went to nyc to get a visa today, visited NMWA, Nepenthes, BiG, Acne, Surface to Air, Inventory store, Nike Lab. Opening Ceremony. Was short on time and went on short notice sorry cheep.

Was at NMWA without appointment and wearing sweatpants, they were still nice to me. It was pretty much a warehouse for their online orders, no dressing room, one mirror. Saw a returned Charcoal Merino in sz.7, tried on some more schneider, all pretty nice.

Nepenthes is pretty much cleaned out but the lady was helpful. The counter girl had a sick fwk fit.

Acne had full stock on every denim. Salespeople were more standard. Not sure how they sell anything though given 3 other stores on the same block carry Acne and often go on sale.

OC was just like their website, bunch of random stuff, nothing good.

Inventory had some arc'teryx and Margaret Howell. The MH stuff was nice to try on, but they also got cleaned out after Black Friday, tiny store with one person working. But it's new I think.

Nike Lab had bunch of weird looking probably shitty Nikes.

Not sure why I even went in StA, walked by Alexander Wang store. Was too intimidated by Jil Sanders.

BiG was the best experience, super nice space, super nice Japanese ladies, but I made sure to drop all the denim knowledge I could and thanked them for measuring 10+ pairs when I ordered Somets a couple months back. The momo 18oz natural tapered were pretty much like stiff cardboard, pretty sick build though, almost kopped. Kapital has nice fabric.

Wanted to stop by La Garconne and RICK OWENS but didn't feel like walking. Also CNCPTS Boston opened a store around Rick, should've went to see what Virgils looked like.

Oh also briefly stopped by Feit, good sneakers but don't like how they age.

Couple of other places I would've went if I planned my route better and had more time, DSM, Barney's, MMM, Issey Miyake, BBS (maybe), IF Soho. I think that pretty much covers all the places worth visiting in Manhattan.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

December 17 2014 18:09 GMT

#6203

tfw bly is in nyc and doesn't say hi

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 18 2014 03:19 GMT

#6204

i'll hit you up in Jan.

I went back again today and visited IFSoho. They had a couple of pretty stacked racks on sale. Basically everything was on sale, mostly 48-52 for jackets. Tried to fit into a 52 MA+ aviator and a MA+ long coat that was the nicest thing I've ever seen but they were at least one size too small. Was able to fit into all 52 Ricks and MMM, which included a shearing Bauhaus, a weird biker jacket from this season that was like a stooges without the collar, two MMM 5 zips, and a mollino I think. There was also a whole bunch of Lost & Found, IS, soloist, paul harnden, didn't have time to try out annD or attachment stuff. I can see how the black calf 5-zip is a staple item, goes with everything, nothing weird. Ricks were all weird, but good thing I found out I don't need a 54. Buying clothes in person is definitely 1000000000000x superior than ordering online, would've megakopped if I had the money.

andyrau

13015 Posts

December 18 2014 04:01 GMT

#6205

shopping in person is only cool when you visit smaller chains/stores when they're not actually SAs alternating back and forth between actively ingratiating themselves with you or flippantly giving you attitude

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 18 2014 04:13 GMT

#6206

that happened at acne, which makes me wonder, if I try on a lot of stuff, all brought to me by the same SA but then I walk out without buying any of it, and the next day I go back and instakop something I tried on the day before but I was helped by a different SA, is this screwing over the first SA? Since I imagine they get bonuses or something when they close a deal?

Yaqoob

Canada3347 Posts

December 18 2014 06:01 GMT

#6207

Zulu, what is NMWA? I tried google but all I get is National Museum of Woman in the Arts. Honestly I don't follow fashion that much and your other post above kinda had me lost with all the acronyms and names of brands lol.

CorsairHero

Canada9491 Posts

December 18 2014 06:02 GMT

#6208

no man walks alone

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 18 2014 06:03 GMT

#6209

http://www.nomanwalksalone.com/ a boutique of formal/traditional menswear in NYC's garment district.

phosej

173 Posts

December 18 2014 06:29 GMT

#6210

Zulu nice, did you end up not buying anything?? MMM 5 zip in black calf is a grail for me, but I've pretty much given up hope of ever being able to get a good (older) iteration for a decent price

andyrau

13015 Posts

December 18 2014 07:40 GMT

#6211

rofl whenever someone brings up 5zips it just reminds me of that guy that kept saying that he was college educated, thought the defining feature of mmm 5zips was the type of zippers it used, waxed eloquent about his own old 5zip he bought for $400, then flamed toj for being garbage, and finally trashed mmm for being garbage.
later he ended up in the thrift thread reselling banana republic ties he found at goodwill at profit

endless amounts of popcorn

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

December 19 2014 08:22 GMT

#6212

are CPs really one size big in achilles low? i'm usually a 40 but it's so hard to find 39s or even 38s

Exoteric

Australia2330 Posts

December 19 2014 10:32 GMT

#6213

yes. i'd go tts only if you have pretty wide feet

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

December 19 2014 10:47 GMT

#6214

i finally realized i need a pair of plain whites and this is surprisingly hard

Pulselol

Canada1628 Posts

December 20 2014 12:37 GMT

#6215

do you guys know how to get rid of the vegetable tanned leather smell off jackets?

it reminds me of playdoh and it's kinda annoying

andyrau

13015 Posts

December 20 2014 18:08 GMT

#6216

think I read somewhere you can diy hang it over a bathtub with hot water and vinegar and basically let it steam
you're going to have to recondition the leather after it dries

I've also read someone using lemon juice but idk if that's actually a thing

last resort is to send it to a cleaner

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 20 2014 21:32 GMT

#6217

gonna visit a bunch of places in shanghai

eth0s, old lyric, i.t, lane crawford, annD store. The sufu supershopper guide is absolutely worthless, only lists a bunch of food and random arts&crafts places. The mall boutiques are dominated by burberry, gucci, givenchy, etc. While the smaller places are hard to discover they even exist. eth0s carries dark stuff, old lyric apparently has a lot of yohji, then i.t has visvim, viridi-anne, attachment. Not sure what items the annD store has but it's the only one in China. Being able to try stuff on in person will probably save me a lot of $$$ in the long run, gonna make spreadsheets and shit of sizes. Also looking forward to trying on visvim in person and feeling the overpricedness.

the rick stooges like jacket I tried on was the faun moody biker, fit well but kind of ugly imo.

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