/fa/ - Fashion

>>9360113
90% of /fa/ are teenage autists that don't know how to talk to girls and don't know how to socialize well with their peers. these are not the kind of people you want at your parties.

Luckily I am in the other 10%. I usually hear about parties via facebook invites or word of mouth. I'm not going to go to a party just because I see a random flyer or advertisement for it. I go to all kinds of parties, usually house parties that get crowded and a little rowdy, the kind where I feel sincerely bad for whoever is gonna have to clean up that mess in the morning. I dress casually at parties, but I do sometimes make an effort to wear my more /fa/ clothes. A few steps up from what I wear when just going to the grocery store or running errands.

>>9360113
i dont go to parties anymore but when i did they were usually associated with the local underground music, art, or drug scenes, and the overlaps thereof. punks, metalheads, pill poppers, painters, print makers, etc. now that i think of it it was pretty dirty. sorry op cant help if you were thinking of trying to get anyone wealthy and clean

>>9360113
welcome to /fa/, the board culture here is a shitstorm so get ready. most cool fashionable people are busy liking what they like and don't visit /fa/ because they don't need an imageboard to tell them what to wear

i would think word of mouth and posters would be your best bet. all of the cool parties/monetized house shows that i went to this year i heard about through word of mouth. come up with a cool name and format (the biggest one i went to was a once-a-month art show/dance party combo) and after one big hit party it will be a self-sustaining machine

as far as how to get the word out there, it would help to have a 'cool' group of friends as the host, and then they can invite their friends and it can spread from there. its all about networking with the cool kids

just my thoughts

>going to parties
are you seriously thinking I ma going throw away the money I save for my cops?

>>9360132
Sounds like the average high school party

>>9360141
No, wealthy and clean are not necessarily the aesthetic I was looking for, every bit helps. Last party I threw was very much a drug-punk scene. It made me 670 bucks, and made lots of connects, so thanks.

>>9360132
You're the 10% I'm looking for, then.

So facebook and word of mouth mainly, then? I've found a lot of success on twitter and facebook. Maybe I'll hire someone with a big mouth. Look for someone who doesn't care about their house being rented out too. Thanks for the input.

>>9360151
Yeah, I've got that 'cool kid' circle working downtown with a word of mouth thing, but no cool nickname yet. Any suggestions on a cactchy name for them? I've thrown two so far that made $1090. Many people asking when the next one is, so I need some sort of moniker people recognize.

>>9360152
>Not making money from people who go to parties to spend on cops

You're missing the point my friend.

>>9360113
I only go to after parties of local bands. They're lame because everyone at shows acts cliquey because they're social rejects outside of the music scene and have no social skills.

>>9360169
Do you bring a friend or go alone to these

>>9360208
I go with a couple friends but I like to mingle with new people and the people there suck at conversation.

>>9360169
Are local bands a thing that draws you particularly? Or is that because that's all there is in your area? Curious to see if I should speak to local bands to get them and their groupies in the doors.

Someone's never heard of a squat rave

>>9360288
No, I haven't. What is a "Squat Rave".

Are you talking about those goth kids under bridges? I won't be doing those.

>>9360290
Get a crew together, set up facebook event pages and soundsystem etc
Many DJs play for free to get rep
Hosted in empty houses and warehouses etc, £10-15
17-25 year olds turn up in thousands high as shit ready to spend money on alcohol and nos balloons
You can't do it if you're just a white kid tho

A group of my friends are actually doing this same thing. They throw "renegade parties" which is basically a facebook event where the location is sent only by personal message on the day of the event. Typically the locations are in some woods right outside of the city (Vancouver) and they have DJs set up a generator and speakers. They don't charge to show up, only for drinks. People are nice enough to appreciate them throwing these events enough to donate, or to buy their drinks from them instead of bringing their own beer. These parties attract a lot of local artists and creative types. There is a nudist that frequents them.

>>9360301
>People are nice enough to appreciate them throwing these events enough to donate
I fucked this sentence up so bad lol

>>9360301
>>9360308
fuck I'd like to attend but I'm a social recluse and dont have facebook

>>9360320
so am i
the only reason I check facebook is for these events

you should go to basscoast or shambala

>>9360113
>Last week on /biz/ I posted an idea to make a lot of money for a little money by throwing local parties
go into detail; how do you make money?
I'd like to try this.

To answer your questions:
>What sort of parties do you go to?
i don't anymore.
>How do you dress?
what every the dresscode or "vibe" is. some people really like events where you have to get dressed up. but putting "dress code" on the flyer usually means the event is shitty or pretentious.
I wear a party jacket and heels; denim if I want to be more casual; slacks if I'm trying to dress up some. I pretty much never wear dresses.
>How do you hear about your parties (Online, Flyers, local areas, etc.)
generally word of mouth, like through facebook or something. make an event and tell people to invite their friends, etc etc etc
sometimes, posting flyers on college bulletin boards can spread the word well.
but I've never gone to some random event because I saw a flyer, you have to have some decent third party backing. if there are a series of events or something I know about, then I may check out something I alone hear about, but generally, I stick with things that have some sort of secondary approval.

>>9360297
Oh yeah, I've never heard them called Squat raves, in the US but I know what you're talking about, sure.

I don't have enough to make tremendous profit on those yet, but I'm working my way to it. To do those legally you've got to have dosh and jump through a few hoops of red-tape in NYC, so I'll have to work my way up to it.

>>9360301
It's a great way to make money and have fun doing it. I'm good on rent for 3 months and can still throw 3 more if I want to spend all of it. I suggest more people do this.

I should add that if any of you /fa/ guys and gals are in the NYC area and want to make extra money for help, let me know.

>>9360331
This is a copy of what I posted on /biz to the same question:

It wasn't hard, I paid a local bar 100 to let me throw it there. I live in lower Manhattan.

I gave 50 to the bartender for the night. Bar made money, I collected for each person that entered. It was easy.

I hadn't considered house parties on the simple fact of taking a hit with the liquor, but I'll be able to do it and make a profit soon.

I promoted using twitter and Facebook, as well as some flyers at the local bars and in my area. Word of mouth doesn't hurt too. Charged just 10 dollars at the door.

I got lucky with rowdy people. I have one friend that's 6'3'' at the door checking IDs and he's enough to get people to think he's security. I just drink with him at the door most of the night.

I brought in the sound system from a neighbor who let me borrow it the first bar. The second bar had a sound system with an AUX port in the back, so that wasn't necessary.

>>9360332
UK squat raves are huge business
I'd say 25% of the young adults in the country have been to one
Yeah police and legality are a problem, the people running it are well versed in the technicalities of it as to not get arrested, but they often get shut down

>>9360330
but even if I create facebook profile, who will send me invitations?

I will

Are they being hosted soon?

>>9360338
It's a great racket here in the city too. A few NYE parties were cancelled due to permits and people didn't get their money refunded. It's theft, technically, but they made insane amounts of money.

When I have enough to hire a couple of regulars that aren't just friends, I'm going to attempt a small scale one of these.

>>9360339
there is one on jan 30th at the waldorf
its titled "generate"
contact the host and let him know you want to get in on more of these events, he's a nice guy

>>9360277
One of my best friends is the organizer of the rock music club of my university. He books indie bands and local bands at small local venues about once a month.. The only good local band in phoenix atm is snakecharmer. Were I you I would utilize tumblr hype and try to befriend some liberal arts majors.

>>9360113
Dis some tom haverford shit mang

I always was more inclined to go to parties if it had something out of the ordinary I was able to participate in.
Silent discos, raves, community mural, house show or somewhere where I would perform. All very neat. Gives people something to talk about.
Every Halloween this guy throws a free costume party on the south side with free liquor, and they do covers in weird get ups.
Its pretty cool

>>9360416
Tumblr is interesting but feels too broad. I use FB and Twitter to zero in on areas, but I'll give tumblr a try too.

I have connects at local art schools, so I'll try that too, to find more local bands, thanks.

>>9360429
I've gone to silent raves, and was interested in that to mitigate noise complaints.

So some sort of memorable theme then. I'll keep that in mind.

>>9360113
I dunno if you would want my opinion because I'm 19 and only just started being social like, a year ago.
I go to mostly house parties with people from school or work, I've only been to the club twice because it fucking sucks. I hear about parties through word of mouth or facebook.
I dress comfortably so I don't stand out too much, unless there's a dress code, then I go all out

>>9360113
Yo let me know if you're in the NYC area. I can help you with whatever. I've recently been trying to quit partying and bullshitting because I want to focus on college and shit but I really don't care about that anymore. There's no party type mah dude. Everybody wants to party but people are to anxious about shit like that. I've quit 100% but I still fuck with alcohol, LSD, Xanax, Vicodin, or whatever the fuck else I fine around. I generally go to house parties because those shits are the best. And generally I get invited to parties by word of mouth and then there is a FB event page letting everyone know the specific details. I'm not /fa/ though. I'm not some faggot dressing like a retard. NYC is cold for that shit.

>>9360332
Mah dude I got you. Lmk if need help with starting parties or getting people to come and shit.

>>9360447
>>9360472
BTW I will never go to a bar again. First time in a bar I was drunk and high as fuck and did coke for the first time. I nearly fucked some girl in her BF's car after I got into a fight with him. I hooked ump with 7 girls that night and it was nasty as fuck. I got this kid so wasted he could walk.

>>9360472
Good. If you have hookups in these departments and are in the NYC, you're perfect. email me at farachael@mailinator.com and I'll get back to you with my real e-mail and digits and we can start talking bank and partyin'.

>>9360482
couldn't

>>9360489
What do you mean by hookups? I'm 18 bro going to be 19 soon enough, but I got a legit fake. I got friends in the city and shit but idk what you want me to do. Also you some random nigga on the internet. Idk what I'm entrusting you with?

>>9360432
u can also set up galleries and shit for up and coming artists at said art schools, they usually end up with a party

i miss art school...

>>9360514
Listen buddy, you offered, so I extended. If you're already getting jumpy on me don't worry about it.

>>9360482
>7 hookups + coke
>you don't want to go back

If that's true at all, I don't know why you wouldn't want to party like that again. Not ever single night, but damn.

>>9360529
Because that night, my bro made me drive on all that shit and I don't even have a license. I still don't know how we didn't get caught. Also I would love to do that shit again. Just not have to drive and shit.
But yea mah dude, I emailed you.

>>9360529
BTW you got to college in the city?

i'm a socially retarded NEET who hasn't had any friends since High School.
h-how do i party?

>>9360584
be attractive, get drunk and make a bitch yours.

>>9360113
>asking /biz/ for advice in the first place
I can tell this is going to end badly already. Sorry in advance for your arrest + fines + jail time.

>>9360608
/biz/ was useless. I'm not doing anything illegal and don't plan to. Not sure what you mean.

>>9360584
Gotta get out of the socially retarded part first in order to party. I'm sorry, it just doesn't work with out that.

>>9360671
hey man social retards deserve to party too

nothing gives me confidence like seeing someone even more socially inept than me

>>9360132
>i go to all sorts of partys
>house partys
>party partys
>all kinds of partys
nigga you the 9 out of 10

im not gonna go to any fuckin party unless there's someone there handing out eight balls and a fuckin gloryhole for me to stick my dick into with ryan gosling sucking me on the other side

>tfw want to go to cool parties and get trashed
>tfw uni is known for its lackluster party scene
Man I would totally go to one of your parties OP when I go up to the city. I generally appreciate parties that are more exclusive/attract more interesting people. I don't wanna get drunk with a bunch of retired sorority girls.

Get some people from your local colleges to hand out flyers in their schools.

>>9360113
I should watch Blade Runner again.

>>9360489
You still around op? Is it too late to get in on this? Live in Brooklyn, not into the whole scene but would like to learn what you do.

>>9360132
rephrase OP's post as "I want to attract the kind of people /fa/ thinks they are"

>>9360113
I can tell you one thing, fucking find good DJs. You want to have music that's a little more tasteful and ahead of mainstream trends. You want to have a DJ that knows how to have a good energy and find the good stuff.

>>9360113
Isn't it illegal to charge for parties, at least in certain states?
Might wanna check up on that. Might just be California only. I can't rememeber where I heard about it.

>>9361023
Yeah, I'm still monitoring the thread. You live in BK? What is it you were interested in knowing?

>>9361278
So far the only lines I've got are DJs I know personally, who are actually pretty good. I meet a lot of them at parties I attend myself, so I'll scout some. You can get a lot o DJ's to attend purely for rep, and they'll do it for free. Next gig throwing in Bushwick DJ's doing it as long as we hand out his stickers.

>>9361518
Not here in NY, thankfully.

>>9361545
I personally DJ house parties for free, but as an event organizer you'd get rep and respect for giving the DJ a split as soon as you can afford to. He's vital to the party after all.

>>9361572
Okay thanks, I'll remember that.

>>9361578
good luck with your future projects

>>9360113
>What sort of parties do you go to?
Ones my bf drags me along to with the occasional girls night out
>How do you dress?
In clothes
>How do you hear about your parties (Online, Flyers, local areas, etc.)
Word of mouth, flyers are sketchy, social media is autistic

>>9360584
learn how normalcools think; it's actually really easy, just don't be dense, which is the problem with most /arcanine/ retards
they could easily become a sociopathic manipulator if they stop being dense and put forth a proper effort on how others think instead of trying to figure out why other people don't think like them

it takes empathy and open mindedness and time

>>9360685
If you're sourcing confidence from seeing people who are worse off than you, then you need to fix that dude. Not a healthy outlook.

It's like looking at pictures of starving African children every morning so that you can appreciate how good your life is. Messed up lol.

>>9360671
Well at least you're smart enough to figure out biz is full of crap. Seems like you know what you're doing. GL with your parties dude. ^_^

i go to parties where we smoke dank ass weed

I love cross-forum posters!

>>9360113
I don't really have any advice that hasn't already been said but I'll tell you this.

My older brother does this, he hosts "events" but it's exactly what you are doing but I think with a little more people involved.

He uses Facebook to spread word and him and his mates go to local malls and sell "advance tickets" to people. They wear t shirts with the party details and their moniker as well to spread word at the same time.

I'm pretty sure he charges 10 or 15 bucks a head at the door, or if you buy an "advance ticket" although there is literally no benefit in buying a ticket before hand.

I guess making it seem reputable is the biggest thing so they don't look like a bunch of young dickheads out to steal ya hard earned money.

So they always register the party with the local police station in the venue, let the know about projected numbers, what security is going to be like, if any at all, names and phone numbers of staff, just in good faith with the cops.

Well their first party they had about 1500 people attending, cops said sweet, next thing you know the number is closer to 2000. The cops said ok but they will provide some officers and a dog to make sure it doesn't get out of hand.

About a week before the night my brother gets a call from the police saying it's too many people and the risk is too high. Cancel it.

Nothing he could do, he PMd everyone who had clicked going on the fb event page. Made a statement on the fb page saying why it's called off and even got the police fb to post on the vent page so people know it's legit.

>>9361848
He gave people 2 weeks to collect their refunds if they had already bought a ticket. He posted times he'd be at the mall where people could come up show their ticket and he'd give them the money.

He also posted that people who don't collect their refund will have their 10 bucks donated to the local kids hospital.

I think they ended up donating a little bit over a grand to the kids hospital. They got a photo woth some kids and hospital staff handing over the cheque and the hospital thanked their event service for the generous donation on their fb page.

So now they are known as the party/event organisers who donate to kids hospitals.

It's all about rep mate.

They've been pretty successful ever since.

So there you go, hope you can take something useful away from that.

>>9361827
I hate it, usually one acts retarded with the other. Like when I'm on /g/ and /fa/gs act try-hard, or when /g/ sees /fa/ and spergs out that as soon as something looks good they throw a tantrum that it somehow means no function.
Somehow

good music brings good people brings more people

>>9360113
>>9360113
small, dirty clubs in south london. cheap strong alcohol. drugs. good speakers. sweat dripping from the roof. sticky flooring.

bass music.
techno, grime, garage, dubstep.

wear only black.

>>9360113
pay attention to your local scenes and appeal to them
my place has a noise scene going, and a hardcore punk and one for hip-hop

not much for /bleeps/ music though

>>9361545
How you go about organizing events. It is something I have thought about trying to get involved in.

Do you know the big boys of ny party scene like Kingzly or Kazi?

>>9361754
Very Helpful.

>>9361584
Thanks!

>>9361813
Hey, thanks

>>9361848
>>9361853
Sounds like a nightmare, yeah. It's really all about how you look when you're bigger than me. Next thing's got 81 people coming, hoping to knock it up to 100 for the next one, so we'll see.

>>9362059
No, I haven't heard of them. Should I?

>>9360113
Make sure there aren't any niggers around. Niggers will literally ruin any setting with their behavior. You should also stay away from Australia as much as possible. While Australians and niggers are bad, make sure there aren't any Asian males around either. Asian males are uncool and you don't want them making your event lame.

tl;dr: niggers are bad, so are australians and asian males

If you're in Detroit, hire Omar S. to DJ the event.

If you're in New York, Kerri Chandler is the man to go to.

If you're in Manchester, UK, Lone will make it bump.

If you hire any of these guys for your events I will personally suck your dick. No homo.

Do you have a FB page or something? I'm from NYC and would like to come to one of your parties in the future

>>9362239
I don't, this is all word of mouth/local shit so far, and the FB event expired. Next one though, I can post it here on /fa/, but I doubt that's welcome.

Been on biz before and I gotta say this is a pretty good idea for a young person to start up.
When I party I usually find out about it through word of mouth and friends. Get some liquor and turn the fuck up. I prefer house parties cause those are the most fun. Raves can be alright too but from what I've experienced the grittier the place the party is hosted the more fun it is. I usually wear casual clothing shit that I won't care about if some some chick spills or whatever else happens that night ruins the clothes.

Just be careful where you host the place OP, cause property damage with a bunch of drunk or high people is a very real threat, and you don't want to be forking over your whole paycheck for the night because somebody got into a fight or some shit.

>>9362254
Nah man think of it as free PR. It's not like we don't have anywhere to go to wear our sick fits anyways

>>9360301
>Vancouver

details?

>>9360113

i fucking love this blade runner fan art!!


any more in the same vein?

These days, I usually end up out at small music venues in town to see friends' bands. Since I turned 21 or left college, I've gone to far fewer house parties.

Back in college I used to host/dj parties, sometimes at my house and sometimes >>9360301 this style out in the woods with a generator. We never charged, but we could've made money on drinks. It's more than you want to deal with though, especially when drunk college kids are concerned. People are gonna try and steal your booze, they'll refuse to pay, they'll bring their own alcohol. If you're not at a college and you're able to organize squats and free parties in the traditional sense of the term, you tend to attract people who care more about the party/music than just a night of drinking. Those kind of people will donate out of appreciation everyone has a great time.

If you're trying to host parties with /fa/ people, having connections is key, especially in nyc. The awesome parties in New York are loft parties hosted by people who already have lots of model/musician/artist friends. I guess you can start small like you're doing, but fashionable people probably won't want to hang out at a divey local bar unless you have a good draw.

>>9362680
I've been lucky with some of the connections I've made during the last couple of things, so I'm looking forward to using them this next time. I'm getting mostly the right types, but I'm carefully crafting how I throw these next few to see if I can control what type of people show up. We'll see.

>>9362372
Well thanks, I'll keep that in mind. If everyone is cool with it, I'll post when they're going down in a short thread.

Thanks for everyones input, all of it has been seriously helpful. 4AM here though, and now I must sleep. I'll be around tomorrow for suggestions or ideas if the thread is still up.

>>9362229
Just fuck up cunt, honestly.

>>9362741
itt bunch of losers making pocket change

and acting like it takes some sort of entrepreneurial skillset that is hard to come by

hurr durr if i just use business buzz words and buy stuff that says 4 SRS BZNESS ONLY LIKE A BLACKBERRY

THAN I AM BNSS PWNER!!!

>>9360113

in HS me and a friend hosted a few raves.


We made about $250-$350 a night charging an entry free, and we even got booked a birthday gig that paid $400 because of it.


DJing can be so fucking easy if you have the right equipment.

Add a good music taste, basic understanding of marketing and how to make a good party atmosphere and chicks, you got a stew going

>>9362761
Take money where you can get it. If you can figure out something that works for you then do that. It isn't rocket science. Take a little bit of extra money and turn into more. Are you against that idea?

>hurr durr
>4 SRS BZNESS ONLY LIKE A BLACKBERRY
>THAN I AM BNSS PWNER!!!

An embarrassing, bumbling fool. Your words speak for themselves. Cool trip.

>>9362799
It's true man, people want to party. you give them some music and a place to do it in and they will pay you for it.

>>9360113
you want to make money out of parties? put Techno, cheap cocktails, a reasonable entry fee and 50% off for chicks.

>>9362229
You don't have any friends IRL do you?