any thoughts on SBU jeans

[juxtaposed]

does anyone know anything about an italian brand called SBU - strategic busines unit ?

they also have a special selvage line. pricey though. (around 300 euros).

are they worth it ??

[wild_whiskey]

Not worth the retail. At a discount, they're nice. Really high quality jeans, great fit. Gay name though.

[skecr8r]

Anything with unit in'it today is ghey.

Denim Fanatismé.

[aitsuka]

G-G-G-G-G UNIT!!!!

-don't hate, appreciate-

[ringring]

Nice jeans. Rather expensive.

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

"Strategic Business Unit" is a lame management consulting / corporate strategy term from the GE / McKinsey matrix. It was invented by General Electric and McKinsey Consulting in the 1970s as a way of separating businesses with executives who have no common sense from large amounts of money. Calling your company SBU is kind of like calling your company "department."

I bet these guys are to a large Italian clothier what PRPS are to Akademiks.

[juxtaposed]

on an italian fashion portal i found out that they are made by 2 siblings, who have been in the denim industry for 16 years. they were large distributors for other big names.

i like their philosophy..they use japanese denim,(they also have a selvedge line) and wash it in italy. no fancy stuff. plain high-quality denim, decent cuts & fits, no labels, stitchinigs etc.

ok, the name is a little weird. but those italians dont know too much about english.

and a bathing ape doesnt make much of a sense either. shouldnt blame em or that.

as far as i could figure it out, they are independent. they dont belong to anybody.

ps:wow. i didnt know that PRPS belongs to akademiks. that gives it a wack appeal to me.

i used to like em. they are nice. maybe they were just bought, and couldnt do anything against it. so is capitalism..

Edited by juxtaposed on May 3, 2005 at 05:36 AM

[Guest Guy H]

I have a pair I bought from Harvey Nicks about 3 years ago now. The jeans are great IMHO. The fit for me is pretty much perfect (6'2", 34W 34L). They have worn really well. I picked mine up in the sale for about 90 GBP. they where up at £190. I wouldn't pay that for them.

[skecr8r]

Bathing ape is a translation of a japanese saying meaning 'Bathing in luke-warm water", and the japanese version has ape in it. Combined they form Bathing Ape.

There is always an reason.

Denim Fanatismé.

[denimmademedoit]

only an idiot would not recognize tru design skills and care who owns what. If product is right, it is right, does it matter where the monet to finance comes from? Most little lines need big money to stay a float, especially when all items are made in Japan. So, be in to product, why be a lable snop, who cares who owns Prps, if it is even true that akademiks owns them. I think one would be hard pressed to find product as bueatiful!

[juxtaposed]

ok. prps is a cool label. i already mentioned that. all i was trying to say is, that i thought: akademiks tries to enter into the selvage denim market by creatig a new brand. i am not feeling those kinda business moves. cause then i am tempted to think those people just do it for the profit. and dont have any love for the bigger picture.

but maybe i am wrong and prps is a cool underground label which just is financially backed by akdmks. thats ok for me. and whether their products are cool is not the question.

and skecr8er: i dont think that you ever would open your mouth in front of some g-unit members. cause you dont have the balls to. people like you get eaten for breakfast for fronting wrong people. look at you, man. you look like a fag. you wanna diss 50 cent?

come on, pplleease. thats gotta be the joke of the century.

why are you hating so much? what have those guys done to you? start appreciating. they are doing their thing. i always respect people who make their way through herdship of life. those kids come from the ghetto and now they own multimillion $ companies. they deserve everything. period. you cant hate their beats or music. it simply tight. either for a backpacker or a gangsta. you cant judge them on nothing. whatsoever.

i dont want to offend, but start getting a little less judgmental. you judge people too fast. and get out of your i-am-the-middle-of-the-world self-centricity.

when other dudes get into denim, so what? have you patented slevage denim? oh,i must've forgot that. just leave people alone. whats the deal in hating people who dont know so much about it like you. and showing off that you are the extravaganza, avantgarde denim expert.

well nice for you..so what? does that make you a better person now?? is your life happier, or more worth living?

people with some kinda knowledge,no matter what (i am not doubting that u know your denim shit) show their greatness in teaching other people. each one teach one. instead of pissing them off.

if you dont like people buying prps instead of some vintage 1955 levis, thats ok. but apparently people dont think like you do. so just dont bother.

i dont like bape, supreme, or the rest of the skate shit, either. but i dont care, if people wear it.its their choice. i just dont give a fuck bout it. i guess people have just too much time and energy to get themselves annoyed.