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I'm sure he's just saying that in his songs pharrell plagiarized another artist ...

 

But I agree, not sure why IH123 is feeling so crazy abuut this...

sorry Ben, I was thinking he was talking bout Clothing/Fashion/JP Denims not music...I was confused and never thinking about here is the place to talk about who makes fake music in music industry...

couldn't posting a photo of pharrell shopping at SE change or change/enhance the image of SE (e.g. by implying that it is "cool enough for pharrell")? I'm not arguing that there's something wrong or untrue about that or that people who respect pharrell's taste shouldn't shop at SE, but i personally don't have any respect for him (he's a plagiarist among other things..)...while the rockabilly aspect of SE and some japanese brands may not have ever been something many people would find immediately familiar, it would seem a big shift from rockabilly to pharrell or maroon 5 (i'm not trying to imply that SE is actually making that sort of shift, but i think i could understand why they would go in a more mainstream direction)

 

maybe related/unrelated, it seems like there are more big/wild print shirts in the past few years than before (not that there were none before, but seems like there are more big/wild prints now, and less simple shirts t-shirts excluded) there's also a lot slim tapered cuts like the 3sixteen ST cut in many different denims

i can't agree your points...

1.First of all, Pharrell will 100% enhance the image of Self Edge (I suggest Kiya should post "Pharrell Shopping In SE" photo in internet if you get a chance). We don't really need to talk about "Japanese Denims" which just cost 200~ 300USD per pair. When Pharrell and G Dragon wears Lewis Leathers in public, the sale just double up in very a few months and keep on growing up in this year. I heard Drake just open up a OVO shop next to SE, if Drake gives a shout out to SE, that would be great as well! When a guy put all his life and money in opening shop(s) in his country(countries) and swear themselves to promote JP Denims for life, what they want is to make more local people know what they are doing... That is also a sign that Kiya makes JP Denims more mainstreamed in his areas and make more people understand what the "JP STANDARD QUALITY STUFFS" ARE so even Pharrell and Levine wanna pay for SE (Even they can get so many free stuffs from big brands)

2.I just dont understand why you claimed Pharrell is(or was?) plagiarist? Just because as you think, he is a pop singer/rapper who couldn't wear 5 pocket jp denims or any other reason? The 5 Pockets Denim design was created for workers (I dont need to explain more about  that in SF, right?) The pure design was for miners/cowboys 100 years ago? If Pharrell is a plagiarist, I guess John Lennon was , why he dressed himself up as a worker? And I guess, we are all fakes as well, I questioned myself now: Why i wear a pair of hiking boots today? Do I really wanna hike in the mountain? Why I just wear a triple stitched collar plain tee ? That design in 1960s was called Gym fit Underwear and nobody will wear it in public, am i ready to go to sleep soon or do I like to practise some kickings in next minute? And I also consider maybe I should give away my leather rider jackets to someone else who do really ride a motorbike daily cuz i do only take trains to work and i didnt even learn how to ride a bike or even drive a car... I recognised myself as "FAKESET MF IN THE WORLD NOW!!!!" 

3.Slim Tapered is not so bad (or even one of the best choices) for most of Western customers, It is OK if you are not into ST fit,everyone has different feelings/views for the cuts. someone has very skinny leg/big belly and big hip, they won't look great in loose fit  .so that is why some people choose Slim Tapered fit for a reason ,please ACCEPT OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS WITH YOU 

#RESPECT

^ I can confirm this is correct! I bought from Samurai Craft and others and when they deduct the VAT they always declare the true value of the item. Now I know why.

 

 

And thanks to advesil to bring some facts to this discussion. I didn't know hot the Tax Free system in Japan works.

thanks ! I think people receive well education will know what does "Fair Competition" mean

No, not all of the Rakuten shops declare the full price, understood?

could you kindly give me an example/evidence  which Rakuten store gives you a tax free price and lower the value for you?

Rakuten is global now and shops on Rakuten sell products at Japanese retail price, some exclude tax some don't.

So are they supposed to shut down the Rakuten Global Market to accommodate for the retail shops outside of Japan?

no sir, no oversea dealers complaint even 1 rakuten store in these few years, as I said, Rakuten stores can sell products without JP Tax, but they have to claim Full Price for the parcel with tracking NO, understood? So that is why oversea customers and rakuten stores get "Tax-Free-Deal" legally

I was so surprised there was no one mentioned Denimio is keeping on selling UNFAIRï¼ILLEGAL price for most of the brands they carry so that was why more and more Japanese brands cut off the dealership with Denimio

Before you become a Japanese dealer for the brands, you must reach the agreement that you will never ever sell cheaper retail price which they make (with JP TAX). Or if you wanna do the sale, you must send them the emails to tell them what is the reason that you wanna do the sale.

For the the customers oversea who wanna buy the products without JP tax , there are only 2 ways:

1. You buy your own ticket to visit Japan then buy stuffs in selected "Tax Free" shops, the staffs must record your Passport NO, name , address ect and will give you the invoices then you have to show them to the CUSTOM before you fly off from Japan then you will enjoy TAX FREE prices!

2. If you wanna buy JP stuffs online with a TAX FREE price, the JP retailers must send your parcel with tracking number and claim the FULL PRICE in the invoice! Then the retailers must give the full priced invoices from JP Post with tracking number to JP government to approve THEY DO SHIP THOSE PARCELS TO OVERSEA CUSTOMERS and then the retailers will get tax free for these oversea deals 

Denimio does not meet both conditions and they fake invoices for many oversea customers (that means Denimio can not get a "Tax-Free-Deal" from JP government)  which means they make UNFAIR/LOWER THAN JP RETAIL price by themselves (because they eat off the tax cost ) that is why Miki of Full Count asked him to raise up the price at least to the JP retail price with tax . Many brands already give Denimio warnings many many times and wait for his legal movement over a year but Denimio still insist on " Lower Than JP Price System" so that is the major reason why more brands cut off the dealership

Not only oversea dealers complaint about Denimio as well as many JP dealers complaint about Denimio because of the UNFAIR price they mark. Denimio is the first guy who made a "Pricing Competition" so many Rakuten stores lost their own customers just because Denimo has cheaper price, you got what i mean? Many of you living in western countries, getting benefits from "Minimum Wages System" ,if you support Denimio's UNFAIR PRICE System, why you hate illegal people in USA or somewhere who only asked for 5USD/HOUR wage for cleanning/cooking/building ect and claimed they steal your jobs? 

So this is why Okayama Denims still deal with many brands and ship them parcels globally, their prices are real JP retail price and go with free shipping service a'ight (even they mark down the value illegally but that is still all right...)? People want FAIR, it does not matter JP dealers or oversea dealers, of course especially many dealers oversea put a lot of efforts and million dollar into this industry ,meeting risks ect, they just want a FAIR competition, is it really an unfair issue to some of y'all?

Cross post from denim repair thread

 

thank you so much Albert! they become my fav denims now!

Lee from CoRLection 

it's 005 - 7 months updated.

more places worn out ``` i did 6 repairs last month

today, Kevin and me wear the same new PBJ indigo tees.

What do you mean?

And what is LEE?

Sorry, bofore i thought may be you are one of my thai frd who has the same name as yours.his english name is Lee and be back to Thailand now and he was in Sydney as well:p

Damn nice!

are u LEE?

corlection website?:)

yeah,that is me:D

Nice denim and nice...uh...visual commentary... lol

thx dude:)

Town Hall..

ahah

are you from sydney?

MY 005 FOR 6 MONTHS