won ton destruction

won a little team tournament last night ... this is me in the grandfinals.

i'm pretty scrubbish at points ... but this is me helping take the night.

http://bit.ly/bfzeg8

i play fuerte.

im pretty sure it came out a while ago ... japan only.

400 for a pair of kiefers is pretty ridiculous

yeah agreed.

as much as i love alot of visvims stuff, i do gotta agree their starting up the hypebeast machine with all these collabs. seriously. the shoes are good enough on their own, they dont need hypexhypexhype attatched to them to sell the fuck out of stores.

again. they've been making "hypebeast" shoes for years ... let alone product that has "x" involved.

visvim x soph.net

visvim x number nine

visvim x undefeated

visvim x resonate

visvim x neighborhood

visvim x comme des garcons

visvim x uniform experiment

visvim x dover street market

visvim x dita

visvim x mastermid

visvim x clot

visvim x undercover

visvim x original fake

... and that's just shit i can think of right now.

collaborations are a part of their brand DNA.

what the hell does louis vuitton have to do with visvim? they are 2 completely different businesses and i ain't even talking about the products they sell.completely different marketing strategies, target groups, revenue etc etc.

It makes a lot of sense to LV because their old costumers still buy the limited stuff they come out with, the ghetto fabulous rappers are the tip of the iceberg on their sales. the same does not apply to visvim since i am sure that in comparison the gline and this kind of stuff generates a much higher percentage of their total business revenue than a pair of sunglasses pharrell designed to the total LV sales.

it makes sense to create a product that brings more clients to the table, but to make one that alienates your previous costumers on top of that doesn't. do you see eric clapton, fujiwara or hiroki himself wearing something like this?

no, it doesn't make sense to the brand either. look at a visvim catalogue and tell me in which look does a pair of kiefers with an all-over flower print fits in

what i'm trying to say is that you shouldn't feel alienated.

it's just a little bit of crap they made. you don't have to like it.

they've done much worse.

... and as far as how it fits in to what visvim makes i'd say you could pair the murakami kiefers with that their japan set ... a mayan christo, one of those leopard print scoop tees, those marketing machine joints, kaws joints, fuck even those cow print joints, their madras pants ... the list goes on dude. fuck even those kiefers with those nez pierce triangles were horrible. or those sherling joints ? or even those visvim x undercover wolfe joints ? or to bring up christos again ... but ... christos dude ? the clot x christos ?

you dont have to like it all.

my point is that to expect to like everything a brand likes is a bit far fetched, let alone one such as visvim, which has done collaborations with varied others for a majority of it's history.

i don't think visvim has one look at all. i see awesome pairs paired with crap all the time. just check what did you wear today. that should alienate you.

so working with murakami and hiroshi on a few pairs most of us will never see in person doesn't seem like that bad of an idea. especially because their status and collaboration is more benefit than it is a negative.

i guarantee louis vuitton's normal product sold better with the release of murakami product ... and i bet you it didn't alienate it's "top" customers.

the brands aren't as different as you think ... and it works for both of them.

i still buy some of their stuff.

... and i'm still sure they make stuff you like.

i see what you are saying and maybe you are right, to be honest haven't been very familiar with the full visvim catalogues for the current and next season mainly because you haven't bothered scanning them .

I didn't notice the kiefers had the fragment logo on it. i think it's a pity that visvim allows this kind of stuff to happen though. i am sure it is still profitable because fujiwara can probably sell anything with his name attached ... but i highly doubt it is a good marketing strategy(g-line included) because it appeals to very different customers, particularly a group whose aesthetics old visvim fans aren't very keen on. these kind of products are great for exposure, but i don't think it's a good one.

Visvim should be more strict about what people do with their products in their collaborations, this kind of stuff just doesn't make sense with the Visvim brand, don't you agree with me to this extent? some gline stuff was bad, but this murakami bullshit is awful

so it's good enough for louis vuitton and not good enough for visvim ?

i think it's a fine idea.

it shows versatility and relevance.

it's not like they still don't make the good stuff you like ... and i don't see there is a reason they shouldn't make something else someone else would like too.

and im almost positive that hiroshi was a fan before you.

it makes sense to the brand. it just doesn't make sense to the brand for you.

i don't care if you've worn supreme for years, or weeks.

i'm going to safely assume that you have no vested involvement with supreme past what you choose to wear ... and what you see other people wear and how you relate to them.

and there is nothing wrong with that because that's the fucking world.

if you don't want to be associated then stop wearing supreme ... or realize that wearing supreme doesn't make you associated.

who really cares ?

this forum tends to care way too much about the other dude, and their approval.

i saw them at the barney''s in san francisco yesterday.

i passed on them though.

wtf is going on in this picture? random hand + cat + chainsaw + watermellon with antlers + anorexia = :confused:

i dont know why that random sandwich is in the bottom right....its not like SHEs gonna eat it...

... also that brick headboard is far from preferred.

i'd crack her skull into it though. in a nice way.

i'd rather call it a corny picture with a white girl in it.

neat ... but if dude took the time to tighten chain and adjust bits or put on bits to at least make it look rideable i would of preferred it. at least i'm pro white frames, let alone nagasawa.

on second view, i dislike the pink Vs just being put aside the bike either ... and i dont get why the machined V is on the back and the unmachined is on the front.

and seat angles are on some other ass shit ...

i gotta get rid of this bikeforums mentality of viewing bikes ... but now i dont like this gif.

i want those shoes.

i've been wearing my black elk flannel a bit.

the buttons don't fuck with me ... but the fading does.

the color just isn't going to last.

it stopped me from getting a reindeer flannel.

hey guise... just wanted to share sum thoughts with all ya'llz regardin da supleme x hanes underwares -- colorways are pretty fresh. they silky smooth... feels real nice on da ballz n such. i'm really likin da tonal tabz aswell, glad supleme did that, nice lil touch... can't w8 ta stunt these off in fron of all da homies. peace...

the time it took for you to alter your type is funnier than your content.

even though nothing was funny.

if i say i don't want to give you a cigarette, then i don't want to give you a cigarette.

let alone my number.

new bag looks good. dig the added compression bits.

doesn't reed space carry acronym ?

i don't know what the prices are like at the darkside initiative.

i don't work there anymore.

just call them, they always pick up.

that smuggler jacket ?

i don't know it's name ...

fucking fly though.

oh and for breakfast ?

mama's in north beach.

enh while i'm at it ...

if you're around haight go to rosamunde.

they got crazy sausages ... feasent and shit in em ...

but the tuesday burgers ?

fucking amazing.

they make like 50 of them [limited edition]

again ... amazing.

if by some random ass chance you are around city college ...

go to roxie's.

best sandwiches in the city ... but i'm partial because i've ate them since i was a kid.

use yelp to find the spots i mention.

randomly saw this thread ...

here is some other shit to do on an asian food tip around clement ...

go to burma superstar.

my girl is burmese but we get too faded to cook ... so we eat here.

fuck we grabbed take out today.

best burmese food you can pay for.

things to eat ...

tea leaf salad.

oh noh kauswer.

moh hinga.

curry is a preference but get one and pair it up with platha.

other shit is good too.

those are just my picks.

the line can suck, but i like this place.

try spices too. it's only a couple blocks away.

tofu hot pot is a pick.

some of the szechuan shit isn't pussy.

the girls who work there are rude, but you won't care.

i have a buy it now for $320 on ebay. SOLD.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=220289024343#ht_500wt_0

i'd give a superfuture buy it now price of 300 plus calculated shipping.

but im honestly open to reasonable offers.

excuse the description on that, that's for "them"

let me know if you really want it dude.

w)taps x a bathing ape M65 jacket SOLD.

size medium

i heard they have smalls in those veritas crew necks.

anyone want to help me out with a proxy for a purple one ? or a dark navy greyish one ?

let me know.