how is the quality on the jackets/shirts/tees. etc though?
at those prices i expect it to be of the utmost supreme quality
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BAPE losing its stronghold is all relative to the amount of people that now wear it; the more people you see wearing the brand, the faster it loses its popularity. Supreme will be the same and so on and on. The reason why "streetwear" brands gain/lose popularity is quite simple -- it boils down to a fade.
When I see 11 and 12 year old kids wearing a brand, it definitely spoils it for me. The same when I see older(45+) people rockin another brand -- it kills it.
The only way you can stay consistent and become an everlasting brand is by keeping it simple, i.e. look at POLO, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren blah, blah, blah -- simple and timeless designs. It may not be what the "streetwearing" crowd wants, but I bet they are going to be here way past my time.
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Once the hood got ahold of it..
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i dunno. i went to the BAPE shops in Seoul a couple of times, and i felt weird there. mainly because most of the shoppers were rich young parents (around their 30's) buying clothes for their kids (under 10). i felt like i was shopping a baby gap.
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So is it safe to say that most of you guys still shop at bape? :D
So is it safe to say that most of you guys still shop at bape? :D
Nope. I have never bought anything from them. I have yet to find a design I like and I never bought into their hype.
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So is it safe to say that most of you guys still shop at bape? :D
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Bape never fell off... there prices are just stupid. I'm not going out my way to pay $150 for an american apparel quality shirt with a Monkey on it.
I'm not about that life
if bape had decent prices it would be all gravy...but they dont i will never spend $100 on t-shirt especially when gas is $4.15 a gallon.
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thank god pinoys can't afford bape
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thank god pinoys can't afford bape
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Bape wasn't or isn't just a trend. It has quality clothing. The "hype" has died down from where it once was because of all the counterfeits they had. Also more street wear brands came along with a lot more reasonable prices. Bape is really expensive. $90 for a graphic T-shirt is bull shit.
