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NikeLab ACG Pullover
Enfin Levé Sestao Cargo
Y3 Qasa Racer

Isaora, NikeLab, Y3

Yep, prices are raised but then again they are not using cheap materials. And it was clear that they'll raise the prices over time anyway. Acronym makes it easier for them to do so as well (1.300 € acr pants vs. 400 € enfin leve pants). I agree with brainerd666 on a lot of the inspiration but they are slowly moving in their own direction design wise imo. Tbh I do like some of their pants and I own a pair of their sestao pants in Schoeller Dryskin which I enjoy. I'd rather buy an acronym pant but acronym's prices are now absolutely out of my reach.

Enfin Levé's got their new collection out (according to instagram only part 1): http://www.enfinleve.com/

Puma x Stampd
Akira
Enfin Levé
Nike

Love the various sizes and modularity of the pouches. I dig the new duffle variant most though!

5 hours ago, danii said:

people should go back to how they disliked the movie, how original is better and how major is not asian and leave the auction alone (or bid on the production cels on ebay)

Hmm, not sure I agree with you on this one. Ofc the movie was not even close to how amazing the original is. However the artists involved in the production of the movie did a fine job, be it my heroes Vitaly Bulgarov, Maciej Kuciara and Ash Thorp (all three being the greatest fans of the original) or the craftsmen at WETA workshop. I can still appreciate the individual prop pieces even if the movie as a whole wasn't great.

56 minutes ago, the-intern said:

... well someones gotta pay for this bandwidth, bwahaha:

I'll upload an image directory with all the high-res pics of the clothing items later today.

hahaha, love you man!

btw. Tested is my alltime favourite youtube channel, perfect for that nerd blood of mine

Also drooling over some pieces >_> https://us.propstoreauction.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/126/lot/24622/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F126%2F%3Fpage%3D11

Congratulations to this very successful endeavour! Also, thanks for documenting and sharing your process in such great detail.

I'm happy to see that you were presented with a great job offer within these few weeks and very rightly so. Can't wait to see how your career will further progress and what products you will come up.

True, there is too much acrnm look "inspired" brands popping up and even if those sell for far less than Acronym, it feels overpriced given the materials/production quality they sometimes offer. If anything I hope that the techwear-look hype will truly inspire new brands to emerge, make them stick and commit to proper techwear. It's as Errolson said in the interview lately, it will be interesting to see whether after the look-hype has passed the true aspects of techwear will be acknowledged by some brands and completely new styles will appear.

1 hour ago, TEKsevenZERO said:

I have to say, I am liking what they are doing, I have not brand allegiance so I seem them as welcome alternative/addition to the roster of usual suspects.

Agreed, I really enjoy Enfin Levé's design language. I love how Acronym looks and I have highest respect for what they've done and are doing now, however, sadly I can't afford their stuff... especially not now for what they are sold, be it new or used (four ACG products is the closest I got to Acronym). Maybe because I haven't owned Acronym pieces and because I don't know all of their products in an out I don't see the blatant plagiarism that @Dolphinski is refering to. And even if a single piece strongly resembles an Acronym product I still feel like Enfin Levé has their own direction/style, much more so than some other brands within the techwear(look) spectrum.

Enfin Levé's new collection coming soon:

Wow, congrats dude! And you already planing a production of it with a major factory is fire!
 

44 minutes ago, nigel1 said:

It really depends, I have to say i wear dryskin much more often - it's stretchy and more comfortable for everyday wear, it's my favourite pants fabric.

Thanks a lot! You are probably right about the fabric, I might also go for dryskin since the pants I want aren't as baggy.

14 hours ago, nigel1 said:

I own a couple of their pants, fit is great and they hold up pretty well. I got a custom length as I'm a shorter guy.

Thanks! Do you have both a schoeler and stotz fabric one? I'be interested in stotz but I think I've never had any piece of clothing made of stotz. And with it being zero stretchy I'm even more concerned about their fit if made to custom size.

@the-intern I see. those two main interests of yours truly are best suited for tech wear then! And the way you describe your experience at that school reminds me of some universities I experienced as well. I'm a design student myself (integrated design programme) though more focused on work right now. My university is more theoretical, so while it doesn't have the best equipment it's actually all about discourse and interdisciplinary projects. However I did have the oppurtunity to study abroad in Hong Kong and Japan at two respectable schools and their systems, at least where I went to were quite the opposite... much closer to what you are describing. The bigger the name the more they charge, the more they charge the bigger the names of lecturers. The bigger the names of the lecturers the more those lecturers talked about themselves instead of teaching/working with the students. I'm not trying to generalize, only refering to what I expenrienced at those particular design universities. As always, you could be at the "best" university, pay a shit ton of money and graduate being lazily useless.

That being said, you are showing here how it should be done properly! Keep it up

@the-intern Oh wow, that does sound complicated. Btw. this might be a silly question but I really have little knowledge of fashion design education. Does every student at your university learn or even has to learn such advanced patterning and sewing/bonding techniques? Obviously, the proper skill comes with proper motivation and practice but I'm curious to know if you were taught all these techniques in your program or if you taught most of them yourself.

Can anyone share his experience with Enfin Leve pants? I'm interested in these:
https://store.enfinleve.com/collections/bottoms/products/sestao-cargo-pants-black

It was mentioned here before but maybe by now some of you have bought a pair.
Would be grateful to hear any thoughts on quality, fit and whether some of you have ordered a custom size from them.

@the-intern Thanks a lot for the insightful process description. It does make a lot of sense to start with arms up. This the same stance (t-pose) that is mostly used when rigging a 3D character model for later animation. Similarly this helps preventing weird pinching/stretching of the 3D mesh and applied textures.

The pattern looks incredible! Just as a 2D artpiece alone... this would look even more amazing if printed large for let's say an exhibiton especially if you'd use dark-grey tinted paper, the anatomic reference simply printed in black on top and then the pattern outlines themselves screen printed in a lighter color on top of that. Sorry... mind's going astray

@the-intern Beautiful cut! Would love to see how you create/refine those complex pattern live. Getting something to hug the body that well while maintaining enough articulation must be very difficult.
 

The ACG Pullover, both in black and orange are on sale at The Good Will Out for 219€ available in almost all sizes.
https://www.thegoodwillout.com/nike-nikelab-acg-shell-pullover-black-914477-010
https://www.thegoodwillout.com/nike-nikelab-acg-shell-pullover-team-orange-black-914477-891

... the balaclavas as well.
 

Damn, here I was busy with work for a few days whilst spamming you with likes from two accounts on instagram and now I find all these awesome news as well as a give away lottery!

Really, really happy to hear about your dream job offer, WELL DESERVED, can't wait to see which major brand you might be working for soon!
Whoever it may be I hope they will offer you a proper challenge since you seem to have already the skill to create whatever you want.
Can't wait to see that insane jacket project completed, too! Can you tell me how much that fabric costed? it being so amazing I can't begin to imagine the pricetag

I would ofc also love to enter the pouch give away lottery, please tell me how to enter if it's still not too late!

Cheers and keep making these amazing pieces! I will make sure to follow and support your future work!

Love the universal bag it urned out great! I love the shape as well as the color combination.
Haven't used any product with that fidlock system yet but it looks very versatile.

So you screw the male part together but you also added glue inbetween? What kind of glue did you use?

EDIT: omg, just realized you posted the backpack seconds ago!!! This is beyond incredible. Others develop stuff like that over years and you nail it within a day?! It so good, I'd love to get one!

 

Amazing work! Instantly added you on instagram a few days ago. Can't wait to see what else you will come up with and what products will be available for purchase in the future!
Also loved reading your opinion on the materials market trends. On the one hand I like seeing techwear getting more popular as more products emerge, but most of it is simply focusing/imitating techwear aesthetics rather than developing/evolving the function of techwear. In a recent interview in China Errolson Hugh stated that he is eager to see how the technical, convenient aspects of techwear will be implemented in different styles once our beloved urban ninja silhouettes become less popular in the mainstream.

Btw. I LOVE your pants design, especially the version made from that stiff material!!! And it also interests me a lot right now since I was planing on a little personal project myself. I'm not a fashion designer and I have little to no experience in sewing. Following your process I'm realizing all the more how advanced making such custom patterns is. I work as a 3D-artist and I've used the software Marvelous Designer for several months on occasional projects. So instead of using the proper, tradional methods of developing those patterns I'm eager to see if I can manage to come up with something using Marvelous Designer only and then sew it together. Last year I had the opportunity to use a 3D scanner and asked someone to help me scan my lower body. I still have to clean up that 3D scan but once that's done I will try prototyping some pant cuts. No idea how laughable that approach is among fashion designers, but I'd like to try

I hope you'll stay active here, both for inspiration and your knowledge!
Can't wait to see the next design.