What are you wearing today?

[kunk75]

^to me, a good leather is the most justifiable obscenely expensive purchase. could work for 3 of the 4 seasons and looks good a number of ways.

[xadam]

^to me, a good leather is the most justifiable obscenely expensive purchase. could work for 3 of the 4 seasons and looks good a number of ways.

omg now i want the ccp fencing in a 46 you enabler bastard.

[kunk75]

i would pull the trigger on the 54 on ebay but just printed my amex statements to go through for taxes and spent $24750 on apparel in the last 11 months. time for an intervention.

[ddohnggo]

omg now i want the ccp fencing in a 46 you enabler bastard.

lawll

[uparmoured]

i would pull the trigger on the 54 on ebay but just printed my amex statements to go through for taxes and spent $24750 on apparel in the last 11 months. time for an intervention.

...BUT...

^to me, a good leather is the most justifiable obscenely expensive purchase. could work for 3 of the 4 seasons and looks good a number of ways.

[enable]... and it doesn't get any gooder than a CCP Fencing... That auction should be a blast to watch in the last 30 seconds...

Plus 25 Grand buys roughly 2.5 CCP outfits...[/enable]

[random]

from a few days ago when waywt was a battlefield. realized i should lose some weight before i could wear it well, but since i promised to post a pic of these nipples i will do it anyways.



julius nipples jacket
cloak jeans
julius boots
attachment l/s
ann d coin bag necklace
jas mb bag

[kunk75]

in my shitty kitchen that hasn't been remodeled since 77.

raf simons coat
cloak sweater
raf by raf simons jeans
common projects

[tangerine]

kunk, you look like you are going to put out a fire on the moon, and I mean that as a sincere compliment.

I challenge anyone to bite this man's steez.

Are we allowed to talk like that here?

[kunk75]

thank you sir. it's a bit garish but i was so psyched to get this as i don't think it was ever produced for retail. only black made it to stores.

i have the long anorak too from 02 and long ago sold the ill-advised purchase of the raf varsity jacket.

[therapysessions]

in this case I would absolutely defend designers like Robert Geller. he was kind enough to allow showroom pictures to be posted online before the collection hit stores, and the result was that someone completely stole the design and tried to sell cheap knock-off. thats simply shitty business, and thats the reason people hate BS and what they do. no one here is complaining about copying gucci or lvmh, which you somehow managed to pull into the conversation. that, plus they've fucked up some orders and have very crappy service (no or slow replies, obnoxious behaviour). enough reason?

I asked Robert to let me post the pictures because I felt so many people were missing out on things that don't hit the stores. Robert agreed and I couldn't apologize enough when I saw ripoffs were posting the leathers I put up to order, before stores even got the chance to order them.

It's a mistake to assume that these labels that are getting so much press are money making machines and are a part of a huge business. They're not. Robert is literally about 3 guys in a tiny 400 sq foot office. Tim Hamilton works from his apartment. If designers can't maintain their business, you're going to lose great talents in fashion pushing new ideas and aesthetics.

Ripoffs hurt designers because it dilutes the brand in general. The argument that 'bargain hunting' has the same effect is ridiculous. The designer has already been paid for the product by the store. However, knockoffs deter those that CAN afford it (this also includes stores) because the last thing they want to be wearing is something that someone has made a billion ugly/subpar versions of. Not only that, there already have been a few cases of people putting up RO Blackscissor knockoff on online auction sites claiming they're real.

[Faust]

^to me, a good leather is the most justifiable obscenely expensive purchase. could work for 3 of the 4 seasons and looks good a number of ways.

hells yea. buy, xadam, buy!!!

[kunk75]

btw faust, thanks a lot. i managed to resist the ccp fencing jacket but after seeing your last few white-jacketed posts, i have asked my aunt to bring the RO white funnel neck home from paris (they had an xxl.)

I may be coming by to visit to borrow some soup and potable water after i pay her back.

[tangerine]

I am guessing Faust makes good borscht. I think it's a good plan.

[kunk75]

quiet you. you're my fallback uninvited dinner plan. no one will notice one more homeless person in san fran.

[Faust]

Hahaha, sorry kunk. When you are broke, I'll do some copy writing for you.

Tangerine, my Mom makes an awesome borscht (and Mrs. Faust's Mom too)