What are you wearing today?

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holger: the coat?

[Jonn]

JD_May is that HK? it looks like IFC mall youre in

[TheNotoriousT]

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Nice one, was exactly thinking the same when I saw that video yesterday!

[DamageX]

Damn! How did you find out it was me!?

[holger]

holger: the coat?

5-6 years old windbreaker/raincoat from PRADA :-)

boring but timless, comfortable and practical (with my kids in the city) ...

And JD_May -> looks GREAT !!!

[BSR]

eternal you're dressed exactly as the guys from Atelier (which is not a bad thing )

[michael_kard]

as long as we're on the topic of non-sz leather, have you had a chance to check out versace's current mens leather pants? there's something alluring about them, even though i'd never buy them.

In my opinion, Versace has been pretty awesome lately. I mean, the runways are pretty horrible, but I did try a few FW10 things at the Milan store and I was seriously impressed - some of the coolest leather pieces I have ever seen. Their shirts are also excellent. I actually copped the boots, I have been wearing them almost everyday for the past 5 months.

[cjbreed]

^oh dear lord.


and eternal that looks great. love that blazer.

dropped and cropped with derbies. great for summer. if only it were so easy for yours truly haha....

[Lane]

cmon, for real, kard?

[zamb]

In my opinion, Versace has been pretty awesome lately. I mean, the runways are pretty horrible, but I did try a few FW10 things at the Milan store and I was seriously impressed - some of the coolest leather pieces I have ever seen. Their shirts are also excellent. I actually copped the boots, I have been wearing them almost everyday for the past 5 months.

Different people buy clothes for different reasons.
I personally would never buy anything Vesace, or some of these brands for that matter, regardless if they are making the best quality product. Aside from quality there has to be a (partial) philosophical agreement between my worldview and the perspective of a brand for me to buy thier products. Versace symbolizes everything I despise about the fashion industry and certain lifestyles in general. Its a kind of overly materialistic, pleasure seeking and vulgar vanity that is too "in your face'' for my liking.
I am not the Champagne drinking, fast car driving, logo flaunting, sexing as much women/ men as I can kind of guy............as such, any brand that gives off that vibe wont get my dough, regardless of how good the product is within itself......................

[Lane]

C'mon...do you really need to quote his post??
Loophole in the Ignore List.

trust me my eyes bleed as well, but I try to not put anyone on ignore list as I like to question things I dislike.

[Lane]

so, a color now excuses a horrible brand from being awful?

[Dane]

Nothing says 1980's Berlin like a good Bill Cosby x Raf Simons collabo.

[zamb]

I don't own Versace, have no comment on their quality or lack thereof. I do own two Kinder Fashion Design jackets designed by one of Versace's former head designers, and I do love them.

Comment about the 1980s Berlin influence was made to say the clothes seem to fit a look that Michael Kard likes.

As for evil brands -- or nice brands? I think that talk is mostly nonsense. The clothes are made by people -- and some of the funniest ones might well make crap clothes, while the assholes might make good clothes.

yea? really?

I think you are dismissing an important point here and a man of your knowledge and intelligence should never trivialize these things........

unless I have a faulty understanding of your perspective gleaned from your posts.

when a Company is going to buy two of its biggest competitors only to ruin thier business and retire its designers so that it can have a bigger market share, your saying that I should have no problem supporting such a brand?..............and dont ask m who that is cause if you don't know I wont tell you.........

I dont mind people being as you say A**holes, but to project that image on the rest of the world and glamorize it, then its a cause for concern.......Many of these company have sold people a false reality, and a soulless pursuit that has contributed to the decline of society.

there is a similar discussion going on in the "Ethics" thread, of which I wanna make a great throw down but still grappling with how to say what I really want to express.

I don't have to agree with everything a company or individual represents, I don't even think I agree with everything I represent as an individual, but there are things more than things.........and you bet i am going to not support brands that represent a greater part of the things I disagree with.............

[cjbreed]