Random Rhetorical Hypebeast Fashion Thoughts

[can-]

is Adidas SLVR going under? all the NYC locations are gone. I get the impression it's being quietly phased out

[maj]

http://hypebeast.com/2013/11/adidas-to- ... -slvr-line

this was put out the other day

[ramseames]

discussion / assertion: adidas spawned the tapered sweats thing with their soccer pants

[starfox64]

All of my tapered sweats are actually just adidas soccer pants

[midvh]

I think I have to resell my DD side zips. I have high arched feet and these shoes are pretty tight.

:(

[hirokinakamura]

Currently inspired by 80s John cusack

Will continue to listen to talking heads until I figure out what to do

[bels]

Sounds like you're going to end up with a Big Suit

[odradek]

john cusack is a clash fan

[RycePooding]

Better Off Dead is the best John Cusack movie.

Would also recommend: Phil Collins.

[maj]

i want to wear my shells but i don't have a mid layer to keep me warm. #TheStruggleIsReal

[hirokinakamura]

[bels]

The idea that the best John Cusack movie is not either Adaptation or Grosse Pointe Blank is erroneous.

ben should watch GPB for some fashion inspo if he has't already.

[bels]

As odradek points out, John Cusack was not in Adaptation and I meant Being John Malkovich.

Point still stands.

Also why did I write "fashion flintstone" instead of "fashion inspo" ?

[bels]

why did I do it again.

does i n s p o change to flintstone for some reason.

inspo

[bels]

what......

[can-]

flintstone

[RycePooding]

Planning my trip for next year. It will be via motorcycle. Selling entire wardrobe so I can bring everything I own with me.

[hirokinakamura]

Can I go with you

I really want to go on a motorcycle road trip of America

[can-]

does anyone have any 'care' tips for prolonging the collar, armpits and cuffs of light shirts?

after about 18 months, the collar of a thom ocbd looks scuzzy as f. I still wear it under sweaters but it is harder to enjoy it.

at about 4 years, I gave a old gray uniqlo ocbd an overnight bleach soak and I was pretty heavy handed with the bleach. in the morning it came out pink, but the pit stains remain, now a sickly brain-grey color.

if bleach can't cure it, can anything? whinefields has put me onto the ivy tradition of having a tailor reverse and resew the collar. but I don't know how well this would work, I don't know if you could reverse the collar band (this is usually the worst offender), I don't know if you can reverse the cuffs, I don't know many tailors that skilled and generally it seems like a low effort:return ratio.

at this point I think I will stop investing in lighter colored 'baller' shirts. which is a shame because blue and white ocbds are the king and queen of ocbds, and it's very rare/impossible to find all the right details on a button down without spending around 200$ retail. this might be a little snobbish but I could never go back to wearing a uniqlo caliber collar after being used to bb, gbv, and thom browne.

can anyone enlighten me on shirt care?

[hirokinakamura]

PTO did a thing about this http://putthison.com/post/441812762/cleaningshirts

I've tried it before, it works super well.

[bels]

I heard ALU in anti perspirant causes stains.

I think a solution is to have ten or twenty shirts so that none of them get that much wear.

Funny how frayed collars are cool but stained ones aren't

[Syeknom]

I haven't any heavily worn oxford cloth shirts but with my dress shirts i find an undershirt mostly keeps things ok and when the collar starts getting stained I use a pre-wash soap scrub on it which seems to help a bit. Doesn't keep it completely clean though for sure.

[teck]

the human body is just a greasy tube constantly excreting vile oils. my pits are portals from which unpure bile spills, transported from the teat of a whore-demon. that's what i've learned from wearing suits. its one of the reasons why i've stopped wearing a lot of tb.

i'd love to do the PTO thing just because i love the satisfaction of getting something clean.

[purkinje]

I find Tom's antiperspirant to be really effective at preventing pit stains.

[thomaspaine]

[bels]

Looks... completely normal.

[thomaspaine]

Sounds like they're just normal suits with a Thom Browne label. But, whatever, I'll still probably check it out. Thom's gotta make that paper and realistically most designers make all their money through diffusion labels. I mean how many shrunken suits can you justify buying?

[thomaspaine]

[starfox64]

Doesn't BBBF still have slightly exaggerated proportions though?

I like Thom. I'd probably check these out if I need a suit at some point soon.

[bels]

Is 2.2k into full bespoke territory?