havok

just got the jeans in today. thanks homieee

A.P.C. NS 8 months. 2 washes.

I'm thinking about retiring these soon and upgrading to Sam's. I know they still have life left in them but its time for some looser denim. My nuts deserve to breathe too.

Goro's Wallet from Supermarket

the quality of the leather is really nice and it holds all of my cards and even has a coin pouch in the front. I'm really satisfied with the workmenship that went into this wallet but im thinking about letting it go. The reason being is that it's so thick and wide that it doesn't fit into my a.p.c.'s back pocket!

it's a beautiful wallet but i'm either going to have to upgrade to Samurai's ( the a.p.c.'s were due to retire anyways) or sell the wallet. decisions, desisions..

This morning I took a look inside the Church's store in my town. They happened to be having a sale so i started to peak around the wing tips and cap toe section. The salesman which was really helpful (also very knowledgeable because he commented be about the P&B Wallabee's that i was wearing and we talked about how the quality has gone down since production has been in China) talked to me a little bit about the shoes. He told me that there were a few pairs going for $175 and $250. I happened to be interested in the pair for $250 and that they were 7.5's which usually stay around for a few weeks since 10's sell out the fastest. It's been along day but all I can remember was that they were made in the UK and the original price was $600 (something). Now i know a few things about Church's and know that they're quality lace ups and the ones that I was looking at were hand made.

can anyone share some info, perhaps a suggestion as to wither i should buy them or not. maybe guide me in the right direction because it was coming down to either Church's or Allen Edmonds. Testoni's are falling in third at this moment.

cheers!

just got my Goro's wallet in. its great thanks!

great seller.

cheers!

ughh..drunk post.

intoxication

i'm moving up to New York City in the winter time for school and i'm looking for some headphones that can block out the excess sound. i was thinking about the Grado SR60s but i could spare the extra cash if it means a year of extra wear for the SR80s.

i wouldn't accually say that price is a problem as long as its reasonable. maybe 50-250 for headphones. anyone have any suggestions for headphones that would keep me in the zone while im commuting?

^^i know my thoughts are scattered from time to time but.....whaaaat the fuuuccck are you talking about?

to tie this in back to my original points, i find it somewhat refreshing that finally things are getting back to praising those with swagger and individual style instead of simply praising those with the most expensive wardrobes (see talented mr.hedior, who improved when he stopped trying to floss so hard with every fit).

although i can see where your comming from i disagree. i think although our waywt is stacked with more best/inspirational/creative posters more than ever we however are still heavily out numbered by the fakes/wannabe's who can never seem to portray a sense of self as clearly as the ones they rip off. and these posters are given reputation as if its acceptable. a clear example is the infamous eb947500ba (however you spell it). yes it is a tired arguement but there is truthto it that there is no swagger to him yet his reputation (as a sense of validation) is among that of authentic posters. maybe its not you or me that reps these people but the fact is that people are still accepting these members as if they are among the authentic when really they are just posers.

now of course fashion gets its inspiration from reality and excels because it manages to put a fantastical, somewhat surreal spin on it. But grown men who will be buying this stuff, much like those who adopt Hedi's London look without being a part of the culture, seem to be missing the point because they have made themselves into an audience for the clothes who aren't displaying much integrity in the way of personal style

i very much agree with this that there should be a cohesiveness to the wearer and the enviroment that he or she lives in. that is sometimes where i find that models aren't necessarly the right ones to portray the runway look. i mean yes i would love to have a slim figure and wear Dior, and CDG the way the models do but when i see the runway pictures the models never convey the message of what the collection is all about. there emotionless canvas to portray art through. now i'm not saying theres anything wrong in general but sometimes i would like to see authentic models, the kind of people the designers are trying to portray. as idealogical as it sounds i would like to see that. real fucking people wearing real fucking clothing and not the pretentious collectors bullshit that i see in alot of people.

Which is why I respect Yohji Yamamoto because he seems to be beyond any trends, opinions or criticisms, and has continued to push his vision of what he believes is the ideal male image. And I think at the end of the day, from a design/artistry point of view, it's what designers should do: stick to their guns.

this is also why i admire Yohji Yamamoto because he is a man that can walk to his own beat. and hell there is alot of respect for a man who is willing to go against the odds and in my eyes he wins every time .

this is a very good topic. perhaps SZ can give you a more indepth conversation if you haven't found what your searching for.

++apologise for name dropping. its the only way i could demonstrate my points++

i think its important to take into accound the lives these members/people lead. some are in the particular industry, some are city dwellers, and some are common people who incorporate these "high fashion" garments and downplay (for lack of a better word) them

i'll start with the latter statement first. some people live relatively normal lives say a nine to five job, average career and are able to wear these garments because every extensive item is built up on a basic item. the pockets, cuts, and fabric of a leather jacket is still a leather jacket at heart. denim is denim no matter the cut, color or the coating on it. it may seem confusing as i know if i read this i would be confused myself but take for instance digital denim. he is an avid high fashion consumer of ann d., dbss, neil barrett. his closet seems stacked full of runway cards. yet if you saw him on the street on a normal day most common folk would not look twice besides the fact that he's wearing all black in a predominate society that favors lighter colors. now i don't know much about this members personal life besides what i have aquired through the internet. and it is my understanding that he is in the medical field?(correct me if im mistaken) i believe his occupation is not of glitz and glamour say of a member in the fashion industry like mouko or 2000hb (a model? am i correct) now these men are in the fashion industry which "allows" avant garde designers like yohji, junya, cdg, raf. now say if 2000hb were to walk into his work enviroment head to toe in the above mentioned designers. hardly anyone would look twice (besides taking in the details) because it is the enviroment that they are acustomed to.

city also has a lot to take into account for the way one dresses. fuse the above point with the current point which leads me to other members like sbw4224 and SZ member buckwheat (forgive me im terrible with spelling user names). now they dress in what many say upscale fashion.patrik ervell for sbw, bw and ftb even for yohji. yet they down seem to down play what they wear to blend in with there enviroment. high fashion among common folk for the sake of enviroment and occupationis the message that a seem to get from them when i see there waywt pics. in all three cases dd, sbw, and bw seem to take high fashion and subtract the high which in my deffinition is style/steez/swagger. which would be the ability to intergrate interests, morals, beliefs, history and reflect it as if they are an open book for everyone to read. yet few however are able to read, much more understand the connotations because the words are encoded in the items they wear right down to the way they lace there footwear to there choice of color. i believe true artists are perfectionist at heart. the way sb,sal78 and milspec pinroll, tuck in, layer or the simplicity to the extensive layers that diamonds uses. my eyes absorb everybit of that picture because it's my insight to who theses guys are and where they came from and the lives that they live. my views are very much analytical but it is the way i see fashion and life. if it wasn't for this perception i'd buy wrangler instead of watanabe but i dont for the sole fact of attention to detail that junya puts into his garments.

there are many other factors not yet discussed in here and maybe i'll a dress them tomorrow maybe i won't due to the reply's and comments i get or lack of. as it is 1 am and i've been up all day i'll try to punctuate properly tomorrow.

++kthxbuhhy++

ohh nevermind thanks anyways

these are hi's, correct?

dibbs if they are.