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    bagley920
    Joined: 10 Oct 2011

    …at the State Fair

    If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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      joesaintjohn
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 9 Aug 2012

      …the only place that really matters.

      Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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        natehate
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 18 Jun 2012

        i just seen theyre gonna be releasing that denim in a ladies cut as well
        can you say how to spot which girl to take home from the bar 🙂

        don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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          I know a few people in Montreal who tell me they've spoken to Brandon about toning down the craziness of some N&F products. They assured me that the message was finally starting to sink in. Apparently not.

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            Chris
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 28 Jun 2010

            I like that he's willing to take chances and try new things.  I'm not interested in most of what N&F puts out, but I respect the creativity.  I think the danger of toning it down is that the brand loses its distinctiveness and gets lost among all the other jeans makers in the same price range.

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              bagley920
              Joined: 10 Oct 2011

              If you're selling because of a "gimmick" you can't get rid of the gimmick and except to continue the same results

              If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                Chris
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                I'm not sure I'd say N&F is only selling gimmick jeans.  They have several popular models that are normal denim.  The really off-beat stuff is limited production, special edition runs.  I'd compare N&F more to Samurai or Studio D'Artisan in their approach, if not overall quality or reputation.  There's nothing wrong with thinking outside the box and taking some risks.

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                  natehate
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                  Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                  heat activated color changing jeans is just a awful idea
                  and its not all new ideas
                  chip and pepper did glow in the dark jeans years ago and the same with the different color cores
                  i agree with chris thou, theyre not all gimmick

                  don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

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                    summ3rhays
                    Joined: 28 Nov 2012

                    Happen to be wearing my gimmick N&F Red core today. Really washed them for the first time last week. The red
                    Core was just quirky enough, but really quite subtle. Worn them since July about4-5 days/wk. Plan on wearing them into the ground while anxiously waiting for my MBB to be made. Sorry in advance for the crappy iPhone photos.

                    IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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                      Chris
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                      I kinda like the red core.  I'll be interested to see how the new rainbow core fades over the next couple of years.

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                        summ3rhays
                        Joined: 28 Nov 2012

                        Agreed Chris.  I'm interested as well,  the rainbow core is kind of tough to visualize.  The red was a little easier to wrap my brain around.

                        IG: summ3rhays & Indigobleed

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                          tigerpac
                          Joined: 18 Apr 2012

                          Maybe he'll stumble upon some gimmick everybody likes… or not, but some creativity is always nice

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                            MikeC
                            Banned
                            Joined: 7 Nov 2011

                            His normal line is Paulrose Products. Their shit looks decent. Mostly 17oz raw Japanese denim.

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                              Seul
                              Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                              @Chris:

                              I'll be interested to see how the new rainbow core fades over the next couple of years.

                              I was hoping you were kidding… I like the red, but rainbow ?..

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                                netleyhunter
                                Joined: 23 Nov 2012

                                I like that he's willing to take chances and try new things.  I'm not interested in most of what N&F puts out, but I respect the creativity.  I think the danger of toning it down is that the brand loses its distinctiveness and gets lost among all the other jeans makers in the same price range.

                                Exactly, there are many "unknown" brands out there that are doing the exact same thing that many other brands are doing. The real crazy jeans like the colour change, glow in the dark or whatever may not appeal to true denim nerds, but it may appeal to a new, different type of client that wouldn't have bought raw denim simply for fades. (That's called marketing people). When Brandon does these wild and crazy denim projects, they uptake from denim media is all over it, it gets people talking about that brand. When a "generic raw denim brand" comes out with a new cut, or jean that is simliar to every other pair out there how often do you see media grab a hold of it?


                                (The Chris guy from Ducks Unlimited Brandon is talking about is me)

                                People watching that, see it are amazed a pair of jeans can stand on their own, that there is rasberry scented jeans and get on the old internet and check out the site. Marketing people! For every person here that looks at them and says what a stupid corney idea that is, there is another person who gets a laugh out of it and goes and picks up a pair.

                                Live long, hunt hard.

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                                  joesaintjohn
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 9 Aug 2012

                                  I don't know who this NetlyHunter is, but I like the shit out of him. If you ever wanna come shoot ducks at the bottom of the central flyway, I'd be more than happy to take you to a couple of our honey holes. It might be a fun challenge since they been shot at at bunch and are pretty wise to the way of the hunter…

                                  ...only caveat is you gotta be rocking some IH.

                                  Fat dudes need good clothes too.

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                                    Seul
                                    Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                    Fuck marketing. Fuck gimmick jeans.

                                    last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 11:57 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      ^Thank you. (Though, it could be argued that heavy weight denim is a gimmick…)

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                                        bagley920
                                        Joined: 10 Oct 2011

                                        There is heavy denim and then there's raspberry scented denim…

                                        You do the math

                                        If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                                          Megatron1505
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                                          Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                          You lot are not their target customer, for entry level raw selvedge denim N&F are great. You people are simply too old to appreciate it (as am I).

                                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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