It’s really funny when you remember how po-faced the 80s Indie scene was. The absolute worst thing you could do was anything that could be remotely deemed “selling out”. Even putting the band name on the record sleeve was sometimes seen as being a bit too keen. His Name Is Alive baseball caps? Haha, fucking hell.
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Everyone did New Order and Joy Division merch apart from Factory themselves because Rob Gretton thought it was ‘cornball’ and I kinda agree.
Goth and Metal band T shirts always put me off having a band name all over me 
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I’ve got the Joy Division oven gloves.
I’m not joking.
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Dance Dance Dance Dance in me Joy Division oven gloves!
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I was just searching for my FAC283 world in motion shorts but can’t even find a picture. They were so under the radar that it was a phone call to the Hac to get some. I think it was licensing problems with FIFA or someone that prevented wider release.
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Me too. A mate got me some for my 50th. Love them 
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Glove Will Tear Us Apart, surely
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Got you. If it’s crap it’s going back
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It’s all arrived and it’s crap. Really crap. Cheap and weird fitting, they’re letting themselves down here. Not up to their usual standards so it’s on its way back.
I should have clocked it for what it was with the low pricing of it all. 
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Folk has been on the slide for a few years now unfortunately. Used to be my go-to but I haven’t bought anything of theirs for at least 2 years, probably more. The stuff that crops up in TK Maxx is the same as their outlet/sale and it’s almost always really poor quality. Even their new season premium stuff seems sub-standard compared to the Folk of old.
YMC on the other hand seems to be getting better and better, but the pricing is reflective of that I think.
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Did anyone clock the recent Norse Projects story? Grim.
Their statement here:
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Oof. That ain’t cool man.
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Same here. I have a Folk Orb (not the band 
) denim jacket that i’ve had for a very long time and the quality is amazing.
Such a shame.
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What a 
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YMC is definitely one of the best British brands right now at least for my tastes anyways! Also Marks and Spencer’s has some unreal menswear in at the moment. Spent a fortune in there as of late. Currently sporting a blue chore style shirt jacket I picked up yesterday, the tag says triple xl but it fits me like a glove and I’m usually a large ha.
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i used to like Albam but their quality dropped a few years ago and i stopped buying anythign from them, for a while though their trouser cut was really spot on for me. sounds like a similar story to Folk but on a smaller scale. such a shame they couldn’t keep it going well.
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Yeah M&S is having a moment at the minute, picked up some great “carpenter” style trousers in there recently for 40 quid which felt on par with Carhartt WIP / Universal Works equivalents.
Also on the high street front, Uniqlo is back on form (in my opinion) after a few dodgy collections. Have had to size down in most things though as they’re still very committed to the oversize trend in practically everything.
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Skandi casual racism? I’m not shocked in the slightest…
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Buy bits on sale but at full price is too much for me.