Random Rhetorical Hypebeast Fashion Thoughts

[dbcooper]

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[bels]

Isn't 032c that canned Notch project?

[trasparenti]

I handled a Fear of God MA-1 for the first time today while looking for clothes for packages. I know a lot of streetwear dudes really like this brand and there was an editorial in SENSE last month or something, plus Barneys carries it so I figured it had to be pretty nice.

It was this one


It was junk. Thin, wimpy poly shell with a thin poly inner, cheap zippers (the zips were branded FOG which was kinda cool I guess), bizarre slouchy cropped fit, and to top it off, made in China. Lame. For $100 it'd be acceptable. Secondhand the thing was 75,550 yen, or over $660. That's insane, considering that Alpha bombers cost a fraction of that brand new, and you can get a legit nice used MA-1 for the price. There wasn't even any print or embroidery. I dun get it. Between that and that one brand I've been seeing on Hypebeast about an anti-social club or w/e I'm pretty unenthused on current streetwear stuff.

[can-]

whos making white bucks in sz14/51

[ramdomthought]

there is a lot of joy in denim, wool socks, wool birk knockoffs, a shirt, and most importantly a jersey bib with a hood while lounging on a couch

you should all buy a jersey bib with a hood on it, it's definitely not ultra nerdy

[ramdomthought]

[trasparenti]

dunno if this'll be of any interest to anyone but found a ten-year old video some Italian store took while visiting the showrooms of UC and Carpe Diem

[CheerUpBrokeBoy]

[fun_yunchables]

happy 50th birthday to vans :')

[jrisk]

the sunlight came in through my window and caused a glare on my work computer. my coworker said "you know... it kind of looks like a drape..."

[Ques]

just found myself on a Chinese style blog???





me and other "hot foreign men"

dead

[Julio]

^on a similar note

played a weekend festival maybe two weekends ago; beach/mountain type thing. got style snapped or whatever you want to call it while i was zoning out/watching one of the performances (yes i wasn't exactly sober)

l o l

[shyan]

Apparent flintstone?

Martin Margiela for Hermes 1999 (found on tumblr) vs Uniqlo Lemaire

[bels]

It's called a reference shyan, it's how all art is created. Ask for more info.

[weqe]

i always kinda thought people were joking when they said unbranded's buttons pop off :(

[thecanadiancook]

flintstone can come from anywhere

(from my University paper)

[WussWayne]

I wonder if there's an intersection between wearing Supreme and scoring Radiohead tickets

[hamburgerlady]

also got snapped recently in chicago (although i don't get the bible verse in the corner...)

[ramseames]

[Julio]

maybe i need to dive further into vachement and consider the possibility that my opinion of it is tainted by its oversaturated beginnings/INSTANT STREET STYLE BASED GAWD BCUZ $1000 SWEATSHIRT (that might be gildan) (JK) and that maybe there's far more going on than my initial dismissive nature regarding it?
but maybe i'm only considering this because WOW DSM SELLING U WOW GOOD FOR YOU & YOUR CLOTHES THAT I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE

but hey if i continue down the path of not liking it i should be able to say why; and say so beyond my opinion that it looks like a lot of things i've seen elsewhere put into a blender with an end result that is less than the sum of its parts (or even the value of one of its initial components)?

just thinking out loud carry on

[trasparenti]

really enjoyed this article about how Banana Republic started as a safari brand

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising- ... and-170059

They also mentioned this guy's blog which has a ton of pictures and stuff from his collection of vintage BR stuff

http://scottcadams.com/bananarepublic/

all his scans of the catalogs are great



blurbs about clothes and products are still done almost identically in Japanese magazines today. In fact, I think a store like the original BR would kill in Japan. If there's anything this country likes, it's 100% erstwhile vintage stuff sold in suitably decorated stores.

[Copeland]

[kyung]

[sknss]

Is that a time jacket?

[jujumaster]

[saveed_samir]

its the final season of black fleece and thats kind of sad !

[harmsalmon]

Sedaris essay in the New yorker about shopping in Japan (in which he details his buys of Kapital/Harnden/Cdg??)

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/ ... s-in-tokyo

[Julio]

[rublev]

let me climb

[bouquet]