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Band of Outsiders Rumor.. (don't worry, they're still alive)
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dfagdfsh
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also how the **** does 'taste' enter in to the equation with band? they make shirts in the most simple, basic patterns. is buying a shirt in an identical fabric from raf simons or dries van noten somehow more 'tasteful'?
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You, bamchairdance, are blowing my mind.Originally Posted by chronoaug
Do I really have to defend my post? Relax. --edit--
Wait, what? I was agreeing with you.
Ha, gotcha. I didn't know how to take that.
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"Fixed that for you": I have modified your original post to make it truer and more likely funnier.Originally Posted by unjung
gotcha. thanks, I'm still mourning the days when FTW meant "**** the world" rather than the current gay-bro usage of "for the win"
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Isn't that because you work in a store that sells BoO?Originally Posted by zissou
I've never paid full price for a band shirt even before I worked there... it's not hard to find them at 25% discount+. I just bought a $310ish sea island shirt down to $75 on eluxury.
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also how the **** does 'taste' enter in to the equation with band? they make shirts in the most simple, basic patterns. is buying a shirt in an identical fabric from raf simons or dries van noten somehow more 'tasteful'?Originally Posted by Teger
If it was Raf or Dries, it probably wouldn't have a shirt tail that covers your crotch in front but shows your belt on the side.
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I don't care if you don't like it. kunk said the people who buy it have no taste, which is what I took issue with.Originally Posted by Teger
Kunk just likes to be a ****. I'll be sure to wear boo when we meet next week.
He's just screwing with you guys though.
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Wait, so you're saying a company like gap, jcrew, ralph lauren who produce a ton of clothes generally made in cheap overseas workshops to send to their own stores all over the country can do this at a cheaper cost than a relatively small design team who use quality materials and make them in small quantities in the USA and also have to deal with many different small retailers? You, bamchairdance, are blowing my mind.Originally Posted by chronoaug
Also, the buttons don't really have to do with shotty construction/quality. This has also been explained in past BoO related threads. People just need to come to terms they'll always hate expensive clothing (except a lot of people don't have a problem with $300 japanese jeans for some reason)
To be fair, with exception, Steven Alan has produced almost the exact same shirt in the USA, likely at the same place the BoO uses and their prices are much more reasonable, in my opinion, for what they are; staple button downs. I don't see much difference in the quality or construction of either with there being around $100 difference in price at retail.
To use any defense other than "IT'S A FREE MARKET MOTHERF**KERS" and to assume that people who believe the BoO is priced too high can't afford / don't "get it" seems a bit childish. I wouldn't make the mistake of thinking that you know why other people think the way that they do.
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