not bcuz of materialism or w/e but for some reason it's stomach churning
― yologram (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
clingy white Pucci
this is such a gross string of words
― yologram (J0rdan S.), Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:02 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
could be a riff-raff hook
― goole, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
what had induced him to come in a clingy white Pucci?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
I think a lot of people don't follow trends or styles and finding a brand that they enjoy wearing kind of outsources the trust to that brand with the assumption that instead of knowing what looks good you just go in and buy three shirts from that brand
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
i just am baffled by these ppl who apparently only shop one brand at a time, what is that
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
Department stores sometimes arrange their clothing sections by brand!
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like a codependent poodle
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
xp and the more expensive the store, the more likely it is that they do separate by brand!
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
True, the largest brands even have flagship stores.
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Or, you know, lower end brands that ARE stores.
Like people who buy all J. Crew or The Gap or Banana Republic are doing one-stop shopping. Of course you're shopping for one brand at a time -- that is all that is in the store.
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
what's the difference between a "flagship store" and a regular store?
― sarahell, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
a flagship store has a huge flagship docked beside it
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
flagship stores are larger and tend to have more bells and whistles, also where they drop short run pieces or high end stuff
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://static.starcitygames.com/sales/cardscans/MAGART/predator%20flagship.jpg
^^^ J. Crew's flagship
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
guys you're not telling me anything i don't already know! i work in retail! i mean like the dude in the article who is basically described as sourcing his entire wardrobe from APC because he identified as an APC kinda guy.
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
xp I think of things being flagship stores if they typically are high-end brands sold by more boutique-style clothing stores, tend to only have a handful of stores in larger cities, don't really exist in shopping malls.
As opposed to stores that are in every mall, where the only place you get their goods is their store.
yeah elmo the guy makes little sense
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
i'll admit i'm a bit of a carhartt guy. but its not like thats all i wear.
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know what the hell i wear. i have like no clothes. i end up with stuff.
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
wearing carhartt jeans at the moment...in ugly green.
'Clinton is a lecher' indicates writer who is describing how visible the underwear is through a woman's clothes.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
That J Crew article is comedy gold. This is the funniest thread ever. The baffling absurdity of the modern human condition.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
does sting wear underwear? seems unlikely.
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
i'm in no way immune to branding or anything, i'm really not, but wearing all one brand head to toe would make me feel v self-conscious, like someone would notice! "hello i am mannequin, pleased to meet you, buy one get one today only"
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
(xp) A flagship store is one of the focal stores of a brand, and the term is usually only used when the brand has a good number of stores in order to differentiate it. They're usually in very large cities, are bigger than the other stores, have a different higher-end design, and focus more on selling the image of a brand. Where is is on the cost scale doesn't matter as much as the identity and focus on retail branding - some brands have no flagship locations, Prada has made a huge deal of theirs but companies like Nike also have them.
― I DIED, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
oh, well there you have it
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Thursday, April 19, 2012 1:28 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
in middle school you'd get shit if you wore mismatching brands i.e. nikes with adidas
― dayo, Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
I guess we are not in middle school tho anymore
uniqlo flagship across the street from me right now
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 April 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
Love Uniqlo. Wish I had more money so I could go buy more black and grey t-shirts and black pants.
― raw feel vegan (silby), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
rly I remember in middle school getting called out for wearing too much of the SAME brand (the time I remember getting shit for it was when I had like champion shorts a champion tee and champion socks -- never made that mistake again).
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
trust me if you had been head to toe in GUESS you would have been okay
― dayo, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
haha I remember when guess jeans became big and it was like "Holy what the fuck forty dollars for jeans?"
― i don't believe in zimmerman (Hurting 2), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
"designer jeans" was still sort of a punchline back then
I think I had some Guess jean... shorts
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. Only the truly rich girls in my junior high wore Guess. The seething throngs of middle class aspirants had to make do with Jordache.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't even afford jordache. It was a source of so much social embarrassment.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
I had a pair of Esprit jeans that my mom and I found on sale, and when I wore them to summer camp all the other girls were shocked that someone as obviously uncool and loser-ish as me would have a good label.
― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
They were pink jeans, iirc.
I had one pair of totally sweet two-tone Jordache jeans (acid wash on the bottom with a grey denim yoke at the top) and I wore the shit out of them such that the Guess girls would comment on it. BUT I AM OVER IT NOW.
― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
nytimes explains the mysteries of the turntable. warning: features non tri-state hipsters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/technology/personaltech/how-to-enjoy-turntables-without-obsessing-over-them.html
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
there is an emotional reliance on a certain brand to constitute or support your sense of self. huh? i don't really get that.
elmo this is the entire foundation of modern capitalism, you should try to get it
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
“Young people didn’t grow up with turntables,” said Kenny Bowers, manager at Needle Doctor, a Minnesota store specializing in turntables. “It seems mysterious and complicated because you don’t just push a button and have it play for you.”
haha what
i am suspicious to say the least that "young people" are baffled by turntable technology
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
“There is a fuller sound to it, and more depth to the sound,” said Ryan Holiday, the New Orleans-based marketing director for American Apparel. He’s a new devotee of jazz and David Bowie, thanks to LPs. (For the youngsters, that stands for long playing, as in long-playing record; there were also small records called 45s). “I could hear hands going up and down the frets, and stuff that they probably didn’t want you to hear. Which is a nice little surprise,” he said.
jfc
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
RYAN HOLIDAY YOU ARE A MORON
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
lots of people have never had one though! young people.
x-post
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
ryan holiday otm.
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
i lost heart after that, it is literally the worst article about vinyl in the history of time.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
hooking up my first turntable-receiver-speakers setup was pretty wild after always having the CD-player packages they sell at Best Buy
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
it's complicated! no, it's simple! don't obsess! except you should probably buy calibration equipment that will run you $200!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
haha thanks tracer, i'll try.
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 19 April 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link