Fashion Vomit (aka Celebrity Designers)

[Fuuma]

Re: Fashion Vomit (aka Celebrity Designers)

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Most of the niche Japanese labels (Julius, The Virdi-Anne, etc.) use Riri zippers. It's usually a good indication is the label is full of shit or decently priced is you check the zippers considering the high mark-up here.I remember checking our Dior one day andnoticed that all their zip-up boots had YKK zippers. Mind you these were 800+ dollarretail boots....

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Lampo and Riri are pretty cool but as you've probably seen, lots of designers just rebrand the zippers with their own logo/design so you're often left wondering what you have.

[Faust]

Re: Fashion Vomit (aka Celebrity Designers)

[quote user="Fuuma"][quote user="djrajio"]

Most of the niche Japanese labels (Julius, The Virdi-Anne, etc.) use Riri zippers. It's usually a good indication is the label is full of shit or decently priced is you check the zippers considering the high mark-up here.I remember checking our Dior one day andnoticed that all their zip-up boots had YKK zippers. Mind you these were 800+ dollarretail boots....

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Lampo and Riri are pretty cool but as you've probably seen, lots of designers just rebrand the zippers with their own logo/design so you're often left wondering what you have.

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They key is to look at the back of the zipper. It will often say the name of the designer on the front, and the name of the manufacturer in the back.