two more shoes i’m trying to track down…
jibber jabber 
a collection of run on sentences mostly about travel, fashion, technology, formula 1, design and anything else that this worker bee in the vancouver ad industry feels like rambling on about
i’m such a dork…
but a limited exclusive dork… i got them today. go me. 1 of 20 pair in vancouver.
but now the question is…do i rock them or flip em on ebay. they’re fetching a pretty hefty price right now…
recent acquisitions
since i’m now sitting on my ass on the aforementioned ferry i thought i’d update on some recent shopping.
we went to seattle last week for thanksgiving dinner with my family and did some shopping in seattle beforehand. i was on a mission to find jeans but no luck. the girlfriend found too many things but cut back and bought a APC toque as consolation. its pretty nice but $82 USD for a beanie? that’s insane. sorry.
got back to vancouver and picked up my long awaited g-star radar rope narrow’s. super stoked on them. that with the earnest sewns i got a few weeks ago and i finally have some nice denim to rock around.
just before i left on this trip i received a surprise gift of a pair of Nike Court Force in a grey ostrich, white leather and copper patent leather. they’re pretty dope.
but i’ve also just found out that the girlfriend went shopping while i’m away and picked up a couple pairs of Vans Vaults and a pair of APC jeans. so the denim arms race continues and i’ll have to one up her. i might cave and get a black Crate Denim.
oh and its been a mission to find the “dia de los muertos” dunks. seems nobody in vancouver is getting them and the 11/1 drop date is fast approaching and i’m running out of connects. grrrrrrr….
denim hunt update
so in browsing the georgia straight last friday, i found out that L2 carries Rare. and they have those jeans in my size. but guess what?!?! $410!!! $80 more than Basquiat. WTF?!?! total scammers. little bitches. i can’t bring myself to support a shop like that.
finally something original
the crew at highsnobiety.com got the lowdown on a brand out of Paris called Artsym. finally streetwear that is real cut & sew not just a beefy-t with some multi-brand-collabo-all-over-print. so loving the hoodie pictured but unfortunately can’t seem to find it at their online store (crews only left) and they don’t seem to have any distribution outside of france.
oh why oh why am i cursed to always want what i can’t find?!?!
the hunt is on again
doing a little shopping the other day and ended up at Basquiat in yaletown. last time i was there i found the dopest pair of lindeberg pants. of course it was the last pair and wasn’t my size. been looking everywhere, including online, ever since and…nothing.
this time i found the dopest pair of denims by a brand called “RARE”. leather trims, antique tarnished copper buttons, resin baking, selvedge. just super dope. of course, last pair, not my size. initial internet research turns up…nothing. goddammit…help!!!!
i think for my own sanity, i’m never shopping there again.
wait for it
new store…”ie”…gastown…dropping mid-Sept.
magic 8-ball, is this related to the crew at livestock?
“it is certain”
magic 8-ball, is it worth waiting for?
“without a doubt”
magic 8-ball, will they carry nom de guerre?
“cannot predict now”
fashion don’t overload
so the PNE…i’ve never seen so many fashion don’ts concentrated in one area before. i mean if i were truly evil (i’m only partway there) i would park myself on a bench there with a 1GB memory card in my camera and just start snapping.
on another rant…the pig/duck races…grand total of about 30 seconds of action, drawn out into a 20 minute ordeal. i’m a city boy. i hate the smell of poo and i’m allergic to hay. show me the damn race and let me get the hell out.
what’s happening to me??!?!?!
due to that damn wonderful girlfriend of mine, i’ve developed an addiction to project runway. i downloaded all the eps to date of season 3 and we’ve been catching up over the past few days.
its kinda scary ’cause i’m at the point now where i have a reasonably good grasp of good and bad fashion design. i know a lot of the different construction techniques and names. combine that with the fact that i’ve been using her fashion mags as bathroom reading material i can now occasionally tell at a glance what season/designer an outfit is from. it got so bad that the other day, having lunch with an equally fashion-savvy co-worker out in richmond, i commented on how a passer-by’s outfit would look so much better with a pair of flats. oeuf.
but back to project runway. just finished up episode six last night. that hippy freak angela needs to go…and like stat. laura is the zoolander of fashion (can you say ‘one look’). vincent is also a freak and should hook up with angela and go live on a commune somewhere. robert looks like an ultimate fighter and should design wrestling outfits.micheal’s got some cool shit but i was sad to see allison go, cause she seems like a sweetheart. now that she’s gone i don’t know who to root for.
seattle find
if you’re down in seattle looking for guys clothes check out blackbird. fun, funky store in the ballard neighbourhood. carrying lines like modern amusement, apc, uppercut, rvca, trovata, surface 2 air and my new favorite, new york industries (stainless steel thread! what!). and apparently will be carrying nom de guerre for ss07. can’t wait!
if you’re a girl, they’re closely related to impulse in freemont. great little boutique with a super friendly owner and great girls’ stuff.