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I feel a DeVito Penguin “CONTEMPT FOR THE CZARS OF FASHION!!!!!” monologue coming on . . .

“Flexing” with tags and logos hanging off of clothing/accessories is absolutely insane narcissistic vanity to me. When I see it in public it’s really, REALLY hard to take folks doing it seriously. Feels like a really vile expression of performative capitalistic “competition” and, frankly, disordered and almost sociopathic behavior. I’m not sure how I would ever get past my bias there.
 
It's safe to say you're not the target audience, and that's okay. Not everything is for everybody. I appreciate different aesthetics including hypebeast, so NYC is a visual treat in that regard because the looks are purposefully done and put together, even if not your personal taste. I have a few pieces from the Kith x X-Men collection including this shirt, which I love wearing to NYCC!

I won't get the Kith Marvel Legends, but it's the kind of thing I'd buy for my friend who doesn't collect figures but has hypebeast home decor (ex. KAWS statues.)
 
CTV said:
the looks are purposefully done and put together, even if not your personal taste.
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It’s not about the style of the clothes, it’s about the “culture” of “flexing”. The style is irrelevant.
Arrogance and self-aggrandizement will always turn me completely off to a person/place/thing, and “look how rich/successful/powerful I am” is a shameful public stance, in my view.
 
AceofKnaves said:
It’s not about the style of the clothes, it’s about the “culture” of “flexing”. The style is irrelevant.
Arrogance and self-aggrandizement will always turn me completely off to a person/place/thing, and “look how rich/successful/powerful I am” is a shameful public stance, in my view.
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Why does it bother you? Rich people have always worn rich people clothes.
 
CTV said:
Why does it bother you? Rich people have always worn rich people clothes.
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And I’ve never met a “flexing” rich person I want to associate with.
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I just can’t with people who try to “show off” wealth or position or power or prestige. And my studies tell me that the need to do so bespeaks a disordered mind. Also: it’s just fucking gross. I also can’t listen to music where the performer touts their wealth/accomplishments/clout. It doesn’t matter the genre/style/whatever, it’s about the arrogance and the self-aggrandizement.

I work with actors, man. Nothing pisses me off more than “diva” bullshit. I will not tolerate it. If you are trying to show me you are “better” in some way, I’m gonna judge you worse.

Only a weak person performs “strength”.
 
I fainted when I saw that $135 price tag. I try to spend as little as possible on clothes. I can barely stomach the occasional Homage purchase.

That said, if you like spending your money on clothes, more power to you.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
I fainted when I saw that $135 price tag. I try to spend as little as possible on clothes. I can barely stomach the occasional Homage purchase.

That said, if you like spending your money on clothes, more power to you.
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Ha, Homage is HQ'd here in Columbus so they have a couple physical locations that will have decent sales. Funny to hear it mentioned outside this city.
 
AceofKnaves said:
And I’ve never met a “flexing” rich person I want to associate with.
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I just can’t with people who try to “show off” wealth or position or power or prestige. And my studies tell me that the need to do so bespeaks a disordered mind. Also: it’s just fucking gross. I also can’t listen to music where the performer touts their wealth/accomplishments/clout. It doesn’t matter the genre/style/whatever, it’s about the arrogance and the self-aggrandizement.

I work with actors, man. Nothing pisses me off more than “diva” bullshit. I will not tolerate it. If you are trying to show me you are “better” in some way, I’m gonna judge you worse.

Only a weak person performs “strength”.
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That's fair! It feels like a lot of projection towards people you don't actually know though. I have friends who are very much hypebeasts, because they can afford to be and because it's an aesthetic they like. They aren't trying to show off their wealth; the average person isn't paying enough attention to the next person's clothes to be able to guess how much they spent on them. I liken it to women who like to wear makeup and play around with creative makeup looks; they're doing it because they like it, and they're doing it for the (mostly other) women who will be able to tell how much effort/time/cost they've put into their hobby. I guess what I'm saying is I don't think there's much difference between them and action figure collectors, who are by definition hoarding non-essential items that cost up to hundreds of dollars a pop!
 
TheSameIdiot said:
I fainted when I saw that $135 price tag. I try to spend as little as possible on clothes. I can barely stomach the occasional Homage purchase.

That said, if you like spending your money on clothes, more power to you.
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You'd be comatose if I showed you how much I've spent on sunglasses and shoes. I don't have or want children, so that's how I justify it 😂
 
CTV said:
It feels like a lot of projection towards people you don't actually know though.
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As long as they aren’t literally showing off price tags and trolling for “clout”, we won’t have any problems.

My concern is more a general disdain for and recognition of the social evils of arrogance and self-aggrandizement. If someone can do “hypebeast” and not be a preening classist show-off, I wouldn’t have anything to which I would object.

And, for the record, I very much do have the same problem with any action figure collectors who try to “flex” their collections or insist on having “clout” in the community. It’s the *behavior*, not the specific item of interest, that I will not tolerate.
 
I get that. Tacky is tacky no matter the hobby. I personally don't mind arrogance in a person if there's something behind it. I like seeing people who think highly of themselves, I guess because I don't enjoy the company of insecure people and find them more irritating than the arrogant.
 
CTV said:
I personally don't mind arrogance in a person if there's something behind it.
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Heh.
I despise arrogance even MORE when there is something behind it. Puffing up when you feel small is awful: puffing up when you actually *do* have some power is significantly worse. I literally refuse to associate with arrogant folks. If you are hyping yourself up around me, I just can’t respect you. I value humility above all things, ESPECIALLY in folks with hypercompetence in certain areas. I work with a lot of extremely talented people, and those who try to use that talent as a “flex” always make my naughty list and aren’t likely to ever get off.

(This is a very large part of the “I fucking despise movie Tony Stark” thing with me; he’s exactly the kind of person I would scoff at and also toss out of my house)
 
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