Random fashion thoughts - Part II (A New Hope)

[Gruff]

Michael Anton is a Claremonster.

The word "monster" exists in Claremonster.

Monster has seven letters.

Michael Anton's StyleForum username is Manton.

Manton has six letters.

Seven minus six is one.

The one dollar bill has the Eye of Providence.

The Eye of Providence is the symbol of the Illuminati.

Michael Anton is part of the Illuminati.

becarefulfam

This is some impressive Trumpian logic. 10/10, can't argue.

 

[ManitouLA]

Sorry about that. I just checked and we have one more pair in stock so I updated the inventory. If you are still interested, please go ahead and order.

Use promo code: 10
For 10% off your order!
This will work for the next 7 days.

Thanks

 

[hennree]



Anyone else work from home? Some days I have zero reasons to get our of sweatpants. I wonder if the act of getting up, getting dressed and going somewhere makes you more productive.

I try to avoid it. I think it absolutely makes you more productive being in the work place (at least in my industry). I also miss the social interaction

 

[OccultaVexillum]

My office is usually 3 people, including me, if everybody shows up on a given day then we would still only have 7 total.
I worked out of the S Carolina office for two weeks in Feb and there were 30 people every day and nobody did ****. But yeah I only work from home if it's a blizzard or something because I barely do any work if I stay home, even today it's me and 2 others and even though I'm on SF right now I'm still way more productive simply from being here.
The advantage of a small office though is I can pretty much wear whatever I want, within reason.

 

[dieworkwear]

New interview with Raf

https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/raf-simons-material-boy/

Kind of an interesting passage:

Does it bother you that someone may be so influenced by your work but never have the chance to touch it?

Well, with Calvin underwear now that could be possible! To be really honest, the attraction and the reason why I came to Calvin is because it has the highest and the lowest and everything in between, so you can reach out to everybody. Which, in high fashion, is not always easy. It was not something that was possible at Dior, for example. It is possible at Calvin Klein.

I remember when I was a young kid — not 16, more like 19 or 20 — I was obsessed with Helmut Lang. I couldn’t afford it, but I was connected. That was my world. Fashion-wise, it was my world. And at one point, I could maybe buy a shirt, but I was completely a Helmut Lang kid. It’s more about how you connect to it in your mind, I think. Of course you want some connection for yourself, but some brands it’s just not possible. You could not even buy a lace of a sneaker, it’s just too expensive.

I spoke with Willy [Vanderperre] before his recent show at Red Hook Labs, and there was a similar motivation. He made stickers and pins and patches in limited editions so that they were still art objects, but accessible to young people.

[Willy and I] are very close, so it’s always one way or another about having a connection to youth. Like the Sacco, the ultimate teenage element. Back in the days when I was studying industrial design, I wanted a Sacco so badly but I could not afford it. So I would just copy the pattern and make one. It’s nice, you know, this kind of do it yourself. I am the same with my brand. If I can be inspiring for kids, I’m already super happy. If that means that if I do a black coat and they find one in a vintage store and they tape it up, I love it! That’s interesting to me.

I've always thought of those things as cheap and easy ways to increase profits, but maybe a more generous view is that they allow people on tighter budgets to have a connection with a brand.

 

[Fuuma]



New interview with Raf

https://amuse-i-d.vice.com/raf-simons-material-boy/

Kind of an interesting passage:
I've always thought of those things as cheap and easy ways to increase profits, but maybe a more generous view is that they allow people on tighter budgets to have a connection with a brand.

Is that really positive? I feel a deep connection to Toyota or ******* coca cola.

 

[the shah]



Is that really positive? I feel a deep connection to Toyota or ******* coca cola.

in china town they were selling shopping bags from high end stores so people can feel the connections

 

[nahneun]

so many people in korea carry fake logoed canvas bags

 

[Fuuma]



in china town they were selling shopping bags from high end stores so people can feel the connections

The number of chinese people I see carrying everyday items using an Hermès shopping bag just astounds me. People at Hermès are usually nice though, I sometimes stop just to get catalogues and they'll offer them in a nice shopping bag. I'm not sure they'd do it if you stopped everyday though...

 

[Baron]



The number of chinese people I see carrying everyday items using an Hermès shopping bag just astounds me. People at Hermès are usually nice though, I sometimes stop just to get catalogues and they'll offer them in a nice shopping bag. I'm not sure they'd do it if you stopped everyday though...

:foo:

 

[Fuuma]



:foo:

Was Foo thrown out of Hermès?

 

[nahneun]

His quest for the one green wallet is the stuff of legends

 

[conceptual 4est]

Thumb this post if you keep a photo of

in your green Hermes breast wallet

 

[kindofyoung]

Sorry about that. I just checked and we have one more pair in stock so I updated the inventory. If you are still interested, please go ahead and order.

Use promo code: 10
For 10% off your order!
This will work for the next 7 days.

Thanks

Awesome, just bought them

Anyone in the EU who happens to have some good recommendations for no-show socks I can wear with these?
Preferably something cheap but alright off eBay/Amazon that I can buy like 20 pairs off and then throw away after the summer

 

[Fuuma]



Awesome, just bought them   

Anyone in the EU who happens to have some good recommendations for no-show socks I can wear with these?

Preferably something cheap but alright off eBay/Amazon that I can buy like 20 pairs off and then throw away after the summer

I think mine are muji.