8ball
As seen on TikTok
I'd never heard of them until this set of apparent parodies.
Are there other "fashion houses" that do this sort of thing?
"Homeless chic" used to flog £500 trainers
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I'd never heard of them until this set of apparent parodies.
Are there other "fashion houses" that do this sort of thing?
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I reckon you could pick up a passable runner from the auction for less than £600 even today.
How the fuck can a hoodie be worth £600? It doesn't look any different from the Primark ones, I'm sure its made of better material but it can't be worth 50x as much.
8ball
As seen on TikTok
And finds this stuff pretty barking. So that goes to say something.
8ball
As seen on TikTok
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
did you spunk £600 on any single item of clothing when you were a teenager? the most expensive things i bought were dms (£50 iirc) and a leather jacknet - again £50.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Bastard !! Falling out of a chair hurts
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
My 16 year old bought a pair of pre-ripped jeans from Hollisters over the holidays which cost her north of £40 which I thought ridiculous, I suggested she get a pair from Primark and I would lend her a Stanley knife
I was accused of not getting fashion which is probably true but it's hard to see how one set of holes can be more fashionable than another.
But she would find a £600 hoodie as ridiculous as I do, a £40 hoodie maybe, you could at least understand that it might be much better quality than a £15 one but paying £600 is just pure added snobbery, look at me I am so rich I can afford to pay 10-12x what a regular person would pay for the same hoodie because I am so rich that I can.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
fucking £600. it's sickening.
No I didn't. Even now I get ~80% of my clothes from a charity shop. I've got no problem with thinking that price is absurd. You're shifting the argument now though. I was talking about the thread title which is whether they are using 'homeless chic' which I really don't see as they're using a standard hoodie pose (which of course homeless people will use too)
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
forget the upper body pose, which yeh people do commonly use. the whole body pose, the sitting cross-legged looking down, i don't see how you can see that as other than reminiscent of a homeless person as we see them every day in london. if they were standing up, you'd have a point. as it is you don't.
8ball
As seen on TikTok
Well, I guess if the rich throw their money away on toss like this, there is less for them to do much damage with.
not-bono-ever
meh
If my mum had suggested getting m&s jeans when I was a teen, I would have called childline- and i never had any street cred.
And paying 15 tines as much for a fashion item over a utility version is all about show, well yes, that’s the name of the game
And paying 15 tines as much for a fashion item over a utility version is all about show, well yes, that’s the name of the game
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
not-bono-ever
meh
Is this aimed at the rich?
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
if it was solely aimed at the rich they wouldn't have the bloody things in the window
not-bono-ever
meh
the majority of the Consumers of this gear are unlikely to be international jet setters.
8ball
As seen on TikTok
What? £600 hoodies?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
ting is I can see myself talking myself into the 500 pound trainers if I was reasonably wealthy, yet not the hoodie. Trainers somehow different. Obvs the display is a bit fucked but *alan voice* these people.
Favelado
I'm loving Engels instead.
Such as using plausible deniability to create a debate in the press and on social media to generate free publicity.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
The fashion industry has a long history of tone deaf styling and merchandizing. Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano, anyone?
Wookey
Muppet is not a slur
And the OP now uses his skills working full time for Shelter doing more to assist the homeless than I suspect you ever will...
...just saying.
Johnny Doe
Well-Known Member
I wouldn't have thought the mannequins were meant to be mimicking homeless people.if I'd seen the photo wlthout the OP.
Haven't decided if that's me being dim yet.
Haven't decided if that's me being dim yet.
have a gold star.
Baronage-Phase
Well-Known Member
View attachment 146586 I just looked up the Balenciaga website. This is their look for 2018.
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Top bit is like a recycling bag.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
I'll stick my neck out as well and say I'm also unconvinced about this looking like "homeless chic".
Looks as much like my late husband rolling a joint as it does like someone sitting on the streets.
Looks as much like my late husband rolling a joint as it does like someone sitting on the streets.
seventh bullet
sovietwave
You get paid to save the world, now?
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
The sitting figures are absolutely as you see people in the street.
Personally, I think any wankstain that pays £600.00 for a sweatshirt should be put up against a wall.
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