Random fashion thoughts

Ivwri said:

Oh? Excellent! Will be in France in September and was planning a stop in Paris to visit the flagship store anyway

Hopefully by then the current exchange rate will have become more manageable.

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Guy Burgess said:

I can't wait to go to the Yohji store in London later this year. I'm with you on the exchange rate though!

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asobu said:

I'd love to go to the Tokyo flagship and try on one of those velour coats in green with the nude prints, just for fun. Not sure if the European stores got those? Some of the EU pricing is gonna be pretty steep too - pants cost between €750-1050, those tweedy coats are about €2800 or so, monkey boots are just shy of €1k

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Master Milano said:

How do you see the FW11 shows?

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asobu said:

Yeah, you got to have some serious steez to pull those off in public. I don't think he's ever lived primarily in Paris though, except for a year or two in the 70's? I'm pretty sure that he lives and works in Tokyo and has been throuhtout his career. Either way I'm sure the selection in Paris will be varied and substantial, I was just unsure about the velour coats. I know they sell them in Tokyo now though.

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Hmm...might do a variation of this later on this year actually

Ivwri said:

Yeah, it's pretty crazy. Sending my sister to the store in London to do reconnaisance for me . By the way, where exactly can one buy Harnden stuff? I am very interested in his stuff and would love to have some locations to keep in mind when next I am in Europe (I hope he is available in London at least?). The website does not help at all.

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KitAkira said:

Not sure if srs....

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oldSFer said:

I wonder how Ivwri was able to afford all of his baller designer cops considering that Nigeria has been ranked as one of the poorest yet most corrupt countries in the world. 2nd poorest by World Bank in 2005 and 2nd most corrupt by Transparency International in 2004.

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notwithit said:

To some extent, the smaller the hem, the better the stacking. Those are stacking pretty well, which is rare for a pair that's box-fresh. Usually the denim needs to lose some of its initial stiffness before the stacks start to look decent.

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Guy Burgess said:

He doesn't sell online so it's instore only. In Europe the places I know of are Dover Street Market (London), L´Eclarieur (Paris) and Song (Vienna). The best place to read about Harnden is on stylezeitgist, here's a link to the thread about it:

http://www.stylezeitgeist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2569

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MSSneaker said:

They had a similar oxford last season. They ran a full size too big and were only in size 9-12, so really they only fit a 10-13. I do not think they were worth the price, though they looked nice enough. I'd much rather buy something from Alden, maybe even two pairs for that price.

and shoes like this that look great but are competing with some seriously great shoemakers at an extremely high price point. They get away with it because of the designer brand name, but seriously, who's going to drop 200 on some Sperry/BoO when they can pick up Quoddy for $50 extra?

IMO not worth it - but if you have the money they look pretty nice.

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jet said:

Need a uniqlo proxy.

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