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thenewgreen  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you wear a watch? Why?

    their audacity to sell $400 tennis shoes on a block where people starve and freeze routinely
is what I was responding to. Are there restaurants on that street too? Stores that sell blankets? That would be criminal.




b_b  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah. That. I owe you a clarification. Shinola maintains a store in Detroit, but only for cred. They don't intend to make money off it. They make money off selling things in, for example, NYC. Their "flagship" store in midtown detroit exists solely to import celebrities to do photo shoots and other marketing events. It feels like they're making fun of the neighborhood. At least it did in the beginning. I will give them credit that they have recently donated a bunch of money to build a green space near their store. That I applaud.

b_b  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Also, I'll add that that watch looks fuckin sharp on you. If I still wore watches, I'd go that route myself. I suppose now that I wear a gold ring everyday that I might as well embrace jewelry.

thenewgreen  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well thank you pal, I dig it. As for the ghetto chic, it's a bit derivative don't you think?

Did you go white gold or yellow?

b_b  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·  

YES. Derelicte is exactly what ghetto chic is to me, only it's a thing now and not Will Ferrell being hilarious.

Yellow gold all the way. It's fat, 18kt, and kinda flashy.