tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332873537705976658.post4871280969125367002..comments2024-03-04T00:34:37.146-08:00Comments on Huzzah! Vintage: Your Fancy Sneakers Were Made By Unpaid HonduransHuzzah! Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06395527823134584486noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332873537705976658.post-81810918775013288042010-05-10T14:21:58.988-07:002010-05-10T14:21:58.988-07:00don't they ALWAYS start out as crunchy hippie ...don't they ALWAYS start out as crunchy hippie stores! banana republic, too. guess the counterculture is always a profitable place to start since the barrier to entry is usually so low ;)Huzzah! Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395527823134584486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332873537705976658.post-59716727306414097062010-05-10T06:22:39.844-07:002010-05-10T06:22:39.844-07:00Yup. This all reminds me. I had to buy a new set...Yup. This all reminds me. I had to buy a new set of sheets lately and rather than hit up Target, I decided to check Etsy thinking hey, perhaps someone out there actually hand-makes sheets! (I'm not sure what I was thinking, whether they wove their own linen or what.) Anyway, I did find a ton of linens--all from the same two obvious resellers. That was fun.<br /><br />I always thought the f21 bible verse/prostitot-wear was interesting, too.<br /><br />My personal bete noire is UO/Anthro (a big favorite in blogland!). Partly due to the Santorum money connection. Partly because they started out as a hippie store and it makes me a little crazy to see the markup on vintage "look" t-shirts.<br /><br />Yay, Amanda for your website and for trying! And yay, Gina--thanks for continuing to make thoughtful posts like this.Karen/Small Earth Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077078663239991329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332873537705976658.post-13490976380223575512010-05-09T13:19:53.456-07:002010-05-09T13:19:53.456-07:00oh, Amanda, how I wish we could klastsch about thi...oh, Amanda, how I wish we could klastsch about this over coffee IRL! <br /><br />wasn't it a sad sad day when Nike bought Converse!?! A cheaper textile manufactured by cheaper overseas labor, and yet we somehow began to pay in the neighborhood of $7 more for our trusty Chucks. I actually haven't purchased a pair since the Nike takeover, but only because the ones I bought in 2002--ie, the well-made US version--are still perfectly acceptable. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for the other non-vintage pieces of my wardrobe, which were all manufactured in China (even, unnervingly, the one Marc Jacobs frock I own). <br /><br />I'm a bit less enraged by the fast fashion stores, if only because I find all claims to intellectual property always and already slightly absurd (Madonna, Metallica, I'm lookin at you). If their knockoffs were made by satisfactorily compensated workers in regulated factories, I would be even more willing to forgive their copyright transgressions. <br /><br />The bible verse surprised me simply because f21 sells so much trampy lolita gear. Perhaps god looks more kindly upon women who read proverb 5:17-23 while tightening the strings on their faux leopard corsets? (I ask because I'll certainly never know.)Huzzah! Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395527823134584486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332873537705976658.post-24780360843567774532010-05-07T08:38:49.355-07:002010-05-07T08:38:49.355-07:00So I had this giant rant about how much I hate Nik...So I had this giant rant about how much I hate Nike/sweatshops in general, and then my internet quit. <br /><br />Anyway, when I was in high school I made this anti Nike website (on angelfire of all places) listing all the reasons why people should boycott Nike...needless to say Nike is still in business and I have no idea what happened to that website. <br /><br />I try to buy sweatshop free clothes when I can, but it can be trying. 98% of my wardrobe is second-hand, so I think to myself "at least I'm trying" (I say this and I'm wearing Converse which is owned by Nike now, ugh). <br /><br />I would love to hear your thoughts on "fast fashion" and the rise of forever21/and ect who are notorious for using sweatshop labor and ripping of artists/designers. (I could go on and on about how much I loathe f21....and I have so many friends who shop there.* They don't even realize there is bible scripture on the gd bags!) <br /><br />*I'm not trying to knock people that shop there, (they do have some descent items for cheap) but it would be hypocritical if I didn't state that I shop once in a while at similar stores, too. <br /><br />(I can never win!)Rust Belt Threadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893163358595878908noreply@blogger.com