Random fashion thoughts

Originally Posted by AR_Six

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Hi, is there a real alternative to paypal? They just screwed me over.

what did they do to you?

slightly tangential but i got this email from paypal a few days ago. they're probably cracking down on SF-style transactions recently...

We’re not sure if you are aware of this, but we noticed that some of
your customers are sending you personal payments for purchases.
Unfortunately, this violates our rules, and we need your help correcting
this. Please don’t ask or allow your customers to use personal payments
to pay for their purchases.

If we continue to see such activity, we may have to disable your ability
to receive personal payments, and then you will pay fees for all money
received through PayPal.

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Originally Posted by kwoyeu

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what did they do to you? slightly tangential but i got this email from paypal a few days ago. they're probably cracking down on SF-style transactions recently...
I sold a pair of jeans to a forumuser (Jiratic) - he messages me here that he states that i didnt give him measurements - i did, but but on the second page. He asks for a refund, i denies him that since i dont think i did anything wrong. He files a complain at paypal (and uses the ground that he didnt receives the jeans) - and wins it - because i dont have track&trace and therefore cannot prove that i shipped the pair of jeans. I uploaded screenshots from this forum as evidence to paypal- including the one where he mentions that he has received the jeans and want a refund - how can he has received the jeans and stated that he didnt as the paypal reason and win? Do note, that he used his forum name and mentions APC and SF on the paypal recipts when he paid for them. Paypal does nothing, and despite trying to get them to look at my evidence, they only look at the fact i didnt buy track&trace which Jiratic didnt want... f*ck me, and same to paypal.

that's marsupialed. inaccurate measurements aside, how can a buyer after receiving the goods complain that the seller didn't provide measurements - even if the seller in fact didn't? could he not have asked beforehand

paypal has been known to always side with buyers even if you have a tracking number (unless i guess you use paypal's "print shipping label" function) though. this looks to me to be more a case of being screwed over by the buyer...

Originally Posted by Knisse

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I sold a pair of jeans to a forumuser (Jiratic) - he messages me here that he states that i didnt give him measurements - i did, but but on the second page. He asks for a refund, i denies him that since i dont think i did anything wrong. He files a complain at paypal (and uses the ground that he didnt receives the jeans) - and wins it - because i dont have track&trace and therefore cannot prove that i shipped the pair of jeans. I uploaded screenshots from this forum as evidence to paypal- including the one where he mentions that he has received the jeans and want a refund - how can he has received the jeans and stated that he didnt as the paypal reason and win? Do note, that he used his forum name and mentions APC and SF on the paypal recipts when he paid for them. Paypal does nothing, and despite trying to get them to look at my evidence, they only look at the fact i didnt buy track&trace which Jiratic didnt want... f*ck me, and same to paypal.
Won't be able to get your money back, but make sure to bring this to the mods' attention and post it in the buyer/seller rating thread. At least you can warn others not to deal with him

dude in the subway last night was wearing some knee-length drop crotch sweats last night with beat up current-gen rick dunks in all white (same ones RFX has but all white)

first time I've seen them that worn in and they looked REALLY good, better that I would have expected any all-whites to look.

they also didn't appear to have the bulbous toe. didn't catch if they had staples or not.

Originally Posted by wEstSidE

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bitches smell money but that's all. the nose isn't fine tuned for taste.

Probably have cocaine to thank for that.

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

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well yeah, that - decent fitted suits, non-gaudy ties and shirts, but then obnoxious long flat square shoes. Even streetwear looks where it's a polo and khakies, which is a 'ok I'm making an effort' look but then like terrible running shoes or sketchers or some ****.


maybe Hermes Man is onto something (LV monogram black shoes)


to try answer my own question, I think the problem is not that there's a lack of ok shoes but rather that there's just too much noise with BAD shoes so it's too hard for the half-educated dude to sort through it all and find something acceptable. There's just so much *********** store that's poorly selected, overpriced, etc that he's bound to walk out with some crap.

I think this is true with all clothing, to at least some extent. I think there's gotta be something about shoes specifically that renders people incapable of distinguishing among good, acceptable, and ugly, even if they can tell whether a shirt or a pair of pants fits well and is flattering.

One more reason to only accept gift payments, ****.

I've been trying to think of ways to wear my fujiwara sneakers in a way that even wally might approve (love your opinion and agree with you synthese but we're two special flowers and most people don't like 90's stubby legs and highs style like us). If I cover the tongue the proportions end up looking right at least.

Originally Posted by tween_spirit

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they also didn't appear to have the bulbous toe. didn't catch if they had staples or not.

in person rick dunks look really ******* slim, even the new ones. Only looks like fat toe if the person sized wrong or in pics.

Originally Posted by Knisse

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I sold a pair of jeans to a forumuser (Jiratic) - he messages me here that he states that i didnt give him measurements - i did, but but on the second page. He asks for a refund, i denies him that since i dont think i did anything wrong.

He files a complain at paypal (and uses the ground that he didnt receives the jeans) - and wins it - because i dont have track&trace and therefore cannot prove that i shipped the pair of jeans.

I uploaded screenshots from this forum as evidence to paypal- including the one where he mentions that he has received the jeans and want a refund - how can he has received the jeans and stated that he didnt as the paypal reason and win? Do note, that he used his forum name and mentions APC and SF on the paypal recipts when he paid for them.

Paypal does nothing, and despite trying to get them to look at my evidence, they only look at the fact i didnt buy track&trace which Jiratic didnt want... f*ck me, and same to paypal.

shipping internationally sucks cuz of that, but yah people are grimy idiots.

Originally Posted by AR_Six

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Really? No, not really. Harry's doesn't "curate" anything at all. It's pretty indiscriminate. Holts, I'm sure, does for some of the lines, but a lot of it is such garbage that there's nothing really to be done and I doubt anyone really bothers. Even their buys of things like McQueen (basically anything with a skull on it for brand id purposes), Prorsum (LET'S BUY NOTHING BUT TRENCHES) don't make much sense. The Jil buy here this winter was ok but it was tiny so they really had to pick and choose, and basically found the most understated stuff possible. Henry Singer here does a better job with Lanvin, and are willing to take a swing at some stuff - it's all going on sale on Thursday, I'm a have to stop in.
Keep in mind the size of their store and both volume and diversity of their customer base. Within that context, they've done some selecting. Of course it really works better with a smaller store that goes for a specific look. It becomes a something for everyone means nothing for anyone. UnControl - you don't think Little Burgundy has a focused selection of stuff? I find they have a minimal number of shoes, each one is pretty well designed, and well priced for what it is. When I skim the store I rarely pick up something and go 'this is garbage, how'd it get in here?'. I don't like all the styles, but I think it's clear that theres a very careful selection process at work, particularly for a mall store level.

Well, I have a particular taste in shoes that probably doesn't match yours ... haha.

Aeglus, check your pms.

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

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Keep in mind the size of their store and both volume and diversity of their customer base. Within that context, they've done some selecting. Of course it really works better with a smaller store that goes for a specific look. It becomes a something for everyone means nothing for anyone.
Harry's buys look basically like I walked into the Bay except higher-end. They do much the same thing season to season - i.e. we'll get the same kind of conservative cut suits from Canali, Samuelsohn et al, add a big section of Zegna and Hugo Boss which look the same as every other season (and also much like a smaller version of the branded Boss and Zegna stores usually located in the same mall), and then a "streetwear" section comprised of the highest-volume-sold **** from Lacoste and 7FAM along with Boss's "streetwear" label. It's all very formulaic and honestly very lazy. That may be the model, and it may be catering to a clientele that would be scared if they departed from said formula, but that doesn't make it any better curated than any other mall store.

Holts does a much better job but as I say I see the majority of the streetwear stuff as filler. They carry wings + horns intermittently and rag&bone, but aside from that all they have that I'd be remotely interested in are the nudies and N&F denim. There are a couple of racks of good stuff in what they'd consider their "runway" departments, but even there, it's usually edited with a big focus on the conservative - trenches, button ups, blazers, etc, and some accessories usually easily brand-identifiable (the McQueen stuff is the most obvious, they have a whole bunch of ties with the skull on them in the Van store, much like they have the omnipresent silk scarves for women). So a lot of the initial excitement upon browsing a new season dissipates quickly as you realize the appearance of "hey, some cool new ****" is largely illusory.