Random fashion thoughts

[Find Finn]



Do people still wear peacoat? 

Saw someone in one last week.


It was at least a size too tight with baggy pants, looked all kinds of stupid.

 

[drakevu]

Obviously I'm referring to people who know how to wear peacoats. The last time I saw a properly worn peacoat was Skyfall 2 years ago.

I'm still kinda like the look of Japanese workwear / outdoor. Pretty basic but...

 

[pickpackpockpuck]



I have a friend who works for one of these places. She says that they turn over the garments very quickly, they don't turn a profit, and that the most desirable designers won't sell them garments (cheapens the the brand image).

Only works for cheap tuxedos. Really. You need make the cost money back in under 3 rentals to break even. So, could theoretically work for actual red carpet garments.

Don't know about the other businesses that followed, but Rent The Runway has been hugely successful. http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenb...nt-the-runway-techs-next-billion-dollar-star/

 

[shoreman1782]

I still wear peacoat

 

[canno]

I'm beginnging to think that wearing cons in the rain is probably what reduces their life by about 6 months. Got to get me a cheap pair of boots that I won't be bothered if they get a battering.

 

[zissou]

The shell trainers looks fantastic, and that's a surprisingly reasonable price for them. How many kids are going to have to learn how to buff shell now?

 

[dieworkwear]



And this is more with hindsight, but that email address doesn't fill me with confidence - Vietnam *and* China all in one email address. 

lol

(I'm Chinese and Vietnamese)

 

[LA Guy]

Fok,
How long can these be expected to last? Maybe I'm still too fixated with the "resolable" ideal, but still, it's nice to be able to just replace the rubber part of my heeled shoes when they're worn out. I don't know what to do with sneaker soles.

I suppose that it depends a lot on your gait, and also, the tolerance that you have for worn down soles. The oldest pair that I have on that sole are from 2005 or thereabouts, a pair of Neil Barretts, and I still use them to beat around the house. I wore them hard, and walked a lot, for a few years, and the uppers got trashed well before the soles starting wearing out. Others pairs of sneakers on that sole have lasted years, and generally the soles are fine.

In the end, they are sneakers, albeit expensive ones. You wear them, and they you retire them and get another pair. Me, excepting those early ones, before everyone started using that sole, I've never had time to wear them out before something else caught my eye.

 

[ridethecliche]

I feel like it's such a waste to use shell on shoes that can't be resoled. Like, I think it's almost disrespectful to the material not that it has stopped anyone. Part of their appeal is their long life.

WE DRINK BRAWNDO BECAUSE IT HAS ELECTROLYTES. ITS GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE!

 

[ridethecliche]

Damn, just saw you guys were talking about the 11th for the beantown get together. I'll be in.... Texas...

 

[K. Nights]



I feel like it's such a waste to use shell on shoes that can't be resoled. Like, I think it's almost disrespectful to the material not that it has stopped anyone. Part of their appeal is their long life. 

Oh please, how many people here actually wear anything until the end of its life?

 

[fireflygrave]

With the price of the stuff I like I can't afford not to.

 

[kashmir]

^agreed. ~300bucks sneakers are not for me at this point, as much as i love the chelsea boot buttero sneaker at nmwa. fok explains it well, i appreciate that.

 

[Find Finn]



Oh please, how many people here actually wear anything until the end of its life?

I have a pair of 12 year old timberlands.

 

[dieworkwear]



I have a pair of 12 year old timberlands.

That just kind of sounds like you bought a pair of Timberlands right after the '90s, wore them for a bit, and haven't really worn them much since.