jl3969

blunts and Js are my pick. probably cause its more rare for me to smoke those, i usually just smoke small personal bowls before and after work.

also, NYC heads, lets have a smoke out! PM me!

just moved to nyc, if anybody has hooks up, please PM

cant believe i just paid 80 bucks for an 1/8 of outdoor grown

might have to start bringing shit down from boston...

WTF my gmail got hacked by nigerians and already tricked my dad's friend out of $900! all the while i was on the road all day. FUCKED UP

id take the christos over those nasty ass two tone kiefers

UJ made in japan versions are solid for 5000 yen.

thanks for the suggestions, just got into town. staying at nikko osaka. anybody down to meet up?

my buddy wants me to get him a new era from a japanese team. what stores in osaka sell new eras? thanks

so the trickers are UK9? damn bump regardless

landing in brazil on CNY > TVs or jeans

lol cordovan would be immediately over 100k yen without a doubt

and soxfan, i would say the canvas logan los are not worth it. i know its all about hidden functionality or whatever but you can buy so many pairs of vans authentics for those.

patrician folk is still the only shoe that stands out to me. maybe its just cause the SAs at FIL looked so steezy. otherwise, id just buy some alden/c+j/churchs/trickers for the price of captoes. at least then theyll have replaceable soles and goodyear construction.

saw a lot of the new drop in person at isetan today. none of the shoes stand out except for the patricians. those are pretty dope and impressive.

the plaid swingtop goretex was kinda cool too.

sup dudes, im in tko right now til the 2nd. anybody down to meet up? hit me up on PM!

does raf make cdg play acceptable by sufu now?

Agreed, in addition to the fact there are more and more joint ventures between Chinese and Japanese companies which combines the best of both worlds.

cosign.

however, the profit margins must still be obscenely big compared to making their shoes in visvim's homeland of japan or even korea.

considering how much they talk about their worldwide sourcing of the best materials, its just surprising for many to see them manufacturing in china. especially while their prices move up every season. maybe the material cost have to be offset by the manufacturing?

compare them to nom de guerre, who despite moving production to japan, have proposed a distribution solution to lower their prices this upcoming season.

those must be some niiice profit margins

not to mention why is there a duffle for spring?

ppl generally have a problem with these collabos cause they make hiroki the designer into one big hypocrite.

but then again, if you bought into his 'no marketing' marketing scheme in the first place, you are bound to be disappointed.

oops my bad didnt see the last page.

as far as im concerned, who cares if they put some rhinestones on those shoes. its not like they were great to begin with.

what about those sparkly swarovskis joints?

http://hypebeast.com/2010/01/swarovski-crystallized-meets-12-tokyo-brands-visvim/

I think if you get sick of these things happening with clothes your only option is wear head to toe Patagonia and Arcteryx, and wear Tevas.

Patagonia and Arcteryx jackets don't cost $2k+. I know theres always going to be product that slips through the QC process, its an inevitable part of the product yield. But that doesn't mean consumers should just accept it and keep paying these prices. If the leather and zips lead to problems, shouldnt that be addressed in the design?

visvim craftsmanship isnt exactly the best in the world. there has been various reports of simple basic things failing (ie buttons falling off $2k jkts, etc).

maybe its just me, but i never really associated designer brands with long lasting craftsmanship. their whole business model is built on perpetual change and disposable (even if theyd never admit it) clothes.

i actually expected more out of jcrew than rick owens

lol dont be silly, pacman isnt demolishing shit

happy birthday, sir

man im in HK for the moment and its just not worth it to smoke out here. i wasnt missing it til just now reading this thread.

cant wait to spark up when i get back to the states.