Once Upon A Time

[cuddles]

What are some online retailers that carry the line? Also how do the shirts fit cuz I can fit a Medium but I prefer a large. I found 1 a while back but they don't have anything in stock right now. I really need that richie rich t shirt especially.

[beasthype]

I feel bad for anyone who is caught dead wasting their money on this garbage.

[cuddles]

Care to explain?

[Facts]

I feel bad for anyone who is caught dead wasting their money on this garbage.

Exactly.

The whole brand resembles a fly by night company, with really dated and cliche' designs.

[cpaik]

I couldn't pass up the UFO allover. Star Wars and Star Trek in a crazy mash of all-over goodness? Not to mention the sick planetarium-glow-ish colorway

[Facts]

I couldn't pass up the UFO allover. Star Wars and Star Trek in a crazy mash of all-over goodness? Not to mention the sick planetarium-glow-ish colorway

You gotta be joking right?

or no?

[cuddles]

I just need the richie rich tee, thats the only 1 i cared for and a couple seasons back that shirt with the skateboards and spray paint cans and all that other shit was hot

[cpaik]

I honestly don't see why you guys dog on brands for no reason. Once Upon a Time has fresh designs. Their Rebus shirt is dope and was hot for awhile. I happen to like their UFO shirt, dead serious. Please explain to me which designs are dated/cliched, and not just running themes used by all brands?

[shant]

You probably already know, but DG has it in Medium.

[cuddles]

^^ I know thanks though I just really want it in a large to be sure

[cpaik]

Honestly, I'm sick of beasters who just rip on brands/designs without giving any kind of explanation. If you can't adequately put your opinion in words, what good is it except a free post? Same thing goes with people who blindly hump brands.

[cuddles]

You guys are quick to criticize a company after 1 person does but not 1 person has given an example as to why they think this

[Facts]

You're right, "Crime Pays" shirts aren't dated or cliched, neither are shirts using NWA and flipping it to mean something associated with New York...yeah right, and oh yeah strippers with money stacks is a new one too....yeah and the ever popular play on "We RUN NY" okay okay...oh and using a rap verse for the front of your shit...hmm what else? .they're ground breaking. I guess I spoke to soon.

[Facts]

I honestly don't see why you guys dog on brands for no reason. Once Upon a Time has fresh designs. Their Rebus shirt is dope and was hot for awhile. I happen to like their UFO shirt, dead serious. Please explain to me which designs are dated/cliched, and not just running themes used by all brands?

Look at their designs. Does somebody really need to pick apart each one at a time?? if you like it then like and be secure in that. I for one think it's MAD corny and cliche, and dated, so yeah to each his own.

[BWS]

they fuckin suck....just some guy who wanted to be cool so he cut and pasted a buncha quotes and pics into photoshop and sent em to a printer...smh at the "never rat" tee ....lmfaoooo cmon nowwww.

[cpaik]

All the things you've listed are themes used by all clothing brand companies. Many companies have made their own spins on each thing you've listed, some with more success than others depending on their designs.

I can think of a ton of bransd that have used "Crime Pays" motifs, or tees that associate crime with money (Obey, FUCT, etc.). I guarantee you that Once Upon a Time will not be the last brand to visit that theme. Same thing with strippers, or promiscuously clad women in general. Sex sells right? Since when did girls ever get cliched?

As for We Run NY? Once Upon A Time had that design originally. It's a flip from Milton Glaser's I Heart NY Rebus. Give credit where credit is due. I can think of a lot of other companies who don't have half the creativity and execute their ideas with less effort.

Furthermore, every brand has its ups and downs. Do I feel every single shirt from Once Upon A Time? Hell no. I really only like the UFO shirt because it brings back childhood memories for me.

[cpaik]

they fuckin suck....just some guy who wanted to be cool so he cut and pasted a buncha quotes and pics into photoshop and sent em to a printer...smh at the "never rat" tee ....lmfaoooo cmon nowwww.

And you've never seen mad heads rocking Snowman tees or Snitching in a STOP sign before? Admittedly that design is pretty lame, but don't blanket a company like that.

[cuddles]

You're right, "Crime Pays" shirts aren't dated or cliched, neither are shirts using NWA and flipping it to mean something associated with New York...yeah right, and oh yeah strippers with money stacks is a new one too....yeah and the ever popular play on "We RUN NY" okay okay...oh and using a rap verse for the front of your shit...hmm what else? .they're ground breaking. I guess I spoke to soon.
I have never seen a shirt using NWA and flipping it to be associated with new york. They did the stripper thing with money before a lot of other brands as well. BTW if this is how you judge all these brands then what brands are you wearing right now?

[ballday]

All of that shit is old and played, but all of these companies keep reviving that same old shit and hypers keep buying it.|0 ..the whole scene is kinda boring

[Facts]

All the things you've listed are themes used by all clothing brand companies. Many companies have made their own spins on each thing you've listed, some with more success than others depending on their designs.

I can think of a ton of bransd that have used "Crime Pays" motifs, or tees that associate crime with money (Obey, FUCT, etc.). I guarantee you that Once Upon a Time will not be the last brand to visit that theme. Same thing with strippers, or promiscuously clad women in general. Sex sells right? Since when did girls ever get cliched?

As for We Run NY? Once Upon A Time had that design originally. It's a flip from Milton Glaser's I Heart NY Rebus. Give credit where credit is due. I can think of a lot of other companies who don't have half the creativity and execute their ideas with less effort.

Furthermore, every brand has its ups and downs. Do I feel every single shirt from Once Upon A Time? Hell no. I really only like the UFO shirt because it brings back childhood memories for me.


When did this argument become a critique of other brands, and fashion as a whole? Yeah, you're right there's a ton of other brands using a lot of similar concepts in their designs, and guess what? They suck too. What, I'm suppose to accept a brand because it's on DG, and forced down our throats through web blogs? I'm suppose to overlook the fact that there's absolutely zero creativity being applied, and as someone posted above, it's nothing more than a photoshop cut and paste job? The "We Run NY" shirt has been done before, trust me. NWA has been flipped to fit so many other phrases it's not even funny, just like the Naughty by Nature logo they ran with something about Jewish respect has been done to death.
Some brands are going to incorporate designs or reuse themes for certain reasons, but when one brand's whole line is pretty much derivatives or variations of other stuff then I have even less respect or admiration for them. It'd be one thing if they only had one unoriginal shirt, but their whole line is unoriginal.

never mind, you wouldn't understand, and you'll turn this into a problem with me as opposed to the brand, and actually MOST street wear companies as a whole.

Just keep accepting mediocrity and I'm sure you'll be fine.

[cpaik]

jesus, honestly, i don't see why you're acting all high and mighty like you're better than everyone. and as for extending the discussion to fashion in general, my point was to give you persepective. Every "hot" label right now had shit that sat on shelves for months. 10Deep, which I respect, had trouble clearing their shelves before the chain gang hoodie. TheHundreds didn't blow up until the Paisley Hoodie imo. Shit, Abercrombie and Fitch made trenchcoats and fishing-wear before they became the crappy, but popular brand it is now. And out of curiosity, if you're so quick to criticize? what brands do you wear? or do you make all your own clothing and/or are a nudist?

[Facts]

Never acted high and mighty, and I never put anyone down for liking the brand. I made critique's on a terrible brand and all you guys got emotional probably because you felt insecure about someone picking apart something you liked.

Whatever your motives are I was never acting "High & Mighty".....and never once did I saw my style was better than anyone elses.

To bad for you that you only caught onto the Hundreds after the Paisley and 10 Deep after the Chain Gang. Both brands have had some decent designs in the past, and they've had some suspect stuff too, but nothing quite as bad as Once Upon a Time's line. I guess that's the sad state of this so called street wear thing. It takes a gimmick or crazy hype for a company to get noticed.

Either way, I'm not going to sit and list every article of clothing in my closet just so you can feel better about yourself for liking a shitty brand. I'm not sitting here justifying my style. I wear all sorts of different brands.
If you like it, like it. There's really no need for you to get THAT emotional about it.

[cpaik]

Just keep accepting mediocrity and I'm sure you'll be fine.

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Never acted high and mighty, and I never put anyone down for liking the brand.

Anyway, all I'm saying is that I think you were overly critical about the brand, and it seemed like you (and others) were just jumping on the bandwagon to beat on this brand. Looking through your old posts i noticed that you wear Guess, G-Star and love denim shorts. I guess to each his own.

and as for thehundreds and 10deep, I've known about them for a long time. I personally loved their paisley TH hoodie and I own the usugrow collab. It's a dope graphic by a dope artist. And 10deep? I know them and respect their creativity. I'm glad they're getting the attention they deserve. So don't speak out your mouth when you assume thing.

[Facts]

Saying you like a mediocre brand or settle for mediocrity is putting you down?

huh okay well never knew that. I never personally attacked nor put you down.

I'm glad you took the time to go through my old posts to try and validate your point, which you didn't do.

I never jumped on a bandwagon to bash a brand, I stated an opinion, you got offended and demanded some sort of explanation so I did....you got more offended my bad. Next time I'll just say something like "yeah that brands shirts are so hot man, gotta cop 12 of em"

whatever.

I'm sure you can find more posts about the style I like, and I have one pair of denim shorts (the only pair I really LOVE), and made a quick reply about what denim I have...Guess and Gstar are hardly the center piece of my wardrobe, and hardly the only jeans I own or wear, and I figured I'd add some brands not already listed you know cause everyone loves selvage these days, but nice try.

[cpaik]

I can't believe I'm wasting time arguing over the internet.

oh, and you didn't offend, me, so don't flatter yourself. I was merely perturbed by people who dropping a post for one-liners like "fresh shit" or "wack" without explaining why they like/dislike. Although especially when they dislike. But don't mistake me debating your points as me taking offense.

As for looking at your posts, yeah, I did. I had the free time so I wanted to see if you were an idiot or not. I agree with you on a lot of things, most actually, but I guess we split here.

As for selvage, it's long been a symbol of quality. Levis used selvage way back in the day as well as broken twill. Same thing with raw denim. That's what dungarees are. From looking at your taste (G-Star, in my humble opinion is horrible, overpriced, low quality denim, with obnoxious designs, much like True Religion), I think you're the one who recently dropped in on the scene. I'd take a pair of APCs anyday over that back pocket stitching/distressed crap.

[cpaik]

I'm suppose to overlook the fact that there's absolutely zero creativity being applied, and as someone posted above, it's nothing more than a photoshop cut and paste job?

As an added bonus, here's FACTS with an entirely original, non-cut and paste shirt:
http://myspace-977.vo.llnwd.net/00834/77/90/834390977_l.jpg

[Facts]

As for selvage, it's long been a symbol of quality. Levis used selvage way back in the day as well as broken twill. Same thing with raw denim. That's what dungarees are. From looking at your taste (G-Star, in my humble opinion is horrible, overpriced, low quality denim, with obnoxious designs, much like True Religion), I think you're the one who recently dropped in on the scene. I'd take a pair of APCs anyday over that back pocket stitching/distressed crap.

I couldn't agree more about Gstar which is why I'd never pay retail. Luckily for those jeans I get em wholesale or I wouldn't bother. They're really $60 jeans masquarading with a high price tag.

thanks for posting a pic of me...god I'm handsome. I don't remember defending Orisue in my post, but that shirt was worn for a particular event where the shirt had meaning, and it was given to me, and I wasn't hyping it up on blogs or proclaiming it to be anything other than what it is...a cut and paste parody, but something that was appropriate for the night.

thanks for all the attention though. if I didn't offend you I definitely got under your skin, or like you said, you wouldn't have wasted so much of your time.

[cpaik]

Touche sir, I like you. haha. cheers on your taste

[Facts]

More pics from my Myspace that cpaik left out.

Here's me (Facts) wearing a crooks and castles HEAT tee shirt, with Evisu jeans....which you obviously can't see

http://myspace-853.vo.llnwd.net/00984/35/83/984373853_l.jpg

Here's me wearing a Hundreds "Hip Hop is dead" shirt with Jordan laser IV"s and I honestly dont know...maybe Guess jeans...

http://myspace-049.vo.llnwd.net/00835/94/01/835551049_l.jpg

Me maybe age 6 rockin Le Tigre...hate on

http://myspace-335.vo.llnwd.net/00914/53/31/914831335_l.jpg

Photo shoot for local magazine entitled "I just jumped into the scene and these shoes followed me" PS - I'd never REALLY refer to this shit as a scene...

http://myspace-968.vo.llnwd.net/00880/86/95/880015968_l.jpg

Here I am wearing some bright shirt, with a shoe pendant by some guynamed Gabe.

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/8651/factsgreenblueiv3.jpg

My Saturday outfit.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1600/060321feartheninjarapvideo1vc9.jpg

[Ultra Fagnus]

Yo facts, son-son. What you just posted was mad homo, fyi. I'm glad that you had to prove your cool guy status to a bunch of other cool guys.

Anyhow, the OUAT line is pretty wack. The design is just not good. It's halfassedly executed and conceptually flimsy. And seriously, what the hell is the deal with the UFO shirt? I'd like to slap the shit out whoever thought it was a good idea to juxtapose starship enterprises along side b-wings and tie fighters.


...LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

[Facts]

Yo facts, son-son. What you just posted was mad homo, fyi. I'm glad that you had to prove your cool guy status to a bunch of other cool guys.


...LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

Thanks but I wasn't trying to PROVE anything. He was pulling pics from my Myspace like I'd care, so I beat him to the punch.

[Subculture]

Theyre one good tee was we run Ny.....

[BlownUpdaSpot]

The we run ny tee is butter with black/cement 3's.

[ballday]

Yeah, you're right there's a ton of other brands using a lot of similar concepts in their designs, and guess what? They suck too. What, I'm suppose to accept a brand because it's on DG, and forced down our throats through web blogs? I'm suppose to overlook the fact that there's absolutely zero creativity being applied, and as someone posted above, it's nothing more than a photoshop cut and paste job?


nice

[BlameIan]

I'd like to slap the shit out whoever thought it was a good idea to juxtapose starship enterprises along side b-wings and tie fighters.

Haha, yeah I don't think Star Wars and Star Trek fans can get along.

[rrumrunners]

Once Upon A time is so garbage I don't even have the time to sit here and tear every graphic apart. This is one of the most terrible comapnies I have ever encountered any anybody who spends money on that garbage is basically sonning themself by buying into it.

[bnj]

anyone still got a gargamel T in XL? hit me up.