/fa/ - Fashion

Anyone know w2c boots like these? Looking for black boots <$200, is doc martin monos the best option?

>>11631630
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Humans like to recognize things. We see faces in spark plugs and cows in the clouds. Beauty isn't limited to abstract images - we like the tangible thing that an image represents, or the concept, all the things that the observer associates with the image, each weighted by the strength of the association and the strength of their feelings. For example, when I notice dickies pants held up by a shoestring belt, I immediately think “this guy skates” and start guessing things about his personality and social background, based on all the skaters I knew in high school. Clothing derives power (cringy but idk what else to call it) from the strength of things associated with it – usually the subculture of those who wear it. This isn’t always the case (remember how shearling coats became huge in the f/w season following the batman movie with bane?) but usually the subculture is what does it. It’s why lookbooks are stylish and have settings instead of catalog, cold-blooded item descriptions – they’re not just selling clothing, they’re also selling an idea.

Your taste in art is informed by the art that you are familiar with already. It’s like a markov chain. Imagine how your taste in music has changed since you were a teen – listening to one band introduced you to another, and before you know it you’ve wound up listening to a completely different genre of music and you’re sick of the old stuff. Maybe you made some dramatic leaps from metal to jazz but that’s much rarer than the more gradual changes in preference. Likewise, unless you spend too much time looking through inspo threads, you don’t suddenly decide that goofninja is your thing after spending stacks on Japanese raw denim and red wings and flannels.

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>>9755181
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does anyone have pics of his antwerp collection?

I hope colour makes a comeback, everything is so monochrome