Random fashion thoughts - Part II (A New Hope)

[LA Guy]

Wearing Romanian made shoes right now, concindentally.

My Vans were made in China.

 

[Spehsmonkey]



On a related note: is there anything particularly more damaging about imagining an indigo garbed Japanese dude with a topknot dipping something endless times and then having a tea than there is about imagining an Italian tailor working at his sartoria, and then having an espresso while watching the sun set over the Amalfi Coast?

Maybe this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book)?

 

[LA Guy]

Maybe this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism_(book)?

Alladin was an excellent movie.

 

[dieworkwear]



Isn't it iron oxide dyeing and not plain Rit dye? I dunno, but in some perhaps dumb way, that adds something for me.

Probably shouldn't have compared it to RIT dye. What I mean is, whether it's different from the professional processes offered here. I have no idea about the history of black dyes in Kyoto. Maybe there's some crazy, amazing history behind it. If so, then maybe this is actually great?

 

[LA Guy]

Probably shouldn't have compared it to RIT dye. What I mean is, whether it's different from the professional processes offered here. I have no idea about the history of black dyes in Kyoto. Maybe there's some crazy, amazing history behind it. If so, then maybe this is actually great?

So, yes, there is a history to "Kyoto black", though I have no idea how much of it is a modern, manufactured, narrative, since I really don't know much about Japanese culture or Japanese textile history.

There are dye houses in California that offer similar "blackest black" treatments, purportedly using the same techniques.

Both are very deep blacks. though I've never compared them side-by-side, so I'm not really qualified to comment.

I'm not sure that "whether it's different from the professional processe offered here" is really a great criterion for deciding on the merits. If we are going to determine where things ought to be made using a combination of cost effectiveness and technical competence, then most things should be made in China.






Wait a minute...

 

[nicelynice]

Thanks for that Kyoto black article, gonna send something to 'em and try it out haha

 

[nicelynice]

I love wearing jeans, all other types of pants are inferior

 

[kindofyoung]

I feel the opposite

My jeans wore through in the crotch and I haven't bothered having them patched up for like 2 months now.
Trousers/shorts are just so much better most of the time

 

[robinsongreen68]

trousers>>>>jeans
even leaving the look aside, i put on one of my 10 pairs of apcs the other day and couldn't believe how uncomfortable they were. how the hell did i used to live in those things

 

[Lorcan7]

I've always felt APC denim in particular has a less comfortable hand to it than other raws i've owned, even after breaking in. I still like denim but I'm not ever buying/wearing APCs again.

 

[notwithit]

lol.. jk.

But seriously, keep up.  We're moving at blazing speeds here.

Time to move everything to a new "is it worth it to send things to Japan to dye them black" thread?

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lol.. jk.

I love wearing jeans, all other types of pants are inferior

+1. Approximately zero % of trousers have as much character as my ultra-slubby 50% sugarcane SE X SC 06s..

Spoiler: Warning: lap shot for textural interest!

 

[msg]

Is the selling market over saturated? Paradox of choice? Even though it's seemingly consolidated in grilled, I notice lots of stuff that's cool just sitting there unsold; is grilled basically like Pinterest but with a nominal ability to buy? Everyone is just collecting likes on their stuff for sale, fewer transactions. I wonder if the grilled model of having stuff for sale without a time limit on the sale decreases purchases, all the would be ballers don't actually buy because there's no time pressure.

 

[OccultaVexillum]

I think the problem is that you are forced to drop the price in order to keep it at the top of the line, so people like/add it to the wardrobe and then just wait until it's bottom dollar.

 

[hooker4186]



I think the problem is that you are forced to drop the price in order to keep it at the top of the line, so people like/add it to the wardrobe and then just wait until it's bottom dollar.

Along with this, the fact that you have to drop price to get it back to the top leads to people inflating prices, building in 2-3 drops before eventually receiving a just-slightly-higher-than-lowball offer that's grudgingly accepted because it's been 3 months since the item in question was listed.

 

[1969]

Wiping my greasy pizza hands on jeans>comfort
(6/10)