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Brienneoftarth

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  1. this is not really a small question. But does anyone know a place to order high quality sweatshirt fabric? Ideally I would love to

    find a way to import loopwheeled fabric, but I've been seeing brands like naked and famous and Left Field coming out with loop sweatshirts. Anyone have any ideas of a good place to look? I've been searching online exhaustively but have not found very much.

    I'd be willing to paypal a reasonable fee for useful information.

    Thanks.

  2. Hi All,

    I looked around the proxy lists and emailed a few, but couldn't find any one to actually go to the loopwheeler store and purchase items. (or call the store and order)

    I checked the web shop and they don't have what I am looking for.

    I want two No-Zip Pullover Pocket hoodies in white, XL or XXL (don't think they make this size, but maybe).

    This style, but in white with no graphics on it.

    http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1525&bih=741&tbm=isch&tbnid=esL-Ij7xA064XM:&imgrefurl=http://www.freshnessmag.com/2010/10/20/peanuts-x-loopwheeler-%25E2%2580%2593-peanuts-60th-anniversary-hoodies-sweatshirt/&docid=an1_Mdq-AAfO9M&imgurl=http://images.freshnessmag.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/10/snoopy-loopwheeler-peanuts-60th-hoodie-sweats-01.jpg&w=570&h=684&ei=EHvwT97PA6Wt0AHQ8pX7Ag&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1079&vpy=215&dur=1859&hovh=246&hovw=205&tx=119&ty=159&sig=113262933085881608931&page=3&tbnh=167&tbnw=136&start=46&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:46,i:280

    Any one who can do this or knows a proxy that can do this. Please PM me.

    thanks!

  3. I posted a bunch of drunken sufu posts a few days ago...after quite a bit of scotch and guinness...and was so embarrassed I couldn't look at my posts for the last few days. Weird to think I care what sufu thinks so much.

    Tonight is my last night in a place that gave me some good friends who've long since left and been replaced with many months of loneliness and self doubt. I really hope the future is brighter. and as much as my online faux pas have given me anxiety....I must say thanks to this place...you guys help me alot.

  4. drinking balvenie doublewood. got it on sale for 33 bucks. pretty decent. Its always on sale though, and Im kinda broke so I always buy it. would like to get some other stuff, but never see anything really interesting for under 50 bucks.

  5. I have a Veilance field jacket in Manila. I think it was a spring release, but I'd prefer to wear it through the winter with a layer or vest underneath

    anybody have one and think that's realistic? Is it the same weight as the winter release field jacket?

    any suggestions on good layer for it?

  6. hey Guys,

    wondering if the Arcrteryx Veilance Field Jacket (manila one from a few seasons back) is fit to serve as a winder coat (in New York) with layering.

    It's 3l I think, but definitely way lighter and less heavy duty than other goretex jackets I've owned.

    any one use this jacket year round? I'd rather use it than spend more money on a winter coat.

  7. yeah, definitely aware they don't cost $5 to make, and while I appreciate your perspective, and know you probably have a much more intimate knowledge of how such products are produced, there are a few things about your argument that don't quite add up.

    I've purchased 3 pairs of CP starting in spring '07, and still have two of em and wear them regularly. The last pair I got I nabbed on clearance like I mentioned, and that was just before their prices just went cray.

    I don't really buy into your thinking that they are increasing their prices in order to make up for increased production costs in italy. reason being, they are, in my understanding, made in the same factory as raf and lanvin kicks, and yet out of the 3 companies CP is the only one that has so consistently raised their prices nearly every season since their inception.

    that they are "just getting by" I also don't believe. relatively obscure when I first copped, CP has exploded in the past 4 years, probably not due to me copping. but being featured in magazines like GQ, and getting sold in stores around the world in both small boutique settings (eg., blackbird, odin) or large flagship stores like barney's and neiman marcus definitely has a positive impact on sales. while I also have no solid stats to back up my claims, I'd be willing to risk embarrassment by saying that CP outsells both raf and lanvin annually, and that they're likely making more money, too. so to me, CP's price inflation is not symptomatic of a pricier production market, or out of necessity to stay afloat as a company, but rather a business strategy to make even more money off of idiots who will pay seemingly any MSRP they "suggest" while they're still a hot commodity.

    not to mention all the rumblings you hear about italian manufacturing being akin to chinese manufacturing more and more. I'm not in the industry, but I've read alot about (call me out on bullshit easily cus I cant remember where the hell I read this) how italian factories are using immigrant labor and arent nearly as "artisinal" as the labels would have us believe. still, I would say that cp might have a hard time turning a profit because they're not a traditional big fashion house like lanvin and raf. lanvin makes their profits on shitty cologne that ends up in marshalls. I cant speak to raf, but I'd think the label makes money on some commodity that is cheaply made and profitably sold. CP might really have a tough business model because they only sell footwear. nobody wears cp t shirts or hoodies or whatever. basically. raf and lanvin have a logo or brand image that has equity. I would argue the opposite with cp.

    could be wrong, but might be a side of the story he isn't articulating.

  8. addressing everybody at once here. definitely deserve to catch shit for the post. as I said before I was pretty drunk and it was written in the maudlin delusional half mocking tone of that condition. I would have just erased it but I figure if I put something that retarded out there better sit back and take the flack. don't judge me tooooo much.

  9. youre buying scented things for a girl that you have never had a real life interaction with? you sound like kind of a psychopath

    indeed i do. haha, I was quite drunk when I posted that. Back to reality where i keep said unisex fragrance (at least I can use it) and do nothing in regards to the girl.

  10. I have a crush on a girl. It's an incredibly obvious crush cus there are plenty of guys in line. she's gorgeous and there are minions of second and third tier sufu type characters after her. anyways, I am currently completing community service at a thrift shop for a DUI, I was in the basement depressed as anything, dreaming about this girl when I came upon this fantastic vintage sears camouflage overshirt that I thought would complement her style. I didn't buy it but tonight I did order an expensive perfume from luckyscent just to spray on it so it smells nice when I eventually buy it and send it to her. My current net worth is in the three figures haha.

    we've never spoken besides an awkward exchange on facebook. which ended with her being surprisingly magnanimous and kind.

    this sounds as pathetic as it is. but I can't help it.

    she occupies my mind all the time.

    I gotta stay focused on my shit but she is constantly distracting me.

    do I forget it as its insane? or pursue?

    help me sufu.

  11. I had a dream I was in a plane crash last night.

    It was surpirisingly enjoyable. We take off and the plane goes too vertical too fast....but the Plane basically floats in the air like a wobbly feather and then falls to the ground. and when we get there there is just a rumble or shockwave, but it's not painful and in my head I'm waiting for an explosion.

    Then we slowly start to roll over so we're upside down. but it happens really slowly and then we're upside down and I jerk downward into my seatbelt.

    and I wake up.

    Nice plane crash.

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