Find one made locally in your own state!

On Etsy you can usually find small leather goods of fine quality. Include "handmade" in your search to find some of the nicest.

Try Hanks Belts.

Those are pretty basic boots ... Nice, but not ornate by any stretch.

They sell Ettinger on Amazon. Love mine. Great customer support too.

Bluntstone

I own a pair of the Winterized Blundstones, and while they're pretty good, I'm not sure I would wear them lower than -15. The lack of lacing means you can really feel the air creeping down to your ankles.

Canada West Romeo

Personally, I wash my dry clean only things at home. Cold water, gentle cycle, mild detergent... or just hand wash it. Hang dry or dry flat. Most everything can be cleaned at home with a little care. If you're thrifting, chances are it's been through the washer already, tbh!

Ooh I would also like to know

If you are willing to take care of them, most of the canvas tents are going to last you a life time. But if not, or you don't want the weight or the hassle, I've heard really good things about the REI tents, for light weight and durability.

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I can buy the costume you wear every day in the kids section of the dollar store. Right next to the cap guns.

The gun may be necessary. The knife may be necessary. Boots are helpful, but by no means need to be cowboy style. There are lots of hats that protect you from the sun.

This is a costume, and anyone from outside of the American southwest recognizes it as such.

Ok I thought underside wore out. But I prefer to buy the bulky crocs with front covered instead of flip flops. May be these are not that heavy duty ones

We always used a Eureka timberline 2 person for the kids and a second tent for mom & dad. These tents have space for a bag as well as your sleeping bag, but if you really want to spread out you could use the four person size for two. They’re durable tents (I have also used the outfitter version with a camp/outdoor ed center where they’re used with middle schoolers week in and week out)

Edit: I’m still using the same tent from when I was a kid, nearly 30 years later. Seriously! I’ve replaced the bungee cords for the side tie-outs, as the originals turned sticky, and got some new stakes, but otherwise it’s in great shape.

If you ever come across that situation again, you could most likely just get some leather cleaner (like saddle soap) and it would fix that up.

I wear flip flops in 20 degrees lmao

That’s what I thought. I was torn between that one and the P17 a while back.

Dumb advice, but it's served me well when I've been thrifting. Just because something is a good deal, doesn't make it a good deal for you.

I've weirdly been more dissatisfied with clothes I've bought that were either on sale or thrifted where I've said "I'm not crazy about the look/feel/fit, but I can't pass this up." than I have been with some more expensive clothes that I really took my time/save up for. And I have some really good thrift/consignment buys. Not knocking that at all, just saying that you can pre-Kondo things sometimes.

Having said that, I try to find a 3 way or 4 way seam, and pull gently on the different pieces of fabric that lead into the seam. If you have a sense that the stitching is going to pull loose, put it back. Read the laundering directions and make sure that the thing isn't dry clean only when you didn't expect it to be.

I'd avoid thrift rain gear - even the good stuff has coatings that wear off and it's very difficult to tell.

Buy 4 similar pieces from LLBean and rotate them. They will last longer and you will have more options for the same price.

Very good quality garments and probably just as good as what you are looking at.

If you need something really tough, buy a workwear oriented item from a quality workwear manufacturer.

Can't name a specific brand but Australia has the best Merino wool. It's not as soft as something like cashmere but it's super durable, breathable and we make a ton of it.

Pretty sad that someone is so miserable they feel the need to downvote this..

Kodiak Canvas. It’s huge and heavy, but incredibly well made. https://www.kodiakcanvas.com/canvas-camping-tents/

Absolutely correct! It may not be the most fashionable or sexy vacuum but that thing will suck a golf ball through a garden hose!

I second this. I have 3 black shirts from them that I wear to work every day. They hold up really well.