care-tags.org

To be honest, I hate care tags. I hate being poked in the side by some long polyester label, I'd prefer if everyone just screen printed their labels like Outlier:



I do like BoO and Black Fleece's labels though:





Dior:




Incotex

counterpoint to screenprinted labels: my og dungarees



furthermore I hate tags like those BBBF tags where a nice durable woven material is stuck to a piece of paper. PRPS, engineered garments, comme da garcon etc

the grosgrain waistband on those incotex is beautiful. dior care labels printed on that silky fabric are also quite nice. i almost picked up a bee polo yesterday, had a lustrous silk caretag with extra buttons sewn on and Dior printed fat in the middle. head and shoulders above most brands of that price point and stature.

Yeah I don't like the paper part of the BBBF tag, I guess I was referring to the grosgrain label.

I was at the Dior store yesterday, yeah the craftsmanship and sewing on Dior stuff is just incredible. Super lux but damn $700 for a shirt is a lot.

How do you all feel about woven vs printed brand labels? Personally I like printed labels because they look cleaner and crisper to me but they don't last forever like wovens. For example the BoO is printed vs the Incotex which is woven. Let's assume I'm not talking about tags that are printed on paper like thom browne and will wash out in 3 washes.

I love looking at the inside of incotex trousers. It's so fucking obvious where your money has gone.

Was wearing W+H trousers today. Boy do I have no idea where that money went.

Found this gem at consignment place



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Couple from the archive







Vs real milsurp-

CRAFT WITH PRILE

shoelaces???? are those shoelaces?

germinal biggest tease of the new millennia. sitting on piles of pear woo jawnz and custom care tags merch

nah not shoelaces

17 care-tags.org actual tags, this former addict gave them to me

need to learn to make jawnz now

but... what's that in my pocket??

have to thank my dear friend freerangepleats for returning these pants to me after roughly a years absence

undercover is in good company with other luxury brands like margiela and thom browne, producing crap tier paper labels. (these labels should come with their own care labels because they usually hold up worse for ware after washing than the garment itself)

however, I like to imagine the Engrish is intentional

i have no idea what any of this means but indigo dyed tags are cool

also, undefeated's little athletic patch on their shirts makes me lol

I really like this one even though it's all papery and crackled





probably the nicest care-tag I've seen



good thick canvas



screenprinted care-tag washed 25+ times and hasn't faded at all (that's just the design)

eytys come in a cool box

Wolf vs goat has some fun ones

for his men's autumn 2003 collection, "place/non-place" hussein chalayan was inspired by airports and travelwear
each garment invited the purchaser to meet at heathrow airport the following year



one person showed up

was it chalayan himself?

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snapped a pic before cutting off that itchy piece of paper

is the dana lee logo in futura smallcaps? seems like futura but proportionately wider. can't figure out the right weight. agh

Grabbed a couple of pics from some of my stuff pretty standard but i love fabric tags, bonus points when they're completely sewn on or made out of interesting material.

this was really hard to take a picture of, for some reason. sorry, high school care-taggers.

The now defunct junya watanabe man pink (sized incredibly small) :'(


EG's collar tags are cuter than the FWK ones...

Junya pink label was for women, right?

None of these from my own stuff but let's have a look back at some of the Margiela Replica tags - they're deathly interesting (to me at least).





















this is a very old MMM replica suit with a different style label but I've no way of knowing

doll clothes. forget which season.

what does the artisanal (line 0) label look like