Random fashion thoughts - Part II (A New Hope)

[LA Guy]



All those things you mentioned though are part of why SLP is so awful -- the taking of vintage/ rocker/ grunge styles and turning them into this exclusive, luxury look for the class anxious. The fancy showrooms, expensive locations, marketing campaigns, etc. All for marketing stuff that you can find in a vintage shop or Hot Topic. I'm sure they could make that shirt sell for less than $700 (there are a ton of luxury brands with much better made items on Union Square, and they don't even sell shirts for $700), but that's not the point. It sells for that amount because SLP is based on exclusivity and hype. That's part of the gross appeal.

Partially agree, which is why I wrote this:

That said, Saint Laurent Paris is not some small designer brand like a Stephan Schneider or a Norewegian Rain or SNS Herning or whatever that is possibly making the designer and their staff a decent, if not extravagant, living, It's a brand owned by Kering, and I would bet my bottom dollar that Kering is trying to maximize on their investment as much as possible.

They charge that price in part because that price is sustainable for them AND sells the product. Fashion week s one sector where you can be more attractive by charging more.

 

[nicelynice]



are there any online DIY tutorials for "sashiko" stitching?

I dunno, I took it to the old ladies at the sewing store who charged me $10 haha

 

[accordion]

Came across this old interview with a model turned sociologist, some pretty interesting answers:

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/a-model-professor/?_r=0

Quote:

 

[LA Guy]

are there any online DIY tutorials for "sashiko" stitching?

You have to make a distinction. The material that we call "sashiko" is the material that was used in Edo era Firemen's uniforms and these days in Brazilian Jiujitsu gis. Super durable. The "heavy sashiko" is serious business. It's a very thick reinforcement thread on a modern canvas (which is much more dense than a traditional homespun), and it is designed to withstand years of strong, powerful men throwing each other around and trying to choke the other dude or break a joint using it as leverage. However, the sashiko technique is just a running stitch. It's the easiest stitch that you can make in embroidery. It's the first stitch that my older daughter (now 8) started learning when she was 6. And anyone who knows 6 year olds know that they don't have the fine motor skills of an adult. I have a couple of scarves (or rather, I have one scarf, and my wife commandeered the other) Stevenson Overall scarves that have lines and lines of sashiko stitching. Truly beautiful, and I wear mine for that "western x eastern" look, with like, my Type III jackets and some Visvim, but it's not the same durable stuff that Blue Blue Japan, or Fuji gis (shoutout for my favorite company) or @nicelynice used.

 

[ppllzz]



Fashion week s one sector where you can be more attractive by charging more.

so true i stopped buying midrange designers because they are too affordable for regular people. only rick owens now though if his clothes keep on having great sales i will need to go to CCP or something.

 

[LA Guy]

Came across this old interview with a model turned sociologist, some pretty interesting answers:

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/a-model-professor/?_r=0

I'm such a mass audience/populist as such things go.

 

[Ragechester]

so true i stopped buying midrange designers because they are too affordable for regular people. only rick owens now though if his clothes keep on having great sales i will need to go to CCP or something.

Have you considered SLP?

 

[LA Guy]

Have you considered SLP?

Balenciaga.

Though I actually like a fair bit of Balenciaga stuff, so...
carry on.

 

[ppllzz]



Have you considered SLP? 

couple pairs of jeans, might get the flannels and a leather

Balenciaga.  

Though I actually like a fair bit of Balenciaga stuff, so...
carry on.

i have arenas and will probably get the race runners

 

[Ragechester]

Have you considered that @GoldenTribe may have just used your quote you without crediting you?

 

[msg]

On groiled, dude is selling a "complete" set of SLP flannel shirts for 10k. Paul Ryan Gosling's stylist will probably buy them.

 

[cyc wid it]



On groiled, dude is selling a "complete" set of SLP flannel shirts for 10k. Paul Ryan Gosling's stylist will probably buy them.

Paging @Bam!ChairDance

 

[conceptual 4est]

The more people a specific piece of art is intended to make sense to, the less valuable on the whole it is.

This is a terrible analogy and argument. It's patently false

 

[Find Finn]

There's a lot of things that doesn't make sense in that article.

 

[jet]

Panthers gonna spank the broncos.