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Best Thing / Worst Thing

Brian SD

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Best thing to make an appearance in fashion in the last couple years: treated, distressed leather boots.

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Worst thing: Hoods sold as seperates (can't find a pic for reference).
 

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So if factory-produced pre-distressed jeans are uncool, then what makes factory-produced pre-distressed boots cool? Why not just get regular boots and distress them yourself, like raw jeans?

Just wondering, not trying to be a smartass.
 

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Originally Posted by dtmt
So if factory-produced pre-distressed jeans are uncool, then what makes factory-produced pre-distressed boots cool? Why not just get regular boots and distress them yourself, like raw jeans?

Just wondering, not trying to be a smartass.


You can do things in the factory that you cannot do just by wearing them in. Boots worn for even a couple years would not have the same color and effect as those I posted above. I don't think pre-distressed jeans are uncool. Wearing your own denim in is much more enjoyable, and the 3d of the fade is unmatched in pre-distressed denim, but there's some amazingly cool stuff that can be done in the laundry that you just can't achieve by yourself.
 

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Originally Posted by Brian SD
You can do things in the factory that you cannot do just by wearing them in. Boots worn for even a couple years would not have the same color and effect as those I posted above. I don't think pre-distressed jeans are uncool. Wearing your own denim in is much more enjoyable, and the 3d of the fade is unmatched in pre-distressed denim, but there's some amazingly cool stuff that can be done in the laundry that you just can't achieve by yourself.

I couldn't agree more. I have boots in burnt leather, what was I supposed to do, throw them in a fire? On second thought maybe I should try that.
 

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Originally Posted by Fuuma
I couldn't agree more. I have boots in burnt leather, what was I supposed to do, throw them in a fire? On second thought maybe I should try that.
That's a dilemma I face myself. I often come up with ideas on how to distress leather shoes, but there are two problems: 1) thrift shoes are generally past the point where they can be used as good test runs for better shoes, and 2) I don't want to **** up and destroy a pair of shoes I spent two paychecks on. I did have some nice results wiping bleach and sandpapering a pair of brown monkstraps, but nothing near as drastic as those Diet Butcher boots. So what's your best/worst?
 

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Worst thing: Juicy Couture, for both men and women.
 

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Originally Posted by robin
Worst thing: Juicy Couture, for both men and women.

I don't know. Juicy Couture stuff recently has been pretty decent. Nothing to write home about, but the jackets were just reasonably well made, decently cut military inspired jackets. The slogan tees and hoodies are no worse than a thousand other brands.

Worse: jeans tucked into boots; also, the reappearance of the tight roll (why? The humanity!)

Best: The continuing popularity of tweed, military jackets, and the combination of the two.
 

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Best--The move towards a neater, slimmer silhouette in streetwear, and in particular with jeans & shoes--the distressed/exaggerated bootcut/super low-rise with square-toed shoes look is pretty much history!!

Worst--The continued feminization of men's fashion. In most mainstream fashion circles, there's still a tendency to have these 'tiny,doe-eyed, pre-teen looking boys'(right out of Uncle Ted's imagination!) as the examples of how men should look--I thought the age of the 'metrosexual' was dead(although I think that readers/posters to fora such as this one and others have some of those tendencies--I can't deny it).
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Originally Posted by LA Guy
I don't know. Juicy Couture stuff recently has been pretty decent. Nothing to write home about, but the jackets were just reasonably well made, decently cut military inspired jackets. The slogan tees and hoodies are no worse than a thousand other brands.

Worse: jeans tucked into boots; also, the reappearance of the tight roll (why? The humanity!)

Best: The continuing popularity of tweed, military jackets, and the combination of the two.


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Best - honeycombing on the front of the knees like the picture above. That's crazy.
 

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Originally Posted by LA Guy
Juicy Couture stuff recently has been pretty decent
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit this, but my last pair of pre-Steez jeans were Juicy, bought at Neiman. They actually weren't that bad, and were exactly what I was looking for at the time: not from a tired, ubiquitous mall store, made in the USA, doughnut button fly, back pocket rivets but no logos (except of a small leather "JM" I removed), subtle distressing, pretty decent fit (although bear in mind this was back when bootcuts were cool), not too pricey ($150ish). Obviously, I wouldn't buy them knowing what I do now, but I don't think of them as money wasted.
 

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"Worse: jeans tucked into boots; also, the reappearance of the tight roll (why? The humanity!)"



What is this tight roll of which you speak?
 

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Originally Posted by mongo615
Worst--The continued feminization of men's fashion. In most mainstream fashion circles, there's still a tendency to have these 'tiny,doe-eyed, pre-teen looking boys'(right out of Uncle Ted's imagination!) as the examples of how men should look--I thought the age of the 'metrosexual' was dead(although I think that readers/posters to fora such as this one and others have some of those tendencies--I can't deny it).
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i think you're confused. metrosexuals are usually brutish frat boys who take their fashion cues from star magazine.

anyways, i cant think of any 'best' or 'worst' things in general. but for the past few weeks, i've been looking at this jacket every morning. i'm not totally sure why, but im starting to think it's the greatest jacket ever.
 

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