colette meets Comme des garcons

[eva chondronakilis]

Beautiful opening a few days ago and a beauty of a shop!

The black 20G ipods were really nice, but for almost 1600 bucks U$, a bit steep.

the limited edition kaws, esm and space-invaders stuff was cool. tracy emin even has some collabs in there.

let me drop the links.

<a href="http://www.colettemeetscommedesgarcons.com

" target="_blank">http://www.colettemeetscommedesgarcons.com

</a>

<a href="http://www.kawsone.com

" target="_blank">http://www.kawsone.com

</a>

<a href="http://esm-artificial.com" target="_blank">http://esm-artificial.com'>http://esm-artificial.com"] <a href="http://esm-artificial.com" target="_blank">http://esm-artificial.com</a>

[url=http://www.space-invaders.com ]http://www.space-invaders.com

ec

[raijin]

yeah.. they got some real hot colabs there

and the black ipod is dope.. too bad im broke

[Jean Snow]

Same here, wish I could afford some of this stuff. Still, I'll go check out the store sometime this week.

Jean Snow

http://jeansnow.net

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

I can't believe that iPod scam. Factor out the cost of a $300 iPod with a $65 customization (most likely from Colorware <http://www.colorwarepc.com/products/accessories.aspx>) and they were basically charging $1,000 for an iPod case. The black customization didn't even look that good on those 3rd gen iPods.

Edited by Yakboy Equals Nurturer on Aug 5, 2004 at 08:16 PM

[raijin]

you have just shown with the above post that you have no knowledge of cdg or collete as stores/brands.

There is no way such high profile brand(s) would have use a case from a rather cheap third party.

Im sure it is much better made.

Also, it comes with a customized leather carrying case with aluminum backing.

I agree its very expensive, but its cdg, and you see this type of thing ALL the time in the clothing business.

Edited by raijin on Aug 6, 2004 at 09:35 AM

[eva chondronakilis]

the black ipods at cmCdG looked pretty sweet, not homemade or whatever, the cases by cDg were very nice too.

ec

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

you have just shown with the above post that you have no knowledge of cdg or collete (sic) as stores/brands.

There is no way such high profile brand(s) would have use a case from a rather cheap third party.

Im sure it is much better made

I wasn't referring to the case being from a 3rd party. If you'd bothered to click on the link I provided or even read the post properly, perhaps you'd have picked up on that. The 'limited edition' black iPod is a regular Apple iPod that has been painted black by a company called Colorware. For the store to imply that there is anything exclusive about the iPod itself is a cheap scam. The only limited edition item in the bundle is the (frankly ugly) CdG case. They didn't even bother to have the iPod dock colorized.

That sort of laziness is much more damaging to the Collette or CdG brands than overcharging for a 3rd party case would have been.

Edited by Yakboy Equals Nurturer on Aug 9, 2004 at 05:54 PM

[mike hock]

how do you know that 'colorware" painted it? do you work there?

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

how do you know that 'colorware" painted it?

How do I know? I looked at the picture using my eyes.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe Rei Kawakubo herself painted it using ink she secreted from her own arse. But I'm willing to bet you a one of a kind iPod case I made myself out of an old tshirt and some string (suggested retail price: $1,000.01) that it was Colorware.

[raijin]

Anyone else/any other company/cdg themselves could have painted the ipod is what hes trying to say.

it didn't neccesarily have to be colorware even if it wasn't cdg.

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

Anyone else/any other company/cdg themselves could have painted the ipod is what hes trying to say.

it didn't neccesarily have to be colorware even if it wasn't cdg.

Fair enough...but it looks just like the Colorware paint jobs, and I know for a fact that Apple does not produce customized iPods for any company. The point I was making is that there is nothing exclusive about the device itself that would warrant a $1,000+ price tag. Unless you really, really like the CdG iPod covers.

Still, it's amusing to see the extent to which people will attempt to defend a shitty, lazy, half-assed promotion by a favored label, just because they like the other products it puts out.

Edited by Yakboy Equals Nurturer on Aug 26, 2004 at 08:35 PM

[sufu1]

hardly any stock in the store at the moment...

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superslave1

http://superfuture.com

[mike hock]

looks pretty nice to me.

the ipods that mac did with jaguar may have been done by colorware, but i don't know if these were. nevertheless, you're also paying for a custom case made by rei kawakubo, so that in itself is pretty handsome.

yakboy must have the eyes of superman if he can tell they were done by colorware just by looking at it.

can you tell what songs are in it?

Edited by mike hock on Aug 27, 2004 at 03:13 AM

[Yakboy Equals Nurturer]

yakboy must have the eyes of superman if he can tell they were done by colorware just by looking at it.

Or it could just be *that* obvious...

can you tell what songs are in it?

Uh, none. You're expected to put songs on it yourself.

[kole]

i'm not feeling the cover, too 80's punk. and what's the big deal with the covers and colors anyway? seems to me that it was more of a statement when everyone had to rock the super white and silver. which was instanly reconized as a pod. now it can be anything, the doors are open for posers and tourist alike!

[raijin]

well if i was rich i would buy it......

[sugarboots]

ah! kenn/esm-artificial is a friend of mine - he said his shit sold out in less than three hours ! crazy - now i see one of his sticker packs on ebay for $80! he sent me a similar one - pretty insane and ridiculous what people will pay.

[mike hock]

everthing in that shop is pretty much sold out. there's nothing there most days, it's kind of like whatever's in the shop is "hot" so it sells out and hits all the auction sites at ridiculous prices.

those stickers by gaukler and esm were pretty hot commodity there. nice.