taku

global....

shits retarded

hhrmm...Henry Miller's works, particularly tropic of capricorn

Natsume Soseki's i am a cat..among others

Miyazawa Kenji for those times you want to return to your childhood

Walt Whitman's leaves of grass

oh and some Mishima Yukio and Kurt Vonnegut

plus some philosophers, Camus, Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky...

Slight misunderstanding... I was referring to the W)taps M-65 coming out in their fall collection -- I may have to get that one instead of a Supreme field jacket. I'll see if my budget allows me to do so.

the new m65 from taps that recently was shown on boon costs 53550 yen...and its bf exclusive...

even the lighter m65s costs 35xxx yen

if your worried about your budget, I would suggest going with preme.

but you know, whatever...

do it then, who cares.

hahaha nice shameless plug

bdu?

i think anyone that has it already knows that...

its still quality shit i think atleast

either way it is a brand with hype, the price reflects that and its craftsmanship...

anyone paying that must take that in and pay the price, dont you think?

on another note, vis packs are also made in china, but they are still thought of as being high quality?

either way whether its overpriced or not is just a pov to each their own...

well yea, its not cheap but there are a lot of good steals on yahoo. used tho

well if price is a problem there are many ways to get it cheaper...

like hans said craft with pride is why it costs so much.

if you cant justify the price tag for yourself then taps is just isnt for you?

shits extreme prejudice...

he he he..

how about limited edition anything? i remember when i was a kid and am95 were 50000 yen at retail stores...but they werent really "limited edition" so as far as that goes, people are buying into being the limited few that have "that limited" item

as far as items go...it doesnt define a generation and its style...but, louis vuitton is everywhere (in japan and u.s.). people of all ages are using it, from junior high japanese kiddies to old white people.

i think this is lv's and other high end uhh brand's impact on clothes like ape etc. but you can really tell what the hell people that wear that shit, are wearing. ape with the HUGE colors etc. which is now being taken up by the likes of 10deep uhh TH and so on...but which i think started with LV and so on's influence.

i guess to wrap it all up...people want to wear stuff that others can easily distinguish what they are wearing.

if that makes sense...