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I live in Finland. My favorite place to get sportswear and just daily wear is H&M. No logos. My favorite design house is Makia. Really amazing stuff. https://makia.com/ but if it has a big-assed Makia logo I don't buy it.

When I lived in New York there were so many options it was hard to choose, but I'd check out used clothing boutiques for fun things.

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FWIW, in the US, H&M is known for fast-fashion, garbage-tier clothing. I've heard the brand is better outside the US, though.

I keep hearing people say this, but the few things I bought there lasted many years.

If I lived in the US in a place that didn't have many good stores around I'd buy from retailers online and try out different things. I've had luck with https://www.uniqlo.com

Hmm. You may be right. Here is the men's pants section on the Finnish site https://www2.hm.com/fi_fi/miesten/osta-tuotteen-mukaan/housu...

Equivalent items do generally look better, to me at least, compared to the US

https://www2.hm.com/en_us/men/products/pants.html

Equivalent prices, too.

For example, compare the "cargo joggers" Finland https://www2.hm.com/fi_fi/productpage.1002227020.html

to the equivalent item from the US store https://www2.hm.com/en_us/productpage.1002227011.html

To me the one available from the Finnish store has a better cut and seems to be made of a thicker material.

You may be interested -- Karhu is from Finland and makes minimally branded sneakers

Thanks for the tip!

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