We post a lot on Highsnobiety. We get that. We also get that you’re busy people, and that this might mean you can’t necessarily read absolutely everything we publish.
While our preference would be that you all quit your jobs, drop out of your schools, and just sit at home hitting that refresh button ready to slurp up new and insightful streetwear content as soon as it drops onto the homepage, we’re aware that might be asking a lot. So, we went for the next best thing, which was to get someone to read them all for you and then summarise them in a handy, weekly bulletin.
And who better to do that than Jon Moy? After all, since Four Pins got taken for one final shopping trip at the Great Streetwear Store In The Sky, we’re pretty sure he’s just been pointing at products in store windows and describing them to random passers by…
Man, I can’t believe it’s already been a whole week since last time we hung out, commiserating with one another about jobs that we don’t really hate, we’re just not really good at and/or qualified for despite spending inordinate amounts of money we didn’t have on our educations. Or you’re still on that educational journey, reading a column written by someone who has simply resigned himself to the fact that he will never pay back his student loans. It’s like instead of really powerful telescopes that can see so far they see light so old it’s from the past, this column lets you see light from the future. Ignore your dismal future. Instead, let’s talk about pants.
Particularly nylon taffeta pants. Maiden Noir released their “Taffeta” collection this week featuring, you guessed it, nylon taffeta tracksuits and anoraks. This collection makes me think of editorials featuring really attractive people getting like, dim sum, while they all just so happened to be dressed in a coordinated manner. Those editorials are always in the coolest magazines that have like, poster pull-outs and NSFW editorials of women standing in rooms next to like, really big trapezoids.
Look 8: A. Four t-shirt, Norse Projects sweater.
Look 6: A.Four “Flowers” longsleeve shirt, A.Four jacket.
Look 4: By Parra jacket, Orange Juice Jones corduroy jacket, A.Four “Gospel” t-shirt, Stan Ray single knee painter pant.
Look 2: A.Four lab jacket, A.Four “Walking With Jesus” longsleeve shirt, Brooks Brothers cotton chino trousers.
Speaking of trapezoids, you guys remember elementary school? Remember picture day? I don’t know about you guys but I always wanted a cool alternate background but my parents always opted for the very drab blue background because it was included in the basic package. If you haven’t taken least three embarrassingly awkward school photos in your lifetime, I don’t trust you. Future won’t shoot you because you lack my trust, but still, it’s a tough thing to have to explain on your resume. Relive that time you thought a Blink 182 tee would compensate for that period in your life where your teeth were too big for your mouth and check out Highsnobiety’s very own Awkward Youth editorial.
In my own awkward youth we had a special class in which we all wrote, illustrated, and bound our own books. My opus focused on a group of opium traffickers that eventually all die in a bloody shoot out with the FBI and Interpol. If I were to write a screenplay of that novel, all the drug smugglers would wear gear from the most recent adidas Spezial collection and there would be a ton of moody long shots of them staring off the coasts of like, Calais and shit.
Since you’re reading this, you probably are totally the stylish guy in your office. You even wore Stan Smiths way before the guy in your office everyone actually considers to be the stylish guy in the office, aka the handsome guy in the office. If you haven’t yet, you should jump on the EG x Vans mismatch collections that have thankfully become a regular fixture on the sneaker release schedule. No way the ‘stylish’ guy in your office wears purposely mismatched sneakers. Get the moon rock colorway and eat your fancy bespoke salad at your cubicle with grace and aplomb.
The only thing better than annoying your coworkers by assembling and eating a really elaborate lunch at your desk is listening to podcasts while you pretend to do work by just keeping a new email draft open. I’m all about listening to podcasts so I have new insights on politics, culture, and technology. Also because listening to a podcast is way fucking better than listening to that voice mail your manager left you five days ago. I’m not sure you’re gonna learn anything new, but you sure are gonna lose a half hour of the work day listening to a conversation on the resale culture in fashion and sneakers. Shout out to anyone who can host a podcast. I can barely hold a conversation between subway stops. If I had a podcast it would be like, “So….uh… um…. so, like, how long until Vanderpump Rules has to acknowledge that the whole cast is making good money now and don’t wait tables anymore?”
Be cool and come back next week so we can spend a few minutes together not really talking about anything.
“See you space cowboys next week.” – Jon Moy
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