rick owens cotton/rubber overcoat (acquired at gap prices; I sometimes think there are disgruntled employees at yoox who just price it like this in order to get even with their corporate overlords) yoox.com yoox.com
the following were acquired to further buttress my more chipper, mainstream alter ego: all images from ralphlauren.com
guess I never posted these? from Barneys.com Yohji Yamamoto regulation olive pair is a fuzzy sweater knit navy pair is an amazing textured blk/navy weave and the waistband folds over...
Me too.... He ended up returning the two hooded sweaters 'cuz they were just flat-out wrong, even for him.... Junya Watanabe Man Comme des Garçons X Canada Goose Down - 2-in-1 reflective down parka (I gave in on this "fad" because it's a CDG rendition, and the price was comically affordable compared to the original retail) barneys.com barneys.com holtrenfrew.com
more perky purchases.... (FWIW, high school me would’ve loved this stuff) all images from ralphlauren.com
Actually, I do.... A lot of the mainstream is in an oaken dresser on display for all to see; the not-quite-so mainstream is in a secondary walk-in closet. There's so much symbolism in that.
Prolly woulda maybe bought that even without any attempts at duality I suppose (though the coat is very Americana-esque)....
^ I do like it, but it was definitely less than solid black, so I wondered Could it point to identity integration?