wtf wasn't considering it

went to one of the Chinese malls, there was a y's, y-3, annD, helmut lang, acne, lanvin, and a few other retailers. There was a boutique that had a lot of cdg, junya, undercover, sacai, neil barrett, wooyunmi or w/e on sale, every store was on sale pretty much. AnnD only had smalls but there was a super nice long cardigan I could fit into, briefly considered but too $$$. My guess is all the rich people eat up the burberry, gucci, etc, so the yohji places can't move anything. The acne store had nothing over 48 lol. I've made up my mind to get a leather jacket here (if i see enough % off) since there's stuff I'll never be able to try on in person.

also apparently the all black qasa high's are the best ones? they had the ones with white soles but said the all blacks sold out fast.

andyrau

13015 Posts

December 22 2014 00:10 GMT

#6224

well you tried it on so lol

qasas have been their best sellers since they came out in '13 or whenever
they look like techninja meme shoes to me

CorsairHero

Canada9489 Posts

December 22 2014 00:39 GMT

#6225

you guys are next level

Pulselol

Canada1628 Posts

December 22 2014 03:36 GMT

#6226

i like the qasa highs (not racers or the other ugly ass ones) with white soles if u can cop em for like $250usd proxy em 2 me!!!!

Powerpill

United States1692 Posts

December 22 2014 04:24 GMT

#6227

I dunno... those qasa shoes have a bit too much similarity with the fracture boot my Mother wore when she broke her ankle.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 22 2014 04:31 GMT

#6228

they werent on sale and were like $500 converted. I can proxy some stuff and I'm thinking about getting a bunch of yohji to flip or wear but I don't know what to get. I'm guessing the stuff on sale isn't that great anyway. Still have yet to visit the smaller curator run boutiques.

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

December 22 2014 14:42 GMT

#6229

ssense sale now up to 70%

uh oh

CorsairHero

Canada9489 Posts

December 23 2014 23:10 GMT

#6230

visvim x THE BLACK SENSE MARKET

anyone else think this bag looks cool?
so pricey tho $_$

andyrau

13015 Posts

December 24 2014 01:08 GMT

#6231

yea
i also think it probably costs 900$ or something

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 24 2014 14:33 GMT

#6232

got a yohji coat from this tiny boutique place that sells vintage yy/dries and some random cdg/junya/uc. Knew nothing about what I was looking at but ended up getting a 05FW coat. Also visited eth0s, was mostly songs for the mute/luc/plokhov/ziggy chen/elena dawson, and a few nice guidi and ma+ boots. They also started stocking schneider recently (lol), first store in mainland China. I asked the SA why and she just says she knows it clashes but the owner likes the stuff and it's good value. Some of the sftm, especially the knits, were really nice, had a bit of synthetic fabric but mostly alpaca, better than the schneiders. Also tried on schneider blazers for the first time, liked it better than jil stuff at a much cheaper price.

Bloggey/useless stuff: tried on rick dunks, pretty comfortable but the pointy toe is too conspicuous to wear with non rick. Julius leather quality kinda average. Buscemi sneakers are like the epitome of fuccboi baller and actually pretty sick but the gold stuff kills it for me even though it's part of the appeal. Handled a bunch of visvim, no virgils, liked the social sculpture jackets and this other long denim jacket. Skagways are like converse, brigadiers ugly.

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lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

December 24 2014 17:34 GMT

#6233

ann.D double zip highs on grailed might be in my size

do i blow all my christmas money on it

andyrau

13015 Posts

December 24 2014 17:50 GMT

#6234

On December 24 2014 23:33 zulu_nation8 wrote:
got a yohji coat from this tiny boutique place that sells vintage yy/dries and some random cdg/junya/uc. Knew nothing about what I was looking at but ended up getting a 05FW coat. Also visited eth0s, was mostly songs for the mute/luc/plokhov/ziggy chen/elena dawson, and a few nice guidi and ma+ boots. They also started stocking schneider recently (lol), first store in mainland China. I asked the SA why and she just says she knows it clashes but the owner likes the stuff and it's good value. Some of the sftm, especially the knits, were really nice, had a bit of synthetic fabric but mostly alpaca, better than the schneiders. Also tried on schneider blazers for the first time, liked it better than jil stuff at a much cheaper price.

Bloggey/useless stuff: tried on rick dunks, pretty comfortable but the pointy toe is too conspicuous to wear with non rick. Julius leather quality kinda average. Buscemi sneakers are like the epitome of fuccboi baller and actually pretty sick but the gold stuff kills it for me even though it's part of the appeal. Handled a bunch of visvim, no virgils, liked the social sculpture jackets and this other long denim jacket. Skagways are like converse, brigadiers ugly.

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i know it isn't the point but ur shoes ;o;
sick coat tho

couple things, rick dunks aren't pointy, you may be looking for some other word
julius's leather is actually veg tanned compared to ro's (most common comparison) which is chrome tanned. and usually you buy julius for cut and washes, but i guess you're right that the actual quality might be average.

On December 25 2014 02:34 lichter wrote:
ann.D double zip highs on grailed might be in my size

do i blow all my christmas money on it

ehh i dont think they're worth it
after getting them i think i would only pay max 100-150 for them

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

December 24 2014 17:52 GMT

#6235

or CP tournament high?

i need white shoes

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 25 2014 01:02 GMT

#6236

For the AnnDs, I think it's mainly the contrast that doesn't look right, even if you just replace the black laces with white ones they'd look better. Pretty sure all of those are from the Barney's sale where they were going for $400-500 so people thought they could actually flip them cuz retail was $1k+.

For the Ricks, not sure If they're called dunks but I was talking about geobaskets specifically. And yea not pointy, I meant the toes curling upward which is all of his sneakers/boots with that sole. I was trying them on even with drop crotch sweats and the sneaker naturally catches all the attention. I can see how it goes well with pod shorts or crazy drop crotch stuff but not sleek stuff.

After asking on sf, turns out the yohji is woman's. I still couldn't find it in any of the runway pictures. The coat fits but I am worried about re-sale value since I don't wanna go the ebay route so there's only men's forum markets. I'm pretty mad the SA didn't tell me, I'm assuming they know since they placed the coat on the men's rack, probably thought it could be worn unisex, which is fine but like... they should've told me. And I'm dumb for going to that place without doing any research beforehand. Another thing I'm concerned about is that the coat is really slim and thus not worn in the same way the men's pieces are. This is my first YY piece and I really don't wanna be crossdressing already, just wanted something classic with a yohji silhouette. Probably gonna ask for return or at least exchange but they have really few men's pieces. Also the shoes are just 50cent sandals from street vendors.

Juliette

United States6003 Posts

December 25 2014 03:14 GMT

#6237

On December 25 2014 10:02 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I really don't wanna be crossdressing already,

I dunno man, start early :p

Gl with the piece. Glad you're getting to see lots of stuff though, it's like a field trip for us lol.

I met a guy at school that wears white/black dunks with slimmer black stuff and yeah it stands out very hard without the rest of the Rick aesthetic

Pulselol

Canada1628 Posts

December 25 2014 11:51 GMT

#6238

geobaskets are not dunks

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 25 2014 14:38 GMT

#6239

lemaire kaftan coat, hender schemes @ triple major in sh. Kafka coat yohjiesque, but fabric is disappointing, not worth imo. The owner of the store stocked an interesting combination of labels, the only foreign ones were vibskov, ervell, and lemaire I think. The rest were local Chinese designers and the odd hender scheme, some of the Chinese stuff was really nice.

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Was offered the option to exchange the yohji even though it's normally against store policy. ok. Interested in this black Y's blazer, owner doesn't know year.

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