Yakboy Equals Nurturer

I got a pair of Carpe Diem horsehide boots last year. They were already pretty beat up looking (since the hide had been buried in mongolian pony shit for six months or some fucking nonsense like that) but have just gotten better with wear. I kind of felt like a victim having spent such an obscene amount of $$ on footwear at first, but the I realized that I'll have these things for years if I keep the soles in decent condition and give them the occasional spit-polish.

So yeah, if you can stomach the price point (and you can locate them), I definitely recommend looking at C Diem. Avoid the calf skin and go direct to cordovan or horsehide though. Things are bulletproof.

Try Artsee Eyewear on Washington St. and Disrespectacles on Christopher.

Can't wear it as you are more likely to be stopped going into places / more likely to get started on by someone looking for a good fight.

(Also, there's the fact that it's just a lot more recognisable / mainstream there now. Same reason that most people on here who might have worn Evisu 8 or 9 years ago probably wouldn't sport the gulls any more.)

I'm a longtime fan of Stone Island and CP Company, but I've not been feeling much of what they've put out in recent years (aside from variations on classics like the CP Miglia jackets and the occasional SI piece). Both labels were at their best when Massimo Osti was still designing and had a free hand to experiment. Paul Harvey also did some great work with SI after Osti left, but over the last two years or so a lot of the output has been either boring or ugly (designwise at least, the quality of construction and materials still seem to be absolutely top notch). The SI denim range in particular is fucking terrible. That said, I have jackets and knits that I bought between five and seven years ago that are still in amazing condition (despite plenty of wear) and look current.

The other problem is that since the late 90s SI has become so well known as hoolie wear (even though most proper hooligans have since moved on to other labels) that you can't really wear it in the UK anymore.

Saw The Machinist recently. Was OK. Well shot and atmospheric, but I was expecting something with a little more substance than a re-hashing of Fight Club meets Memento. Most impressive thing about it is Christian Bale's weight loss for the role (especially when the fact that the next movie he did was Batman Begins is taken into consideration). Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Grizzly Man is easily my favorite film of the last year. Anyone who liked it should check out Herzog's documentary about his working and personal relationship with Klaus Kinski; My Best Fiend. I'm not always a huge fan of Herzog's films, but he makes great documentaries.

I know some of you are going to get excited over this, the US 45rpm online store has raw Sorahiko's:

http://rby45rpm.com/shopping/show_product.php?product_ID=2/Sorahiko+45+Slim+-+Raw

Seems that they're only available via the online store too...

Something about Feit really missed the mark but I can't quite put my finger on it. The materials and construction were first rate, the comfort and fit were great and the aesthetic was pretty unique...but it just didn't seem to come together right. On screen / paper they looked good but in person the designs struck me like they got some of the proportions just a little wrong. Too much shoe and not enough sneaker or vice versa.

Should be available now, but is probably muy expensive. Maybe over $3k?

Edited by Yakboy Equals Nurturer on Jun 9, 2006 at 11:55 AM

Quite like this one from Michael Bastian. Not sure what it is about it, since it doesn't depart from the classic design particularly, and I'd previously never been a fan of the khaki trenchcoat. I think its partially that the material looks stiff (almost like Filson tin cloth or something) and the detailing is nice and understated.

(photo stolen from the Satorialist blog)

Edited by Yakboy Equals Nurturer on Jun 9, 2006 at 10:10 AM

Ramon Diaz on Mott St.

Rich 30-something with stylist in wearing fashionable trainers shocker.

nappywun speaks the truth

http://cgi.ebay.com/BUDDY-HOLLY-OWNED-AND-WORN-SOCKS-W-LOA-BARGAIN-NEAT_W0QQitemZ7614947727QQcategoryZ104755QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Buddy Holly's socks. Yours for $888.

Going to be difficult to find anything more bizarre than those Levis cuffs though.

Post em here....

To start with, how about this (apparently) even more limited than usual Bape hoodie with a reserve of $3,800 and a Buy It Now price of $4,900?

http://cgi.ebay.com/A-Bathing-Ape-Orange-Shark-Hoody-VIP-Exclusive_W0QQitemZ8410221532QQcategoryZ57988QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

No bids yet? What a surprise.

Edited by Yakboy Equals Nurturer on Apr 25, 2006 at 10:47 PM

Get a thin piece of rubber glued on the front part of the sole (and, if it is fully leather, on the heel as well). Then get a small (plastic, not metal - metal will scratch up floors and furniture) tap on the part of the heel that has the most wear. The thin rubber layer will hide most of the leather soles, but it's worth getting if you're going to wear the shoes regularly. Re-soling will make them good as new, but it's a lot more expensive than getting taps and hard to get done right.

New 45rpm US website is up and running...seems like they're going to be launching an online store - sorry, shopping function - soon.

http://rby45rpm.com/index2.html

Edited by Yakboy Equals Nurturer on Apr 4, 2006 at 05:45 PM

"Is Wayne Brady going to have to choke a bitch?"

Look and feel of the site has quite a bit to do with it, as does the amount of stock they have. If a site I've never heard of before looks like it was thrown together and only has a handful of items, I'm going to be a lot more suspicious of it than if it has a clean, professional design and a wide range of well photographed stock. (Even a badly overdesigned Flash heavy site will proxy confidence, since someone must have thrown quite a bit of money at it.) It helps if I've seen the site referenced by a 'trusted' source on a forum or in a blog of course.

neawts on the money above. The SVSV brand concept is at least somewhat original, but the execution is suspect. Something about it feels inauthentic and cynical. Like it's more a marketing exercise than a brand that anyone involved in actually believes in. And the bullet shit is fucking lame, lame lame.

It's not the price point. Lines like Carpe Diem put out stuff with much crazier prices, but because the people who make it and the people who retail it believe in it (almost to the point of fanaticism), this translates on to the buyer.

There's a place on Ave B (or at least there was a couple of months ago) that has a press (and a shitload of vintage transfers). Can't remember what it's called but it's on the east side somewhere between 10th and 12th.

You might also try one of the Neighborhoodies stores (one on Atlantic Ave near Court in Brooklyn and I think one near Water St in the city). They've got pretty friendly staff and would probably do it if you bought the shirt to be used from them.

Dang

So, I cold machine washed a wool hoodie that I now know should only have been hand washed in woolite. It shrank about 15-20% and now looks like a wetsuit jacket. I've heard that soaking in warm water with hair conditioner and stretching out will help get it back in shape, but wanted to see if anyone here had any experience / better suggestions first.

Nice. How much?

mp3s of a bunch of old hardcore / jungle tekno mixtapes circa 92/93/94 that a mate found at home and painstakingly encoded. Got a Slipmatt one on now...can't stop rewinding one track in particular (Dub War by Dance Conspiracy).

I've used it twice and was very happy with the results both times. Although there were some limitations in terms of the availability of color combinations (this was over three years ago...there were no material options then either), I ended up with unique, well-made shoes that I wore to death. Well worth the extra $20 or so I ended up paying over the store price of a standard colorway.