NY Times: Why Designer Clothes Cost So Much

lmaozedong · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

A restaurant has always been in the cards for me, but my girlfriend is down for the cause now, and this lady has a bit of money on her, so I am down too. She doesn't care where we go. I think DC might even be a good place for a knockout ramen shop. Never been to DC actually, though my best friend works on the Hill, but it seems to me that really hard-hitting versions of these non-sushi Japanese foods are few and far between in America, and doing it out of California or the west coast seems a little played. Also, I obviously want to have a line out the door and keep young people with enough money to spend on a bowl of noodle soup to keep coming in and out. What do you think about DC, Mauro?

DC is absolute **** for any kind of asian food, from what I gathered when I lived there for the summer. Chinatown is nonexistent and the only place to even get Asian groceries is in Maryland or Virginia. I'm quite sure the people at the Japanese embassy are dying for good ramen

. I spent a couple weekends just searching for acceptable ramen in the city and came up completely empty and had to buy package ramen from this tiny ass Japanese supermarket. Good, inexpensive, ethnic food does massively well in DC (see Amsterdam Falafel, Julia's Empanadas etc.). PLEASE come and open a ramen shop. I will go 2-3 times a week for sure.

Lynx_the_one · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by lmaozedong

DC is absolute **** for any kind of asian food, from what I gathered when I lived there for the summer. Chinatown is nonexistent and the only place to even get Asian groceries is in Maryland or Virginia. I'm quite sure the people at the Japanese embassy are dying for good ramen

. I spent a couple weekends just searching for acceptable ramen in the city and came up completely empty and had to buy package ramen from this tiny ass Japanese supermarket. Good, inexpensive, ethnic food does massively well in DC (see Amsterdam Falafel, Julia's Empanadas etc.). PLEASE come and open a ramen shop. I will go 2-3 times a week for sure.

This, but put it near BCC in bethesda.

KitAkira · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by Bona Drag

b/c there are dozens of brands with on-point construction and fit but no relationship to the olsen twins
Why does it matter so much to you? Rappers wear Margiela and Raf, so by association those brands are no longer cool and we shouldn't wear them? All of our brands are worn by celebs so therefore we shouldn't be wearing any of them, right?

impolyt_one · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by lmaozedong

DC is absolute **** for any kind of asian food, from what I gathered when I lived there for the summer. Chinatown is nonexistent and the only place to even get Asian groceries is in Maryland or Virginia. I'm quite sure the people at the Japanese embassy are dying for good ramen

. I spent a couple weekends just searching for acceptable ramen in the city and came up completely empty and had to buy package ramen from this tiny ass Japanese supermarket. Good, inexpensive, ethnic food does massively well in DC (see Amsterdam Falafel, Julia's Empanadas etc.). PLEASE come and open a ramen shop. I will go 2-3 times a week for sure.

That is comforting to know. I miss my friend and he's probably never gonna leave the Hill, and I wouldn't mind a change of scenery while upping what I do.

I'm thinking I'm gonna have a small place with a long counter, 5 or 6 menu items (a sick raw silk tofu/heirloom tomato/lettuce and shiso salad in wasabi yuzu dressing I've always liked, an avocado and maguro, in cilantro and vinaigrette-type starter, buta no kakuni and duck buns like momofuku does, pork and shrimp gyoza, and then a choice of tonkotsu or shio (my girl is from Fukuoka but I like Shio better, and we need the non-pork option) and then a fusion dessert. No choices basically, but I want to keep a line out the door of sq4 types who ball on maison martin margiela and blackwater money.

chronoaug · May 2, 2010

This little cafe japonaise place just opened next to my apt. Is kinda neat looking inside. Have beer/sake/wine in addition to teas, coffee drinks and small dishes. However, there is nothing special about it other than the atmosphere. Doing a dual restaurant/bar kinda thing would be cool. If you marketed it right and had a good concept and did some events you could make ok money i'd imagine.

Listi · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by KitAkira

Why does it matter so much to you? Rappers wear Margiela and Raf, so by association those brands are no longer cool and we shouldn't wear them? All of our brands are worn by celebs so therefore we shouldn't be wearing any of them, right?

The only problem is when they wear only the designers gaudy logo'ed/horrible looking pieces incorrectly sized/not matched up well.

It makes the brand seem like all they have to offer is a name.

Nouveau Pauvre · May 2, 2010

I'll just leave this here

DLester · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by lmaozedong

Good, inexpensive, ethnic food does massively well in DC (see Amsterdam Falafel, Julia's Empanadas etc.).

true, also must add:
+ Ethiopian, need zilzil tibbs
+ shawarma, I could eat that every day

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

. . .
like your posts, usually I don't bother reading long posts but yours deliver.

/end sycophancy

BB1 · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by tagutcow

Well I don't know from fast fashion. We don't have an H&M or Zara anywhere around here. But the internet has opened up "fashion" for people like me who live in Bumfuck, Nowhere who would otherwise have no options other than Macy's, American Eagle, Express, and possibly J. Crew if we're lucky.

For me the Internet has made shopping more global. In the last year I've bought clothing from many stores spanning 6 different countries. But prior to the Internet, unless you lived in a large fashionable city or frequently visited places like NYC, Paris, or Tokyo, it is not so likely you would even be aware of much beyond the mall brands tagutcow lists.

The larger selection available via the Internet also seems to increase competition. For example, no longer am I willing to buy whatever is available locally unless it I feel it is an outstanding piece. Increasingly I feel local shops need to improve their game, or else I'll buy nothing from them.

BB1 · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by DLester

true, also must add:
+ Ethiopian, need zilzil tibbs

I ******* love Ethiopian food!

KitAkira · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by DLester

true, also must add: + Ethiopian, need zilzil tibbs + shawarma, I could eat that every day like your posts, usually I don't bother reading long posts but yours deliver. /end sycophancy
Word on the street is that Seattle has some of the best Ethiopian in America

AR_Six · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by Magician

I'll just leave this here

BB1 · May 2, 2010

Originally Posted by Mauro

These big companies like H&M and Zara are bastardizing true fashion and talent. So a man or a woman can have close to the real thing but not really. If you can't afford it don't buy and don't steal it from someone who worked very hard to create something special. Didn't we learn anything from this recession??

While I don't condone flat-out copycat designs, it seems like the more visionary designers need to work harder to differentiate their designs. If a fast fashion company feels comfortable immediately copying a design and selling it en mass, then obviously the design wasn't very far ahead of what's already popular! In other words, does a fast fashion culture influence designers to create more unique, fashion forward designs in an effort to outpace the industry?

driveslowk · May 2, 2010

I think anything a designer makes can be copied visually and churned out by fast fashion in a matter of 2-3 months.

AR_Six · May 2, 2010

^Which is why he's saying the stuff is getting more out there, H&M isn't going to rip off a runway look that they can't sell to the plebian hordes. Geller, though, they can totally poach.

PS still can't figure out how you guessed my first name.

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