Random Fashion Thoughts (Part 3: Style farmer strikes back) - our general discussion thread

[peachfuzzmcgee]

Kaptain sunshine was one of those brands, I really wanted to get in deeper. I could only really buy used at the general prices they go for, but in Japan most used was just way too small. Their washi shirts are still a go to summer shirting. and you can find em cheap second hand.

I would get a travelers coat or something similar someday but I always dream of moving somewhere warm so I would rarely use it when that day comes.

 

[King Calder]

May need to start a “leather sweater” thread. And they say innovation is dead!

The product description says it’s 100% shearling and lined with shearling wool.

 

[whorishconsumer]

May need to start a “leather sweater” thread. And they say innovation is dead!

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The product description says it’s 100% shearling and lined with shearling wool.

Leather sweater is what I call my testes when I wear leather pants.

 

[OccultaVexillum]

I think that 4Sdesigns piece is shearling too. ❤️

Peep the cuff:

 

[sinnedk]

Leather sweaters, **** yes!!

who wants to iron some hender scheme and rock this ****.

 

[gardenvariety]

May need to start a “leather sweater” thread. And they say innovation is dead!

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The product description says it’s 100% shearling and lined with shearling wool.

Honestly makes me angry that any store would sell this. This might be the most impractical item I've ever seen. And that includes the Jil Sander paper bag.

I'm trying to even imagine how this would go. I wear it a few times max, it gets gross, and then I... pay $100 to have a fur cleaning specialist clean it? With the cleaning costs, this might be the first garment I've ever heard of where the cost per wear actually goes up every time you wear it.

Aside from the impracticality of care, I doubt it's even comfortable! It's not a knit, so putting it on and taking it off is probably a giant pain ********** too. Maybe, just maybe, it has hidden side-seam pockets to add some kind of value but I refuse to believe someone willing to make this monstrosity would add that level of practicality to it.

Oh, and not to mention, but it's probably uncomfortably hot, with no easy way to vent heat like a jacket would have.

The only thing I could see the point of this item being, given that it's both expensive and incredibly impractical, is some kind of conceptual piece. So fine. Let's hear the concept. If I'd studied art history, I might tell you that the difficulty of pulling this cash-burning straitjacket on and taking it off is a metaphor for the rigidity and lack of mobility of social classes. But I didn't, so, **** this thing for existing.

Also, I would love to hear someone try to prove me wrong on this. Tell me just one redeeming quality.

 

[slvth]

Honestly makes me angry that any store would sell this. This might be the most impractical item I've ever seen. And that includes the Jil Sander paper bag.

I'm trying to even imagine how this would go. I wear it a few times max, it gets gross, and then I... pay $100 to have a fur cleaning specialist clean it? With the cleaning costs, this might be the first garment I've ever heard of where the cost per wear actually goes up every time you wear it.

Aside from the impracticality of care, I doubt it's even comfortable! It's not a knit, so putting it on and taking it off is probably a giant pain ********** too. Maybe, just maybe, it has hidden side-seam pockets to add some kind of value but I refuse to believe someone willing to make this monstrosity would add that level of practicality to it.

Oh, and not to mention, but it's probably uncomfortably hot, with no easy way to vent heat like a jacket would have.

The only thing I could see the point of this item being, given that it's both expensive and incredibly impractical, is some kind of conceptual piece. So fine. Let's hear the concept. If I'd studied art history, I might tell you that the difficulty of pulling this cash-burning straitjacket on and taking it off is a metaphor for the rigidity and lack of mobility of social classes. But I didn't, so, **** this thing for existing.

Also, I would love to hear someone try to prove me wrong on this. Tell me just one redeeming quality.

Who hurt you?

 

[bry2000]

if you view the shearling crewneck as outerwear, it is not much different from a shearling jacket.

Would it help if Angelo had used a half zipper and called it an anorak?

 

[dieworkwear]

if you view the shearling crewneck as outerwear, it is not much different from a shearling jacket.

Would it help if Angelo had used a half zipper and called it an anorak?

A cape is also just half a poncho.

 

[gardenvariety]

Who hurt you?

Bro that leather sweater hurt me.

if you view the shearling crewneck as outerwear, it is not much different from a shearling jacket.

Would it help if Angelo had used a half zipper and called it an anorak?

Yeah, that's a fair point. Also in case it wasn't clear, I'm mostly joking and it was a fun rant. I don't think the item's worth buying, but I can appreciate the concept. I'm generally not a fan of anorak styles in non-knit materials, for the difficulty of pulling them on and off, but get that others feel differently. I had an EG overparka for a while and taking it off indoors was always more of a struggle than it felt like it should have been. Pullovers in rigid materials all have that problem.

 

[badeggcat]

Also, I would love to hear someone try to prove me wrong on this. Tell me just one redeeming quality.

Effective protection against zombie bites.

 

[peachfuzzmcgee]

if its shearling inside, I would wear it inside out for a goofy animal suit vibe.

 

[dieworkwear]

Shearling pullover has this vibe

 

[peachfuzzmcgee]

That is literally what I was thinking of, absolute perfection.

 

[King Calder]

My only other thought on the leather sweater is that I can think of several hundred better ways to spend 1.5K