Quote: (04-22-2013 12:40 PM)MikeCF Wrote:
Quote: (04-22-2013 12:22 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
Quote: (04-22-2013 11:55 AM)MikeCF Wrote:
Just use the Nordstrom Test. Most girls - even young girls who go to H&M and Forever 21 - view shopping regularly at Nordstrom to be aspirational. If your clothing comes from Nordstrom, it will be noticed.
Damn. Sometimes I feel so out of touch with the world.
My brother and I started calling Nordstrom, Nerdstrom like 15 years ago.
I wouldn't buy toilet paper at that place.
Sure.
But it's not about what you or your brother thinks is cool.
It's about sending a message that resonates with younger girls.
You were probably wearing DC Shoes back on the day in San Diego. I always thought skater apparel and shorts were "try hard" and "look at me, I do activities" but that stuff was "cool" at one point. Mossimo was once "cool." (I'm old enough to remember before that was at Target.)
Doubt you'd wear any of that stuff now.
Younger girls are into things older, more sophisticated girls aren't.
No, I got you.
I have actually walked into Nordstrom a few times since then (not by choice). I think their clothes are terrible. Real office square.
I don't even like the shoes they carry. All of it seems so wack. That is why my brother and I started calling it "Nerdstrom".
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Hell, I remember when back when DC was a little company called Droors Clothing.
They actually sponsored two skaters I knew.
I always hated Mossimo. That was a volleyball dork brand. (Later, he tried his hand at high fashion, went public, then I think bankrupt, then Target ). I might be miss counting the history here. But he is known as a clothing legend for sure starting from the garage.
I did know I cat who modeled for them back in the day. He was older than me, swooped mass girls.
Mossimo was also very Orange County.
It is kind of strange to think back then how clothing brands really signified neighborhoods, towns and lifestyles.
Those were pretty small brands back then.
Today everything in that industry (like everything else) is all corporatized and has no meaning.