MISTER FREEDOM

[Happy Hooligan]

they remind me of the women's line called Flax.

I think I really need to see these things being worn.

[mpcec]

really like those jackets, reminds me of 45rpm a bit.

[zissou]

^Agreed. I like the selvage stripe material.

FYI- it's not cool to hotlink from the MF site...

[caseywisenbaker]

sorry. didn't know

[glimmertwins]

What the hell - s,m,l? That's it? Japanese made clothes piss me off for this reason....

...not that these will fit me, but that's a really cool looking piece.

...just curious, Zissou - why no hot linking? Did MF specifically ask not because I'm not aware of that as a general internet etiquette rule for images hosted by businesses. I can understand why you shouldn't hotlink from some guys blog, but it seems like MF immediately benefits from people salivating over hotlinked images of their clothes in 582 page forum threads.

[xchen]

FYI- it's not cool to hotlink from the MF site...

Seriously? It's the internet. Who gives a shit. I hotlink everyone and their mom. MF ought to be glad people want to hotlink his images.

[zissou]

Listen, kids. Just because xchen does it, it doesn't mean it's right.

Hotlinking costs MF money. They may or may not care, but it's nicer to take 3 minutes to upload them to imageshack.

[oboy_oboy]

^ not to stir the pot or derail the thread, but how does it cost them money?

[xchen]

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[smittybat]

Their hosting/server/bandwidth provider may or may not have a bandwidth quota with overage charges. It's not a given that it will cost them extra. If they wanted, they could block this. See http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2004/06/htaccess-prevent-hotlinking

[zissou]

The more people that hotlink to MF's photos, the more bandwidth they have to pay to whoever is hosting their site. It may not be significant, perhaps, but it's just courteous to host them before posting them.

There's a more sinister side to hotlinking in which someone might want other people to hotlink their image, and then they can change it to an ad for their site.

edit: smitty beat me to it.

And, hell, MF cant even afford a proper sign out front, so why not cut them some slack?

[glimmertwins]

And, hell, MF cant even afford a proper sign out front, so why not cut them some slack?

I highly doubt it's because he can't afford it.

...I still don't see what the problem is with hotlinking in this case. If your selling something, the nominal cost of increased server bandwith caused by hotlinking is far far cheaper than ANY established marketing channel out there. Like I said - I can see how this is a problem on a personal blog that isn't for profit where all costs are out of pocket costs(like if everyone started hotlinking from someone's personal photo blog) but I think hotlinking to a retail product just makes good business sense. There is after all a good reason why the Mister Freedom logo isn't just on the clothes but also the actual photo being hotlinked.

[zissou]

I highly doubt it's because he can't afford it.

Yeah, I realize his shop is on Beverly Blvd., but I was assuming he couldn't afford it because in almost every interview I've read, Christophe talks about putting his life savings into getting the building so he can have the shop he wants, or spending his money traveling the world to find the best vintage stuff to sell.

I apologize to all for giving a financial justification (as if it was actually needed) for being courteous. Then again, it is the internet (not part of 'real life'?).

[shekki]

saving him money on bandwidth ain't going to make the clothes any cheaper.

[gl3nn]

For those of you that got the pea coat, are most of you soaking the coat first? If so, how long are you soaking the coat for?

[onehundy]

I did what christophe did, I sprayed it with cold water to get a bit of shrinkage. I sized down.. But I think zissou soaked it? I would flip jacket and soak it inside out and do a quick soak to limit the indigo lost.

[patchmb]

I soaked mine right side out for about 30 mins in warm water. A couple of weeks later I gave the sleeves a further Hot soak to shrink them up good. To be honest I haven't lost too much indigo so I am happy with the results.

[zissou]

I gave mine about a ten minute hot soak to get it to the size I wanted. I would not recommend turning it inside out. There's no point, and I'm not even sure if it's possible. As long as you aren't agitating it, indigo loss will be minimal. If you aren';t trying to shrink it a lot, I recommend a warm soak, rather than hot.

[gl3nn]

Thanks for the replies. I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on the pea coat and I just want to know how people have handled the shrinking part of it during the soaking process without ruining the jacket. Sounds like there's very little room for error in doing the soak.

[zissou]

Honestly, it's pretty hard to mess it up unless you shrink it too much. When you get it, try it on and have an idea of how much you want it to shrink. Then, measure it while it's soaking. Easy enough.

The thing bleeds indigo all over the place, so losing a tiny bit during the soak is nothing to worry about.

[glimmertwins]

...you know a peacoat is good if people in warm weather climates(like me) are jealous of those in cooler climates who have a reason to wear this.

[ThisSunday]

Those jackets look cool in the fit pics. Too bad no one's wearing the striped one. Switch Katherine's shoes with a pair of C&Js and you'd have classic a therelativity fit. It looks like Christophe is wearing one of the new shirts.

[Happy Hooligan]

I hope the shirts look better...

Looks great on girls, not so much on guys. And I don't want to button it like they do....

[lostinthesupermarket]

The fabrics look really nice.

[Rivet Head]

Digging this striped version of the jacket....

[Charlie Delta]

general guidelines

- do not leech images from other sites...if you find an image you would like to post...move the image to a free image host [or your own server space] so the original site does not have to pay for the bandwidth

- keep images within the superfridge...anything greater than 640px width should be posted as a clickable thumbnail or a text link

how to

there are various methods to do this...this is how to do it manually...

- upload your image to a free image host, or your own server space ...if you don't already have a host use google to search for one

- copy the url of the image [it should end in .jpg .gif or .png]

[noparse]http://www.superfuture.com/images/site-images/superfuture_logo.gif[/noparse]

- create image tags

[noparse][/noparse]

- it should look like this

- if you unsure whether it has worked you can always use the preview post ... check the tags if it isn't working..

there are other ways to post images...using tags from an image host...or clicking the image button [if the WYSIWYG mode is enabled in my supertalk/edit options-message interface]...the tags should always look like the tags above

Source: Posting images

ie: take care of the hotlinked and huge images posted over the last couple of pages or I will delete them.

Thank you.

[jstavrin]

While there's no chance I'll be buying any of this (I can't afford it), this is probably my favorite collection so far.

[caseywisenbaker]

i moved the photos..so now we can just go on talking about how rad those jackets are and how to decide which one to buy.

[AlSailor]

Question for those who have the Californian jeans: how much did they shrink after a soak?

Thanks.

[yanansi]

got my Cali few weeks back from selfedge NY, will soak tomorrow and report back.