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

[LA Guy]

RFT: It should be illegal to market clothes as a "{fiber} blend" unless {fiber} is the dominant material. Selling "wool blend" clothing made of 5% wool and 95% synthetic/plastic fibers is incredibly misleading.

*dismounts soapbox*

Majority or plurality? How3 about this: https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/mens...hmere-and-silk-blend-sweater/1647597319151840

 

[Junglejack]

Majority or plurality? How3 about this: https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/mens...hmere-and-silk-blend-sweater/1647597319151840

That does drive me crazy about Inis Meain. Worse, the 70/30 merino cashmere blend is killer even if not called cashmere.

Actually just picked up a sweater from them from Todd Snyder for $180 from their 40% off sale price promo that is 70/30. What is cool is they are finally offering a 100% cashmere sweater exclusive to their website

 

[nahneun]

Or…
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astro boy very good.

if you haven't already, you should watch pluto on netflix

 

[michaellosauro]

Majority or plurality? How3 about this: https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/mens...hmere-and-silk-blend-sweater/1647597319151840

I have no problem with this one. It lays out all of the fibers by name and in order from the largest percentage to smallest. Ethical marketing!

 

[LA Guy]

I have no problem with this one. It lays out all of the fibers by name and in order from the largest percentage to smallest. Ethical marketing!

I’m just joking with you a bit, of course. Manufacturers are required to disclose the exact composition of a garment. But yes, I agree that websites that don’t disclose the composition are annoying. Unethical is probably going a bit too far.

 

[nahneun]

I’m just joking with you a bit, of course. Manufacturers are required to disclose the exact composition of a garment. But yes, I agree that websites that don’t disclose the composition are annoying. Unethical is probably going a bit too far.

fashion's equivalent of american wagyu

 

[double00]

fashion's equivalent of american wagyu

or japanese denim !

it's funny : i don't generally take issue with * appropriation * and in fact i'm largely a proponent of adoptive solution . but what i dislike is the laziness involved in borrowing appellations as marketing b/c then the thing starts to be somewhat misrepresented .

i kid about japanese denim and frankly don't know much about fancy steaks but you see it pretty often , * american mingei * pottery movement comes to mind as something that is earnestly adopted but distinct and not really all that related to the original concept

 

[Michigan Planner]

I go past this store in our downtown all the time and I always wonder what on earth is "Australian Fashion"?

 

[michaellosauro]

I go past this store in our downtown all the time and I always wonder what on earth is "Australian Fashion"?

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[Michigan Planner]

^ I saw that in the theatre!

 

[Biggskip]

Devon Turnbull, the guy behind Nom de Guerre back in the day, is now into building retro-inspired Hi-Fi gear. Great video if you want to nerd out on Western Electric vacuum tubes and Altec Lansing horn design. Will repost in the home stereo thread as well.

 

[conceptual 4est]

Devon Turnbull, the guy behind Nom de Guerre back in the day, is now into building retro-inspired Hi-Fi gear. Great video if you want to nerd out on Western Electric vacuum tubes and Altec Lansing horn design. Will repost in the home stereo thread as well.

Cool, thanks for sharing. Below is a really fun read on all of this sort of stuff, with Ojas featured of course. I think it's a genuinely interesting read even for those not particularly interested in high end hi-fi as well, because it touches on the sort of mentality I think people active on a Style Forum might share in some ways.

Corner Club Cathedral Cocoon, by Sasha Frere-Jones

Audiophilia and its discontents

harpers.org

 

[conceptual 4est]

Always seem to enjoy Kyle Chaka's writing. He's got a new book out and interview with him in the NYT with Erza Klein came out where they touch on senses of personal style and taste in the age of algorithms and the unfolding AI world. Might be of interest to folks here. It's not focused on clothes but taste in general.

Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Kyle Chayka

The Jan. 9, 2023, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”

www.nytimes.com

I'm listening to it and am quite curious about what you enjoyed about this convo? Hearing two people woefully ignorant of, well, everything that has ever been thought about aesthetics and taste, have a super weak go at it stumbling in the dark of their ignorance while repeating some common wisdumb about a contrast between an inner truth of taste and an outer, social pressure to conform is incredibly ******* annoying. Couple that with some off the cuff remarks, 60 years out of date if you go by Marcuse, about "capitalism" leading to worker drones with standardized and streamlined taste and you've got me quite puzzled.

I usually enjoy Kyle's writing so I gave this a listen on my walk to school but by the end I think it was becoming a "hate listen" of sorts. His stuff often gives me something to think about in the framework of our lives online, and I'll definitely be buying the book, but this conversation was pretty tough.

The other host felt really embarrassing - I lost count of the times he said his taste in music was "weird" and then talks about discovering Ambient Music for Airports two years ago and urges his listeners to check it out if they aren't familiar. But, I mean, will there be anybody going through the effort of listening to this podcast that wouldn't already be intimately familiar with it? Over and over again it felt like he kept drawing the conversation back into something capital B Basic. I don't know, I'm grumpy.

I appreciated the last two book recommendations at the end but within seconds of being asked the book recommendation question it was so obvious he was going to recommend In Praise of Shadows. I'm grumpy!!!

 

[LA Guy]

I usually enjoy Kyle's writing so I gave this a listen on my walk to school but by the end I think it was becoming a "hate listen" of sorts. His stuff often gives me something to think about in the framework of our lives online, and I'll definitely be buying the book, but this conversation was pretty tough.

The other host felt really embarrassing - I lost count of the times he said his taste in music was "weird" and then talks about discovering Ambient Music for Airports two years ago and urges his listeners to check it out if they aren't familiar. But, I mean, will there be anybody going through the effort of listening to this podcast that wouldn't already be intimately familiar with it? Over and over again it felt like he kept drawing the conversation back into something capital B Basic. I don't know, I'm grumpy.

I appreciated the last two book recommendations at the end but within seconds of being asked the book recommendation question it was so obvious he was going to recommend In Praise of Shadows. I'm grumpy!!!

Listening to someone with no subject knowledge when one has extensive subject knowledge of the topic being discussed is nearly always frustratingly and occasionally rage inducing. Honestly, this is in large part why I’ve become such a technocrat. Also why I’ve become such a fan of long form written content. I can skim an article and figure out if I’m going to learn anything or gain valuable insight in a few minutes rather than waste an hour of my time. And nearly ask of the visual media I consume is purely for entertainment.

Yeah, I’m grumpy too.

 

[justridiculous]

I usually enjoy Kyle's writing so I gave this a listen on my walk to school but by the end I think it was becoming a "hate listen" of sorts. His stuff often gives me something to think about in the framework of our lives online, and I'll definitely be buying the book, but this conversation was pretty tough.

The other host felt really embarrassing - I lost count of the times he said his taste in music was "weird" and then talks about discovering Ambient Music for Airports two years ago and urges his listeners to check it out if they aren't familiar. But, I mean, will there be anybody going through the effort of listening to this podcast that wouldn't already be intimately familiar with it? Over and over again it felt like he kept drawing the conversation back into something capital B Basic. I don't know, I'm grumpy.

I appreciated the last two book recommendations at the end but within seconds of being asked the book recommendation question it was so obvious he was going to recommend In Praise of Shadows. I'm grumpy!!!

Listening to someone with no subject knowledge when one has extensive subject knowledge of the topic being discussed is nearly always frustratingly and occasionally rage inducing. Honestly, this is in large part why I’ve become such a technocrat. Also why I’ve become such a fan of long form written content. I can skim an article and figure out if I’m going to learn anything or gain valuable insight in a few minutes rather than waste an hour of my time. And nearly ask of the visual media I consume is purely for entertainment.

Yeah, I’m grumpy too.