Get one of the studded numbers from Great China Wall… This bad boy costs $1649:
Thanks to Frank for the heads up on this one. Available at emoda.com if you’re rich enough. The Great China Wall Rock Crystal Hoodie. Limited edition hoodie with swarovski crystal, all hand made. It’s a pretty sick looking peice of kit, but a little too rich for my blood.
Obviously I am not the only one that thinks that banning Ed Hardy, Christian Audigier, Affliction and Xtreme Couture from the bars in Vancouver is kind of dumb, but where does this leave those of us that are law-abiding citizens that just love the designs? Designating certain brands of clothing as “gangster clothing” means that law enforcement or bars are implying that anyone that wears this stuff is a gangster.
What about Roca Wear, Sean Jean and Akademiks along with all those other “urban” brands? What makes them any less Gangster? Who knows. Doesn’t seem like it’s affected their sales much in Vancouver, because I see just as many places carrying the stuff as before.
Now, if you REALLY want people to think you’re a gangster, check out these guys:
http://www.affiliatedworldwide.com/
They’re called “Gangster Affiliated Clothing Brand”. I wonder if I can wear this stuff in the bars?
Ok so I realize I have not really been doing much since my introduction but do to unfortunate events in my life and the stupidity of my internet service provider I am temporarily without an internet connection Don’t worry though that hasn’t stopped me from discovering a new passion. Well an old passion actually. I have found a phone that I would kill for. The Panasonic P900iv, yes a.k.a Cloud’s phone from Final Fantasy Advent Children. It really exists! Not only that but it isn’t just a pretty face. It’s a flip phone with a twist, no really you can actually twist the display so that it forms a 90 degree angle with the rest of the phone Why do you need this? So you can use the 1.95 Mega pixel CCD camera on the side of the phone like a camcorder. Once you’ve recorder your movies you can watch them on your 262,144 color QVGA TFT LCD Screen.
The display screen is 320×240 pixels and if that isn’t god enough for you then use the optional cable to view movies and pictures on your tv. Another great feature is that you can use a secondary camera located above the display screen that can be used for video calls. The phone can be purchased in black, orange and silver.
So now that you have all these wonderful details I should mention that this phone is currently unavailable in North America and is in fact only compatible with a Japanese cellular provider called NTT DoCoMo, and as far as I have found out there is no way to unlock them on our networks so don’t go buying one off eBay just yet. However there is a rumor that panasonic might be releasing a North American version of the phone sometime this year. I hope it makes it over here cause I know some celeb will make the mistake of making some home sex tape on it and have it leaked to the web. Heres hoping Amanda Bynes feels the need to purchase one of these sexy little beasts when they come out, but now I need to go have a cold shower while I think about the combined sex appeal of the Panasonic p900iv and Amanda Bynes in the same room.
When everyone and their dog and their mother starts wearing a cool brand of clothing you’ve always liked.. you know it’s time to do something.
Only a few months after we started seeing affliction on the shelves of District clothing in Nanaimo and it is all over the bars. Walking into the bar there is guaranteed to be at least half a dozen guys wearing an affliction T-shirt. This makes it very difficult to buy the shirts and wear them in the bar without someone else wearing the same one. ALWAYS a problem.
Just the other day, I walked into District, and a guy was asking the girl that worked there if she knew which of the shirts they only ordered one of. I found it amusing that he was asking the question, but to be honest, I would go for the one that had the least on the shelf as well. But even then.. its still a futile effort. Let me tell you why:
1. I go to Vancouver and buy a Christian Audigier Hoodie that I’ve never seen anyone wear, and Frank tells me that he saw a big dude wearing it at Spice Lounge. Go figure. Going to Vancouver and spending $335 on a hoodie still doesn’t mean you are going to have something unique.
2. I bought an Ozzy Osbourne Affliction Red Label t-shirt while I was in Vegas… one that isn’t carried at District. I wear it to the Queens, luckily with my Affliction hoodie on over it… and my friend Mikey walks into the Queens wearing the EXACT SAME SHIRT. WTF!
Its almost impossible to make sure you are not wearing the same stuff as anyone else. There are a few options really, if you plan to wear brands that ‘provoke’ like Affliction, Ed Hardy, Christian Audigier, etc. Here are some tips:
1. Buy brands like Ed Hardy over Affliction because there are many more prints to choose from, and Nanaimo has much less Ed Hardy to choose from. Ed Hardy is also more expensive.
2. If Ed Hardy is too common, move to brands like Raw 7 Cashmere, chances are not too many people will be wearing a $700 cashmere hoodie out here.
3. Always layer. Wear your favourite Affliction shirt, but wear a sweet hoodie over it so you can strip down if no one is wearing your shirt or zip up otherwise. Also if someone is wearing the hoodie you can remove it. If people are wearing both, then you are screwed.
4. Buy online. If you can buy it locally, the chances of someone wearing it at the bar are MUCH higher.
5. Wear the stuff you buy locally to the mall or the coffee shop, save your more obscure clothes for the bar. Chances are people are saving their local trendy Nanaimo purchases for the bar, so you can break out the foreign goods and not be caught with your twin brother at the Spice Lounge trying to pick up a girl. How embarassing. Especially if it’s some chump that thinks he’s got style because he bought a cool shirt.
6. If you can afford it, buy the top of the line stuff from your favourite brands. Less chance of posers.
7. Always wear a cool pair of jeans. Its okay to be caught with the same jeans as some other guy, cuz its not that noticeable, but always make sure you have a unique top.
8. Here are some other brands to look into and diversify your wardrobe if you are hopelessly addiction to Affliction: Monarchy, Rebel Spirit, Drifter, Black Hearts Brigade, Division L.
That’s all I got. Also I recommend any Nanaimoites here get your ass down to Coi Clothing and support them some more so we have more than just District to choose from! Kal from Coi Clothing wants to bring in some brands like True Religion, Christian Audigier, Mexx, and more.
The new Revolve Clothing Sale started yesterday and I picked me up an Ed Hardy Twofer with rhinestoned graphic on the front right off the bat. Save 50% off just about everything on sale, and then there is a promotional code that gives you another 15% off. Just type in JT in the coupon box at checkout… works on sale stuff too!
A bunch of Ed Hardy stuff went on sale, a bunch of really nice Diesel and Energie Jackets and Jeans along with those killer Raw 7 Cashmere Royalty button up shirts. Also some nice Drifter T-shirts as well. Check out the latest men’s sale stuff here:
http://www.revolveclothing.com/b/Brands.jsp?c=Dec+29&d=b&n=s
Their site is always going down though.. wish they had a better webhost!