australia :: melbourne :: shopping

[southofnonorth]

for those interested; the assin on gertrude st is stocking all the same labels as the city store, much more limited stock though. The store fits in seamlessly on gertrude... great addition

[jcotteri]

6'2 is where it is at

[DJI]

cheers S, would rep if I could. what's the space like?

[southofnonorth]

minimal, glazed concrete flooring... planters in the front window with greenery. White walls, basically a nicer looking version of the outlet in south yarra.

[jbone]

ah to be tall . you need to up higher res photos haha, how many leathers you planning on owning anyway jb?

0 FG made a similar leather for AW08, thought this must have been from SS09 though as it doesn't have the extra jersey fabric hanging out.

fuck your psychotic D!!!!!! hahah... that 2nd pic is my jacket, although mine is labelled SS09, it's the stonewashed leather jacket... is there a difference between the two?i can't see any and i own the jacket lol.. but mine does have the fabric hanging out but only noticable a little at the back, i think it adds to the jacket though..

ha! i haven't really given myself a limit... im still building the closet but maybe 5-6..

[DJI]

haha thanks jb , if only my memory for where pics of jawns are available could be applied to something useful . looks to be more or less the same, I guess it's FG's trademark (and only mens?) leather jacket so it would be similar regardless of season.

damn, 5 or 6 leathers is a lot haha. wouldn't mind owning that many either, gotta find 5 or 6 I like enough to cop first though...

sounds good S, will have to drop by when I have a chance .

[jbone]

forgot to say thanks to you melv... wasn't as hard as what i thought

0...did you mean that specific style of jacket is inspired by RO?

[034936]

that collection had a very RO feel, most exemplified in the leather.

[DJI]

besides the stonewashed leather I don't really see the similarity between the FG jacket and any of the RO ones, it's quite a distinct design.

[jbone]

it's useful for all us on here, make us wana cop BAAAAAADDD

yeh i suppose i dont even really need 6... i need more suits & coats for work.. bt's working on that for me now though

have 3 atm, so i'm sure finding 3 more would be a breeze...

[jbone]

i'm not too familiar with RO past collections so i can't really comment.. all in all i'm happy with the jacket and it won't be leaving my closet anytime soon

[DJI]

helping to enable people is arguably a useful application haha.

the FG leather jacket isn't really reminiscent of any particular RO leather from past or present collections afaik...

[034936]

the flowing curved zipper lapel dealy just reminded me of a couple of RO jackets i'd seen. Guess it's a fairly common design element though.

[DJI]

from what I recall rick only really introduced curved/skewed zips with the scuba leather for FW08. he did produce one similar to the FG leather this season, however it's a new cut for SS09 and also has a silly cape thing at the back...

[melvin7]

looking sharp jbone. that FG leather fits nicely on you

I just took some quick pics of the boots.. sorry no fit pics as no ones home to take pics for me haha. but this will do for now!

edit: lighting is a tad gay. boots arent as light irl

[DJI]

they look great mel . are they made from a reverse leather and is the colour brown or a dark khaki/olive?

[btbam]

boots look great !

Would rep if i could

[melvin7]

unfortunately im not the best person to ask about leather

i think they are reverse leather though.. the inside of the boot and the outside of the boot nearly feels the same? haha i have no idea sorry..

the colour is nothing like in the pictures.. they almost look like dark charcoal with some dark purple bits.

[gobbledock]

just bought the cm parka and leather hoody. i was tempted to buy the swesson pants too but don't think i can pull that look off. would definitely need to try on. looks great on jbone though.

[TTT]

melv -> repped

[jcotteri]

they are reverse, great boots Melv.. do you think you could up a few more pics in natural light tomorrow?

[melvin7]

haha thanks guys ^^

cheers to the enablers! really glad i instakopped.

yeah J nps i'll take some more pics 2morro!

[DJI]

mel they are the same boots as these no? looks to be reverse leather, don't think DBSS would use suede.

nice purchases gd .

[TTT]

gobble - had been looking for some leggings (without ribbing at the hems) and the swessons seemed to do the job so copped them today- theyre so damn comfortable. I'm tall and dont mind rocking the low crotch

[jcotteri]

isn't suede just reverse leather that has been buffed up a bit to create a napped look?

[melvin7]

yeah D they're the same ones. Oh they're definitely not suede (well they dont feel anything like my DD sneaks LOL). J knows his DBSS and he said they're made out of reverse leather

[TTT]

JV I think its time for you to step in

[Ivans On High]

jbone, FG looks great. How much did it cost you?

[jcotteri]

never held them irl so i can't be 100% but i'm am 95% sure you would call these reverse leather. With a slight waxed coating in places of course

[DJI]

JV I think its time for you to step in

haha, that's what I was thinking. there were conflicting arguments about the difference between suede and reverse leather on SZ, not sure which is correct...

Ivan if memory serves correctly the FG leather retails for around $1300.