Comments on: Banksy Loves Denim

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By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:08:09 +0000

I hear what you’re saying. But have you tried on one of those flannels? I tried one on once, and it was indescribably comfortable. Maybe Kiya can explain why.

By: wondering

wondering — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:59:56 +0000

The jeans are a bit pricey for me but I hear what you are saying about the good quality of the materials. However, what about the $300 cotton flannels? Aren’t they the equivalent of an expensive designer type shirt but more hip looking? I mean, $300 for a cotton flannel? How is this different than a guy with a $300 shirt from Macy’s that says armani across the front?

By: youyouyouwhy

youyouyouwhy — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:18:03 +0000

I agree,in the end, they conform.

By: Ferocious Foot Odor

Ferocious Foot Odor — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:57:01 +0000

Self edge is a great denim store. Its a MOMA of denim. It worships and fetishizes its medium.

If you count the hours you wear a great pair of jeans, $300 is not a that big deal. Its an ounce of good pot.

And someday, when you’re old and married and still in love, you will be able to remind yourself that the only reason that lovely woman agreed to a date was because she looked at your jeans and said: “Self, that cute drunk boy-man at least has edgy taste!”

I’m not kidding. Get with the program guys. Ironic doesn’t last forever, but good genes do.

By: corn chops

corn chops — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:48:35 +0000

no ok, I’m sorry. I’m just being a dick now.

No hard feelings ok.

By: corn chops

corn chops — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:46:13 +0000

Awww, now I’m starting to just feel bad about this.
But people have been “talk[ing] about his buying habits for over twenty years within the industry?”
Your story’s really starting to crack here. How was Banksy purportedly funding his proclivity for fine denims twenty years ago when he wasn’t making squat on his work, let alone no one knew who he was back then.
C’mon man.

Shoe Cobbler: Yeah, so this Banksy kid had me shut down the store last night to repair his Testonis.

Pantier: Tell me about it, he came in last week and bought out all of my pleated slacks. This kid’s a nuisance, I tells ya.

Shoe Cobbler: Maybe, but I gotta feeling he’s gonna be somebody. Keep yer ear out for news about this one at the next clothing sellers convention in Livermore.

By: kiya

kiya — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:52:01 +0000

I’m guessing nobody here realizes that Banksy commonly goes to Dover Street Market (London), Colette (paris), Beams (tokyo), and other high profile boutiques during off hours to buy things FAR more expensive than the jeans and shirts at Self Edge.

This is not only known by all his collectors but the owners of these stores have come out to talk about his buying habits for over twenty years within the industry.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:44:35 +0000

@ banksy’s assitant Real talk.

By: corn chops

corn chops — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:43:52 +0000

Ok, ok I give on the point that Banksy most likely has tons of cash and also most likely spends it in large wads at a time on ridiculous items.
I just don’t believe that he went out of his way to go on a private spree at a denim store when he could just as easily gone in anonymously.
But then again, maybe he did. I did forget to mention that I own a McDonald’s in the Tenderloin and I closed it down for 3 hours last Saturday for Banksy to have his run on the private collection beef patties in the walk-in.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:43:40 +0000

You guys, we've been over this. The price tags at Self Edge are all about quality. Pants there might cost five times as much as Levi's, but they last five times as long. No holes in the knees, etc, etc. It's like how a cocktail at Beretta costs more than a cocktail at Clooney's because the cocktail at Beretta is soooo much tastier.

By: corn chops

corn chops — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:38:48 +0000

No, I but why would anyone in their right mind spend $300 or more on a pair of jeans, when you can get just as good a pair for $60, or even $20?
I really have a hard time imagining Banksy as so vain and vapid that he feels the need to frivolously spend $$$ on some denim with a sparkly sunglasses-wearing frog patch sewn into them.
Just doesn’t really strike me as the type of high profile thing someone with a notoriously low profile would go off and do.

By: banksy's assistant

banksy's assistant — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:38:12 +0000

Wow, someone’s drinking the kool-aid. Banksy’s nothing more than a brand marketer masquerading as a sociopolitical commentator. Dude is flush with cash. He’s got to spend it on something.

By: suckerpunch

suckerpunch — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:35:44 +0000

Allan, is there no middle ground between $300 jeans, and hand made ones?

Hmmm, I wonder what these are about my legs.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:30:13 +0000

Because he’s anti-capitalist, he can’t have nice pants? What do you think, he sews his own?