Recent Pickups: Supreme, Levis Vintage Clothing, Rick Owens

What's good! I hope everyone's holiday went well. I spent a lot of money on clothes during Black Friday, which probably comes as no surprise.

Levis Sherpa Trucker Jacket

Absolutely classic, vintage staple piece. Cozy AND stylish, what more can you ask for. I wear the jacket in the next few pictures.

Supreme "Just Say No" Tee

It says, "Why not get together with some friends soon and say NO! Say no to racists, to sexist pigs, to authority figures, to religion; say no to television, patriotism, political ideologies, any of the thousand and one ways in which this society keeps you from realizing your own needs and desires. You'll find that when you do it, you'll like it!
Just say 'FUCK OFF'
You'll get a lot of satisfaction."

Supreme released a politically charged t-shirt during their last drop, saying NO to racism, sexism, homophobia, and political ideologies, donating all proceeds from the shirt to the American Civil Liberties Union. You go, Supreme.

Rick Owens Ramones

Rick Owens created his iconic "Ramone" sneaker silhouette as an homage to the iconic Chuck Taylor design by Converse. The difference here being the premium materials, massive size increase, and the zippers on the side.

I've wanted these shoes for forever and a day. And of course, I size down a half size (as advised by the internet), and now have very expensive designer shoes that hurt my feet and are too small. Oh well, live and learn. I'll be trying to trade up for a bigger size. At least I got those cool fit pics.

Songs listened to while writing this post:

Just a whole bunch of Sinatra

Rick Owens Makes Clothing For Goth Ninjas

You thought I was kidding.

I love Rick Owens. He is one of the greats when it comes to fashion designers of the 21st century. If you like dressing conservatively, you probably won't rock with Rick's designs so much. His dark, flowy, future-goth aesthetic is as insane(ly cool) as it is iconic. He is the godfather of "brutal chic". His last three collections were called: 

• SS17 WALRUS
• FW16 MASTODON
• SS16 CYCLOPS

Which is cool as hell. 

Walrus

Mastodon

Cyclops

The man himself, Tricky Ricky

I can keep lauding over Rick, but I'll give some background and real facts. Owens is a designer originally from Porterville, California, though he spends most of his time nowadays in Europe. He studied fashion design at Otis College of Art and Design in LA. He eventually dropped out and began his journey into the fashion world by making knock offs of designer clothing, not knowing he would eventually make designer clothing that gets knocked off. He designs both women and menswear. Owenscorp (his company) made about $120 million in revenue back in 2014. This just goes to show his impact on the industry, and the colossus that he has created.

Lenny Kravitz head to toe in Rick

In the streetwear scene (god I cringe just saying that sometimes) Rick is ever present in his sneakers. Geobaskets and Ramones specifically. His monstrous, powerful homages to Nike and Converse shoes are his most popular sneaker silhouettes. I also want both but I don't have $2000 to spend.

Geobaskets

Ramones

That's a little background on one of my favorite designers.