Thom Browne Fall 09 Trunk Show

[dopey]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Thom Browne??? If you guys are going to be in NYC that weekend, you should be dropping by to see Ambrosi and Solito!

Which one is your good friend, again?

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by dopey

Which one is your good friend, again?

I consider Salvatore a friend. I thought it was prudent to disclose that when advertising his appearance in New York. You guys make too much out of some things.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

I consider Salvatore a friend. I thought it was prudent to disclose that when advertising his appearance in New York. You guys make too much out of some things.

Not at all. I was hoping to mention your name and get a discount.

 

[Fuuma]

Kinda like you and the dward confederation?

 

[zjpj83]

I was going to be in Florence, unbeknownst to me at the same time as Pitti. I had to reschedule a week later to avoid the fashion bullshit.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by dopey

Not at all. I was hoping to mention your name and get a discount.

Mentioning my name anywhere will more likely illicit laughter than a discount. The J. Press people are convinced I'm some kind of AAAC nut that just goes in there to study stuff.

 

[robin]

That sounds insulting.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by zjpj83

I was going to be in Florence, unbeknownst to me at the same time as Pitti. I had to reschedule a week later to avoid the fashion bullshit.

All your attitude towards clothing seems to be constructed around your opposition to the fashion world.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Mentioning my name anywhere will more likely illicit laughter than a discount. The J. Press people are convinced I'm some kind of AAAC nut that just goes in there to study stuff.

JPress know of AAAC?

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

JPress know of AAAC?
Sure. One of their younger salesman, David Wilder, posts on AAAC, or did, as Steedappeal. So did their buyer/designer/stylist until he had an ugly run in with the horde.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

JPress know of AAAC?

Yeah. They're paranoid. Don't go in there and look up close at stuff. They'll ask you if you're a member. Apparently, true J. Press customers are old white men that don't look at what they buy.

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Yeah. They're paranoid. Don't go in there and look up close at stuff. They'll ask you if you're a member. Apparently, true J. Press customers are old white men that don't look at what they buy.

Which is funny because they're trying to go after a young demographic. Sorta like 80s preppy handbook comeback..

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Yeah. They're paranoid. Don't go in there and look up close at stuff. They'll ask you if you're a member. Apparently, true J. Press customers are old white men that don't look at what they buy.

Now who's paranoid, again?

 

[Fuuma]

Just answer that you're looking at which silk tie will be the softest and provide the most visual interest when you use it as a contraception during masturbation. They'll leave you alone with those pestering questions.

 

[zjpj83]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

All your attitude towards clothing seems to be constructed around your opposition to the fashion world.

Perhaps. I have never really thought about it. I think I have an opposition to the "fashion world" to the extent that it takes a "being different and 'innovative' for the sake of being different and innovative" approach, but this objection is not limited simply to fashion but extends to the way I see art, architecture and other forms of creative expression.

I'm not such a Victorian that I can't recognize that art forms that I like and appreciate - say, impressionism - was not the "modern art" of its day that pushed the boundries of artistic expression to places where they had never been. But in my view the difference is in having a new outlook that itself takes talent and results in something valuable. I'm simply in the "if a 7 year old could do it, it isn't art" camp. Uncultivated of me, I know - but still, there it is. Some things are "new" and haven't been done before to some extent because they are stupid. For instance, it is possible that nobody before Thom Browne did a runway show with a bird suit. That doesn't necessarily mean that the newness is valuable. There is innovation and newness that is valueless. I'd say bird suits are an example of that. At the end of the day, a new creative vision has to have value in its own right - it doesn't have value simply because it is a new creative vision. That's my view, anyway.

In this case, my rescheduling had nothing to do with an opposition to the fashion world but rather the fact that this was not the reason for my visiting Florence, and I wanted a relaxing vacation without having to contend with the added crowds around town who were there for the festivities.