MC General Chat

[clee1982]

Oh and go to the RJ thread to ask around there are none Armoury model that’s also more Armoury Model 3 like (ie definitely not 184), can probably find them on yahoo Japan for decent deal, then you can use whatever proxy you like (I use buyee because it’s more integrated even though kind poorly)

 

[whorishconsumer]

A lot of eBay sellers do returns.

 

[FlyingHorker]

I consistently love Weizhi's style. He's wearing a basic outfit on paper, but it all comes together with the baggy cords. I really disliked this look 6 months ago, but now I love it.

 

[emptym]

I love woveninthebone on Instagram, a Scottish woman weaver's account. This post shows the physical exercise involved:


And this comment made me think about how much I (and probably we) take for granted the labor involved in the cloth we buy:

@twobluejays I usually try to weave in hour long blocks with a half hour to an hour between for coffee/lunch/tea/winding pirns. Mostly in afternoon and evening. All going well that’s 4metres. But that doesn’t include winding pirns or the amazing long list of other things that’s involved that nobody thinks about… sourcing parts, buying stationary, emails, ordering yarn, packing, post office etc! If you look at it as what I produce in a year… even if I said only worked 40hrs a week it works out about 0.57m an hour!!! 😳

An hour of peddling, etc., for a half meter, and that doesn't count the labor of the spinners, shepherds, etc.

 

[ValidusLA]

I love woveninthebone on Instagram, a Scottish woman weaver's account. This post shows the physical exercise involved:


And this comment made me think about how much I (and probably we) take for granted the labor involved in the cloth we buy:


An hour of peddling, etc., for a half meter, and that doesn't count the labor of the spinners, shepherds, etc.

Yup. Makes it doubly depressing when you see people complain about prices of goods made at this level. Triply so when you see fashion high street brands charging even more for sweatshop plastic.

 

[bry2000]

I consistently love Weizhi's style. He's wearing a basic outfit on paper, but it all comes together with the baggy cords. I really disliked this look 6 months ago, but now I love it.

This fit is genuinely horrible.

 

[FlyingHorker]

This fit is genuinely horrible.

Fair enough, what do you find horrible about it?

 

[FlyingHorker]

Stopped posting at AskAndy after 10 years. Was a great run, but was just depressing to log in at this point. SF has changed a lot too after 10 years, but it isn't a dead horse yet.

I still google clothing subjects and find old threads; it seems like the forum was great from 2006-2010, which was before my time.

I recall a new guy DM'ing me that said the forum is just the same 6 guys talking about O'Connell's.

I like my dusty trad clothing, but there is only so much to say about O'Connell's.

 

[Texasmade]

Stopped posting at AskAndy after 10 years. Was a great run, but was just depressing to log in at this point. SF has changed a lot too after 10 years, but it isn't a dead horse yet.

I still google clothing subjects and find old threads; it seems like the forum was great from 2006-2010, which was before my time.

I recall a new guy DM'ing me that said the forum is just the same 6 guys talking about O'Connell's.

I like my dusty trad clothing, but there is only so much to say about O'Connell's.

A lot of the SF action migrated over to the CEsspool. To me, SF was great for clothing content up through about 2014-2015. After that, it seemed like the CM clothing side started tapering off.

 

[FlyingHorker]

A lot of the SF action migrated over to the CEsspool. To me, SF was great for clothing content up through about 2014-2015. After that, it seemed like the CM clothing side started tapering off.

Interesting. I went there a couple times and got a headache, so I left.

I only recently started visiting the SWD forum, because I apparently took the name at face value for years. I thought it was literally just denim and streetwear.

There's a thread on tailoring (less fussy than CM side), repro workwear, glasses, and discussions about baggy pants.

I saw a lot of that stuff as CM or CM-adjacent beforehand.

 

[ValidusLA]

Interesting. I went there a couple times and got a headache, so I left.

I only recently started visiting the SWD forum, because I apparently took the name at face value for years. I thought it was literally just denim and streetwear.

There's a thread on tailoring (less fussy than CM side), repro workwear, glasses, and discussions about baggy pants.

I saw a lot of that stuff as CM or CM-adjacent beforehand.

Better to stay away from CE. Just a bunch of southerners and Texans obsessively talking about setbacks and Waffle House gloryholes.

 

[clee1982]

Then I haven’t visit the CM side for a long time better start again for the fun factor…

 

[smittycl]

Interesting. I went there a couple times and got a headache, so I left.

I only recently started visiting the SWD forum, because I apparently took the name at face value for years. I thought it was literally just denim and streetwear.

There's a thread on tailoring (less fussy than CM side), repro workwear, glasses, and discussions about baggy pants.

I saw a lot of that stuff as CM or CM-adjacent beforehand.

This is about the only CM thread I still hang out in. Playing in CE is fun at the moment but it's the same 10 or so dudes al posting similar stuff in each thread.

The watch thread is interesting at least.

 

[FlyingHorker]

Better to stay away from CE. Just a bunch of southerners and Texans obsessively talking about setbacks and Waffle House gloryholes.

Bolded sounds like a fun discussion. I like to think that maybe a CE'er is in charge of the ED pill spam over here.

 

[smittycl]

Bolded sounds like a fun discussion. I like to think that maybe a CE'er is in charge of the ED pill spam over here.

over to @Texasmade