/fa/ - Fashion

>>9961252
i do, get money from dad

>>9961372
What profession does your dad work in?

>>9961375
gay porn

>>9961252
IIRC in a thread about finances a while back, most people indicated that their major cops come from saving money as much as possible. In other words, most of their expensive clothing is disproportionate to their actual income.

It's not a bad thing, just a different sort of dynamic.

>>9961493
>most of their expensive clothing is disproportionate to their actual income
Disgusting.

Is literally everyone on this board caught in the constant cycle of consumerism to fulfill their need to intra-group social status?

>>9961508
You're on the wrong board bruh.

>>9961508
>Is literally everyone on this board caught in the constant cycle of consumerism to fulfill their need to intra-group social status?
Yep. See also:
- /o/
- /g/
- /k/
etc.

>>9961252
I don't make a lot of dough, but I'm able to save money by not ever buying alcohol in bars/clubs or drugs, and then use that to buy one piece every month. Sometimes I'm able to opportunistically buy shit on sale. Over time it builds into a pretty nice high end wardrobe.

>>9961516
Seeing as my closet is exclusively Uniqlo and Levis, maybe.

>>9961508
Is literally everyone on this board caught in the constant cycle of consumerism to fulfill their need to intra-group social status?

Yes
>>9961517
adding to this, /mu/, /out/, /v/. and /biz/

>>9961252
I've actually got quite large debts atm from spending larger then I should. like recently
>I spent 20 thousand dollars with my partners in Bahamas
>Another 20 thousand dollars on Rick Owens out in Barneys

ill pay my debt i promise but good luck telling that to Mr. Bill Collector

>>9961508
>intra-group social status?
Sociology 101 buzzwords won't carry you very far in the real world, friend.

Also, I feel like the designer-obsessed users here are a vocal minority. I'm a poorfag (kinda) but still enjoy the discussions on fits, layering, wat fedora iz gud, etc. Except not the last one.

>>9961527
part /mu/ here. We just dick ride obscurity for the most part you don't have to have a large physical collection to validate yourself.

I do collect rare pepes though

Also a workable gaming computer costs about as much as a nice pair of Dick ovens shoes

>>9961521
Imagine if you spent that money on something worthwhile...

Also,
>I'm able to save money by not ever buying alcohol in bars/clubs
Femanon detected.

>>9961538
what would you suggest is worthwhile if not putting money into hobbies and art?

>>9961532
>Sociology 101 buzzwords
Haha, sure. It explicitly fits the context of the statement but sure, buzzwords.

>>9961530
thank you lord flacko

>>9961530
If this is true, this is bad and addictive behavior and you should see a therapist.

>>9961538
>Imagine if you spent that money on something worthwhile...
Bingo. You can spend relatively little money on a lot of personal improvement nowadays.

>>9961521
>but I'm able to save money by not ever buying alcohol in bars
*tips fedora*

$4000 emergency fashion fund

>>9961561
>You can spend relatively little money on a lot of personal improvement nowadays.

Plz elabor8 m8

>>9961665
I sound like a broken record at this point, but:
- There are a LOT of certifications that only require you buy a book and pay for the exam.
- If you are willing to assume loan debt, plenty of well-reputed universities have online B.S., M.S., etc. programs.
- Gym memberships
- Club memberships in your area, particularly those that allow you to meet people
- Spending little amounts of money to refurbish what you own - your house, car, etc.

You get the idea. Investing in yourself now is obviously going to be preferable to purchasing transient stuff.

bruh, most of the people that buy a lot of grails also sell CONSTANTLY

there are tons of people on /r/streetwear that actually make money buying, wearing for awhile, then selling for more than they paid. its a business and the people who buy into it with no regard for that are the ones that pay too much or alternatively increase the price of the pieces by never selling it

>>9961508
Your entire society is literally dependant on consumerism. Unless you're staying on some farmland making your own clothing and producing your own food.

>>9961703
>implying the only two options are to either fully embrace or fully reject the production and trade of goods
*yawn*
Get yourself out of the binary mindset.

https://youtu.be/4qYwk37F0PQ

>>9961725
You might hate the way it sounds but it is the essential truth.

>>9961735
>didn't even watch the video
Look. One can live in a consumerist society without they themselves being turned into a being that thrives on acquiring objects so they can feel good about themselves.

Economics is not the only thing to life. Don't get bogged down assuming that you literally need to live like a corporate ad executive thinks you do.

Believe it or not, buying shit may not be the key to happiness.

>>9961538
No, I just buy alcohol at the liquor store and bring it in with me in a flask. Drinking top shelf all night for $20/pint.

>>9961773
$20/half pint*

>>9961530
Underrated post :^)

>>9961765
>>9961725
>>9961556
>>9961526
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>>9961819
>someone's a pleb for not spending upwards of 1/3 of their income every month on pieces of fabric.
o i am laffin

>>9961530
Lord pretty flacko jodie

>>9961858
Tell these fuck niggas how you been

>>9961530
Excuse you?!

>>9961508
It's good to save money, it's good to be practical, but if you really want something (and you feel good about paying what it really costs), then it's not a problem, right?

The real problem is when people are broke and blow their money because they think "JUST THAT ONE NEXT ITEM will complete them, and then I'll fit in.

"Then I'll be /fa/, that's the ticket..."

>>9961991
You know your last ain't gonna be your last

>>9961991
If money for you is a means to indulge in insatiable hedonism (regardless of whether or not you can afford it) then you are living in a fundamentally hollow existence.

Being rich and buying bullshit isn't better than being poor and buying bullshit. In both cases the impulse is identical, I'd actually say the poor has more reason to indulge in such things to distract them from their existence in this alienating world which is more apparent to them that it would be to the sheltered habitual spender from a middle class suburban family.

>>9961561
I swear we gon have drama if you touch my tailored garments

hi poorfags, here's $700 worth of burberry. daddys a bond trader.

>>9962042
>>9962017

>case in point

>>9962048
pleb/10

>>9962042
money can't buy you taste

1. get money
2. spend money

repeat until dead

>>9962042
burberry is crap

>>9961678
Or if you're smart and show promise you can get companies/orgs/governments to pay for your professional development.

>>9962042
posting it again
https://youtu.be/4qYwk37F0PQ

>>9961530

>20K on dick ovens

top fucking kek m8

I prolly shouldn't talk shit tho tbh

>>9962064
no

>>9962064
This sounds like some pinko sjw commie shit to me.

Why don't you just up and move to sweeden so you can give half of your money to the gubmint to be redistributed to illegal immigrants, drug addicts, and single mothers.

>>9962064

>all the pussy and fame a man could ever want
>still an hero's

pathetic

>>9962064
can you just kill yourself

>>9962078
>offers a view that doesn't have a raging hardon for buying bullshit
>must be communist
This is why you might want to save some of that money to buy a book.

>>9962034
Flacko where you been?

>>9962077
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>>9962097

keep on buttblasting these faggots, they need it

>>9962094
Reading your comments made me LOL. You can use your alternative train of thought all you want. Just don't be jelly that people take pride and joy into spending money on designer goods. You are starting to sound like a jelly pleb. No hate tho.

>>9961252
Having the funds to buy designer clothes is pretty easy, the only variance is how frequently people have that money.

Like me, i'm a piss poor student but every couple of months I can make a pretty nice purchase if I'm smart about it ($200-$300 can get you a fucking lot if you know where to look). If I had more money I'd be buying equivalent stuff, just more often.

>>9962042
>$700 of burberry
>No prorsum

It's like people here enjoy having shit taste

>>9962103
>people take pride and joy in spending money
I really hope no one does this.

https://youtu.be/AJE9dL7wBPQ

>>9962108

700 bucks won't buy you shit from prorsum m90

>>9962128
Still a waste of money spending that much on sub-labels of the real deal.

>>9962125
Dude, I see that you were planning to purchase some clothes? Please refer to my earlier statement
>Your entire society is literally dependant on consumerism. Unless you're staying on some farmland making your own clothing and producing your own food.

You are literally succumbing to consumerism. Btw, please don't get that fucking checkered shirt. For your sake.

>>9962148

>>9962140

London is decent. Brit and sport are both shit.

It's commercial luxury. What do you expect?

>>9962154
I just expect those who attempt to flaunt their wealth to do it properly before they talk shit

>>9962154
>>9962160

I also have a $1400 lanvin coat peasants

>>9962148
>>9962153
Hahahaha. Dude, I already bought them and I posted it after I was posting in here.

There is believe it or not a middle ground between someone that gets all of their self worth from buying shit and someone that wants to abolish private property.

>please don't get that fucking checkered shirt.
>For your sake.
I didn't realize it was life or death, lol.

You need to calm yourself, man. These things aren't that serious.

it's funny how angry/jealous/offended some plebs get

>>9962170
Still kinda boring but hey at least that has quality (sorta) and history backing it up. I suppose I just think different since I don't have 1400 to spend like nothing.

>>9962170

lel did you get it at a thrift shop poorboi?

come back when you cop a 15K Zilli leather

A just buy a piece if I want it and it's a decent price or if there is a sale(just copped response trails on sale the other week) or a used steal. I'm still able to have money to do other things too like travel, go out with friends, and what not.

>>9962219
nice face

>>9961252

im a drug dealer

>>9962219
>tesla hat
>oversized ill fitting jacket
Classic.
From which thread did you save this marvelous pic?

>>9962219
>>9962227
and fag purse

>>9962221
Yeah, fashion isn't about spending the most amount of money on the most expensive clothing. I had a friend who thought this, but he still looked awful.

Its about finding a style or style that works and makes you look great. You have to look like you OWN the style -- its why movie characters can pull off crazy odd looks, because we associate that style with them, i.e. they own the style and make it work.

>>9962227

it's black and empty, like my soul

>>9962232

jacket had yet to be sized, I picked it up to drop off at my tailor

>>9962219
>>9962237
this guy is owning the style

>>9962237

>>9962219
Seeing people making multi thousand dollar leather jackets look like shit always makes my day. People so massively underestimate how hard they are to style.

>>9962240
Like your head.

>>9962153
not bad tbh

>>9961252
Nope, poorfag. Anything I have that's worth money is thrifted

>>9962256

it wasn't part of that fit you autist, it was a reference picture for the fitting

doesn't everyone do this?

>>9962256
Wow that jackets totally fits him perfectly

not me. I have a $200 pair of jeans and $250 shoes I wear almost every day. beyond that I just take what I get for gifts or stuff on sale. I'm 28. I'm really attractive and already married, so it pretty much doesn't matter what I wear, except for professional events.

>>9962266
That jacket looks like the kind of thing a 15 year old would wear to draw attention to his edgy inner turmoils. Sure it can be styled correctly to make that work but every time I see someone wearing anything like this they just wear fuckin' whack fitting indigo jeans like that's something that actually looks good.

>>9962287

>still missing the point

>>9962078
man i don't agree with this trip's beliefs at all

but your reaction to that video is laughable to me; it's the kind of aggressive stupidity you can only find in people on 4chan (needlessly angry socially maladjusted young men)

At this very moment I'm rocking an alpaca poncho from Ecuador, designed no doubt by a little brown lady, sold to me by another little brown lady at a flea market. It was $35, and it feels like being hugged. The value of a thing is directly proportional to the amount of utility and happiness it brings me.

Anything can be a form of signaling -- not just literally wearing your wealth on your sleeve. There's the guys on /g/ with their battlestations, and the guys on /toy/ with their rare collectibles. But it's silly to do so anonymously. You don't stand to gain by altering anyone's perception of you, because you're strangers who will never meet. That's beside the issue of defining yourself by what surrounds you, rather than what's within you. Posters here constantly talk about insecurity, and how it's often more important how you wear a thing, than what you're wearing. No amount of money will ever make up for a shit personality. Ask Elliot Rodger.

>>9962325

>>9961375
Corporate Law

>>9962299
what's the point you're trying to make? Is it that you have a lot of money? You can be rich as fuck and still look fucking retarded.
also your shoes fucking suck dude, in both pics

>>9962363
jesus christ you're thick

the jackets in the first two pictures have not been tailored yet, hence the sloppiness. I photograph everything I have tailored beforehand to compare with the final fit. they are not part of those outfits

hate all you want, but Prada makes some of the best sneakers money can buy, and Ferragamo boots are top notch as well.

>>9961508
>Is literally everyone on this board caught in the constant cycle of consumerism to fulfill their need to intra-group social status?

No, not everyone.

>>9961508

lel I have no social group

your move tripfag

>>9962069
it's so ugly ugh
looks like a cheap fake of a fashion watch

>>9962480

fashion watches are cheap fakes of watches like this m9

that's a shit picture tbh. like most jewelry it really does not photograph well

>>9962125
"Happiness is the experience of climbing towards the peak"

>>9962154
Fixed it for you.

>>9962299
Maybe you should some spend some o dat money on your hairline fam.

>>9962509

several of these brands don't even market at all m8

I think you are just bootyblasted from being so hopelessly poor

>>9962518

ur mum prefers a working dick over great hair m90

>>9961508
>>9961725
>>9962017
>>9962125

I like the way you think. Can we meet up outside of /fa? I have a feeling we could be friends.

>>9962519
Marketing is not constrained to just advertising. The very notion of branding is a marketing tool, intended to project certain ideas onto a single idea that humans can hold inside of their heads neatly.

Not saying this is bad, in many cases, branding may be a way to allow consumers to choose quality. However, just posing this as a challenge to think.

Try for once, to think outside of your normal thoughts when encountering an opposing opinion rather than shutting down into ad hominem.

>>9962519
>several of those brands don't even market at all

Okay, what the fuck are you talking about? I'd struggle to think of a single successful business that doesn't market itself. Hell even the logos of those companies are meticulously designed and marketed to sell an idea.

>>9962531

Tesla does not advertise, as an example.

Brand image and advertising are two different things m8. A company like Debeers really doesn't have a brand image: they sell colorless stones, a lot like the ones sold by other jewelers.

>>9962529

It's 5 am dude I'm not in the mood to entertain your petty quibbles

This captcha bullshit is incentive enough to leave off posting and go to bed

>>9962509
>>9962519
>>9962529

What, for example, does it mean for a particular piece to be from "Hermes". It just allows you to prescribe preconceptions onto the piece. Does it tell you what the design process behind the piece was? Does it tell you what the manufacturing process behind the piece was?
No. All it does is give you a starting point to begin research into those things.

The notion of a brand is first and foremost an abstract concept. Many of these houses interchange designers as easily as the articles of clothing they produce and sell.

>>9962536
Tesla advertises, maybe not on TV or anything but i'm certain they do car unveilings, store openings. These brands all do it too, things like celebrity/event dressing are classic examples. Marketing is the lifeblood of the success of a company it's no different even with over 100 years of pedigree.

>>9962231
same what you are you slinging

>>9961530
Nice try Tsipras

>tfw average of 5k on your average day outing clothes.

>>9961773
where do you hide the flask?

in london i'm always searched

>>9962521
Sure. I live in NYC.

>>9963582

post fit, i enjoy a good laugh.

>>9961678
What if I'm already in university, full ride
Have free gym membership
Live in paid for university accommodation
Attend essentially free clubs at my university
Put away 40% of my current earnings to the future

I can't drink because of medication and I won't do drugs

Does it then make sense for me to spend most of the rest of my money on hobbies, fashion being the most important one?

I have a handful pieces that I worked my ass off for. I don't wear them as often as I like because I work 70-75 hours a week, but I still don't regret it.

>>9964342
Learn to drive first, then you can do that.

>>9964367
>75 hours a week
Doing what?
that's like 15 hours over 5 days or 12 over 6. don't you think you should get a new job?

>>9962042
This is embarrassing..damn it I wish I was into the instagram/facebook shit that I took pictures. But I bought like 2k worth of Burberry last weekend. All your shit looks last season....did you go to an outlet store?

>OCT
>sit on my ass 4 out of 8 hr workday
>make bank
>don't have any real financial problems

I can afford it pretty easily.

>>9962154
Anyone have experience with Stefano Ricci. Call me stupid but I love the buckles with the animals.

>>9962180
>someone that gets all of their self worth from buying
So much generalization and so much projecting.

For starters whats considered "worth" it differs from person to person, you may think paying an X amount on an item is "bullshit" but other people might think not. It's the same tired argument that pops out around here every month or so by enlightened types like you, essentially you're beating a dead horse.

And correct me if i'm wrong but you're entire train of thought seems to base on the premise that people here value their life by what they buy? Is that it?

P.s. Theres nothing wrong of deriving enjoyment from your purchases, you're making it out like we have to be somehow guilty/apathetic about buying things. With that kind of 0 satisfaction whats the point then? And that goes for anything, food, essential goods, etc etc

>>9962425

Just because their products are high quality doesn't mean they won't look like shit on you. Only fit that looked good on you was this one
>>9962266

This one >>9962219 makes you look like a bitch Arab dude who has no fashion sense and just spends oil money on anything Ferrari related or high priced. Case in point from phone case.

I would suggest continuing to find your aesthetic. The prep core-ish thing you posted looks good on you. Also don't forget that this is a board about fashion, not who can spend the most money and still manage to look like shit most of the time.

>>9962237
To me, when you tastefully pair your designer clothing, you'd look like a godlike citizen. But then again, it all comes to the general aesthetic of the person. And tbh, money does help a lot.

>>9965246
Rico Love makes a strong argument at 14:34 onwards about how he doesn't get X just because it's X but rather for the way it looks. Good video for sneakerheads especially those inclined towards luxurious side of the sneaker spectrum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Kwad4auhQ

>>9961252

I have a job and rent out a house, i get £££.

>>9962042
>brit
>london
yikes

>>9962219
>Velcro Trainers
>Ugly Jeans
>Luxury car brand merch
>Selfie in luxury brand store mirror claiming to own the jacket.

Time to pray Fahad, we will all remember your uncle ahmed, he was great warrior against infidel.

>>9962219

You look like every NYC tourist ever.

>>9962069
not your watch big guy

I prostitute myself for 5000 pounds (~7754$) a night

:)))
Hate me all you like my outfits cost more than you earn in a year

>>9962042
That's only £450.
Also Burberry, a little disgusting don't you think?

>>9967612
I think Burberry is vastly underrated tbh

>>9967670
I'd agree. Only if we are talking about their high end clothing. Their garish polo shirts and patterned button downs are totally targeted at the nouveau riche chav crowd and should be burned.

>>9967373
Male? Female? How do you get into prostitution?

>>9967373
I would do this if I wasn't too ugly :(

>>9967686
Thanks for your input, Babadook dook dook

>>9967719
I'm male but I'm really skinny and toned and blonde hair blue eyes full lips makes me the kind of escort straight guys will secretly get and rich old gay men love
I advertise on GPScort and some other sites
gayarrangement is also good because it's full of rich insecure guys who would be honoured to have anyone above 7/10 even in their presence

>>9967761
are you actually gay?