#neartalk

[infinitycutter]

never understood it until now but this undercover ss14 bomber has a elbow vent in it to mirror the balljoints of a doll… connecting to the jesus mary chain’s lyrics of a plastic doll… it’s so genius

[infinitycutter]

one thing that pisses me off to no end is the amount of mediocrity that happens in high fashion collaborations. because how the fuck did the balmain pokemon collab end up in the way that it did?

ok so if youre only thinking about pokemon in eyes of nostalgia then i guess you’ll only find simplistic elements; nothing that can really bridge it to the work of olivier rousteing and the older stuff by pierre balmain.

pic of red <3 + balmain aw13

but if you do even the TINIEST bit of research there’s an easy overlap of design elements you could have used to make the collaboration. take, for example, the sygna suits worn by trainers that easily intersect with the intricate designs of balmain.

leon + lysandre sygna suits

balmain men’s aw17

and like. i get that not everyone is wearing haute couture. but even if you take it into the commercial street direction you literally still have so much to reference off of, just on the trainers alone? and it’s not even including the ways that you can take highly popular pokemon (eevee, pikachu, mimikyu, etc.) and turn them into very simple cheap to produce garments like how gelato pique did for acnh.

streetwear ref: raihan❤️ + guzma 💗 💗

like absolutely none of this looks good. the marketing looks shit and the designs are made by people stuck in 2016 it’s so disgusting. i want to know the target consumer because which philip plein wearing instagram influencer is going to balmain to buy toddler ass pokemon merch for 2.3k????

like for this one i can maybe understand it if it came out in the pokemon store a season after prada came out w the half patterned camp collar shirts and but in 2023???

my theory is that they tried to mirror the success of fragment design’s success with the pokemon collab, but you can kinda pass it off cuz fragment design is so rooted in streetwear. the balenciaga fortnite stuff was funny and whatever cuz logomania and sillyness is linked to demna balenciaga. but this collab (+ burberry minecraft, roblox gucci, etc.) are just clear desires to print money and make clothes destined to end up in landfills approximately 5 business days after purchase

[infinitycutter]

im still trying to refine how to word it but i think that sticking to a brand or person's way of styling rather than learning how to style your clothing is one of the worst ways to go about going into personal style. doing research and having multiple frames of reference is the best way to get not only more mileage from your clothing but also have more knowledge about fashion overall

[infinitycutter]

whos the best stardew bachelor and why is it alex

[infinitycutter]

the dissemination of fashion information on places like tiktok, where information is bound to have faults in verity and nuance, creates hordes of people spewing ill informed and incomplete takes + opinions that are mostly parroted. the polar opposite, as @/rianphin says, happened during the late 00s early 10s where a lot of information was gatekept and was mostly hidden in forums, obscure blogspots, magazines, etc. . both sides of the spectrum have their merits but i think that the modern day ver. dissuades many from actively searching for information on google, which is honestly really annoying

[infinitycutter]

before i die i need to experience a horsegiirl set live

[infinitycutter]

im stealing this resort 2020 keepall from the louis vuitton archives soi can display pictures of bowser and luigi making passionate love on the side of it

[infinitycutter]

should i buy the prayingg karl marx leg warmers or the len kagamine nanchatte seifuku top