*** Visvim thread: Dissertation on a Japanese Holy Spirit ***

[Hanto]

Don't suppose anyone knows or is selling Carroll Pants in a 5? Preferably the DMGD ones.

 

[Flyingduck]

Got this season's n.d. amplus hoodie just the other day. The most expensive n.d. hoodie as long as I can remember. The top one is from this season, very dark greenish indigo color. Japanese website says it's both indigo dyed and mud dyed. Couldn't really tell. I sometimes share my thoughts and pics on Instagram (ducks_introspection) if anyone's interested!

 

[Fycus]

Own a lambskin 20L 0122203003027 and am totally disappointed with how the leather is wearing. These were historically bulletproof, and this has only been used for 6 months. Not sure if intentional or not with a thin pigment layer, but definitely not what I expected...

 

[Flyingduck]

Own a lambskin 20L 0122203003027 and am totally disappointed with how the leather is wearing. These were historically bulletproof, and this has only been used for 6 months. Not sure if intentional or not with a thin pigment layer, but definitely not what I expected...

This kind of aging is intentional. This is also true for the 22aw's lambskin virgil and a few other lambskin backpacks following 22 are like this

 

[frunk]

Own a lambskin 20L 0122203003027 and am totally disappointed with how the leather is wearing. These were historically bulletproof, and this has only been used for 6 months. Not sure if intentional or not with a thin pigment layer, but definitely not what I expected...

While I prefer cow/horse leather for these kinds of things, this looks AWESOME.

 

[LantonMills]

Yeah my backpack has gotten like that as well over the last year but I personally enjoy the patina wear

 

[thatslapz]

Got this season's n.d. amplus hoodie just the other day. The most expensive n.d. hoodie as long as I can remember. The top one is from this season, very dark greenish indigo color. Japanese website says it's both indigo dyed and mud dyed. Couldn't really tell. I sometimes share my thoughts and pics on Instagram (ducks_introspection) if anyone's interested!
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Looks great. I read the website as them indicating it is available as indigo dyed or mud dyed (dark mud color) - it would be awesome if it is both though.

 

[Fycus]

This kind of aging is intentional. This is also true for the 22aw's lambskin virgil and a few other lambskin backpacks following 22 are like this

I think its just an expectation vs reality thing. I retired a camel suede ballistic 20l in favor of this hoping for a true black backpack. Once the leather started wearing through I looked it over and saw the cross-section of the leather was brown and the pigment layer was very thin, and just kind of accepted it.

 

[smellgoodguy]

anybody have these in a 11?
anybody have these at all? any color
kinda ancient, you think they should do a new pair?

 

[Flyingduck]

Looks great. I read the website as them indicating it is available as indigo dyed or mud dyed (dark mud color) - it would be awesome if it is both though.

True, I'm a bit confused too. If you change the language setting on the Japanese website to Japanese, it says the dk.indigo is 藍泥染め, which literally means dk.indigo is indigo and mud dyed; and dk.mud is simply 泥染め, which means mud dyed. And because 藍泥染め actually is a dying technique that's used in Amami Oshima, where visvim dyed its stuff, I'm more inclined to believe the Japanese website. But I guess you can only ask a staff to confirm. Sometimes the information on Japanese webstore is very different from North America webstore.

 

[discobobulated]

Anyone know why the N.D Amplus is so expensive this season? Labour costs in Japan?

 

[frunk]

Maybe…or…

 

[discobobulated]

😂. Maybe the price of mud has gone up. Mr Porter has it at £1025 and had mostly sold out. Really can’t justify a hoodie being over a grand.

 

[shopsecondhandvisvim]

So I noticed the size tag font changed in 2024. Would anyone who has the newer stuff be willing to share the new size tag font sizes 1-5 (already have 3 here) so the community can know what to look out for in terms of legit checking current releases?

 

[norigim]

As a business, as long as the demand is there why wouldn't they raise prices? It's still really hard to get anything through normal retail channels in Japan.