how do techwear people get the moeny for their clothes?

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how to techwear people get their money to buy the clothes

rich dad
40
41%
work at Apple (maybe due to rich dad)
16
16%
spend all money on techwear and so are broke
24
24%
professional ice explorer (sponsored)
9
9%
cyberpunk ninja cat burglar , make money by fencing stolen nanochips
7
7%
other (please explain)
2
2%
 
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Postby mactheo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:44 pm

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$98:
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$2,372:
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$590 (not a bra):
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$610:
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the shoes are p reasonable but like. who buys this. i'm not disparaging techwear or even the prices, just how does this business stay profitable
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Postby mactheo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:44 pm

maybe 2 nights ago i couldn't sleep and i was looking at all the techwear and i thought i'd become a techwear person. when i woke up it was as if it had been a dream
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Postby otis » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:46 pm

thought this was a TEKWAR thread at first glance of the title
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Postby lil gugger » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:46 pm

The do cybersecurity for the govt
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Postby Jeremy » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:47 pm

Based on the appearance of those garments some of the information should be available here.
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Postby mactheo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:47 pm

i really like this stuff. i think Acronym is so cool. just ridiculously expensvie clothing that looks like it was written by william gibson. they sell this modular USB stick pocket, 7cm long, for $83:
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Postby DasLofGang » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:47 pm

mactheo wrote:$590 (not a bra):
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Postby Muad'dib bin Stiltzkin » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:47 pm

they get subsidies from the govt to not sell clothes because they are so ugly
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Postby mactheo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:48 pm

Jeremy wrote:Based on the appearance of those garments some of the information should be available here.

thanks. so is this guy buying all the stuff?\
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Postby xxx-xxx-xxxx » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:48 pm

$98 for that bucket hat seems like a steal
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Postby mactheo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:48 pm

we can talk about Tekwar in here i'm not really familiar with it
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Postby DasLofGang » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:49 pm

xxx-xxx-xxxx wrote:$98 for that bucket hat seems like a steal

you get what you give indeed
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Postby mactheo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:49 pm

xxx-xxx-xxxx wrote:$98 for that bucket hat seems like a steal

another questino i have is how did buckethat become the techwear hat
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Postby lil gugger » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:50 pm

What do you call crocodile Dundee looking hats I think I want one of those
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Postby lil gugger » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:51 pm

mactheo wrote:
xxx-xxx-xxxx wrote:$98 for that bucket hat seems like a steal

another questino i have is how did buckethat become the techwear hat

It has sunblocking tech all around the rim
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Postby lil gugger » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:51 pm

Fancy stuff
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Postby lil gugger » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:52 pm

If you add sun blocking technology to this hat:
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Postby DasLofGang » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:54 pm

this ware may have tech, but is it tactical?
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Postby hazel » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:55 pm

Anne of Green Guggers wrote:
mactheo wrote:
xxx-xxx-xxxx wrote:$98 for that bucket hat seems like a steal

another questino i have is how did buckethat become the techwear hat

It has sunblocking tech all around the rim

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby hazel » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:56 pm

DasLofGang wrote:
mactheo wrote:$590 (not a bra):
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I try to avoid poetry at all costs, on every occasion. So why am I intrigued and bewitched by this?
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Postby Dead_Wizard » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:56 pm

I once saw William Gibson give a fascinating talk on menswear - he talked about how "operator style" was going to become the norm for dudes in their 40s-60s aka ball cap, oakleys, polo, cargo shorts, hiking shoes, beard all giving off a CIA/DEEPSTATE vibe...I think that really did happen! (this was like 2007)

After the talk I saw he was wearing an acronym jacket and in true nerd styleI was all "is that a J-2B1?" and he got stoked I recognized it. We talked about this half baked idea of habitus informed by fashion, like the idea of giving soldiers a pair of pants cut in such a manner as to cause them to march 2% faster....

Anyway, techwear shit is expensive. A lot of people who buy this stuff are deep in IT world in my experience. It also retains its value very well (barring fabric that degrade over time), so you can kind of "trade up" over time and not be 10k in clothing debt. Like Acronym in particular will trade hands over and over until it's unwearable. I've owned a third arm that I sold for what I paid for it. I want it back though :( I want another...Third Arm.

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Postby polybius » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:56 pm

Anne of Green Guggers wrote:If you add sun blocking technology to this hat:
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It becomes desirable techware

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certainly explains a lot
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Postby Dead_Wizard » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:58 pm

Did you know Buzz Rickson has a whole line of clothing designed with William Gibson? It's not even that badly priced.

https://www.historypreservation.com/products-page/brands/buzz-ricksons-william-gibson-collection-black-ma-1-intermediate-flying-jacket-modified-tailored-cut/

It's all tied back to how in Pattern Recognition, the protagonist has a perfect black MA-1 jacket made by them, and then they were like "hey cool let's manifest that reality". I highly recommend that trilogy if you're interested in this stuff!
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Postby lil gugger » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:58 pm

DasLofGang wrote:this ware may have tech, but is it tactical?

What is it that makes something tactical? Is it the camo?
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Postby mactheo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:58 pm

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Postby Jeremy » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:01 pm

mactheo wrote:
Jeremy wrote:Based on the appearance of those garments some of the information should be available here.

thanks. so is this guy buying all the stuff?\
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It seems crazy that some kind of tactical cloak with a bunch of pockets hasn't become part of IT fashion.
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Postby echo » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:11 pm

Dead_Wizard wrote:Did you know Buzz Rickson has a whole line of clothing designed with William Gibson?

He's friends wiht the Acronym guy too
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Postby Skerple » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:14 pm

you just have t6o save up
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Postby garbiel » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:24 pm

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Postby garbiel » Wed Aug 10, 2022 1:24 pm

I have a pair of arcteryx snow pants does that make me a teachwear guy
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