/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.6595096]

>Only having enough room for a sandwich, a book and a passport

Are your garments even engineered?

Techwear thread.

[HolyFaggot No.6595121]

naw.
naw mane.
that shit ugly as fucc.

[Anonymous No.6595147]

NEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRDDDD!!!!

[Anonymous No.6595166]

Must be real comfortable, OP.

[Anonymous No.6595429]

I never understood the whole sandwich, book and passport spiel

Who the fuck would want a sandwich that's been absorbing your armpit sweat all day?

[Anonymous No.6595443]

Phone/Wallet/Keys.
All I've ever needed to carry and I'm not sure any image you post will be enough to convince me otherwise.

[Anonymous No.6595453]

>>6595429
Rick obviously

[Anonymous No.6595454]

>>6595443
So what? Who cares what you carry?

[Anonymous No.6595461]

>>6595429
I think the implication is that a person who leads a lifestyle of a certain base luxury level is the sort of person who can be having a bowl of cereal in the Brooklyn apartment and suddenly decide they'd like to visit Morocco for a few days. Knowing it's a long flight, they pack a book to keep themselves occupied, a sandwich for tummy grumbles and of course their passport. What else would they need? They can pick up the rest on the way.

Rick is implying that his target customer is wealthy enough to make these sorts of choices, but that he as a designer is not going to ignore utility while delivering the level of luxury that type of customer naturally demands.

[Anonymous No.6595459]

>>6595453
I don't think Rick Owens knows good food

He doesn't even have a kitchen

[Anonymous No.6595485]

>>6595454
The thread is about clothing with lots of storage space that most people don't even need.
That's my point, jerk.

[Anonymous No.6595489]

>>6595485
And? You know these threads don't revolve around you?

[Anonymous No.6595502]

Come on lets not fight

I just wanted to discuss the supermodern wardrobe

[Anonymous No.6595672]

>>6595502
I love David Sarif. He's my patron god.

[/fa/scist faggot !!ovdI0id3NeK No.6595682]

>>6595502

Did you read the book?

[Anonymous No.6595971]

That's going on, but I think – and remember the source interview – it has more to do with Rick's own lifestyle, the famous studio-gym-restaurant deal, moving neatly and unencumbered through a single city. Book because he's not a philistine, sandwich for midday or post-workout meal, passport because he's an American in Paris and, AFAIK, still hasn't gone for formal citizenship.

He is supposedly in Italy at a factory a couple days most weeks, per another interview I read somewhere.

[Anonymous No.6595972]

>>6595971
For >>6595461

[Anonymous No.6596219]

>>6595971
Thank you for that.

[that nig with an E30 No.6596262]

>>6595461
poet did you happen to be at Union Square yesterday around 5ish?

saw a pale skinny dude rocking some white palladiums and some other next level shit and i coulda sworn it was you

[Anonymous No.6596266]

>>6596262
lmao

[Anonymous No.6596282]

>>6596262
Nah, I was there after midnight and I haven't actually taken my moonboots out for a spin yet.

On the real tho, we should probably chill sometime, I've had a boring summer.

[that nig with an E30 No.6596334]

>>6596282
Yeah, Im down.

I have your email saved so I'll hit you up soon.

[Anonymous No.6596568]

>>6595682
I can't find a copy of it around

Seems like an interesting read

[Anonymous No.6596576]

>>6595672
I was so glad he didn't turn out to be the secret bad guy, he's the best boss ever

[Anonymous No.6596626]

>>6596334
>>6596282

Can we a do a NY meetup

[Anonymous No.6596638]

>>6596626
Always down.

[Anonymous No.6596701]

>>6596638
Seems like no one wants to go and organize it though. There was one set up for July but the host evrt or whatever his name was flaked.

[Anonymous No.6596717]

>>6596701
Then name a time and a place and let's do this
why not tonight, ffs?

[Anonymous No.6596731]

>>6596626

moving to nyc in a year

let's hang out then

[Anonymous No.6596750]

>>6596717
Actually, scratch that, I have to be somewhere tonight @ 11:30.

[Anonymous No.6596806]

acronym
/thread

[Anonymous No.6597060]

>>6596750
>>6596717

Where would we go/what would we do? I'm fine with just getting coffee and getting to know some ppl from /fa/ but having some activity to do would make it better imo.

Got anything in mind?


also im not available tonight either so it's nbd

[Anonymous No.6597068]

>>6596717
not
until
september
goddammit just wait until i get there please

[Anonymous No.6597069]

>>6597060
I figured we'd all just have a chill spot to hang, maybe a rooftop or someplace private and cop free, have a smoke, have a drink, talk about what's happening in the city, make bigger plans for next time.

[Anonymous No.6597072]

>>6597068
ok, I'm waiting.

[Anonymous No.6597121]

>>6597069
Sounds good to me. I'm going to be free end of this week. Any other anons interested?

[Anonymous No.6598091]

[Anonymous No.6599926]

>>6596219
You're welcome; thanks for your posts.

>>6597068
I'm also moving to New York late August/early September, but they should seriously just go ahead and get it going. It's a meetup, not some apocalyptic once-in-history deal.

Bumping for that, and because there's no other techwear thread going.

I'll just dump a little bit and hopefully something will spark some more conversation.

Outlier x Hyperlite backpack.

[Anonymous No.6599928]

This is old Undercover, first half of the Aughts.

[Anonymous No.6599938]

>>6599928
Debatably techwear, but cargo pants always seem of interest in these threads.

Also reminds me I owe the board some pics of some cargo shorts.

[Anonymous No.6599948]

>>6599938
Asset blazer, from Massif's fashion line. There's other colorways, too.

[Anonymous No.6599955]

>>6599948
I think I saved this one off /out/, which is also a good place to go for this stuff, even if you're just interested in urban use.

[Anonymous No.6599959]

>>6599955

[Anonymous No.6599961]

>>6599938
Do you happen to have any idea what that specific pair of cargos are? II think I'm in love.

[Anonymous No.6599965]

>>6599959

[Anonymous No.6599975]

>>6599961
No, but a little GISing just now got me this far:

http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/after-the-show-womens-details-ralph-lauren/

Would never have guessed that was a Sartorialist shot.

[Anonymous No.6599981]

>>6599975
Speaking of the Sartorialist, if you can't tell, my folder is a mess and I'm just going through it alphabetically, but if you see a filename like this (name of person, place) it's off there I noted it down in the file name.

This is another one some people might not say it's techwear, but even if it's not it certainly points a direction. I'd personally qualify it as such if the dress's fabric is wicking.

[Anonymous No.6599986]

>>6599981
Another such shot - what's interesting to me here is 1) the decidedly affected and traditional way this goes about getting to cycling utility but 2) with added gender and silhouette fuckery.

[Anonymous No.6599995]

>>6599986

[Anonymous No.6600000]

>>6599995
Margiela high-top velcro GATs could be very useful.

[Anonymous No.6600005]

>>6599975
Appreciate it.

>>6599995
Hnnggg gyakusou.

[Anonymous No.6600008]

>>6600005
And on that note, I'll throw in a few things that could fall under the realm of engineered/techwear.

[Anonymous No.6600010]

>>6600000
Creepy/poignant echoes of Undercover here.

[Anonymous No.6600015]

>>6600008
SWIMS waterproof trainers.

>>6600010
That's funny, I instantly associated Jun with that before I read it. If I saw it out of context, Undercover would be my first guess on the source.

[Anonymous No.6600017]

>>6600005
'Course.

And yeah, I think Gyakusou is really underrated, design wise. I know that sounds strange to say, but I think it's on par with mainline Undercover and, despite being released by Nike, it gets like no hype.

I'm pretty sure this is Visvim, but not 100%.

[chuuut !xkxWzw89XY No.6600019]

>>6600010
When will Jun do another politically controversial collection?

[Anonymous No.6600020]

>>6600015
I'd consider this rick jacket techwear. Synthetic materials, lots of interior and exterior storage space, high function.

[Anonymous No.6600030]

>>6600020
Helmet Lang bondage stuff falls sort of in the realm of techwear, I think.

>>6600019
God I hope soon. With diffusion lines coming, hopefully he'll get weird and start pushing it with the mainline again.

[Anonymous No.6600038]

>>6600015
Yeah, I know. It's some bush war pic, a child soldier, with a near exact analog of an Undercover print... but it's saying "LET'S GO TO SCHOOL."

I GIS'd it just now, trying to find out where it from. No quick luck, but there are larger versions available.

[Anonymous No.6600039]

>>6600030
Helmet Lang Bomber.

>>6600017
I completely agree with the Gyakusou bits, though it's nice that it isn't super hyped, pieces are readily available without too much worry about getting sniped on them. Though if they got more hype, then we would get more. It's a bitter-sweet situation, especially since Jun's completely unique work is getting looked over.

Also, I'd go ahead and say I'm 99.9% sure that's Visvim, because that looks like the same set from the lookbook where they introduced grismocs, which I love to death.

[chuuut !xkxWzw89XY No.6600042]

>>6600030
>2010 was shown 4 years ago
>mfw
Don't get me wrong, I've liked a lot of the recent collections, but they lack the depth I miss from earlier collections.

[Anonymous No.6600050]

>>6600039
Tech meets street. Really like the cargos in this one.

>>6600042
I liked some of Talking Heads stuff, but other than that Undercover has been seriously weak in the last few years. Which kills me, because Jun can do so much better.

[Anonymous No.6600056]

>>6600050
Herno flight jacket. That about exhausts any techwear stuff I've got that isn't already posted somewhere else on the board.

[Anonymous No.6600061]

>>6600019
Are you talking about the 2006 one? I thought it wasn't actually meant to be political. I'm very political myself, so I'd love it, though. Situationist slogans printed on the back or something.

>>6600020
One thing I like about techwear is the amount of flexibility you have. It's the art of fashion as problem solving, basically, and you can work in (even keeping in the dominant aesthetic) everything from a cheap mass market windbreaker to something like that, vintage trainers or Bean Boots or Vibram Five Fingers. There's not even a pretending to have rules, just a mood and a practical thoughtfulness, something Rick is obviously big on. The "moving unencumbered through a city" thing is something that actually preoccupies me personally a lot.

Anyway, I'm out for a while after this. More later.

[Anonymous No.6600066]

>>6600061
Which reminds me, Boris Bidjan Saberi might be a good place to look for techwear insporation.

[Anonymous No.6600067]

>>6600050

w2c jumper cargos?

google didn't return anything that looked like that

[6BoxxyTum=>6BoxxyTum No.6600069]

>>6600000
nice quintuplets

[chuuut !xkxWzw89XY No.6600075]

>>6600050
>seriously weak
nah
>seriously lost
yes. It's pretty obvious Jun Takahashi has been struggling to adopt and evolve past "edgy Japanese punk" designer. He's maturing, and going through big events in his life (turned 40, kid is growing up, he's starting to realize he's mortal). This is all reflected in his work, if you ask me. More conservative designs and safer than traditional Undercover, yet it retains its charm. A/W 13, but I guess you could go back to SS 12 to look at this, is promising because it shows he's comfortable with breathing again, yet he's taken influence from what he's been doing the past couple years. It holds promise for the future of Undercover, with the announcement of diffusion lines and Gyakusou going strong.

[Anonymous No.6600071]

>>6600039
Yeah, that's why I was thinking Visvim, and I agree about the availability issues.

>>6600042
>>6600050

Agreed; it's crazier for me to think that some of the stuff that comes to mind when I think "undercover" is close to fifteen years old. Whereas, like, I have little memory of recent collections.

Really out now.

[Anonymous No.6600086]

>>6600050

where do you get those pants? surplus?

[Anonymous No.6600107]

>>6600086
>>6600067
No idea unfortunately, been working on a pattern for a pair, but not close to done because I keep procrastinating.

>>6600075
Did he really tip 40 now? You certainly wouldn't guess it from looking at him, but thinking back on all the collections it does add up. I get what you're saying about a conservative, matured touch coming to it, I first really started noticing that when the Heaven v-neck sweater came out. Before the lookbooks for John and Sue though, I was starting to lose hope with it, I thought he was going to completely delve into very safe collections - which isn't terrible - but not pushy enough to keep it interesting.

[Anonymous No.6600104]

>>6600086
when will summer be over

[Anonymous No.6600108]

>>6600086
they're nom de guerre. if you've ever walked into a surplus shop you would know that the military has no use for pants which are that ludicrously tapered, or have those straps, or whatever.

[chuuut !xkxWzw89XY No.6600120]

>>6600107
He's 44.
>before the lookbooks for John and Sue
Did you look at A/W 13 after or something?
A/W 13 is probably the strongest since S/S 12.
Idk how you couldn't be excited to see the mod and punk roots he's exploring with it. I read somewhere someone described it as, "a fucked up, twisted high school fantasy," and I completely agree with that description.

[Anonymous No.6600129]

>>6600104

>when will summer be over

i've been posting since 2009, i don't see every thread posted and reverse image search doesn't always return results so SOMETIMES i have to ask.

Don't be a faggot.

>>6600108
>nom de guerre

thanks. but you said the military has no use for tapered pants? when you tuck the bottoms into your boots they look like that, figured some army somewhere just put two and two together and started tapering to save cost on fabric or something.

[Anonymous No.6600136]

>>6600050
http://fashion-press.net/collections/2136

not the same as his older stuff but i'm really digging the look of this compared to the past few years.

[Anonymous No.6600141]

>>6600136
seasons rather.

[Anonymous No.6600143]

>>6600120
I haven't stopped and looked through A/W13 honestly. I guess I should do that before judging too much, but also keep in mind that you're a bit of a fanboy. Not that it's a bad thing, but it is a bit biased.

>>6600136
Yeah, I'm really liking John too, that picture particularly was one of my favourites.

[Anonymous No.6600145]

>>6597121
Im up for having a smoke with some other anons.

Meet up in Manhattan?

[chuuut !xkxWzw89XY No.6600158]

>>6600143
I may be an undercover fanboi, but that doesn't mean I don't look at each collection objectively. I will openly admit that there's Undercover collections I do not like, as well as certain pieces. Dunno why people think it's hard to take bias out of the equation, when you look at stuff you like lol

[Anonymous No.6600170]

>>6599959
Where can I get a black coat that looks similar to this? It's the last piece for my winter tech outfit (and the most important)

[Anonymous No.6600193]

>>6600158
Because absolute objectivity is impossible to really have a grasp on within the realm of artistic expression and aesthetics - I'm not trying to argue too much with you here, that'd be silly considering we both generally like the same thing - but when you like or dislike things from a subjective point, if it's not able to be boiled down to a literal science, you're not going to have a 100% unbiased opinion on something. Being able to point out flaws is a very good thing, but doesn't make it an objective opinion.

Basically, yadda yadda pretentious ramblings on the nature of objectivity that are subjective in their own hypocritical ways, but you get the point. I'll go check out the full A/W13 collection.

[WPWW1488 No.6600869]

>>6600000
^Check em^

[Anonymous No.6600908]

Someone post some tech ninja.

[Anonymous No.6600929]

>>6600075
I'm going to have to go back and look at this; thanks.

>>6600108
Like poet pointed out in the cargo pants thread a few weeks back, militaries have uses for all kinds of weird shit, with the endless different roles with different life or death demands.

We hear "military" and think "infantry" and "BDUs," but that's just the beginning of it. Also, think about the equipment loops on the outside of current US stuff.

>>6600869
>>6600069
>>6600000

Hah, my first GET in six or seven years on 4chan: the GAT GET.

[Anonymous No.6600931]

>>6600908
Will do, in a little.

[Anonymous No.6600982]

julius.

[Anonymous No.6601215]

>>6599955
What is that backpack? It looks awesome

[Anonymous No.6601251]

Meanwhile, actual techwear.

[Anonymous No.6601285]

>>6600982
What do you call these kinds of pants?

[Anonymous No.6601407]

>>6601251
this.

thank you.

[Anonymous No.6601467]

>>6601285
Cargo?