/fa/ - Fashion

>>10737443
Vile, why?

It's got a windproof membrane, which is generally not ideal in a fleece, but the styling is legit and it'll do what it says on the tin.

Anyway, the cream-navy is my favorite colorway to look at, but I wouldn't personally buy anything but the grey or the black.

Worth remembering is the 40th anniversary Special Edition Mesclun version, subtly different classic details, a wool outer, and some cool catalog copy I can't find about fixing a broken truck. Better jacket to walk around with and I wouldn't use either for anything super technical. Pic off Rakuten related, also available in a red-navy version you can Google.

>>10728393
Just scrolling down I have to comment on this - Guerrilla Group's designs are generally incoherent clipart design element garbage and this copy is the same shit.

>the biggest manufacturer of Nylon 6 in Asia

We went with the easy cheap option.

>ECOYA ... and low pollution among the many

And we bought their recycled fabric, to make it even cheaper, and so we could hype the environmental benefits.

> fabric with excellent performance in regards to light-fastness, color-fastness against water, washing-fastness, anti-UV and color reproducibility

It's nylon with a UV resistant and DWR treatment!

God hell, come on.

>>10720523
Yes, of course. Give me some guidelines and I'll make something up for you like pic related, which I just felt like making for the thread since a lot of people are travelling now, though it's a bit too late to help anyone probably.

>>10720647
Looks good, and you got some good advice. Danner is fine but those boots veer way too close to #menswear shit for my taste. Avoid the TAD baselayers - the tacticool ethos oozes even into them, and the cut is subpar. Check Kuiu for maybe the best wool baselayer fabric around in similar colors.

Also, what's the jacket? It looks hella familiar but I can't place the logo.

>>10720672
Oh come off it. Dickies are actually great low budget techwear, especially the ones with gussets, especially if you can get them tapered. The polycotton twill is all around excellent: tough, holds deep color, drapes and feels well for what it is, dries fast, and the Teflon finish works well.

And Vans are Vans, simple basic classic work/playhorse shoes. If you've paid any attention at all to Errolson, you'd know 1) he DGAF about whether something is "tech" or not and 2) he genuinely loves Vans slipons, like a lot of people who really get garments.

Finally, elitism especially over money is disgusting.

>>10721583
Fuck yes, although I've been away for a while.

>>10723627
Excellent post. Also like fuck body kits generally, but Civics are genuinely good workhorse cars. When I drove regularly, I almost always owned late '90s Civics, with the double wishbone suspension, and the handling was super snappy and you could coax great gas mileage out of them.

I'll respond to more of the thread later.

It's basic. Most knowledge workers in the developed world use it at least sometimes. It's also just a form of amphetamine. It can be fun and useful, but use it carefully. Don't come to depend on it for daily function.

>>10590624
>>10590636
Vyvanse can be nice, but I think Adderall is generally more useful. A shorter (so, more controllable) and more palpable high IME. Everyone's different - I cannot fuck with Ritalin.

>>10592275
>I like coke met and shit, so.. what do?
Find something that isn't AA in your area and go to it.

>>10592322
>all I do is project an air of aloofness and not talk to anyone, so that their perception of me won't be shattered when the day comes that I defeat my anxiety and become friendly. This would aslo be the day that I would somehow resolve all of my emotional problems, but alas, this day has never, and probably will never, come.

These two things are directly at odds. The day will never come if you continue to be aloof and not talk to anyone. The only real way out of anxiety is through.

Do things, social and otherwise, to add to that human substance you're lacking. Fail. Be humiliated. Get over it. Go deeper into yourself and into your values and go to the things you know you need to be involved with and work on those.

And FFS, [work on] talk[ing] to hot people like they're just as/no more human than you are and eventually you'll click with one of them.

>>10590999
This. Not cool, OP.

This goes for private photos of people in general, too. Like by all means rip off SuFu or a reasonably blown up open Twitter or something, but this isn't the place to throw people into against some kind of choice of theirs.

>>10588994
This is so solid.

>>10589385
Doesn't something look off about it, though?

>>10589669
Lol the tshirt is made of a special cashmere-alpaca-aramid twisted yarn fabric by a nameless anarchist rock climbing collective that lives in a geodesic dome in an isolated part of Ishikawa Prefecture and the pants are Outlier.

Or probably not. Does it matter? People post images for inspiration, not to dictate what is and isn't in a particular style. You could easily assemble that fit out of pieces with useful, interesting fabric and patterning.

As for the fit, it's okay, solid lowkey daily fit, nothing hugely impressive but yeah.

>>10590046
Probably controversial opinion: TNF backpacks, especially the bulky, complicated things with embroidered names you see people walking around with all the time, are not interesting or appealing in the slightest.

>>10591160
Acronym, Howies, Private White VC, Claymore (custom British style motos), and SEH Kelly, which is a really special that brings the kind of attention to detail, fit, and function hiking-look stuff usually has to more traditional forms.

Pic related, although it's not what you want - it's insulated, but check out the feature rundown because it's so cool.

http://www.sehkelly.com/shop/jackets/car-coat-in-black-navy-ventile-ripstop/

You also probably don't want Ventile. It does what it does, but it's heavy and stiff, both qualities exacerbated when it wets out, and it's slow to dry. You get Ventile for the history and tactility and a membraneless synthetic softshell if you want more breathability.

I've got a range of stuff. Probably won't be buying anything this winter. If you're asking for buying advice, talk some about your style, the weather, and what you might have already.

>>10588331
Okay for something from a company like Billabong. I like what they did with the hood.

>>10588416
80g of synthetic insulation should be okay even if it's shit, unless you're somewhere really cold.

Problem is it's probably short filament and won't last too long. I used to think synthetics were better, which they are for performance if you don't care about weight, but when I started living somewhere I needed an insulator for hours a day for months on end they just don't last.

>>10586584
>opposite gender

Anyway, I really like bobs for the way they move and the silhouette they have. Flouncy afros are also incredible, again just for the way they move. Intricate braided updos can be amazing to look at, all the detail and the texture.Tight shaved looks can be absolutely incredible if the person's on point, as well.

The one thing I really don't like in hair is when it's a boring, clean cut but thoughtless professional bro (frat/post-frat or North Brooklyn, either, whatever, it's the same) cut or when it's straight and long much past the chin.

>>10370347
"If you put something together and it doesn’t look so good, the fashion police are not going to come and take you away. And if they do, you might have some fun in jail."

Except for maybe Iris Apfel, there is no one who dresses themselves better on the planet.

"When you don't dress like everyone else, you don't have to think like everyone else."

and

>>10370306
A custom three-group version of the Idrocompresso. (The standard is a two-group.)

*grabs long, hard, cylindrical object furiously*

>>10370302
The Speedster.

>>10367997
Wrong answer, that's the most /fa/ drink to order at an actual coffeeshop.

If you've somehow decided to voluntarily go to a Starbucks - a fast food breakfast and lunch joint, basically - you might as well get something they actually do well. Sure, Frappuccino are ridiculous and obscene, but 1) welcome to late capitalism, if you can't walk out the door out of self respect you might as well enjoy your stay, and 2) never forget George Howell invented them and sold the rgihts to Starbucks when they were smaller. Same with the Jeff Koons spins on the latte.

Exception, I guess, for the stores with Reserve programs and Clover machines, but still. You probably have better options.

Finally, if for some reason you have no other recourse for a place to camp out on Wifi: Starbucks has a policy not to kick you out of you don't buy anything, and they have to give you free ice water if you ask. And if you need some coffee while there: fine, go ahead, you're only hurting yourself.

>>10368171
But not medically, gosh. Unless you have a heart condition or need to avoid stimulants for some brain-related reason, caffeine is good for you in every way.

Caring about addiction separate from health effects is stupid. Especially a caffeine addiction - you're clear of it in three days. The second day is the worst.

And coffee stained teeth are /fa/, sorry.

>>10368208
>Ask for a black iced coffee no sweetener. We're not mind readers.

You have to realize how stupid this is?

>>10368785
The most /fa/ espresso you can get is making it yourself with a Kees van der Western Mirage Idrocompresso. (The Speedster looks nicer, but it's not manual, so it's less /fa/, duh.)

Moka pot coffee is good, but it's not proper espresso.

Pic is Richard Sapper's Alessi 9090 design for one.

The one that's the tool you want to use to make pictures, /fucking thread.

>>10367340
GOAT camera, too bad it's film.

>>10367353
How cheap are we talking, to do what with?

>>10366180
Ooold Gyakusou. I think it was F/W 2012.

I think you stand a decent chance of copping it, though. eBay is flooded with Gyakusou.

>TIL I wanna be a nike slut
Welcome to greatness.

>>10366255
That fit is so right.

>>10366318
>Nike sell something for their price and then Mizuno Japan sell their stuff for double or triple the price; yeah it's harder to get, but what is Nike doing that another company isn't: they're selling flashy poorly made clothes that can't stand up to a real workout

To be honest I'm not sure what you're trying to say here?

At least from a performance perspective, Nike's fabrics are top notch. I don't know what you're talking about with durability, unless you're machine washing it the wrong way.

>>10366871
Life shit's getting in the way of doing long posts, but I'll get it up.

>>10366882
Arc'Teryx isn't my taste, but the zip's not two-way?

>>10362808
>I'll hit you back tomorrow.

Or sometime. Saving the thread.

>>10362724
Dry or wet climate? How low to you expect the temperature to get, in the daytime and in the nighttime? Is it windy there?

>>10361902
Ah, someone makes an actual argument, nice. I'll hit you back tomorrow.

>>10362022
Handwash. You can get away with >>10362402 if necessary, but trust me, either handwash or take your clothes to a professional cleaner. It's worth the time and/or money in the long run.

Unless something else is indicated, scented castile soap and a cold to slightly lukewarm water. You don't want hot, although polyester can take it better than anything, but a little warmth helps the scent take on whatever odor might remain on the garment. Ideally, dry anything knit flat, although again, polyester will stand up to it better than most other fabrics. Definitely dry wool and silk flat.

>>10361635
>bourgeois conspiracy to devalue the original

I don't think this at all. I don't think Kashiwazaki entered in to this thinking about class or the social role of the shoes he picked at all. *That's the problem*.

>if anything, an homage will only add to the original's prestige.

A real homage, but not this shit. Again, my central contention is that taking designs whose value lies in large part in that they are mass produced, accessible, democratic, and exactly reproducing them with artisinal techniques, in a culture with huge narratives about them being better, in small batches at exclusive prices represents an ethical and artistic failure. The hubris of thinking your craft is so great and so interesting that you could add to those shoes. We wouldn't even be talking about Kashiwazaki if it wasn't for the designers and accumulated cultural weight of those shoes.

>strive to say something clearly and simply.

That is. It's a straightforward articulation of a gut-level disgust, not something "contrived and gymnastic" at all. And shit like "contrived and gymnastic" is awful rich from someone who said "i invoked occam's razor is as follows" and proceeded, again, to grab it by the blade and shove its handle up his ass because he heard it in some bastardized, contextless form like "the simplest explanation is the best!!11!!" Or who thinks a defensive wisecrack of Freud's is actually a principle. Or who drops a dismissive reference to the Frankfurt School in like he's Glenn Beck.

>>10360114
>>10360744
>>bball his and Hender scheme MIP are totally different

Pay attention. I was talking about their differences. Bball His and MIP 01 both owe something to AF1s, but they go in completely direction directions. One is good and one is not. That's my point.

>the designer was interested in taking mass produced products and remaking them from raw materials by hand. He was fascinated by the way they would age differently and the all the subtle differences between the two that climate in two totally different shoes
> the creator of the MIP series was more concerned about just taking a material he liked and applying it to a shape he liked

Fucking hell, I don't care, I'm not addressing his intention directly.

Since you seem into invoking big overblown detritus in insubstantial ways, let me throw you a critical process usually attributed to Matthew Arnold.

>1. What is the artist trying to do?

We don't disagree about this.

>2. Does he succeed in doing it?

We also don't disagree about this.

>3. Was it worth doing?

We disagree about this. What I'm saying is, "No, because [everything I've said in this thread].

You have to judge a work by its effects, not by what the artist said they wanted to do. That can often help illumine the effects, and here it does: craftsman dude makes shit to show off his skill, completely divorced from the meaning, history, and function of the objects he's visiting it on. He could have picked any shoes. It's wankery.

>>10359360
Thanks, anon.

>>10359371
Most (all?) of Maharishi's 3XDRY stuff is cotton, IIRC, and will dry just as slow as any other cotton. 3XDRY is Schoeller's branding for a chemical hydrophobic, water repellent treating on the outside and a hydrophilic, water attracting treatment on the inside. The inside wicks your sweat through and spreads it across the outside, which, having a higher surface area and being kept dry by the water repellent treatment, makes it evaporate faster. It's going to resist rain, but it's hardly going to be waterproof, just like you say.

Uniqlo's water resistant stuff has a chemical DWR on the outside, similarly, but it's usually made of polyester, which is inherently hydrophobic. The water doesn't seep into the fiber, it just hangs out in the spaces between, ready to evaporate into the air, and so it dries faster than cotton. The stuff that isn't polyester is nylon, which absorbs more water than polyester but less than nylon.

>>10359376
Will do something in this line tomorrow night. Won't be exhaustive, because holy fuck fabrics.

>>10359706
HNNNG.

Pic is a random-ish image illustrating the Klattermusen Frode softshell, lifted from Rakuten.

>>10358549
Fucking childhood right here.

>>10359682
>you're over analyzing this
>if you like the original more, nothing is stopping you from buying the original. and nothing is forcing you to buy hender scheme's version if you don't like HS's version.

What is criticism?

>here's a simpler explanation

You're not seriously suggesting that we end our critical assessment of creative work at the creator's conscious intentions, are you?

>the one doesn't detract from the other. their existences aren't mutually exclusive you knob.

This merits more of a response, but I'm going to bed shortly. I'll write something up tomorrow night.

>>10359632
Lol, why not? Make a counterargument.

Pic is a /fa/g's lived in AF1s from an old thread.