Throwing Fits – PATREON PREVIEW For You Pod

Date: November 19, 2025
Hosts: James and Lawrence

Episode Overview

This midweek bonus episode provides listeners with a window into the candid, humorous, and fashion-obsessed world of James and Lawrence, hosts of Throwing Fits. The duo catch up after a busy few weeks, discuss their latest shopping excursions on Orchard Street, dive into a detailed "fit check," and riff on recent shifts in menswear and streetwear. The conversation captures their signature irreverent tone, inside jokes, and deep knowledge of the zeitgeist.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Catching Up Post-Australia

• The hosts reflect on recent episodes and travel, particularly a trip to Australia with guest Nigel Sylvester.
• There's playful confusion about podcast scheduling and timelines, emphasizing the show's casual, unscripted vibe.
  • [01:35] James: “We just potted for an hour and a half with Chris Hine junior. An unk six years. Seven years our junior, but an unk nonetheless. How you feeling, Lawrence?... We haven't potted in a while, Right. When's the last time we podcasted?”
  • [01:48] Lawrence: “Last week. We got back from Australia with the guest Nigel Sylvester.”

2. Thanksgiving Shoutouts & Podcast Camaraderie

• A holiday greeting and gratitude for subscribers behind the paywall.
  • [02:05] James: “Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I think.”
  • [01:26] Lawrence: “Shout out our best friends.”
  • [01:31] James: “Shout out all the homies.”

3. Detailed Fit Check: Layered, Luxurious, and Inside Jokey

• Both hosts meticulously break down what they are wearing, mixing high-end fashion and streetwear with classic irreverence.
• Lawrence’s Fit:
  • Our Legacy camion boots, Uniqlo socks, Stüssy workwear leather carpenter pants, Cortez beater, OG Karu rugger (archive), Have a Great Day magazine hat, Skims underwear.
  • [02:16] Lawrence: “The Rugby, jumper, sweater, something or other is...before Kartik Research was Karthik Research, it was Karu. And this is Karu. This is an OG archive piece. Shout out Kartik.”
• James’ Fit:
  • Rear Solomon boots (for plantar fasciitis), Nike Drifties socks, Kale pants, Colbo shirt (“kind of giving me, like, Mormon...underwear...kind of culty”), MF Pen zip-up, Our Legacy leather jacket (caramel).
  • [05:43] James: “The boots are Rear Solomon taking care of the plantar fasciitis...The shirt here is colbo. It's kind of giving me, like, Mormon...You know, underwear. The always, the always, the never nude underwear that Mormons have to wear a little bit. Yeah. Give me that vibe. A little bit kind of culty, but Shout out. Shout out to Mormon.”

4. Orchard Street Shopping & Menswear Evolution

• James recounts cruising the Orchard Street retail scene, including an expansion at Kartik and shifts in the brand’s style.
  • [02:58] James: “So they, like, got the space behind them and they're knocking on the wall and blowing it. Blowing out the back pause...It was, like, their personal favorite show of the season, just in terms of, like, the vibe and the styling. Shout out Julie Bergolia.”
• Changes in Kartik’s clothing: becoming more wearable and less pattern-heavy.
  • [03:51] James: “I think that this stuff has gotten a little more wearable. Yeah, it got a little more, like, subtle. Just in terms, like, super bold patterns.”
  • [04:03] Lawrence (sarcastically): “Easier for. For white people or part partially white people to wear.”

5. The Orchard Street “Circuit” Explained

• For new listeners, James breaks down what the "Orchard Street Circuit" means: key menswear and streetwear retail destinations.
  • [04:10] Lawrence: “When you say the Orchard Street Circuit. For any new listeners, just real quick, what are we. What are we talking about?”
  • [04:15] James: “Talking about Kartik, kbo, Kartik, Cobo ending soon. Lar College...there's, like, streetwear stores on there now that are, like, I'm learning about through complex con coverage.”

6. Snacking (Or Not) While Shopping

• Playful banter about whether the hosts snack mid-shopping, leading to some self-deprecation and bits about food habits.
  • [04:48] Lawrence: “What are you snacking on when you...work up an appetite doing the circuit?”
  • [04:55] James: “I'm no Jimmy.”
  • [05:13] Lawrence: “No, I'm not. I eat. I eat. I eat more than one meal a day now, but I don't snack. I don't have any snacks at home.”

7. Fashion Details & Enthusiasms

• James and Lawrence share delight in a unique detail on an Our Legacy jacket—a double collar that functions almost as a cape.
  • [07:00] James: “The Unger Bummers Bomber. Some. I don't know. It has a crazy attachment inside the...Let Me show this to you inside the collar.”
  • [07:28] James: “It goes, like, past the shoulders.”
  • [07:36] Lawrence: “What a great little detail. How often are you gonna rock the cape?”
  • [07:42] James: “I don't know if I...I guess I will.”

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On retail therapy and changing menswear:

  "I think that this stuff has gotten a little more wearable. Yeah, it got a little more, like, subtle...Easier for...white people or partially white people to wear."
  — James & Lawrence, [03:51–04:03]

• On fashion history and community:

  "When good things happen to good people, we're all happy."
  — Lawrence, [03:36]

• On fit checking as serious business:

  "Welcome to another midweek episode of Throwing Fits, the only bonus podcast that matters."
  — James, [01:18]

• On menswear inside jokes:

  "The shirt here is colbo. It's kind of giving me, like, Mormon…you know, underwear. The always, the always, the never nude underwear that Mormons have to wear a little bit. Yeah. Give me that vibe. A little bit kind of culty, but Shout out. Shout out to Mormon."
  — James, [05:43]

• On details in fashion design:

  "It has a crazy attachment inside the collar…It goes, like, past the shoulders…That's a...What a great little detail. How often are you gonna rock the cape?"
  — James & Lawrence, [07:00–07:36]

Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:18] – Official episode intro and “fit check” begins
• [02:58] – Discussion of Kartik’s expansion and Paris show
• [04:10] – Defining the “Orchard Street Circuit”
• [05:13] – Food/diet banter and “snacking on the circuit”
• [06:19 – 07:43] – Deep dive into the Our Legacy jacket and unique fashion details

Tone & Style

The dialogue is loose, comedic, and filled with in-the-know fashion references. The hosts banter with each other in a way that is equal parts informative and irreverent, mixing actual style commentary with self-deprecating humor and community shoutouts.