Just as I was about to discuss the frequency of Bearbricks through a critique of the latest ACRONYM and Medicom Bearbrick Medicom goes out and proves my point with another useless project.
These stupid Japanese need to pick up a dictionary and look up the word “limited”. It’s not going to be limited if you have tens of thousand of releases of the same thing each year.
The Bearbrick went from a fairly cool tool, to resembling any tired eponymous plastic toy. In the past you would take another look at the large vinyl bear, but now it is a wave of the hand and onward with life.
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Tagged: acronym, bearbrick, Hypebeast, poo, shit
Visvim comes with some of the best outer wear around, but their shoes are vomit inducing. Every time I see a pair of FBTs I vomit in my mouth, every time Union sells a pair of Shamens an angels loses its wings. A bit harsh, but to me the shoes are an atrocity.
However, nothing irks me more then the Visvims blatant rip offs.
Let’s start with the Hockneys. To me, there are some shoes you just don’t fuck with. Redwing 875s for instance are proof positive that lumberjacks and little Japanese men can share the same taste in shoes. 875s are not to be altered, changed, augmented, just NO! The same goes for the classic Sperry Topsider boat shoes. You can borrow the design (which many have, from Ferragamo to Ralph Lauren), but you don’t fuck with the look. Apparently Hiroki Nakamura does not agree. He greenlit the awful Hockneys. The Hockneys are a monstrosity. The mid-soles look like crap. They don’t look like shoes you use for Yachting, or a stroll down the beach, they have made a mockery of a classic piece of footwear.
Now to the Keifers. Where do I begin? These are Chuch Taylor HIs, right? Am I missing something? These are $40 canvas hi-tops that sell for 4 hundy. What would possess Visvim to even consider putting a twist on this iconic pair of sneakers? Was there a segment of well-heeled men saying, “I really like Chuck Taylors, but I always wanted them with triangle cow print cut outs around the heel.”
Done with the rant. Enjoy the visuals.
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Tagged: hockneys, keifers, shit, visvim
