Comme Des Garcons Guerrila PLUS1213

[btkrull]

i just made it out to the new CDG guerrila store with my girlfriend in la. it's in this tiny backalley across from a dumpster in a tiny suite. man they had some nice stuff. it's nice to see such a trendy place in such a historic location of downtown la. i managed to only pickup a small green half-zip wallet with embossed stars. the guy working there told me they were no longer going to make the embossed wallets and it wa ssmart for me to stock up on them. anyone else been? picked up any cool stuff? there was even this old guy there that was outside of the alley that i could've SWORN was a homeless dude but was just trying to fend away the building cleaners who were highpressure water hosing the buildings adjacent. he was yelling at them saying 'your'e getting my customers all wet!!' it was hilarious.

[herpsky]

la? really

[Gabriel]

I wanted to go to poland to see the guerilla store there but I never made it

[polishmike]

I wanted to go to poland to see the guerilla store there but I never made it

you didn't miss much

[domdomdomdom]

la? really

http://www.guerrilla-store.com/flash.php

[dacrow]

I went too, it was quite the adventure. They direct you to an abandoned bank, where there's two security guards. They tell you to go talk to the guy at blends (sneaker store), who tells you to talk to "thomas," the old guy who you said looks like a hobo. (except, he has the guerilla store t shirt). He leads you down the alleyway into the store.

What did they have when you went? For me they had a bunch of wallets, fragrances, blazers, trousers, a lot of the "sparkling party" t's/dress shirts, but unfortunately nothing too interesting. That was a couple weeks ago. I didn't feel like walking out with nothing, didn't want to spend too much money, and already had one of their wallets so I just picked up a canvas belt for 28 bucks lol. Cheapest thing I've ever seen cdg sell...

[btkrull]

lol. it was about the same. they're stuff is amazingly cool just..not for normal everyday wear lol. was it really a maze to find it like that? that sounds like a fun adventure:D

[dacrow]

Yeah lol i found out afterward that they intend it that way to create hype. There wassss cool stuff, but the prices scared me a bit lol. 800 dollar blazers =(

Some cop also gave me a parking ticket because i was in the red zone for like one minute when I walked out.

If that hadn't happened I could have spent the money on another wallet or something lol.

The guy said they restock every week though, so its probably worth going back every once in a while!

[fallen angels]

does anyone know how long this guerilla store will remain open for? 1 year?

[dacrow]

Yeah, febuary 16, 2009 I believe is when it closes.

[azn8oi]

i went there the a couple of days after it was supposed to be open.

it was a total waste of time because apparently, all of their stock was stuck in customs

---> they were closed. but now it's fine.

[Yardsale]

i might go check it out, forgot all about it. do they have cdg play as well?

[mrip]

cdg play is only good if you wanna get street cred from hk or sg fobs

[geekbonchic]

^^^ It's true. We got mad love for the CDG play shit.

[whizkit]

yeh, love for the pagowski hearts is in our blood.

So the old guy who's suppose to guard the gate, is he really there all the time? Does he unlock the gate or something? Sounds absolutely unnecessary. Isn't it more fun to have to look for it yourself?

[Sayword]

about the old homeless looking guy- saw a pic of him when the news was released, his style is pretty ill

[midnight]

Any plans for one in new york?

[dacrow]

They didn't have play when I went.

[herpsky]

Any plans for one in new york?

Big LULz:o

[Sayword]

Big LULz:o

word, that was pretty stupid

[Sayword]

the old guy

[azn8oi]

i went yesterday.

There's basically no play stuff in the store. I think i saw one play men's tshirt.

The menswear is lacking, but the wimmenzwurr has some innaeztin stuffZ.

[josephr]

they are getting stuff every week i guess so maybe that is why there wasn't too much stuff when you went. i have seen a lot of great shit there and but it is only about 20-30% less than regular CDG prices. i love seeing the different collections hanging together, really shows how brilliant cdg is especially all the amazing CDG shirts for men.

[shinchrono]

Went over spring break, didn't get to see any homeless guy Just a gate to a backalley with a bunch of posters on it. It's true that they direct you to some office building though, with a guard who basically just tells you you're in the wrong spot.

Lots of nice things to look at but they were definitely not down with the asian boy sizing...good luck even trying to find a small in there. Still, the pricing wasn't bad and like josephr said looking at everything hanging together was an experience.

I took a bunch of pictures for you guys, I'll upload them when I get back to my room.

p.s. Is there anyone out there collecting the guerilla shirts? Definitely not very wearable but they had a couple on the racks (from Warsaw and Singapore I think?) so it got me wondering..

[Larry!]

I was going to go to the one in HK, but they were closed because of Chinese New Years when I visited it. Wasted my bus fare, then my cousins made me walk home since I dragged them on a pointless trip. Oh well.

[flex1]

what happened to Carve? I thought Carve was in the back of blends. They must have just switched it up for the guerrilla store

[homme.homme]

i hope cdg is stoops enough to open up in sydney...

[jcotteri]

^seconded, it will get mad love form koreans here!

[phen3N]

to anyone who's been there recently: what wallets do they have?

[azn8oi]

all of them.