Friday, December 19, 2008

LONGEVITY

“Trees bright and green turn yellow brown, autumn caught em See all them leaves must fall down” -Andre 3000

One of the things true about this life is that change will come. Political, and the more important social changes will take place in their season within life’s mysterious timeline. Permanence or even prolonged existence will never be guaranteed or assured and those are laws above and beyond our control. Let me lighten up the conversation and take it to a more shallow level. Fashion for instance is always in constant revolution and even more on the avant-garde side of fashion because they’re the ones who steer style clear from the norm, mean, or the expected. Due to this actuality, many consumers choke on their concepts because it’s just not what people expect or know as the standard. I will probably never venture too far off from the industry’s hidden guidelines and standards (as a consumer as well as a designer) except in the interest of functionality and endurance. Certain things like denim, military outerwear, and chucks have defied the changes and still are being utilized today as actual guidelines and standards. I personally love denim and what I love to sport with my denim is my chucks. Over 750 million pairs sold and i.m.o.p.o., the best template for a shoe (alongside a desert boot). Visvim understood that concept, took the chucks as a template, and ran away with it producing and releasing their Kiefer line a while back. So check out these leaked images of the new white distressed leather Kiefer High from Hiroki Nakamura. So buttery and light to the eyes, yet super heavy on the wallet. Just like girls and lechon, good to the taste but super bad for the heart. What I’m trying to get across is that chucks will continue to be a big impact in the future as much as it was a hulking impact in the past. Longevity.

somegiant

“seasons change and mad things rearrange”. -Lauryn Hill

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