I mean Americans had that moment in the early 2010’s where Uniqlobwas seen as this cool niche the normalfags didn’t know about simply because of how garbage other rival fast fashion was in terms of quality and design. I fell for the meme too just like how Japs think Jim Beam is "good" whiskey apparently. It’s all relative. Don’t take it too seriousily.
Now though I don’t bother with Uniqlo. The color pallete they chose for their clothes is horrible for my skin tone/eyes, the quality has gotten worse and they are NEVER IN heckING STOCK even for basic shit like hecking socks.
They were in the right place at the right time by happenstance and succesfully placed themselves in the western conciousness but any chance to build on that momentum is gone now because Japs and whatever hebrews they were stupid enough to work with in America are apparently hecking stupid.
It was an awkward time and intersection of what was previousily an irl only fashion conciousness marrying with the internet resulting in the latter consuming the former. (scene/emo/indie being the last manifestations of that old world) and people were so starved for something beyond that that people went full stupid with their designer wear which Uniqlo served as one of the only adjuncts to.
Basically they rode the streetwear and haute goth wave then washed out once it crested.
At least that’s how I think it happened. Zoomers don’t see it as some mystical omg japan thing, it’s just another peer to the GAP’s and ZARA’s in the world.
But hey if Abercrombie can come back from the dead and people can hype up Champion and Russell Athletics who knows what’s in store for them
I hate Black folk and trannies (unrelated I just thought you all needed to know)
Plus Japan still seems to suffer under the delusion that they need to alter themselves for the western market when simply by being Japanese they’re automatically going to filter out anyone who hecking cares and alienate those drawn to them in the first place
They should just actually commit to being a capsule wardrobe brand with permenant unchanging pieces and seasonal "high end" products like raw denim and crossover promotions. They’d have to fix the gimped supply lines that they rely on to be profitiable to begin with to do that however.
Japanese Malaise affects everything even when they go overseas. It’s like an inverse of the stupidation with Germans where they overcommit. Japs have the raw potential but they always cripple themselves with something stupid and backwards thinking.
i’ve never been to uniqlo in america or anywhere else in asia, but here in Japan it’s more or less considered fast fashion or just a place to stock up on basics. it’s also one of the only places where taller westerners can buy clothes off the rack. i’m 188cm and i’m in the gym 4 times a week, so uniqlo is one of the only options i have unless i want to dick around and pay out the ass to get my shit fitted
and for what it’s worth, i will say that the price to performance ratio deserves a raise of the eyebrow, the clothes really don’t feel as cheap as they are.
“If you don’t consider Uniqlo high end you’re probably middle class or above”
Why are normies like this? I live in the first world and this happens all the time. My theory is that they just buy to much bullshit in some sort of brave new world consumer thing so they think things are expensive when really they’re not and they’re just buying way to much stuff. I feel like a hecking aristocrat as I’m the only one in my family who isn’t overworked and I still have more money than the rest of the household and I can still afford better quality clothes than literally everyone I know because I buy my stuff to last. I’m at the point where people will have a go at me for buying a £40 shirt that will last for 5 years to potentially decades instead of a £10 shirt from Tesco that will last a year or two at most or buying a pair of shoes that I can actually take to the cobblers to get repaired.
Sometimes I go shopping with normie relatives and I’m genuinely repulsed by the stuff for sale in these “fast fashion” shops.
>”for a lot of Philippinos, it is”
I imagine it is for the guys who make their living building 1911s in the backwoods, but for normies I doubt it’s that hard to buy a decent linen shirt and make it last.
No but it’s a good option for basics. Normally where I direct friends who are taking an interest in buying their own clothes for basically the first time. You can do a lot worse while spending more money
Quality aside, I rarely see truly repugnant designs in Uniqlo, whereas someone who, like you say, is shopping for their self for the first time could walk into H&M and be drawn to something like pic related. Uniqlo seems to keep it simpler and subsequently more tasteful and occasionally collaborate with more niche current brands to varying degrees of success.
Uniqlo courts with high end brands regularly like JW or the recent MARNI one. It’s just a logo-less GAP, which isn’t bad necessarily
However no one should looks towards the Japanese and their ultra-consumerist shinhatsubai culture for definitions. Their perception of High-end is somewhat conflated with limited time goods than quality at times. Not as bad as the Chinese though which is fully brand reputation.
no. All their shit is cheap
cheap gaslighting
heck off with these stupid Twitter screenshots mate
Yes, please. Why do twitter gays think they’re the main characters of the universe? And who the heck cares about filipinos?
I mean Americans had that moment in the early 2010’s where Uniqlobwas seen as this cool niche the normalfags didn’t know about simply because of how garbage other rival fast fashion was in terms of quality and design. I fell for the meme too just like how Japs think Jim Beam is "good" whiskey apparently. It’s all relative. Don’t take it too seriousily.
Now though I don’t bother with Uniqlo. The color pallete they chose for their clothes is horrible for my skin tone/eyes, the quality has gotten worse and they are NEVER IN heckING STOCK even for basic shit like hecking socks.
They were in the right place at the right time by happenstance and succesfully placed themselves in the western conciousness but any chance to build on that momentum is gone now because Japs and whatever hebrews they were stupid enough to work with in America are apparently hecking stupid.
It was an awkward time and intersection of what was previousily an irl only fashion conciousness marrying with the internet resulting in the latter consuming the former. (scene/emo/indie being the last manifestations of that old world) and people were so starved for something beyond that that people went full stupid with their designer wear which Uniqlo served as one of the only adjuncts to.
Basically they rode the streetwear and haute goth wave then washed out once it crested.
At least that’s how I think it happened. Zoomers don’t see it as some mystical omg japan thing, it’s just another peer to the GAP’s and ZARA’s in the world.
But hey if Abercrombie can come back from the dead and people can hype up Champion and Russell Athletics who knows what’s in store for them
I hate Black folk and trannies (unrelated I just thought you all needed to know)
Plus Japan still seems to suffer under the delusion that they need to alter themselves for the western market when simply by being Japanese they’re automatically going to filter out anyone who hecking cares and alienate those drawn to them in the first place
They should just actually commit to being a capsule wardrobe brand with permenant unchanging pieces and seasonal "high end" products like raw denim and crossover promotions. They’d have to fix the gimped supply lines that they rely on to be profitiable to begin with to do that however.
Japanese Malaise affects everything even when they go overseas. It’s like an inverse of the stupidation with Germans where they overcommit. Japs have the raw potential but they always cripple themselves with something stupid and backwards thinking.
>last line
it’s mid
don’t they sell tee shirts for five dollars
that’s not high end to anyone
No, and the filthy nips use their proceeds to stuff shitskins into Europe. Motherheckers.
Uniqlo is fast fashion, they sometimes make nicer stuff than H&M and the other brands but its still fast fashion
i’ve never been to uniqlo in america or anywhere else in asia, but here in Japan it’s more or less considered fast fashion or just a place to stock up on basics. it’s also one of the only places where taller westerners can buy clothes off the rack. i’m 188cm and i’m in the gym 4 times a week, so uniqlo is one of the only options i have unless i want to dick around and pay out the ass to get my shit fitted
and for what it’s worth, i will say that the price to performance ratio deserves a raise of the eyebrow, the clothes really don’t feel as cheap as they are.
Is it considered fast fashion because it is actually cheaper than overseas or do people just have a different mindset about clothes and prices there?
I am working class and see uniqlo as cheap shit. same with h&m, primark etc.
bruh high end is not relative to income what
“If you don’t consider Uniqlo high end you’re probably middle class or above”
Why are normies like this? I live in the first world and this happens all the time. My theory is that they just buy to much bullshit in some sort of brave new world consumer thing so they think things are expensive when really they’re not and they’re just buying way to much stuff. I feel like a hecking aristocrat as I’m the only one in my family who isn’t overworked and I still have more money than the rest of the household and I can still afford better quality clothes than literally everyone I know because I buy my stuff to last. I’m at the point where people will have a go at me for buying a £40 shirt that will last for 5 years to potentially decades instead of a £10 shirt from Tesco that will last a year or two at most or buying a pair of shoes that I can actually take to the cobblers to get repaired.
Sometimes I go shopping with normie relatives and I’m genuinely repulsed by the stuff for sale in these “fast fashion” shops.
>”for a lot of Philippinos, it is”
I imagine it is for the guys who make their living building 1911s in the backwoods, but for normies I doubt it’s that hard to buy a decent linen shirt and make it last.
No but it’s a good option for basics. Normally where I direct friends who are taking an interest in buying their own clothes for basically the first time. You can do a lot worse while spending more money
Quality aside, I rarely see truly repugnant designs in Uniqlo, whereas someone who, like you say, is shopping for their self for the first time could walk into H&M and be drawn to something like pic related. Uniqlo seems to keep it simpler and subsequently more tasteful and occasionally collaborate with more niche current brands to varying degrees of success.
>don’t be out of touch with Filipinos
To be out of touch with Filipinos is the most basic aspiration a human should have.
>for a lot of Philippinos, it is
ok but i don’t live in the Philippines and neither does anyone in this screenshot so who the heck cares
yeah their clothes fit great if you’re /fit/
had many successes in uniqlo snobby layering fits
it’s considered decent budget brand above h&m
Uniqlo courts with high end brands regularly like JW or the recent MARNI one. It’s just a logo-less GAP, which isn’t bad necessarily
However no one should looks towards the Japanese and their ultra-consumerist shinhatsubai culture for definitions. Their perception of High-end is somewhat conflated with limited time goods than quality at times. Not as bad as the Chinese though which is fully brand reputation.
>having not being a filipino privilege
feels good
Ano? ESL ka ba?