/fa/ - Fashion

I went thrifting to a couple places all day yesterday and it made me realize even more why SLP is so successful.

There's always been that critique of "anyone could thrift this look". Yeah you could, but it takes fucking forever to actually find good pieces at vintage / thrift stores. You have to wade through 99% of random garbage, and even then the best stuff you find always has a couple design "flaws" or features that you would rather do without. Then there is the issue with quality. Sometimes stuff looks nice but it feels like absolute shit and has / will age poorly.

Hedi takes those vintage staples and makes a clean, refined, "perfectly tacky" version of these pieces. You don't have to take your time to look through hundreds of random vintage stuff on ebay, or sort through the same at thrift stores. Especially for rich people - they would probably rather not do that. Hedi gives you a ready to purchase, ready to wear way to buying into the look, which isn't even available via second hand stores in some parts of the world.

Then he spices it up with a bunch of accessories and house codes / branding, puts it on the "cool kids", and sends it down on the runway with an attitude.

No matter what anyone says, slp is a genius example of brand positioning and marketing.

Anyways, here's a pic of the jacket, scarf, and belt I managed to thrift yesterday. Very slp (or what it was inspired by), I wear it with a beige shirt and the scarf thrown around / falling off my shoulder like in some of the SS15 psych rock looks. I like it. The scarf is woven with metallic fibres, so it shines irl and looks much better in photos.

The jacket fits oversized like a yohji jacket, so not the most slp in that sense but i look terrible in skinny stuff so it's my own personal twist on it. I'm also into number nine alot which shares some inspirations in musical subcultures and old western dress, so it's easier to integrate into my wardrobe