/fa/ - Fashion

MA+ ('m-a cross', 'cross' or 'across') is the label of Italian designer Maurizio Amadei. True to name, it draws inspiration from naturally occurring meeting points and intersections, which are o fften expressed through his innovative folding techniques, original cuts and unique fabric selection.


Based in the countryside, north of Rome, MA+ stays true to its artisan surroundings. Amadei's fascination with the experimental and structure shines through his designs.


Many designs, shirts and leather bags are constructed from a single piece of material resulting in unique and innovative cuts. Another typical element is the frequent use of hand crafted silver buttons, accessories and small cross insignias on most of MA+ pieces.

CCP. Some guy who lives in his basement creating next level shit?

CCP

Rick Owens

birthed in a spawn of alligator semen, the hairs of bison, Rick Owens wore a pair of Nikes so hard (he was abusing coke in LA nightclubs and roiding while making designer fakes) they elongated to define his aesthetic of "sportswear amped up to 11."

>>6688807
>>6688812
This

>>6688807
>>6688812
>>6688825
this should explain it clearly

http://www.carolchristianpoell.com/

>>6688836
>http://www.carolchristianpoell.com/

im afraid

>>6688836
what the fuck

>>6688836
I liked it more w/ the goofy horse

paul harnden
incarnation
carpe diem

Three cool interviews, if anyone is interested

A Diciannoveventitre / Augusta - Simone Ceccheto

http://hlorenzola(.)blog _ spot(.)com(.)ar/2010/03/augusta-by-simone-cecchetto-interview.html

Forme D'Expression - Koeun Park

http://hlorenzola(.)blog _ spot(.)com(.)ar/2010/05/forme-33204322896-by-koeun-park.html

Lost&Found - Ria Dunn

http://hlorenzola(.)blog _ spot(.)com(.)ar/2010/03/lost-by-ria-dunn-interview-by-kevin-y.html

Also old CCP

http://stylezeitgeist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4850

>>6688854

>saging a thread where people will potentially know more about designers
>asking for info and saging

retard

>>6688865

hanes

>>6688854
tfw i skipped those and just copped ccp

>>6688922
skipping paul harnden

not even once

>>6688807
>>6688812
born in austria, trained in vienna, works in italy, been showing mens since 1995, womens since 1998 (the womens line is called "FE-MALE")

ccp sz discussion thread (worth reading):
http://stylezeitgeist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2604

heres a pretty nice collection of ccp images
http://16009-0.tumblr.com/

cool article about a ccp show:
http://philosophyofthewellfed.tumblr.com/post/47022988716/in-2003-new-yorker-critic-judith-thurman-visited

i have scans of an interview saved too, ill post em. ur not gonna find any solid database of info about him but theres plenty of single articles & interviews scattered around (some collected in that sz thread)

>>6688922
Nice cop, bro!

>>6688942
2/4

>>6688929

>>6688927
i tried on some ph heels today ^____^

>>6688945
3/4

>>6688949
4/4

forgot about this website too but a lot of its in german:
http://carolchristianpoell.mak.at//biography

I'd like to know more about Margiela - the man himself. I've always been intrigued with how anonymous he was besides the basics we know about him at Antwerp or working for Galliano.

>>6688942
>no pics
>no pics
>no pics
stop making my mistake
>forgot to take pics w/ rick wedges ;_;
regret whenver remember

>>6688962
what a badass

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>>6688949
>>6688945
>>6688942

check the thread, already been posted

>>6688962
Also, a very early photo of him that many here have probably not seen.

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>>6688962
Also, I don't know why I wrote Galliano.

CCP is cool but do you guys who buy it really have that kind of money? I know some of you do, but all of you?

like if you make lots of money at a sweet job, okay, great. enjoy your expensive hobbies. I'm jealous.

but if you're saving up for this shit and then dropping that much money on one piece, what are you going to do when something spills or a car drives over a littered coffee cup and it sprays you (this happened to me once actually) or life shits on your clothing in some other way? What are you going to do when it's ruined? How can you not live in perpetual fear while you wear it?

I may not be breaking the mould by liking raw denim jeans, leather work boots, and field jackets, but knowing that every day that I wear them they're getting better-looking, that makes me feel great about wearing them. And I can afford to indulge that interest and make bad impulsive cops once in a while without dying of buyer's remorse. I can afford to lose everything, too. I've ruined shoes before. They were dear to me, and it sucked. But I got over it, because replacing them (while annoying) was possible. If they had been $2000 shoes, I don't know what I would have done. I would have been devastated.

Every piece of clothing has a limited lifespan. You have to be prepared for everything you buy to one day become beyond repair.

So do you all make plenty of money or are some of you making dumb purchases?

if you really are all just loaded then I'm sorry for posting this, enjoy your ccp

>>6689006
i dont think the lifespan is the biggest issue, again a reasonable person would probably just understand that things happen by chance and it's not like you can live life eliminating all the improbabilities

i think the issue is more...
if you're saving months for a ccp piece how will it fit against your allsaints?
>ccp'sfw

>>6689006

no object you buy with be 100% permanent.

i would have no problem dropping $4000 on a jacket if i loved the design even if it lasted 6 months

i learn quite a bit from the products i own regardless of how often i wear them or how long they last, and the important thing to me is the knowledge i get from the things i buy.

>>6689015

will be*

>>6688929
wow that tumblr was amazing

>>6689006
nobody here on /fa/ has an extensive ccp collection

teddy has a pair of sneakers and i'd bet some other members may have a couple pieces but that is it

no full wardrobes like sz

Uniqlo

>>6688978
i tried to take a picture and an IF sa told me off lmao

whole experience there was kind of bizarre ill tell u about it l8r

>>6688987
i think it'll be ok

>>6689006
This thread isn't about buying things, it's about learning.

>>6689032
>teddy has a pair of sneakers
really? this is just sad

i don't even understand why he tries

>>6689015
are you loaded? how the hell do you make your money?

>>6689036

basically every store like that in nyc youre not supposed to take pics in my experience if ur just a regular customer

>>6689018
It sounds a little too utilitarian to bitch about lifespan, I know. But it's a very real possibility that they could be ruined the first month you wear them. It's great to learn from the pieces you own, I don't disagree with that motive for buying one bit. But as dry and boring as it is, it makes a lot of sense to think about minimizing or at least mitigating risk. Partially just because it make it easier for you to relax!

>>6689032
I'm not really arguing about whether you guys can afford to buy a piece. I'm just wondering whether you can afford the mental trauma of losing a piece of CCP. I know how awful it is to lose an expensive piece, but my "expensive" pieces are barely 1/4 of CCP's price tag.

I just feel like if you save up and buy the coolest shoes of all time and love them to bits and then they get wrecked from some random act of God on your first month of owning them, you'll be spending a long time brooding about the pointless random cruelty of life and the way everything good comes to an end, screaming at God for answers, etc.

I just don't think it's wise to put yourself at risk of feeling a loss so crushing.

>>6689121

no, im not loaded at all, im just saying that if a design is interesting to me, i wouldnt have a problem spending lots of money on it

>>6689132

>I'm just wondering whether you can afford the mental trauma of losing a piece of CCP.

im not sure everyone gets attached to personal possessions in the same way, if something of mine, regardless of how expensive it is gets ruined, it sucks, but its not really a big deal to me, just get over it.

if i lost my arm, thats another story.

>>6689132
u can always machine wash ur ccp leather products if they get dirty like it says it right there in the care booklet idk what the issue is

>>6689036
lmfao

the sa's were real bros w/ me and supported me throughout
i guess im jst 2 cute 2 deny B)

>>6689376
please stop trying to be twerk it's gross because twerk is cute but ur hairy man tier

>>6689376
2qt2live, 2sexc2die B^)

why wud any1 lern about designers man
just wear the clothes lmao
when u buy potato
do you wonder who grew it?
i bet u do, faggot

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>>6689435
what you've just written is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

>>6689435
i know ur just joking but shit that made me lol

>>6689435
w h e n u b u y p o t a t o
d o y o u w o n d e r w h o g r e w i t ?
i b e t y o u d o , f a g g o t

>>6689435

This is so priceless I capped it for future use. Thank you.

>>6689435
You poor, uneducated, stubborn fool,

It is with great interest that I must inform you that both your logic and your reasoning are flawed, and that you are obviously misinformed about the topic in hand. To be honest, you represent the small part of every community which lack the ability to think and comprehend things like humas do. In fact, your mental capabilities would closely resemble that of a lump of turd. I had second thoughts writing this, as I am not sure if you have the skills associated with reading. I kindly ask you, on behalf of everyone else, to kill yourself, thereby removing yourself from the gene pool to prevent people like from being born.
You have permission to writhe in your own idiocy.

Sincerely,
Your intellectual superior.

>>6689435
This is poetry

>Band of Outsiders

Educate me

Quick silver

>>6689577
hipster

>>6689577
the devendra banhart promo taught me all I needed to know about the brand

>it made me like the brand more

>>6689435
#rekt

>>6689577
Founded by former Hollywood agent Mr Scott Sternberg in 2004, Band of Outsiders does a modern, rebellious take on American style. The brand’s preppy, classics-with-a twist can be dressed up for a contemporary work look, or worn more casually for the perfect weekend ensemble.
Think preppy men's classics with a twist.

>>6689642
>Sternberg
Are all designers jewish?

>>6689653
yeah just look at ricks nose

>>6689409
excuse me
it was 2fierce2live2hot2die
get it 2getha

>>6689407
>twerk is cute

aww anon-kun (◡‿◡✿)

>>6689006
>>6689132
wabi sabi nigga

>>6689599
i copped a lot of it tho #real

>>6689773
>wabi sabi
truth
thats the way to live srsly ever since i read about it ive been so much more at peace with myself and where i am in life and fashion

>>6689653
Fashion is probably one of the least semitic mediums tbh

>>6689890
you'll find that a lot of designers from the 20th cent were money'd jews that bank rolled hard.

that's not to say it was exclusively jews.

>>6689915
yes yes good goy

bump for genuinely good thread

>>6689915

thats because for a very long period of time jews could only work as mobile types of trades, merchants, tailors, financiers.

jewish tailors actually developed lots of the ways modern clothing is designed and constructed. i had a teacher who had a huge archive of tailoring magazines and documents from the 19th century written by jewish tailors on design and garment development.

>>6690896
what....
there have always been huge jewish populations in europe?
why would they be restricted to 'mobile trades'
tf is a mobile trade?

>>6690914
I think he means that gentiles had a lock on all the stationary artisanal stuff like masonry & carpentry. If a big structure was going up the laborers would live at the site or nearby for years.

>>6690914

>there have always been huge jewish populations in europe?

yeah i believe so

>why would they be restricted to 'mobile trades'

i think it had to do with them not living in one specific place for a very long time, they moved often.

>tf is a mobile trade?

a type of work that you dont need to stay in one place for a long period of time to excel at, like you can move from city to city every few years and support yourself

I need the /fa/ movie list.

Pic related: it's La Dolce Vita

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>>6688807
>>6688854
Can't all of these questions be answered with a trip to the SZ forums? Does anyone really expect a /fa/ member to be able to provide more information than the SZ collective have over several years?

>>6690983
google can answer better than sz but there are still archives which both google and sz dont reach.

>>6690959
i think that's a gross generalisation
yes there may have been sort of 'gypsy' populations (france, central europe etc) of jewish people but im sure there would have also been more settled communities
>perhaps those of the uk, new zealand etc

what i mean is that maybe besides workmanship they had access to a lot of resources - monopolise trades etc

bump

>>6691053

i have no idea dude im not really interested/ an expert on jewish history, if you read about it often im sure you know better than me

i was just talking about information i got from an older tailor who was telling me about the development of modern tailoring in different regions + a large number of documents talking about constructing clothing written by jewish tailors, if you are really well versed on the correct history of tailoring please let me know.

>>6691117
the jews are reptile aliens
do not give them a shred of credit.