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Alexander Wang

Currently designed by Alexander Wang

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T by Alexander Wang

Ann Demeulemeester

Currently designed by Ann Demeulemeester

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• An (incomplete) database of footwear.
  
• High quality photos of past collections.
  
• Stylezeitgeist archive and discussion thread.

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A.P.C

Currently designed by Jean Touitou

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Jeans offer excellent fits and fast fading, if that's what you're into, but construction is relatively poor compared to brands at a similar price such as Naked & Famous, and in the last few years production has been outsourced to Macau. Size down 1-2 sizes depending on the fit you want; they stretch a crazy amount.

High quality basics too, but can be a bit on the pricey side.

Augusta (A1923)

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Boris Bidjan Saberi

Currently designed by Boris Bidjan Saberi

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Butterflysoulfire

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Carpe Diem

Defunct brand, too next level to live. Carpe Diem transcended mere mortal constraints by avoiding typical designs and fashion completely. They would never advertise and refuse editorials, allowing the clothes to speak for themselves. And speak they do, with an understated luxury and quality that lead to quite a large cult following. The collection consisted of four main lines: Carpe Diem (footwear and leather pieces), L'Maltieri (knitwear), Sartoria (made-to-measure) and Linea (mostly jackets, trousers and t-shirts). Founded by Maurizio Altieri along with Sara Lanzi, Luca Laurini and the dude who does A1923, they broke up to pursue solo endeavours: m.a+, Sara Lanzi, Label Under Construction and A1923 (Augusta) respectively, so it's quite rare and hard to find these days except through collectors and occasional archives online.

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http://www.layerslondon.com/menswear/carpe_diem/

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Carol Christian Poell

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Comme des Garcons

Currently designed by Rei Kawakubo

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Comme des Garcons Plus

Damir Doma

Currently designed by Damir Doma

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• http://www.damirdoma.com/en - Official website, including a complete archive of past collections.

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Very nice. One of the more entry level high fashion brands along with rick owens and raf simons

SILENT

Diet Butcher Slim Skin

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Dior Homme

Currently designed by Kris Van Assche

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Fabio Quaranta

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Guidi

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Helmut Lang

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In Aisce

Began in 2009, designed by Jona. Just Jona. He was born on a farm below the Rocky Mountains and has traveled around the globe, taking odd fashion jobs in a range of places, from Japan to Indonesia to Taiwan. "In Aisce" means "in vain" in Gaelic, which embodies Jona's brand philosophy--"I think that no matter what we do, if we don't do it right, it's "in vain"—fashion, especially." Influences come from many aspects of his life: music, architecture, nature, with many of his pieces channeling a nomadic, tribal theme, contrasting sharply with the geometric edges used in more recent collections. Textures also play a big part in his work, as they allow irregularity within the confines of the planned and confined space of clothing.

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Incarnation

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Individual Sentiments

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Julius

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_7

mainline

MA_

collaboration with MA+ (m. a cross)

Levi's

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Classic jeans.

Levi's Vintage Clothing

Lumen et Umbra

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Paul Harnden

Sews like a drunken monkey, but he's no ape. Designed by its notoriously private namesake, the brand produces consistent, anti-seasonal designs, made in small mills around England. The clothes are inspired by turn-of-the-century agrarian uniforms, with his coats being the most prominent and recognizable pieces, notable for their utilitarian design and full bodied fit. It's hard to put your finger on what exactly makes Paul Harnden so memorable--is it the meticulously sewn and designed buttons, the loose but restricting cropped pants or the crumpled but sophisticated textures? One thing's for sure: Once you've seen Paul Harnden, you'll recognize him anywhere.

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marvielab

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Maison Martin Margiela

Currently designed by the MMM design team

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~conceptual fashion~

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Very nice shoes. Best known for their GAT inspired trainers.

m.a+

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Naked and Famous

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Excellent pants for the price and a must cop. Jeans are vanity size. The general rule of thumb is to size down 2 for Weird Guys and 1 for Skinny Guys (due to inevitable stretching).

If it's your first time, go for the Weird Guy fit in 1 size smaller than your normal waist (i.e. if you buy 30x32, get a 29). They might be a bit tough to button up at first, but they'll stretch into the perfect size. Weird Guys are the most universally flattering, and fit more body types than Skinny Guys. DO NOT buy slim guys, they're straight cut and usually look stupid.

Obscur

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Peter Wu

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Raf Simons

Currently designed by Raf Simons

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Up there with Rick Owens for popularity on /fa/. His earlier collections were rife with references to youth, teenage angst, violence. His newer collections have a more modern, futuristic, tailored approach.

Raf by Raf Simons

Rick Owens

Currently designed by Rick Owens

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• http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/ROWENS/seasons/ - HQ archive of all past RO shows.
• http://www.shopfashiondesigner.com/rick-owens/shoes.html - An (incomplete) database of footwear.
• Music from Rick Owens' F/W 2012/13 Womens Collection: IMA READ by Zebra Katz ft. Njena Reddd Foxxx
• Music from Rick Owens' F/W 2013/14 Menswear Collection: T-E-L-E-G-R-A-M-M by Byetone
• Music from Rick Owens' S/S 2013 Womens Collection: HOW DO YOU FEEL by Matthew Stone ft. Michele Lamy

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ITS FUCKING RICK OWENS

DRKSHDW

SLAB (OWNESLAB)

Ring

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Songs for the Mute

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Sruli Recht

Currently designed by Sruli Recht

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Expensive as shit. Very weird. Still cool

The Viridi Anne

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Thamanyah

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Undercover

Currently designed by Jun Takahashi

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Some great streetstyle stuff

Visvim

Currently designed by Hiroki Nakamura

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Visvim transcends fashion, it's a lifestyle brand. Hiroki's lifestyle. But in all honesty, it's heritage outdoorswear with a strong influence from Techwear, japanese outdoorswear/workwear influenced streetwear like white mountaineering and engineered garments, heritage menswear and heritage workwear, and a large amount of influence from various cultures, in particular native american indian and japanese culture.

Grails for many. Fuckexpensive, but nice.

Y Project

By Yohan Serfaty

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Yohji Yamamoto

Currently designed by Yohji Yamamoto

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Yohji Yamamoto Homme Plus

mainline, Y's was an old diffusion yet priced at mostly the same pricepoint.

Y-3

y-3 is not inherently a YY product, it is an addidas produced, designed product with input by yohji.

Lima feu

Yohji's fashion designer daughter. real name is limi yamamoto, She took a new name after stumbling upon the word "feu" in a French dictionary.

Her latest collection had a few looks that paid homage to Christian Dior Couture, and the label's decision to take on Raf Simons after a year or so of having the atelier head the label. (previous designer John Galliano was let go after going on an anti-semetic rant in a bar in paris after a showing during fashion week, freedom of speech is not included in the French constitution, his rant was against the law. the label had let him go shortly after)

Joe Galliano- fictional "brother of john Galliano" skit on Conan Obrien's talk show

Did someone write this drunk?