Random fashion thoughts

[whodini]

Originally Posted by PG2G

Some of the H&M stuff looks decent. Model and styling is garbage though. And I'm sure everything looks better in pics than in real life.

That is NOT an understatement.

 

[naaaaate]

Originally Posted by bwsbbc

I've seen H+m's new collection. Im not sure whether to be excited or scared though http://hypebeast.com/2009/11/hm-2010-spring-collection/
Man some of that is just absolute **** styling jesus christ, disappointing as I thought they did a good if not kind of ridiculous job with fw09 lookbook. hahahhaa yeah this cropped one button blazer will go great over my unbuttoned chambray and baggy cuffed jeans

 

[DLester]

Originally Posted by Arms_Akimbo

FWIW, I was looking through yoox's legal and FAQ pages to find a guarantee of authenticity, and didn't find anything. But it looks like the company runs the online stores for E Armani, D&G, Jil, Diesel, and other huge names so that makes me think they're at least a little trustworthy.

It would be crazy for those companies to partner with Yoox if it sells counterfeit goods, since they (maybe not Jil so much but the others definitely) are victims of counterfeiting and spend buckets of money to combat it.

 

[dfagdfsh]

I think its more of a case where they sell thousands of goods and don't have time to check everything

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by Arms_Akimbo

FWIW, I was looking through yoox's legal and FAQ pages to find a guarantee of authenticity, and didn't find anything. But it looks like the company runs the online stores for E Armani, D&G, Jil, Diesel, and other huge names so that makes me think they're at least a little trustworthy.

They can't guarantee authenticity, because in the vast majority of cases, they don't deal directly with the designer. They *do* deal with a lot of the major designers, which is why there are pages and pages of Prada, Costume National, Neil Barrett, MMM and other STAFF Spa brands like D. Squared. If it has been "featured", you can be sure that there is some sort of deal between Yoox and the brand. However, a lot of their stock comes from what must be an enormous network of retailers (most of them quite trustworthy). It's virtually impossible to verify the authenticity of all that stock, or the age of the stock. I've found trippy things that are true (and covetable) deadstock from anything from Jil to Margiela to Wings+Horns on the site before. Yoox is like, a gigantic swap meet. If you know your ****, you are going to come out on top (some MC guys have gotten incredible deals because Yoox has miscategorized pieces that they have recognized right away). But if you are not an expert user, you could get burned.

 

[amnesiac]

anyone else think he kind of looks like jason mraz, and that jason mraz would wear that^^

 

[BubblyMasquerade]

i actually like the blazer.

 

[chronoaug]

Originally Posted by breakz

Didn't say anything about "try hard." But he was dressed by the internet--his stuff was all safe, SF-approved gear. Nothing about his outfit belonged to him. Agree with snake though, without SF I wouldn't have known what was going on. He looked fine.
Can everyone please shutup about this stupid ****. Quit focusing on labels so much. He's wearing dark jeans a button up and plain laceups. Who cares what the brands are? Do the items fit well and go well together and manage to look nice fabric wise? That's what matters. Would it have been a better outfit if the button up was MMM bought at retail, shoes jil sander and the jeans were sugarcane? Actually, that'd probably look worse. I'm not sure what people want anymore. Hard to argue with those items considering you can find BoO shirts from $75-125 and r&b jeans for cheap if you're good at hunting around sales time. Even the seasonal paul smiths go for good prices. What do some people on this forum want from people? It's obvious to those who have been around or know what they're talking about when you see someone (not even looking at the labels) if they're faking the funk. It's possible for two people to wear the exact same outfit and one look better than the other as well. Sometimes people get lucky with things just fitting them well and works for their personality, bodytype, face, hair, vibe.

 

[BubblyMasquerade]

Originally Posted by chronoaug

Please shutup about this stupid ****. Quit focusing on labels so much. He's wearing dark jeans a button up and plain laceups. Who cares what the brands are? Do the items fit well and go well together and manage to look nice fabric wise? That's what matters. Would it have been a better outfit if the button up was MMM bought at retail, shoes jil sander and the jeans were sugarcane? Actually, that'd probably look worse. I'm not sure what people want anymore. Hard to argue with those items considering you can find BoO shirts from $75-125 and r&b jeans for cheap if you're good at hunting around sales time. Even the seasonal paul smiths go for good prices.

+1, chrono nj *****

 

[jwied82]

Originally Posted by Arms_Akimbo

I hope I don't look dressed by the nets. The above outfit sounds pretty basic and non-offensive.

My ndc boots I just got from Yoox say made in EU. Wuddupwiddat? Did I get a lame model? Lots of the ones on yoox don't have an origin listed, I'm noticing. Did ndc recently switch production and if so, did quality suffer?

Ive seen/owned ndc from several different seasons and iirc they all said either EU or "Lusitania" (which is essentially a fancy way of saying made in portugal). I think their quality is pretty good for the price, especially at yoox prices.

 

[chronoaug]

Yea, both my NDCs say made in EU on the inside of the tongue and then under the name of the model.

 

[dfagdfsh]

lol look @ teh poors.

ps my desert boots cost me $22

 

[SoCal2NYC]

damn StyleZeitgiest is still on my nuts

http://www.stylezeitgeist.com/forums...t=6137&page=25

 

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

damn StyleZeitgiest is still on my nuts

http://www.stylezeitgeist.com/forums...t=6137&page=25

Not all negative though. You love the attention anyway

 

[impolyt_one]

Originally Posted by LA Guy

They can't guarantee authenticity, because in the vast majority of cases, they don't deal directly with the designer. They *do* deal with a lot of the major designers, which is why there are pages and pages of Prada, Costume National, Neil Barrett, MMM and other STAFF Spa brands like D. Squared. If it has been "featured", you can be sure that there is some sort of deal between Yoox and the brand. However, a lot of their stock comes from what must be an enormous network of retailers (most of them quite trustworthy). It's virtually impossible to verify the authenticity of all that stock, or the age of the stock. I've found trippy things that are true (and covetable) deadstock from anything from Jil to Margiela to Wings+Horns on the site before. Yoox is like, a gigantic swap meet. If you know your ****, you are going to come out on top (some MC guys have gotten incredible deals because Yoox has miscategorized pieces that they have recognized right away). But if you are not an expert user, you could get burned.

There has been some great REALLY old Raf on yoox recently, all in weird sizes/colors, but it was like, FW1999-03. MA-1 with long button-out tailored vest? yes please, just not in size 54. I'd probably have bought it and worn it if it were 50 or something, and I'm a 44.

If a brand doesn't control distribution completely, then it's anyone's guess as to the authenticity of the products being sold at retail points. The largest department store here in Korea was found to be selling fake items unknowingly (I think Prada? Or Cartier bags?), because the trading company that brokered for the fashion brands was slipping A+ grade fakes into the feed. That definitely caused some problems.

I don't how much truth there was in it, but somebody who was shilling for a denim brand on sufu claimed Yoox was selling a bunch of stolen merch that had gone missing from their brand....