I think sometimes it's fun to react to peoples style, especially celebrities but there is a line. Some people take it a bit too far and start personally attacking people and veer into verbal abuse which is when it gets excessive. Unfortunately some of the people that describe themselves as "Avant Garde" wear the aesthetic like a personality and end up being the most insufferable people in fashion.
It's so weird how some people judge a person's wardrobe and sense of style from one outfit. With 365 days in a year, even the most fashion aware trend chasers just want to wear whatever sometimes. Same thing in watches: they see you in a $20 fleamarket Timex one day, and think you don't know anything about watches, meanwhile, your watch box has pieces they read about and dream of. Funny enough, the more aware one gets, the more likely they are to occasionally slip into a tracksuit or Timex. And that's the problem with these moments of ill-informed judgement - that the one doing the judging has not seen and heard the entire case; they haven't opened your closet, seen your collections, or even know how you're feeling that day. Perhaps when the tech giants conquer our rights to privacy once and for all, we'll all have this information readily available as we walk by people in the streets with augmented reality glasses and contacts. We'll be able to tap in to see a list of their recent purchases or a virtual closet tour on demand - while simultaneously rating each other in real time based on a 3 second glimpse (we'll have to use digital versions of "My other car is a..." bumper stickers for things like watches and bags to maintain our social credit score). Those will be sad times for society, but it's where things are going, especially as we focus less on ourselves and reserve less respect for individuality (notice how fashion police TikTok types never turn the camera on themselves). People who care only about dissing what others wear have problems and are usually trying to distract themselves from their own shortcomings and inadequacies while they try to make sense of of their purpose in this life. It's unhealthy, and we need to stop normalizing it and call it out for what it is. It's possible to appreciate similar taste and be inspired by others' style, while minding your own business at the same time.
There is a lot of sexism behind the social media critiques of celebrities as it is mostly focused on women. It is mean when you can clearly seen an artist not into fashion being panned online. They go to events to gain relevance not to be in a runaway.
😂 Yoox is the only reason I purchase a prior season luxury brand - for me ( this is not for everyone ) I’d rather buy a Jil Sander piece, or any other luxury or esoteric brand, on off price than spend full price or any amount of money on a brand like Lululemon or other bridge labels - the reasons are simple: the chances of seeing someone wearing the same piece are slim and the quality, although questionable at times is usually better and lasts longer. I have pieces for many years and thankfully, when I’m tired of one, I can resell it. Again, this way of shopping is not for everyone but for me it works. The only time I shop and purchase apparel at full price is when I’m traveling in Japan or Europe and I encounter a independent shop selling lovely well made goods and services, then it’s absolutely worth the price.
I wish someone would put out a tier list of luxury brands as a far as quality. its really hard to know where to buy and who to trust to sell good quality.
The reason why I would personally never do this is because the quality of brands changes too often. A brand can be acquired by a conglomerate tomorrow and the quality goes to shit. There is also the conversation of certain brands only having good quality depending on the product type. I recently posted a short about some very badly made Loro Piana shoes. That’s not to say it’s not a high quality brand, Loro Piana literally makes some of the best fabrics across the whole fashion industry. There’s a reason why when you walk into most Saville Row Tailor’s a lot of the fabric options are Loro Piana. The issue is that Loro Piana doesn’t specialise in footwear and decided not to invest in the expertise by collaborating with a shoemaker or at least bringing them in-house to gain that expertise. A lot of brands tend to specialise in one thing and that’s where their expertise is. Everything else is just them expanding product ranges to make maximum profits.
@@FashionRoadman so valid. its just with so much shopping online its really hard to tell the quality of products. even seeing in person is hard if you are not trained in what to look for. I bought an ann demeulemeester belt recently that was expensive and made in italy and it broke after wearing it twice. so even looking at where its made does not seem to work. It just really feels like a role of the dice whenever buying anything.
@@FashionRoadman I really get your point regarding the constant change of quality. What are brands you think have good quality now? I know you’ve talked about random identities earlier. Thanks a lot!
I really like your videos and seen you in interviews. Can you please highlight more female designers for your next videos? lately it seems that female designers are not getting attention and there are very few.
Quality is always a hard discussion to have, because the quality within a given brand most often vary across different kinds of products. Very few luxury brands are experts in making shoes, why a lot of these brands tend to sell shoes, which are not much better, than what you can get elsewhere. But.. regarding profit margins. Luxury brands do have lower profit margins on average than fast fashion brands. Dior, OTB and Kering are all below 10%, which is mediocre at best - and LVMH is higher mostly, due to other ventures than clothing. Only Hermes is operating with huge margins. Most fast fashion brands are in the mid 10, which is much better. This also shows that if these luxury brands wasn’t owned by large conglomerates it wouldn’t take a lot of bad seasons for them to end up in financial difficulties. So to say that they operate with high margins is just wrong.
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I think sometimes it's fun to react to peoples style, especially celebrities but there is a line. Some people take it a bit too far and start personally attacking people and veer into verbal abuse which is when it gets excessive. Unfortunately some of the people that describe themselves as "Avant Garde" wear the aesthetic like a personality and end up being the most insufferable people in fashion.
It's so weird how some people judge a person's wardrobe and sense of style from one outfit. With 365 days in a year, even the most fashion aware trend chasers just want to wear whatever sometimes. Same thing in watches: they see you in a $20 fleamarket Timex one day, and think you don't know anything about watches, meanwhile, your watch box has pieces they read about and dream of. Funny enough, the more aware one gets, the more likely they are to occasionally slip into a tracksuit or Timex. And that's the problem with these moments of ill-informed judgement - that the one doing the judging has not seen and heard the entire case; they haven't opened your closet, seen your collections, or even know how you're feeling that day. Perhaps when the tech giants conquer our rights to privacy once and for all, we'll all have this information readily available as we walk by people in the streets with augmented reality glasses and contacts. We'll be able to tap in to see a list of their recent purchases or a virtual closet tour on demand - while simultaneously rating each other in real time based on a 3 second glimpse (we'll have to use digital versions of "My other car is a..." bumper stickers for things like watches and bags to maintain our social credit score). Those will be sad times for society, but it's where things are going, especially as we focus less on ourselves and reserve less respect for individuality (notice how fashion police TikTok types never turn the camera on themselves). People who care only about dissing what others wear have problems and are usually trying to distract themselves from their own shortcomings and inadequacies while they try to make sense of of their purpose in this life. It's unhealthy, and we need to stop normalizing it and call it out for what it is. It's possible to appreciate similar taste and be inspired by others' style, while minding your own business at the same time.
There is a lot of sexism behind the social media critiques of celebrities as it is mostly focused on women. It is mean when you can clearly seen an artist not into fashion being panned online. They go to events to gain relevance not to be in a runaway.
😂 Yoox is the only reason I purchase a prior season luxury brand - for me ( this is not for everyone ) I’d rather buy a Jil Sander piece, or any other luxury or esoteric brand, on off price than spend full price or any amount of money on a brand like Lululemon or other bridge labels - the reasons are simple: the chances of seeing someone wearing the same piece are slim and the quality, although questionable at times is usually better and lasts longer. I have pieces for many
years and thankfully, when I’m tired of one, I can resell it. Again, this way of shopping is not for everyone but for me it works. The only time I shop and purchase apparel at full price is when I’m traveling in Japan or Europe and I encounter a independent shop selling lovely well made goods and services, then it’s absolutely worth the price.
I wish someone would put out a tier list of luxury brands as a far as quality. its really hard to know where to buy and who to trust to sell good quality.
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The reason why I would personally never do this is because the quality of brands changes too often. A brand can be acquired by a conglomerate tomorrow and the quality goes to shit. There is also the conversation of certain brands only having good quality depending on the product type.
I recently posted a short about some very badly made Loro Piana shoes. That’s not to say it’s not a high quality brand, Loro Piana literally makes some of the best fabrics across the whole fashion industry. There’s a reason why when you walk into most Saville Row Tailor’s a lot of the fabric options are Loro Piana. The issue is that Loro Piana doesn’t specialise in footwear and decided not to invest in the expertise by collaborating with a shoemaker or at least bringing them in-house to gain that expertise.
A lot of brands tend to specialise in one thing and that’s where their expertise is. Everything else is just them expanding product ranges to make maximum profits.
@@FashionRoadman so valid. its just with so much shopping online its really hard to tell the quality of products. even seeing in person is hard if you are not trained in what to look for. I bought an ann demeulemeester belt recently that was expensive and made in italy and it broke after wearing it twice. so even looking at where its made does not seem to work. It just really feels like a role of the dice whenever buying anything.
@@FashionRoadman Agreed!
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@@FashionRoadman I really get your point regarding the constant change of quality. What are brands you think have good quality now? I know you’ve talked about random identities earlier. Thanks a lot!
I really like your videos and seen you in interviews. Can you please highlight more female designers for your next videos? lately it seems that female designers are not getting attention and there are very few.
usually person who judge how others dress, they are under developed when it comes to judge their behaviors
Quality is always a hard discussion to have, because the quality within a given brand most often vary across different kinds of products. Very few luxury brands are experts in making shoes, why a lot of these brands tend to sell shoes, which are not much better, than what you can get elsewhere. But.. regarding profit margins. Luxury brands do have lower profit margins on average than fast fashion brands. Dior, OTB and Kering are all below 10%, which is mediocre at best - and LVMH is higher mostly, due to other ventures than clothing. Only Hermes is operating with huge margins. Most fast fashion brands are in the mid 10, which is much better. This also shows that if these luxury brands wasn’t owned by large conglomerates it wouldn’t take a lot of bad seasons for them to end up in financial difficulties. So to say that they operate with high margins is just wrong.
www.voguebusiness.com/story/consumers/why-consumers-are-questioning-luxurys-markups#:~:text=Traditionally%2C%20higher%20margins%20exist%20in,cent%20for%20high%20street%20brands.
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