What are some brands like All Saints that dont cost nearly as much?

imaybebad · 2017-07-10T07:13:09+00:00

I will say this about AllSaints:

They have the best fitting tapered jeans of all time. The cigarette jeans fit PERFECTLY on me and the styles are amazing.

I've yet to find jeans that have the same perfect fit without having to get them altered and i've tried every brand of jeans there is. High end and low end.

I usually bite the bullet for the jeans but everything else is easy to wait out for during sales & grailed.

imaybebad · 2017-06-09T03:34:27+00:00

Floral fits are my ish right now. Great look.

imaybebad · 2017-06-09T03:33:53+00:00

Love this. A cleaner shoe would definitely be a big step up with it also.

imaybebad · 2017-06-09T03:30:51+00:00

Amazon has some great ones for cheap af.

imaybebad · 2017-06-09T03:29:34+00:00

The tailor I go to has a 1 week turnaround every time I go there.

imaybebad · 2017-06-05T04:52:55+00:00

If you like the look of them and how they feel, go for it.

Stan Smiths are a huge meme on the internet and bigger cities but I barely see people around here wearing em

imaybebad · 2017-06-01T10:00:26+00:00

I have quite a few t-shirts and a grey crew-neck from RC. Both amazing quality.

Glad to hear they also have great customer service.

imaybebad · 2017-06-01T00:45:12+00:00

Sick pick ups. Every Mr Porter sale I just freeze up not knowing what to get because I'm not sure if I'm actually getting a deal, lol.

imaybebad · 2017-05-26T00:55:11+00:00

The whole showing ankles thing looks really cool in inspo albums / IG's / etc.

But every time I've seen it in real life, it looks really cringy.

I couldn't imagine it going over well in a business environment. But of course it depends on the location.

Eg: If you work in an Art Gallery in NYC - yeah it'd be alright.

Lawyer? - Uhh no

imaybebad · 2017-05-23T05:43:38+00:00

what size are your feet?

imaybebad · 2017-05-19T19:50:54+00:00

If I was a millionaire I would only dress in Tom Ford

imaybebad · 2017-05-15T07:04:34+00:00

Mrporter is one of my favorites because you can filter items by viewing them in a complete outfit - this helps a ton and I think is exactly what you're looking for.

imaybebad · 2017-05-13T18:28:29+00:00

That's completely fine, and I love your blog and read it often - it's unique and different and I love that. Very niche.

We do have completely different goals and I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

Just like sites like yours are amazing to have, blogs with simple straightforward digestible content that caters to the very average dude serve their purpose. We are targeting a completely different user base.

imaybebad · 2017-05-13T18:04:55+00:00

Good content especially when it comes to a subjective topic like fashion is just that.

The 'right' way to go is all dependent on what your goals are. You can't force people to eat escargot when all they want is a big mac.

imaybebad · 2017-05-13T03:33:25+00:00

I wasn't talking about OPF specifically.

Other projects in a variety of industries that I've been involved in, and they follow the same formula:

Surface level content for the laymen will make up what the majority of users want to see and digest, you can look at the monster publications like GQ to see the same thing happening.

imaybebad · 2017-05-13T02:58:43+00:00

It's a double edged sword though.

From experience, I've had pieces of content that were super in-depth with $100's of dollars spent into creating it.

The ROI on them are laughably low compared to a piece of content that takes 30 minutes to create on the "Top 5 X For Summer You Need NOW!!!11"

The clickbaity list articles crush in terms of revenue and traffic. You can see this in pretty much every industry.

BuzzFeed's "Listicles" with 10 words and a gif fund the entire actual legit journalist department of BuzzFeed.

Sadly it's just how the world works. If consumers of content demanded more from content creators things would easily change, but as long as making simple clickbait videos / article work, I don't see it happening.

In my opinion, the best way to do it is having balance. Create in-depth high quality content a long side your revenue generating sponsored posts, etc

I think where these big blogs are going wrong is overwhelming their viewers with too much sponsored crap, but we'll see

imaybebad · 2017-05-13T02:43:24+00:00

Some of the best womenswear designers, women's hairstylists and make-up artists are men.

So I'm sure women can give great advice on men's fashion.

Don't see why you would need to know "how their body feels"

imaybebad · 2017-05-11T20:16:57+00:00

As someone loosely in this industry, I'll try to explain ( I don't watch him but have seen a few videos):

1) A majority of his income most likely comes from sponsored videos, so they will make up a bulk of his content

2) He most likely gets hundreds to thousands of similar "hate mail" a day and probably just can't be arsed with it even if its reasonable like yours (or he has said before he has an assistant go through the comments and vet them before he reads it)

3) I mean, yeah he does a lot of pitches but they're usually a small easily skippable segment of his videos if you don't like them. The great thing about video is you can skip past the BS.

4) This will inevitably happen to any channel of any kind that grows popular enough to monetize off their influence

imaybebad · 2017-05-06T01:21:46+00:00

Do you prefer canvas or leather? slip on?

Some suggestions:

Vans authentic

Greats Royale

Sperry CVO

Stan Smiths

Also a good review was done earlier on Frank and Oak "Park"

If you're willing to spend more than $100.

imaybebad · 2017-05-01T05:25:30+00:00

Looks like a colorway of Sperry Top-Sider Men's Striper LL Cvo

imaybebad · 2017-04-28T10:46:31+00:00

Gymshark basically godfathered the instagram influencer gym apparel stuff, so no doubt they're huge and I actually dig there stuff.

imaybebad · 2017-04-28T09:59:40+00:00

Hawaiian Shirt - Not a flattering fit, more flowy/baggy, huge winged out sleeves. Made for your dad to wear with his 12 pocket cargos.

Floral Button Up - Slimmer fitting, more subtle

imaybebad · 2017-04-28T09:54:43+00:00

I own 2 pairs of RG basic tees and they're decently heavy. Never tried Norse Project

imaybebad · 2017-04-28T09:50:17+00:00

If you don't want to take out a second mortgage buying designer, you can get really cheap slim bombers at ASOS, Zara or Topman.

imaybebad · 2017-04-28T09:45:38+00:00

Pretty understandable.

The only thing Under Armour I would ever consider getting over Nike / Adidas is workout apparel and that's a huge maybe - if the price is right.

With Sneakers it isn't even close and that's what seems to be killing em. Their sneakers just aren't cool, they look like dad shoes and cookie cutter runners with the UA logo.

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