The Bespoke Shoes Thread

[clee1982]

nah, on stuff like that they don't get knock off, it's different thinking

 

[Texasmade]

nah, on stuff like that they don't get knock off, it's different thinking

But I see a lot of Asians with the knockoff Gucci and LV bags.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

If he was a true chinatown lawyer then the $20,000 breitling was no doubt a $20 Chinatown version

I don't know, he drove a new Mercedes. That looked real to me, but I don't drive so who knows.

 

[dieworkwear]

me looking at @schwedhart's avatar to see if he's asian when he starts talking about chinatown recklessly

 

[schwedhart]

me looking at @schwedhart's avatar to see if he's asian when he starts talking about chinatown recklessly


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He is not.. but he / I work(s) in the area and have worked with many people (including Lawyers) from there. It's no knock on the beautiful diverse and eclectic neighborhood or it's denizens.

 

[dieworkwear]

He is not.. but he / I work(s) in the area and have worked with many people (including Lawyers) from there. It's no knock on the beautiful diverse and eclectic neighborhood or it's denizens.

I'm just kidding. Comment was only a joke because I love using that squinting photo.

Someone on here once compared knockoffs to folk art, which I found to be hilarious and maybe even accurate.

I grew up in a Vietnamese community and knew a lot of people who were involved in the knockoff trade. No idea if any of them would wear a knockoff watch, but the older ladies in my neighborhood all had knockoff bags. It was great.

 

[RJman]

I'm just kidding. Comment was only a joke because I love using that squinting photo.

Someone on here once compared knockoffs to folk art, which I found to be hilarious and maybe even accurate.

I grew up in a Vietnamese community and knew a lot of people who were involved in the knockoff trade. No idea if any of them would wear a knockoff watch, but the older ladies in my neighborhood all had knockoff bags. It was great.

great van damme movie too, with exploding #pents.

 

[schwedhart]

I'm just kidding. Comment was only a joke because I love using that squinting photo.

Someone on here once compared knockoffs to folk art, which I found to be hilarious and maybe even accurate.

I grew up in a Vietnamese community and knew a lot of people who were involved in the knockoff trade. No idea if any of them would wear a knockoff watch, but the older ladies in my neighborhood all had knockoff bags. It was great.

I assumed as much, but you can neve be too careful nowadays with the PC police out in full force.. i actually think that's where "they" want all the proposed defunded funds of the regular police departments to go.

 

[dieworkwear]

I assumed as much, but you can neve be too careful nowadays with the PC police out in full force.. i actually think that's where "they" want all the proposed defunded funds of the regular police departments to go.

Personally would like to defund the police and fund the fashion police so they can arrest people for wearing handwelted shoes in blue, red, green, tan, etc.

 

[Texasmade]

Personally would like to defund the police and fund the fashion police so they can arrest people for wearing handwelted shoes in blue, red, green, tan, etc.

I'll be a fugitive on the stroll (since I'm not going to be running in the shoes) with my bespoke green suede gatorskin loafers from Nick Templeman.

 

[bjhofkin]

The proud owner/maker of these wants a word with you:

Personally would like to defund the police and fund the fashion police so they can arrest people for wearing handwelted shoes in blue, red, green, tan, etc.

 

[dieworkwear]

"yes officer? id like to report a fashion crime"

 

[stuffedsuperdud]

Personally would like to defund the police and fund the fashion police so they can arrest people for wearing handwelted shoes in blue, red, green, tan, etc.

I would like to report that I was once actually accosted by actual fashion police. Older fella, Boston PD, working the desirable Fenway shift for guys with the most seniority. Came up to me from behind while I was trying to buy snacks for a client and started asking about my jacket (Baracuta G4). He said something like, "It's looks kind of like one I wanted when I was a kid but not really. I think you're wearing a fake."

I realized what he meant but only managed to stammer something way too #menswear about how the G4 is an updated version of the one he was thinking of. He didn't quite seem to hear me and just went on with, "Yea. Yea. When I was a kid. Elvis had one. And Steve McQueen. You ever heard of him? Nah you probably don't know him. Kids... Yea so yours is a fake."

I tried to excuse myself at this point, thinking I was about to be arrested for trafficking in counterfeit goods, but then he went, "Wait you know what?" and grabbed me my the jacket collar. He kept on yanking until he could see the big tag in the back, at which point he went, "Huh. Son of a *****. It's real. Interesting..." and walked away.

And that was the one time anyone has ever cared what I was wearing.

 

[clee1982]

But I see a lot of Asians with the knockoff Gucci and LV bags.

Bag what not different story. You see taxi driver in HK wear real Rolex, so assuming this guy is Cantonese, then even if he has the bare minimal mean (as a lawyer), for watch he will go for the real thing (though probably grey market)

edit: the owner of the crap out take out chinese restaurants here used to use BMW X5 to deliver his grocery, though he had switched to Tesla Model X (P100D), so for certain things in certain circle “matters” I suppose

 

[dieworkwear]

Bag what not different story. You see taxi driver in HK wear real Rolex, so assuming this guy is Cantonese, then even if he has the bare minimal mean, for watch he will go for the real thing (though probably grey market)

Don't know how anyone on the street nowadays would be able to tell. There are super fakes that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing unless you put them under a loupe.





Same with bags. There are "super fakes" for bags that are basically identical to the real thing, including Hermes bags made from the same Hermes leathers and even by the same Hermes workers.

$20M Counterfeit Bust that Put Hermès Employees Under the Microscope

There was a sophisticated $22 million-plus counterfeit operation being carried out in France, right under the nose of the Hermès.

www.thefashionlaw.com