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post #1251 of 35103
2/21/06 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by antik_freak
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Originally Posted by aipume
you're buying something because you want to be part of an image, part of a movement, part of a cult. BAPE is one of the few brands that offers that and exploits this develpment in fashion.
few brands that exploits the idea of belonging? i'd say this is what all fashion is.
Haha, very true! Brands are trying to make you buy into their ideology, lifestyle or even an apsiration....

Fashion is so superficial!
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post #1252 of 35103
2/21/06 at 1:50pm
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Originally Posted by haptronic
haptronic, those Dukes look pretty nice
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post #1253 of 35103
2/21/06 at 1:50pm
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Originally Posted by trem0lo
I'm interested to know more about the stores where they sell BAPE. How many are there, and are there always people waiting in line before they open?
There's a store across the street from my house where they sell BAPE, but I've never seen anyone in there.
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post #1254 of 35103
2/21/06 at 2:19pm
talk_shows_on_mute thanks

the discussion on BAPE is interesting, altough imho, the most interesting thing about NIGO is his early association with Jun Takahashi,Undercover/ism and to see the different directions they went, personally not a huge fan of BAPE, but some of the Undercover/ism stuff is incredible.
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post #1255 of 35103
2/21/06 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by antik_freak
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Originally Posted by aipume
you're buying something because you want to be part of an image, part of a movement, part of a cult. BAPE is one of the few brands that offers that and exploits this develpment in fashion.
few brands that exploits the idea of belonging? i'd say this is what all fashion is.
this is like the argument you hear when asking newbies what they want their company to represent. they say "we want to offer the best products, best services, at the best prices".

my point is that i dont think there's ever been a brand that has totally pushed exclusiveness and cult fetish, a "sense of belonging", to the point that BAPE has successfully done.

many fashion brands claim to do that, in fact they claim to be everything, few suceed.
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post #1256 of 35103
2/21/06 at 2:49pm
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Originally Posted by haptronic
talk_shows_on_mute thanks

the discussion on BAPE is interesting, altough imho, the most interesting thing about NIGO is his early association with Jun Takahashi,Undercover/ism and to see the different directions they went, personally not a huge fan of BAPE, but some of the Undercover/ism stuff is incredible.

i wish i could see Undercover stuff with my own eyes. unfortunately all i get to do is read about it :\
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post #1257 of 35103
2/21/06 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by antik_freak
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Originally Posted by aipume
you're buying something because you want to be part of an image, part of a movement, part of a cult. BAPE is one of the few brands that offers that and exploits this develpment in fashion.
few brands that exploits the idea of belonging? i'd say this is what all fashion is.
also another note, fashion was not always about offering a lifestyle -- this is a relatively new phenominal. when you bought a dress by Paul Poiret in the 1960s, sure you were probably filthy rich, but he was just selling a well made dress. period. only in the last decade or so has fashion had access to a more elaborate infrastructure of branding, marketing, and media ; such structures were required (i would argue) for a brand to transcend from merely selling clothes to vividly selling something more - a lifestyle.
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post #1258 of 35103
2/21/06 at 3:05pm
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Originally Posted by aipume
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Originally Posted by antik_freak
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Originally Posted by aipume
you're buying something because you want to be part of an image, part of a movement, part of a cult. BAPE is one of the few brands that offers that and exploits this develpment in fashion.
few brands that exploits the idea of belonging? i'd say this is what all fashion is.
also another note, fashion was not always about offering a lifestyle -- this is a relatively new phenominal. when you bought a dress by Paul Poiret in the 1960s, sure you were probably filthy rich, but he was just selling a well made dress. period. only in the last decade or so has fashion had access to a more elaborate infrastructure of branding, marketing, and media ; such structures were required (i would argue) for a brand to transcend from merely selling clothes to vividly selling something more - a lifestyle.
Yes, of course. I am referring to modern fashion only, stuff in my lifetime.
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post #1259 of 35103
2/21/06 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by haptronic
What kind of jeans are these?
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post #1260 of 35103
2/21/06 at 4:28pm
They are imperial, they look awesome !
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post #1261 of 35103
2/22/06 at 2:53pm
http://az.napkinnights.com/pics/view_image.php?id=25980
Me, my sister and two of our friends at a bar last night
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post #1262 of 35103
2/22/06 at 3:18pm
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Originally Posted by Banana311
http://az.napkinnights.com/pics/view_image.php?id=25980
Me, my sister and two of our friends at a bar last night
Which is your sister? Neither look at all like you...
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post #1263 of 35103
2/22/06 at 3:42pm
Haptronic

Look like you are pissing ...
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post #1264 of 35103
2/22/06 at 3:44pm
i would say the left one is her sister
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post #1265 of 35103
2/22/06 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by lizm75
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Originally Posted by Banana311
http://az.napkinnights.com/pics/view_image.php?id=25980
Me, my sister and two of our friends at a bar last night
Which is your sister? Neither look at all like you...
That was exactly what I thought, but I decided the dark-haired one must be her sister, because their face shapes are more similar.
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post #1266 of 35103
2/23/06 at 5:37pm
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post #1267 of 35103
2/23/06 at 5:47pm
/\ you watch, the wolves will soon come howling out of the woodwork.
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post #1268 of 35103
2/23/06 at 5:47pm
haha lend me some curves, i am like a roman pillar!
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post #1269 of 35103
2/23/06 at 5:48pm
Yep they certainly will

Those look great on you Banana!!
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post #1270 of 35103
2/23/06 at 5:56pm
Thanks for selling em' to me
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post #1271 of 35103
2/23/06 at 6:12pm
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Originally Posted by Banana311

Nice, those look HOTTT. I'm tryin to pick me up some SAE flynt's, but I'm def not payin $200 retail for em, so let the search go on!
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post #1272 of 35103
2/23/06 at 6:20pm
are those vienna flynts?
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post #1273 of 35103
2/23/06 at 6:20pm
came home and put on a tshirt and jeans. what i got on now.

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post #1274 of 35103
2/23/06 at 6:21pm
oh yeah,

seven tijuana bootcuts
threadless - frida's garden tee
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post #1275 of 35103
2/23/06 at 6:22pm
You look Great Banana!!!!!

I am boring today,
Just a pair of True Religion Bobby Dark clearwater jeans, a comfy Vince Block tube, and some bronze wedges...I live in AZ...It was 75 degrees today...
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