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  • xcoldricex
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 1347

    mmm i was under the impression that they had a large collection of stuff - kind of like all the stuff lift had from all the old seasons. i was kinda pissed i made the trip to see the library, since half the stock was like julius and viridianne.

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    • lowrey
      ventiundici
      • Dec 2006
      • 8383

      whaat, they have v-a and julius now? guess they picked both up quite recently as they didn't have either in early fall

      library is a bit hit or miss for me, if they have a good stock of Poell and LUC and some neat older pieces its always interesting, but if they're short on those it usually fails to interest me. sadly I've never seen much Volga Volga etc, I dont know if they sell out or get really small shipments.
      Last edited by lowrey; 01-10-2009, 10:35 AM.
      "AVANT GUARDE HIGHEST FASHION. NOW NOW this is it people, these are the brands no one fucking knows and people are like WTF. they do everything by hand in their freaking secret basement and shit."

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      • Chinorlz
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2006
        • 6422

        was their fire sale a month or two ago done to completely clean their LUC/LM/CCP stock out? Seems like it was from what has shown up online. Hope that doesn't mean they won't carry Luca or Carol this spring.

        Have you guys seen the womens dept at The Library? It's hilariously vomit inducing and a completely strange buy.
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        • xcoldricex
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2006
          • 1347

          yeah lot's of julius. they had two carol pieces - an old short sleeve button up and the tape boots from this past season. the SA told me abou carol's "one season" this year so I'm sure they'll be carrying it.
          lot's of LUC still - i don't remember LUC being this expensive in Japan, but it's been awhile.

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          • lowrey
            ventiundici
            • Dec 2006
            • 8383

            seems like they definately sold out some of the Poell stock then, in early fall they had at least one or two leathers, 4-5 different button ups in various sizes (black, glue seam, gitter, a white one..), 2 different types of pants, boots etc.
            "AVANT GUARDE HIGHEST FASHION. NOW NOW this is it people, these are the brands no one fucking knows and people are like WTF. they do everything by hand in their freaking secret basement and shit."

            STYLEZEITGEIST MAGAZINE | BLOG

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            • snafu
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2008
              • 2135

              people doown here in retail keep saying the library is fucked financially and should be closing think thats why they had the huge clear out
              .

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              • Faust
                kitsch killer
                • Sep 2006
                • 37852

                Interesting. I would imagine this wouldn't be the case given their high caliber clientele.
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                • kompressorkev
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 685

                  That's sad to hear! I really like The Library. Had i known they wouldn't be around, i would have bought a lot more. The Library has quite a unique selection of clothing. They have a lot more than their website lists, which already shows that they're a stockist for a nice bunch of brands: Carpe Diem, Carol Christian Poell, Gustavolins, Isaac Sellam, Munoz Vrandecic, Un Solo Mondo, Motoike Leather Art, LUC, Ansnam, Clare Tough. Very artisanal lines. Then of course they had a sprawling of more affordable designers like Nicolas & Mark, Jan & Carlos, Collection Privee?, Kohzo denim, Nicolo Ceschi Berrini, etc etc.

                  Last i chatted with them, they said some lines were doing very well. Some of the lines like Ansnam & Motoike Leather art were hugely marked up. Anyway, i didn't see much Carpe there. They weren't carrying Avantindietro when i was there late Summer.

                  BTW, about Carpe Diem - is Avantindietro producing more pieces next "season"? Or is it going to be the "Memories" line from now on, which is the new progression? That is, is "Memories" a separate line, or is it.... C.Diem > Intervallo > Avantindietro > Memories ?

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                  • Raw Edge
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 428

                    am I right to think that the traditional carpe boots, ie the ones that would be repoduced for the memories, are mostly variations on calf leather?
                    ie, the ankle boots tend to be calf, washed calf, reversed calf, etc, but rarely if ever horse/cordovan?

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                    • Casius
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 4772

                      You have to re-host the photo. (Can't link directly from TFS)
                      "because the young are whores. dealers come to carol to get the rock"

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                      • mesh
                        Senior Member
                        • Dec 2006
                        • 976

                        I believe the memories line has nothing to do with altieri but the japanese company that is making shitty copies iirc that owns the carpe name.

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                        • Casius
                          Senior Member
                          • Dec 2006
                          • 4772

                          Originally posted by mesh View Post
                          I believe the memories line has nothing to do with altieri but the japanese company that is making shitty copies iirc that owns the carpe name.
                          I don't think that is true but I'll let someone who knows more than I speak up.

                          But to my knowledge, it is not WJK doing it, it is a collaboration between Altieri and someone else.
                          "because the young are whores. dealers come to carol to get the rock"

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                          • DHC
                            Senior Member
                            • Jul 2007
                            • 2155

                            Originally posted by mesh View Post
                            ...the japanese company that owns the carpe name...
                            ??????
                            Last edited by DHC; 01-29-2009, 12:20 PM.
                            Originally posted by Faust
                            fuck you, i don't have an attitude problem.

                            Sartorialoft

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                            • Fuuma
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 4050

                              Originally posted by DHC View Post
                              ??????
                              AMK/WJK : they were distributing Altieri's work in JP, never owned the name.
                              Selling CCP, Harnden, Raf, Rick etc.
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                              • DHC
                                Senior Member
                                • Jul 2007
                                • 2155

                                haha! Dude, you're like 10 feet away from me!
                                Originally posted by Faust
                                fuck you, i don't have an attitude problem.

                                Sartorialoft

                                "She is very ninja, no?" ~Peter Jevnikar

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