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To each their own, but I don't see the point for an ipad cover made by a fashion company. Usually they're just sleeves or pouches that has no additional functionality. I currently use an incase magazine jacket where I can prop it up at a 20 degree angle for typing and stand it up on its side for movie viewing.

price drop!

i definitely want that rider jacket. might have to make my friends in japan go fetch it for me. i wonder how hypebeasted the collection will be. i wonder if they'll make enough of the collection to meet demand. what uniqlo does best is mass production though. i remember the gq article on the founder saying: "When the company's collaboration with Jil Sander, +J, launched in 2009, thousands of people snaked around the block, even though Uniqlo, being Uniqlo, had stocked enough that it was in no danger of running out."

Where are these available? (If they still are…)

the nike free 2's are on nikeid.com so you could actually design your own

Don't need to use iD for an all black pair - http://www.runningwa...MRS-NLG3M6.html

I usually go for shit in the lunar/acg range (well, the few subdued colourways that exist)

I had that nike x wood wood collabo shoe. Super comfortable and water repellent. Ended up selling em bc they didn't get much play in my sneaker rotation, but sometimes i wish i had kept em.

My recos from my sneaker collection are:

the nike HTM2 run boot. limited edition. designed by hiroshi fujiwara, tinker hatfield, and ceo mark parker. these are pretty hard to find now.

the Nike footscapes have always been ninja-esque, but i love my footscape woven chukkas. they got that extra tech with the elastic ankle grip and the notched free sole

i've been trying to find these but i can't find them anywhere. some gore tex pumas

you kno due to the high concentration of middle aged filipino women and NO MEN (since chinese ppl won't date them), that the maids develop bisexual or lesbian relationships with each other. it's well documented. you can google all about it. haha. so that will add another layer of wtf is going on here the next time you're in hk. lol.

i never have an issue gettin in and out of spots in hk since i kno various ppl. but i have definitely noticed the discrimination. one of my more local friends where he speaks english with an accent had trouble getting into tanzania bar. it wasn't until i came out and busted out perfect english and like this is my friend blah blah that then all of the sudden everything is gravy. shit's annoying. if you spend enough time in hk, you'll notice a deep segregation between expat/foreign born chinese community and the more local people.

you definitely got that window to move. if you do it, then definitely do it now. i'm in my early 30s now and settled in my career so its not likely for me to go any where any time soon. but i definitely went through the same thing you did in my mid 20's, so i ended up moving to NYC with 2 suitcases and the clothes on my back. one of the best choices i ever made.

HK definitely has that appeal of the high life bc you can definitely live a lifestyle that you can't get elsewhere esp with cheaper necessities like food, public transportation, and shelter. do you even have a hk id bc its a bit of a challenge to get a company to sponsor your work visa as well. if you have any questions, just pm me since i been through it all before when i moved back in 2006. i can see us hijacking this thread. lol

I just got this made in Japan Nanamica Cycling Pack and I love it. Looks mature and upscale with the tweed exterior and leather straps. I saw it in Tokyo for $380 and online around $400. Barneys actually had it for $525, but on sale for $200. I had a $50 gift card for Christmas, so I got it for about $150. Score!

haha funny looking back about the stuff we talked about regarding hk girls before our trips.. because I actually met a hk girl on nye and she's pretty cool. different to most hk girls i've met..

i didn't spend much time in hk actually.. went to soho for nye, spent the next day in bed in my hotel after eating some dodgy MK food, walked the avenue of stars with the girl, other 2 days shopped around central and tst. i realised im too poor to afford anything in lane crawford so i just bought a bunch of shit from I.T haha. i bought heaps of thermals from uniqlo, but even that was not enough for the beijing weather. also bought a shades of grey parka from aegis in Shanghai, which is a really cool shop.

oh have you been to central when all the phillipinos come and hang out there? it was seriously weird, like we walked into a twilight zone when we got lost and walked into a mall filled with all middle aged philipino woman..

i hated the table and bottle style of chinese clubbing. its so fucken pretentious and all about who has more money. and wtf its like every single chinaman/woman likes to wear puffy and shiny jackets with a fake ass moncler or northface logo on it.

dont think ive been to ageha, but last time i went to womb, gaspanic and a tiny hip hop joint in shibuya..

so tell me about your trip mate, how was tokyo? you back in the states now?

yeh back in the states. aha i went to gaspanic on my last nite. my friend actually lives in roppongi and it was the only place open on a tuesday nite and had people bc most ppl were back to work for the week and they partied so hard NYE weekend. tokyo was a blast, but it always is. i'm lucky to have japanese american friends that live in tokyo, so they are always kind enough to let me crash and take me around. so did a buncha everything clubbing, drunken karaoke, visit the meiji shrine, shopped in harajuku and copped some stuff from the visvim store, and pretty much ate everything in sight. lol.

that's cool yeh met a local girl. there are some down ass chicks in hk but they're few and far between. i have a few good female friends that i've known for 7-8 years and they're always down to go out when i'm in town. if you keep in contact, hk ppl will be your friend for life.

yeh i lived in hk from 92-95 as a young buck, visit annually, and lived there as an adult for 6 months in 06, so i'm familiar with the filipinos. lol. when i first saw it, i was like wth, why are they all camped out? lol. but you kno, it is what it is. they come from really poor parts of the phillippines and work for like $500 USD a month. if you ever see an HK apartment, they will usually have a maid's quarters that can fit about a single bed and they have a bathroom the size of an airline bathroom. there's no shower. usually they just get a hose and shower head that connects to the sink. that's all they get and sunday, christmas day, and easter off. they're treated like 2nd class citizens in HK which is just sad.

the bottle service thing is ok with me. they do the same thing in the states so i accept that as being normal. what i think is nuts is the member's only clubs like prive where you pay $10-20,000 USD to get a yearly membership. sure some of it goes to your alcohol consumption, but that's just ridiculous. too much money in HK. the other thing that bugs me is the self discrimination. i'm an abc, but i'm cool with everyone. so i got expat friends and i have local friends. whenever i go out in LKF, the bouncers always give my more local HK friends shit at the door. it's stupid. sometimes i think HK is just stuck in a colonial mentality.

i thought of your story about how ppl ask if you work out bc the same thing happened to me. when i was in the I.T store trying on a jacket the guy is like WOW YOU'RE SO BIG. WORK OUT! its comedy bc i'm like the scrawniest guy in cali. i didn't really buy a whole lot while i was there. copped a jacket at I.T. and had a suit altered and mostly got random stuff for my apartment. i used to come back from HK with bulging bags of shit. i think i've really toned down the spending lol.

so you really wanna move to hk? i'd probably do it if my job offered a nice expat package. other than that, no way. the work conditions suck with long hours and some people work half day saturdays. there's no work life balance at all. its like japan where ppl just work then go drink and smoke. and its all city all the time. i can't go running (unless its the gym in my parent's building), no fresh air, can't snowboard or do other more outdoor stuff. the south side of the island is nice w beaches and trails, but its a pain in the ass to get there and back. don't get me wrong. i love hk and i put down for my city. but living there is a completely different reality.

well i just landed back home after an epic 3 weeks.

things i found:

I want to move to and live in HK

china is FUCKEN cold

chinese mainlanders are not nice

clubbing sucks in china

how was everyone elses NYE?

hope you had a good time mate. i spent new years in tokyo at one of the biggest clubs in japan, ageha. it was actually pretty nuts. i think there had to have been 20,000+ people in the place.

glad you had a good time in HK. try visiting there in the summer time though and see if you still want to move there. its so stanking ass humid. it's disgusting. lol. i spent only 3 days in HK, but had a good time. hit up prive and tanzania bar a few of the nights. did some more chill stuff the other days. i actually noticed HK getting douchier for sure though. lol

can't believe the fingercroxx blackseriex was not mentioned

i was just in HK. the stuff looked nice, but it just doesn't have the technical functionality that a lot of the posters here are looking for.

jws, yeah mate I'm from Perth.. you too im guessing? sup bro

hmm i have a thing for japanesey girls, hk girls don't seem to quite cut it.. but having said that i've never really been to hk for any sort of real partying.. (the last two times have been for funerals).. so I can I only comment from what i've seen in malls/markets/restaurants etc.. my aussie mate who got a job there a few months ago will be taking us around, and we're meeting one of our thai friends there who is a model, looking forward to using her as a wingwoman hehe. our group has a good mixture, so if anyone wants to party up then just PM me

i'm similar to you in a way then landy, was brought up in New Zealand and Aus, parents from HK. its funny how people there can tell straight away you're "ABC" even though u have the black hair and gook eyes. i've had countless store people ask if i work out, even though ill be considered a small guy in aus lol

christmas spending is eating into my holiday savings.. might have cut down on the shopping and focus on the going out

haha good luck tryin not to shop in hk. at least the food is cheap. have fun in hk mate. if you ever have time, you should take the train out to guangzhou. its a very interesting party scene there bc the factories fly models in from all over to model their textiles.

i won't be into hk until well after new years. let me kno what spots your visited and whats poppin.

^ Yep, 500-700 NT is a decent price. I heard of members only joints but I never been to one.

thanks bud. i've been to almost every major asian country, but for some reason i always skipped over tw bc i figure its just another hk. i have a feeling i've been pretty ignorant. lookin forward to tw!

another quick question. are there places where you can get factory overages or samples of brand name goods made in taiwan? for example, there's tons of places i kno of in hong kong where you can find clothing made in the canton region for dirt cheap. one time i got a sample polo sport snorkel jacket that would be $600 for $70.

I just came back from taipei, don't shop save your money for tokyo or even hk. There are lots of sales going on but not much for sufu-approved brands. If you want designer stuff, roam around the financial district around Taipei City Hall and Zhonghua Duxiao. Tuantuan in eslite & O3 in bella vista carried stuff like Junya, Visvim, White Mountaineering etc, both malls can be accessed from city hall mrt. Undercover store in Zhonghua was so-so.

The city is full of good looking women though. For clubbing, I recommend Lava in particular, the music is your usual rnb/club/dance but the girls are friendly and cute. Make sure though that you can converse decently in è¯èªž. Wednesday is ladies night and there are alot more girls around.

Also taipei's food isn't too bad. My friends enjoyed the å°åƒ but some of it didn't agree with me. Their çç å¥¶èŒ¶ is unbeatable though.

thanks for the tips. i don't really speak mandarin but my buddy does. lol. i'll only have weds, thurs nite to go out, so hopefully things are poppin. what's the entrance system like in taiwan? in the us, there's a lot of bottle service. in hk, a lot of the higher end clubs are member's only. i'm assuming i can just walk up and pay cover and get right in in taipei?

yeah we'll have no problems being assertive.. as that's what we are used to doing in our clubs.. girls here, especially aussie girls are hell easy to start chatting to. but fuck, theres a club called metros (where all the asians go) and every girl there thinks they are the queen or something.. if you so much as stand too close to them they straight away put up defenses.. these are usually average looking chinese or hongkies as well..

well your problem in oz is that you're already local. i had no issues when i was in australia, but i'm chinese american so i have an american accent. at a bare minimum, if you're visiting another place and start talking to the women there, they'll usually chat with you bc you're already different from the normal, local guys bc you're from out of town. you'll have no probs in hk, esp with an oz accent. the real question is whether or not you'll find HK women attractive enough to talk to lollll. not to dog my own peoples, bc it's getting better.. but yehh... don't expect a lot comin from oz.

bumpingggg

I'm going to be in Taipei around christmas (23-26th depends how long I stay in Tokyo) and until the 3rd of Jan, so just about a week. Have most of the spots to visit covered... I'm wondering if there is anything big going on for new years that should be fun? I have friends who live in Taipei but not completely sure if they will be busy so I want some backup plans.

Also what are sales like around that time? I know brand name shits are super expensive in Taipei so I'm blowing most of my money in Tokyo but if there are decent sales around this time I might budget some funds.

Any other info/stuff to check out would be appreciated.

I have the same sort of question. Going to be in Taipei next week and then on to Tokyo and my city, Hong Kong. It'll be my first time in Taiwan. Is there anything worth shopping at all or I should just wait for jp and HK. Any sales? What are some good spots to hit up at night too.

i have never been attracted to a local HK girl... its like we're from completely different planets

this has been posted before and its worth posting again. lol

bumping

I think you mean they are designed in Canada by FYI, not manufactured there, nothing is mass produced at FYI. Are they actually manufactured in Canada as well? I've been wondering wondering where its made.

According to their site, they make the jackets at their facilities in canada... as well as tested. they make limited production runs and once they sell out for the season, they're done. i tried getting one of their field jackets a month ago and they said it wouldn't be available until next year.

description of their barrier jacket...

"Fabrics from the U.K. and Japan, Insulation from the U.S.A., Zippers from Switzerland; Designed and manufactured in Canada."

http://fyidesigndept.com/category/aether/page/2

Throw bills at them lol

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+1. ahahahhaa.

to suprastar, i dunno. i've never really had an issue. just start talking and go from there. usually they enjoy the attention bc local hk guys aren't really that assertive. people just don't really go up to each other at clubs and start talking. a lot of times i'd see guys just dancing in a group with each other at clubs. lol. i think the preferred mode of how HK people meet are going to bars and playing the multitude of elaborate drinking games. with my local HK friends, they get confused that americans just go to bars to just talk. they're like what?! no games?! lol. drinking games are like a social lubricant there.

compared to japan and thailand though, i think they're much more sexually repressed and a bit more conservative in some ways. just look at how awful HK's cantopop music is. it's either a song about missing someone, being in deep puppy love, or being broken up. and all the stars are all squeaky clean looking. but then on the flipside, the whole city is dotted with brothels, saunas, and massage parlours. so i just don't get it.

Does anyone have something to tell about Aether Atmosphere jacket?

I'm considering buying it...

I like Aether's approach and philosophy. They have more mature cuts, but there's definitely technology and performance in their product. Their jackets are made in Canada by FYI designs... the same company that does stuff for Burton's aK line and Hiroshi Fujiwara's FsF line.

I actually have the Aether summit jacket on sale on the marketplace right now. I hoard too many technical jackets and I'm trying to reduce my wardrobe size. Lol.

Wheres azure at?

No point in goin inside the clubs anyways, since most ppl are outside smoking and drinking. And yeah, last time I went to LKF most of them are dudes

once you reach the top of lkf, head to the lkf tower and take the elevator to the top. i popped in during new years w my lady friend since we were bar/club hopping. there was no cover and they were playin a mix of house and hiphop. not sure whats going on this year. but if no cover, why not?

just from the sheer vertical nature of HK, there are tons of amazing rooftop bars with spectacular views. sevva, aqua, cocky bar are all cool chill spots for non-nye nights. they'll usually have a minimum drink limit like you have to spend 120 hkd per person or something like that.

morning bump

morning bump

the m65 is sold. Aether jacket is still available.

More info:

http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2009/05/29/aether-summit-jacket-and-space-hoodie/

http://hiatas.com/?p=387

http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment/top-10-christmas-gifts-for-men_9.html