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  1. **MISSED CONNECTION**
    to whoever was walking on Roebling in their BU with the CDG posits on, sorry I didn’t intro myself. hope you having a good weekend 🫡 

  2. On 12/24/2023 at 12:15 AM, DeadHype said:

    Quick update on the j70 after a few wears and getting into a heavy storm downpour with it. Temperatures range between around 0-8 degree Celsius here at the moment.

    The wool is starting to become softer and softer, in general it isn’t that stiff anymore and kind of becomes a piece with character as it molds onto my body a little. The feel of the wool is super soft and cozy now, yet it has structure. I would say it keeps a nice climate even with just a longsleeve underneath, it may gets a little chilly around the vent holes in harsh conditions. With a thin down liner underneath it maintains a good microclimate too.

    Even if it can manage to handle a few droplets with limited bedding properties it isn’t made for heavy downpours. It gets soaked, really heavy and stiff within like 10mins of hard rain. Laying it flat to dry prevented deforming which may occur on wet wool in general. 

    i will say, surprisingly water resistant in mild to moderate rain, was walking and friend’s GT was water logged, but my BU was beading and didn’t soak in at all. 

    collar is still a bit rough, still need to beat mine up more and soften it up

  3. who on here resoled their DTAF1s with Goods & Services and had the cool welt sole added? I have some old chelsea boots I want to resole and have tracked down everything, but that post in this thread and searching "dtaf1" "resole" "welt sole" etc isn't bringing anything up for me

  4. I was wearing stotz today and i miss it from the line up.

    Been buggin on the natural fibers, really hoping to wear the J70-BU till it patinas like raw denim. Only worn it a bit, but geeking on the Burel usage. Just curious how much it might soften from Scotchbrite.

  5. 31 minutes ago, mariahscarry said:

    I have an upcoming business trip to Berlin, does anyone with experience there have any recs for boutiques/shopping?

     

    i don't think firmament still stocks, but worth a visit! darklands, soto, and  orimono also come to mind

  6. 21 hours ago, Deadassb said:

    Which 260 sample did you see them at as there are a bunch off locations in NYC? 

    Soho location had a pretty large collection, not sure about midtown, but supposedly some P44s up there. this was 2 weeks ago so no promises. But was a nice way to get some grey P44s for my birthday, they've been a nice daily driver.

  7. I'm assuming they're all copped, but there were some at the 260 sample sale that were Kith 2022 stock and were selling for 60% off (I think just the black) NYC folks should check as there were a lot of P41 and P44s.

    J58 is OG profile with then straight then wide, J91 is patterned in a way that you can cram beyond the written dimensional allowance, you can easily layer the two if they're both L.

    On a separate note, can folks remind me if there were two different gen of the 3A-MZ5? I have black foil with the sewn black acr tag, but I also have an Olive pair that only has a sewn in white product tag in the trim edge and trying to confirm if that's correct and what seasons it was this way if anyone knows!

  8. thanks yeah, just super curious if this will release as i’ve previously bugged bagjack about them as well, would be nice to check it off my decade long grail list.

  9. anyone else see the blue 3a-7ts on a model in the hbx reel e shared? waiting to here back from him on a confirmation if they’re going to drop, but it’s all i’ve wanted for a few years now and was sad those foils from photoshoots never made it out.

  10. 5 hours ago, Sureal said:

    The NG4-SS comes with an aux zip adapter. This allows it to zip onto liners. A nice surprise since I wear ACR liners way more than shells.  Here's a shot of it attached to the J72-AK. 

    The material feels thinner than my J48-SS, and a little snugger than the NG4-PG, both of which benefit the style of NG4, IMO.

     

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    so does it come with a (f)auxzip just sewn to another (f) auxzip? if so seems like a pretty simple diy to add to old NGs!

  11. out of curiosity, how many folks use their gravity pockets, and what do they carry? 

    my phone’s too fat for them usually and things like a pocket tool slide right through. 

    maybe i should carry my wallet in there for some tap to pay convenience?

    but E’s new jutsu had me realize i haven’t been capitalizing that space since the novelty wore off if y’all have some EDCs

  12. 5 hours ago, Appleseed said:

    NOT just the 'eye of nostalgia' - fundamental difference in the politics of artisanal, low-yield MIE vs. the playing into PRC factory game.

    ^ this i most definitely agree with, scaling has shifted the passion of world building to something i see marked up on ssense and don't fully connect with. 

    coming from the more "craft" culture of denim and apparel like that i do wonder about the long term. i do hope all the halo pieces and experiments with new forms and IP continue out of CZ.

    the previous note on cost is i think a sticking point and if the CN factory pieces were truly more affordable and approachable and the small runs continued their meteoric rise in cost it would at least set values amongst the works that i think could be of value. but my last rambling is that there may be production methods a mega factory affords in a way that a small purpose built facility may not have access to, but this is just postulation.

    niche is niche and no one likes their spot blown up. I remember seeing acr in publications as a kid, but didn't touch a piece until 2016 and I'm still infatuated with the work, but it certainly feels like going through the motions of another persons growing pains the past few years.

  13. 2 hours ago, Yan90 said:

    MIC Acronym is super cheap. What r u talking about? Usually discounted for more than 50 %. P10a-e for 400-450 usd from retailer is fair tbh.  

    MIC Acr isn't so bad, a bit  crooked sometimes yes, but in the end it's really cheaper than MIE. 

    MIE jackets have plastic ykk zippers too. It's normal. There's no real difference in price between metal and plastic ykk zipper (2-3 eur), same for raccagni zipper (10 eur vs 4-5 eur for ykk). 

    Made in italy sisp sometimes have super shitty quality btw. 

    In other words mic items r ok, but I won't pay full retail price for it. Also sometimes mic is better than mie (but not for acronym tho).

     

    I feel like this comes up here a lot, I don't know if it was 2-3 years ago, but the factory in china was shared and ultimately it's probably the best option for production of the garments worldwide. I do wonder if some designs are being altered to better allow for their mass production, but it really comes to that, when consumers see product defect they say it's because it's made in china, but it's really that it's made at scale. If CZ acr factory was making the unit quantities of the retailer products now, I'd have to assume their would be a decline in quality to meet that need.

    that said there are certainly differences I notice, but i think it's just the eye of nostalgia.

  14. p43-gt is surprisingly nice, layers over other pants easily and has a good baggy contemporary fit that can easily convert with the zip and cinch. if i snowboarded they‘d feel very burton consulting era appropriate.

    haven't had a chance to put them through the ringer yet since it’s insanely hot out and can barely tolerate Stotz at the moment, but a cool shell layer with hella ergo cut.

    i‘ll need an excuse to shovel some snow this year

    sizing is pretty long as an overpant. i‘m tall so that’s exciting for me. but it has the belt so easily fits. i‘m a 34W with a size L as I do all acr, aside from some M i’ve had since 2015. could likely fit a 38 in there if you didnt have bulky base layer

    will share some pics when i can

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