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This would be to remind people that there is no such thing as an objectively better or worse hand feel.
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Statistics: Posted by maj — Tue Oct 28, 2014 6:12 pm
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cool sign though
Statistics: Posted by ramseames — Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:07 pm
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bape just opened a store in italy (brescia)
this is perplexing
Statistics: Posted by ramseames — Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:13 pm
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This London based interior design company (featured in recent LCM post checkitout) are responsible for some fantastic installations and store designs. Here are a few that I particularly like.
Hostem, London: Artist In Residence
Hostem in Shoreditch is a great store to begin with. The downstairs has a lovely cobbled together look to it, bare wooden tables and flooring, uneven rough metal railings, crates and stuff lying around, the stocked brands like MA+ and Yohji fit in very well with this aesthetic. The upstairs is much more minimal and is home to brands like Rick with a slightly cleaner look, above this is a mezzanine area which is the setting of Toogood's installation which features a load of cool coats and trews made by them. There were also some special in store events scheduled apparently, idk if they've already happened. The SA was very nice and let me take some photos, in fact the staff there are rather nice in general, particularly for a high end store; they didn't make me feel uncomfortable and out of place in my cheapo clothing. Try to tell the difference between promo shots and my phone camera.
Hermès, London
This was up in 2013 so visiting was impossible, gutted. I love how intense it all is, the red is almost too saturated and that paired with the way everything's painted it looks like the colour is oozing out of the wood. It features decoration made from offcuts from Hermès scarves and has a load of aprons, hats and other accessories all made from old, discarded leather goods from the house.
http://studiotoogood.com/work/interiors/herm-s-
Comme Des Garçons / Dover Street Market, London
Loads of squares and cubes, inspired by all the plaids in the Comme SS10 menswear. I mean look at all these right angles, not much more I need to say.
http://studiotoogood.com/work/installat ... es-garcons
Statistics: Posted by DeafIdiotGod — Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:57 pm
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I love when an associate is friendly and passionate in a genuine way, and If I had to choose between being ignored or being possible annoyed by a passionate associate I will always choose the latter. On the other hand when someone is just looking at you as a potential sale it is super obvious and almost as bad as being completely ignored.
My dream and goal since as long as I can remember has been to open and run a brick & mortar store, so I love always seeing how other people are doing it, hope we can see more in this thread.
Statistics: Posted by JtotheWhat — Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:15 pm
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stores like prada and slp give me anxiety when sa's don't bother addressing me because I'm obv not buying. at any other store I'm happy when people leave me alone, but I don't like being snubbed at high lux stores.
love big stores like brooks bros, opening ceremony where you can hide from sales people. I think dsm is a little quirky for the sake of being quirky or quirky because they can afford it. the free mineral water at acne locations (still or sparkling) is is a little sweet and has a very smooth mouthfeel and I usually feel a little bad drinking it and not buying anything.
high street locations like hm/uniqlo are nightmares, too many people.
the best salesperson is someone who is earnestly friendly and can direct attention towards you without any pressure. the right sa on occasion gives me an asmr response with the proper calm demeanor. DH has the sweetest salespeople. it can also be great to work with people who are as genuinely excited about the clothes as you are.
Statistics: Posted by can- — Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:43 am
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I really like the Dover Street Acne store (in London, was buying jeans), and it doesn't hurt that it's right next to dover street market where you can pretend you're just going to the bakery but everyone knows you're just staring at the awesomeness (they were about to let me try on an Alaia dress (!!)). The Acne store has this weird chipped and painted over piano, and unfinished wooden-floored/walled changing rooms that feel like...the interiors of saunas (not sure if that's intentional, and I've only seen those in Finland, but I guess Sweden has them too) but what was awesome was this feeling I didn't realise I was missing. So I'm from India, and when I was a kid and went shopping with my mom and stuff you'd go to...like, the fabric shops, and tailor's shops, and shops for traditional clothing, and the people there would just...know their stuff! They knew all the specific stuff like where the silk was from, and what was the weaving type, and the small clothing shop people could size you at a glance, and they engaged with you in a real way instead of being all fake smiley/welcoming and buy-this-you-pleb which is what you get in all the regular shops. But the high ends shops I've been to feel like they're somewhat carrying on the tradition of having people who're interested in the clothes/fashion and can talk to you about it, and know their stuff. At Acne there was this Japanese guy who told me so much about their denim it wasn't even funny.
I was thinking that it's so sad, though, that this kind of experience is now tied only to luxury stores.
Though I agree that COS is pretty good, and their associates seem way more non-robotic. I pass by them on my way to work and nearly always get suckered in. So much of their stuff is feel and texture and hang that it's a sacrilege that they sell online.
Statistics: Posted by millikelvin — Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:48 am
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