> Well, mixing eras, I think is style.
I think when you stay within one era you look like you're wearing a costume.
>>> Ah! >> That's interesting.
So you can play with that kind of,
post-modernist mash up culture,
but you have to give intentionality to it.
>> Right, so-- >> Not like you just stepped through a time gateway.
>> Yeah, so if you're going into a vintage store and
you don't want to look like you're from the 1950s
then don't buy everything from the 1950s
and you'll be all right.
>> So another thing about vintage stores is that
I perceive that I don't have the guidance
to make sure things go together,
and I love that you gave me permission to clash.
Do you have any general rules of thumb on what tends to
go together in terms of anything from, I don't know
color combinations, or
style combinations, or how-- >> I think--
>> What should I look for?
>> I think a lot more of it is proportion.
If you're wearing a tighter shirt, you probably want tighter pants,
if you wear a loose shirt and tight pants,
you look like men in tights, right? >> Okay, yep.
>> If that's not the look that you're going for, then
either wear a tighter shirt so that the tightnesses match.
You're just like, "Yeah, I just like tight clothes," the end.
So it still looks on purpose.
Super baggy pants, teeny tiny shirt, like if you're trying
to do like the Jnco late '90s thing, wonderful.
But if you're not, you just need
to keep it proportional right?
So, some people will come in and, "I want a skinny tie from like the 19--
you know '50s," and they can be really small,
but they have humongous heads.
[deep sigh] >> So all it does is accentuate,
again this is knowing your body >> I have--
when you walk in. >> And it looks terrible.
[embarrassed] >> Oh, that's good to know.
>> And if you like crazy '70s ties,
and you have a big head, go for it.
>> I do have a really slender tie that I wear
with this like sharkskin suit and
I got a gigantic head.
>> You just end up looking like a balloon.
>> It just looks like shoe strings.
>> [laughing] Like a balloon.
>> A bolo tie. >> Yeah.
Oh man.
>> So proportion I think is a big--is a big deal.
>> It seems like every constraint that you place
on yourself is, artificial,
and it really should just be what you feel good in.
>> Right. >> And, I guess it really is,
it's a matter of just confidence. >> Which makes you walk around
in confidence, yeah. >> Yeah.
>> I think what you just need to do is if you walk around
and anything that looks interesting, or sometimes makes
you think, "Oh I wish I was that person."
Just [bleep] try it on and be that person.
See how it feels, see if it feels right.
>> Let's go. Let's go. >> [claps] Leather pants!
>> Oh yeah, plenty of leather pants.
>> They got leather pants!
>> Over there!
>> All right.
Okay...
A good chambray, that's good.
Pointy collars, I like the pointy collars, very retro.
That's, uh, that's a big possibility right here.
Not real into short sleeves,
nope.
Although,
this looks like I'd be on safari.
That's kind of cool.
Hmm, I know I said I didn't like short sleeves,
but the pearl snaps are where it's at,
and that thin material is going to be good come Austin in summer.
Nah, I'm going to go with this one.
>> All right, where are the pants?
I feel like the pants are going to be
the hardest part for me.
What are Mario's overalls made out of?
>> What?
[to the tune of the mario underworld theme] >> ♪♪ Denim, denim, denim. ♪♪ [laughing]
>> That's so good.
>> Are there any non-denim pants?
>> TALENA: There are some over there.
>> Oh, Oh! >> Yeah.
>> This, you'd you have to go this route right now.
>> Yeah okay, all right.
[pondering] Hmm.
I feel like he's going to go the high class route.
[Talena laughing quietly]
You know what? I'm not going to start with pants.
I'm going to go for '70s t-shirt looking stuff.
I would look great in this.
>> Is there a light jacket?
Those are all too heavy.
I just get so hot in Texas that...
Oh, here it is, here's the one.
No, also too heavy.
I think I need to bring more fringe to the show.
>> BRIAN: My problem is that I dig those '70s cut shirts,
that are kind of tight, but I feel like if I'm going to do
this right, I should have some kind of like,
jacket-flair, or kind of overcoat thing.
Oh my god, a trench coat.
I'm experiencing the same paralysis, I got to get over it.
I love these kind of tees.
>> I'm kind of into that.
An old German field shirt.
The German logo on there, that's kind of cool.
Perhaps.
And now we need some bell-bottoms.
Some corduroy bell-bottoms would be fly.
Everyone watching just kind of laughs and goes,
"Oh, Ja--oh he's serious."
>> Jason, how confident are you in your outfit?
>> Pretty good, pretty confident.
Feeling good!
Looking good feeling good.
[stifled laughter]
>> I'm just not finding any mediums.
>> A medium's probably not going to fit.
>> Oh because-- >> Sizes are going to be different,
you probably should go to a large. >> To a large?
>> You may even end up wearing an extra large, depending.
>> Really?
That's just because everything shrinks? >> That's just the nature of vintage,
the sizes are totally different.
>> All right.
Done.
>> I wonder if I should cheat, Talena!
>> Are you going to try on corduroy pants?
>> I think so.
>> Okay!
>> This is what I'm leaning towards right now.
>> Yeah, yeah, looks good!
>> This whole combo? >> That jacket might be too small for you but--
>> Oh really? >> It looks a little short.
>> Oh! A little short.
>> Chambray's in.
>> Should I put a layer over it or just go as is?
>> No, I think a jacket is smart.
>> Okay. >> Jackets are always smart.
>> What about, uh...
>> Yeah, it's going to be really warm.
>> Yeah, that's wool.
>> I don't know what to accentuate, like I dig the straight
out of '87 look of this. >> Yeah.
>> But I don't want to go full '80s.
>> Are you looking for a jacket or pants?
>> What are the other options on pants?
Because if we had to do the grandpa synthetics, then,
that'd be a weird match.
>> Not if they fit you well.
[hemming]
I mean you're just going to look like you live in Austin.
[laughing]
You're going to to look like a bartender.
>> I almost want to try a vest.
Man, this is breaking my mind.
>> Maybe you can add color with the flannel.
>> I am into flannel.
I'm--I keep gravitating
towards the green. >> I know, you like that green.
>> That's good, I like that. >> TALENA: Yeah, you should try it.
>> What do you think, that on top of the blue with the cords?
>> Yeah, the same color palette.
>> Okay.
>> Without doing all the same color.
>> This is good, feel like-- >> We'll see how it looks.
>> We'll see how it looks, okay, okay.
>> This seems so wrong, I want to try it.
Is this too dumb? Is this too crazy?
>> TALENA: The pants and the shirt?
>> The pants and the shirt and this over shirt?
>> I mean maybe not,
you just try it on and see how it looks,
you'd probably wouldn't want to be wearing those shoes.
[sigh] >> Yeah.
>> So sometimes, personally, for my style, if I were to wear this
as my jacket, I would match this with my shoes.
Like this is its own outfit, and then the
jacket and the shoes are its own outfit,
and then it magically works.
>> That's brilliant, okay.
>> See how that goes?
>> Yeah, okay.
>>> BOTH: So then--
>> If I'm looking for something that match the shoes... >> Your shoes,
then that matches the shoes but this
does not match your shoes >> Yeah.
>> like, you'd want to be wearing your brown boots or something.
>> Okay. >> If you wanted to make the
two outfits work together.
[whispering] >> See, this is what I needed to learn.
Yeah, there we go.
>> Like, that all together, and then you
can still be wearing your same shoes.
>> All right, I'm rocking this. I'm done, it's decided.
Oh, that does work.
>> So, yeah, which feels better?
>> BRIAN: Okay, hey! I'm cheating, I'm getting help.
I guess that's the biggest lesson of all,
is don't be afraid to ask for help, right? >> Yeah, right.
>> You guys know what you're doing.
>> Well, -ish.
>> I'm going to try this and see how it lands.
>> See if it fits.
That's the hardest part. >> Yeah, all right.
It is decided, sir.
>> Are we ready?
>> BRIAN: Yes. >> JASON: All right.
>> Why don't they just have like sliding fireman polls?
And you just come down and you're suddenly dressed.
>> JASON: That'd be pretty rad.
>> BRIAN: I'm describing Batman.
I feel like the pants are going to be
the big x-factor for me.
>> TALENA: Yeah, they might end up being too bell-bottom-y.
>> JASON: No such thing.
>> BRIAN: Ha!
>> JASON: So far so good!
>> BRIAN: I feel like you stacked the deck on this one.
[Jason laughs deviously]
Next time we're going to do a fire eating contest.
>> JASON: That's no fair.
>> BRIAN: All right, three, two, one.
[optimistic music]
Dude, you look freaking great!
That's classic Jason right there.
>> And that is, stylish Brian with some flares
that, uh, I usually don't see from you, I'm digging it.
>> You look just rugged enough that maybe,
maybe you finished chopping wood and now you're going to
give your teenage son a talking to.
[laughing]
Okay, so I'm not sure about this.
This might be a little too big, maybe?
>> Yeah, I missed the mark on the pants.
I think the color is the right thing but [stammers] look at this,
this is quite literally how high up they go.
>> That's perfect.
[laughing] That's perfect.
>> But I love--
>> I'm thinking I might be better without the jacket.
>> I think you're great just like that.
[affectionately] I think you're great just the way you are.
>> Aww.
>> I think I'm going to keep the top part,
and then, just uh, just wear my denim,
but I think I'm going to take these.
>> I'm digging this! But I don't know.
>> Yeah, it's too boxy. Yeah it doesn't, your should--
You have narrow shoulders,
and those shoulders are too wide on that.
>> Okay.
>> So then they make you look a little slovenly.
>> Okay, yeah, we don't want that.
>> No.
>> Everything else, the pants the right length? >> Yeah. Pants are great,
the shoes look great.
>> Yeah!
>> This is, like, this is a summertime in Austin shirt.
>> Yes. >> Like you're wearing a shirt
and feel like you're not wearing a shirt.
>> You do have-- >> That's the point of that shirt.
>> -an "as is" moment happening
right here. >> Oh yeah, the whole thing is as is.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Yeah, yeah, and I'm missing a button here.
>> Right on.
>> Like, that is a very specific customer of mine.
"Where are your ratty shirts?
Those are the ones I want."
Because they only care about how soft they are.
>> Really?
This one is soft.
>> And also, we do a lot of selling for costuming.
So, Fear of the Walking Dead is still being filmed.
I prefer that she buy that shirt and distress it,
zombify it, versus one of our nice, crisp, shirts.
>> Oh, just to trash it up. >> So if I give her these options,
she will pick these out
instead of the other crisp things, and I am
taking care of both markets.
>> Well she's not getting this one.
>> That's right.
Over your dead body.
Over your dead, shambling corpse.
Oh my gosh, this has been amazing!
I feel like the biggest thing is to get the clothes on.
Like, everything changed-- >> Just try it on, try it on, try it on.
>> The moment I saw myself in the mirror, I was like, "Oh. Okay, no-no-no.
I get it, now I see."
And I feel like, I could keep on going around picking stuff.
>> Yeah, and just make yourself comfortable.
Whatever you feel good in.
Uh, who gives a damn what everybody else thinks?
>> These pants are touching my nipples. >> Yeah, because what are people attracted to?
Confidence.
Confidence. >> Exactly, confidence.
>> Just confidence.
All right, so for all the folks at home,
if they want to experience exactly what we went through,
head on over to New Bo, on 47th and Airport.
>> Yep, down in Austin, my favorite vintage store,
Talena, thank you very much. >> Yeah.
>> Thank you so much. >> Yeah, of course.
>> Where are the capes?
Where are the men's capes?
>> Well, capes.
>> Just capes, just capes in general.
>> Genderless, up there.
>> Got my eyes on some fringe >> Up there, there's one.
>> Right there.
>> There's a few, capes.
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[quieter] >> BRIAN: I always knew we were secretly meant to be a makeover show.
[Jason laughing]
>> JASON: What if this the one--the episode
that just really takes off?
[Brian laughs]
>> BRIAN: Next thing you know, we got a series.
>> JASON: [through laughter] Yeah.
>> BRIAN: It's like my living nightmare of anxiety,
[laughing]
of having the whole world judge my fashion.