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Very true. There's something oddly satisfying about how the snaps feel when you unbutton the shirt. The flannel is so thick. Combined with the snaps, the shirt just feels so sturdy.I have both and also prefer the aesthetics of the work shirt, but the buttons just doesn’t work quite as well with the thick flannel as snaps do.
*despondently finds new post in dream is still just about wide-legged pants and kapital ring coats*I think I use too much SF because I had a dream there was a new blog post.
*is satisfied**despondently finds new post in dream is still just about wide-legged pants and kapital ring coats*
I think he was speaking more to the community and culture that surrounds both establishments. I don't buy Supreme, but it's one of those few remaining brands, I think, that still has some element of genuine street culture to it, even if very modernized (and removed from the 90s form of street, but that's another story). When you see someone wearing Supreme, you know something about their cultural identity in a way that's perhaps no longer true of other former identifying markers of youth culture.Always cool to see Eddie huang quoted in a dieworkwear post, although I did not agree with his original article. Interesting that he thought comparing lugars to supreme was a positive, when I consider both to be the height of soigne culture, and if you play into it as a consumer you are a sucker. I don't understand this buying into a club mentality for shopping or dining. Of course establishments will treat regulars better, but just about every restaurant will do this. I prefer the ones that great me well from the beginning and we'll take the relationship from there.
simon reynolds has a lot about this in Retromania if I'm remembering right, in the context of disappearing music tribes, but crossing into fashion tooI think he was speaking more to the community and culture that surrounds both establishments. I don't buy Supreme, but it's one of those few remaining brands, I think, that still has some element of genuine street culture to it, even if very modernized (and removed from the 90s form of street, but that's another story). When you see someone wearing Supreme, you know something about their cultural identity in a way that's perhaps no longer true of other former identifying markers of youth culture.
I think the heart of Huang's post is about how we feel about brands.man that eddie huang post is so strong. thanks for linking @dieworkwear.
simon reynolds has a lot about this in Retromania if I'm remembering right, in the context of disappearing music tribes, but crossing into fashion too
I just call that feeling magic. It's innocence, like falling in love for the first time. It's the sort of thing that builds true brand loyalty but I don't know if there's a straightforward formula to recreate it. There's something very nostalgic and emotional about going back to a place (whether it's Peter Luger or your favorite shop) where everyone feels that magic. I get that feeling when I dig through my closet and put on some old pieces; I put them on and they just feel...right, like picking up with an old flame right where you last left off. But time is cruel, the steak might suck now and the fabric might be sheering. But it doesn't make that feeling any less real or valid. So Eddie Huang is right, but so is Wells.It's the sort of feeling that I think gets dismissed as hype and marketing, but man -- when I was growing up, that feeling was so pure. Putting on an RL suit as a young man just made me feel like a billion trillion dollars in a way that I'm not sure I've ever even felt with bespoke.
I agree with that.But time is cruel, the steak might suck now and the fabric might be sheering. But it doesn't make that feeling any less real or valid. So Eddie Huang is right, but so is Wells.
So Eddie Huang is right, but so is Wells.
Yeah, same. I also think that the way Huang is right is deeper and more important than the way Wells is right.I agree with that.