Should I or shouldn't I buy... (clothing item)? - Page 2060

As in white bucks? I'm not sure what I would wear them with. I could kop these:


But I was thinking something more along the lines of mocs/boat shoes with a little bit of dressiness to them.

Prada bread and butter might be the heavily branded stuff, the shitty nylon bags and the plastic sneakers but as a fashion house it's galaxies apart from gucci &co., not even in the same universe.

if you want mocs or boat shoes get quoddy or yuketen. south williard usually has some pretty rad suede quoddy models. i hate boat shoes, but would buy and wear those, to be honest.

and those white shoes are terrible. proper dirty bucks make a great ss shoe though.

Luxury houses share similar revenue models. The money is in fragrances and accessories, but yeah, Prada and Gucci are at least planets apart. Gucci, as revived under Tom Ford, is sort of like Tom Ford - lux, sexy, with a very 70s decadence. Louis Vuitton under Marc Jacob's guidance (though he doesn't do the menswear) is all about luxury. Prada pretty much led the way for "geek chic", both in menswear and womenswear, combined with a striking modernism. The experimentation with stretch fabrics, the narrow shoulder and boxy, short jacket, androgyny long before Hedi Slimane, that's Prada. It's nearly antithetical to Tom Ford's Gucci, and you could easy see them in the same light as Versace vs. Armani in the 80s.

I actually have he 48 (we are about the same size), and I think that it fits perfectly. I am probably 1/2 a size bigger than you, and I have, apparently, a much longer wingspan. The arms hit at about the same place, but the shoulders are more relaxed, and there is more room through the body, and slightly longer. I personally think that the it looks best that way, though you are entitled to interpret it for yourself. Mine looks nearly exactly like in the picture that Mortar had up, which is relaxed, but slim. It's a very lightweight piece (thick, but it's like a knit bonded to polartech, hard to explain), so it doesn't "droop" the way a heavier piece would.



I will wear a shrunken jacket as well, but in that case, I like really saggy, baggy jeans, and some kicks. The idea in that case is to get the silhouette of an aikido uniform. There is an awesome picture of Hidetoshi Nakata in Emporio Armani from a while ago in either an Esquire or GQ shoot that shows a great example of this silhouette. Actually, a lot of Armani, who was always Japanese influenced, uses this silhouette, pairing a fitted jacket with a pinched waist with flowing pants.

Didn't Prada pretty much invent that kind of revenue model too ? Seeing as it was a handbag / leather goods business first that only launched a rtw line in the late 80s after their bags became hugely popular status symbols, the clothes are the accessories to the accessories.

Nvm, made a classified ad for it.
Edited by notwithit - 2/16/13 at 6:55am

If it makes you feel any better there's a nice thick black one due next fall.

This always makes me feel better.

wouldn't buy anytime soon, but..

would wear with some suede our legacy wholecuts, some MMM/CP lows or some rancourts.

Sounds good - go for it

I like them, what are they?

yo teg take pics of your shoes collection. i think you have a great one.