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Skateboarding => Shoes & Gear => Topic started by: Willie on September 10, 2015, 02:16:00 PM
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The Fourstar BA thread made me think of this. I was surprised that so many people seemed invested in a skate clothing company. That's not a knock or critique, it just seemed alien to me.
I haven't bought any skate clothes since the Bones Brigade/Vision Street Wear/JimmyZ's era when I was in middle school. Aside from a few T shirts from then and some random shirts from skate events/fund raisers I own no skate clothing. I'm obviously older but I'd say I stopped rocking the skate stuff by high school.
I'm just curious as to how many skaters buy a lot of skate clothing. (Not counting shoes)
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I haven't bought any skate clothes since the Bones Brigade/Vision Street Wear/JimmyZ's era when I was in middle school.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmwqnqL3Hbg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmwqnqL3Hbg#)
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i try and buy like shop clothing from places i travel to. pitcrew, vu, refuge, rise, embassy... just shops outside of my local area
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i try and buy like shop clothing from places i travel to. pitcrew, vu, refuge, rise, embassy... just shops outside of my local area
I do the same thing. Went to Philly, got a Nocturnal shirt, went to Birmingham, got a Faith shirt etc...
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I only have one pair of skate (toy machine) sock that I almost never wear. But all the jeans I have are mostly fourstar, with a couple vans and matix (i like the spandex).
I have a nice fourstar jacket for winter, like 4 mini logo skate beanies for messy hair or cold days, I have 2 baseball caps, that I only wear when my hair is short and I don't want to brush it, they are adidas Gonz caps, and pretty much all my shirts are skate brand, every pair of shoes i have is skate brand too.
Of course I only buy jeans when they are on sale for like $25 or less, so it's been a while.
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I usually wear companies that I actually use.
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I have a spitfire shirt with no logos on it.
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I have a spitfire shirt with no logos on it.
I've got one with 50 logos on it but I can never ever wear it because it's a size medium.
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I have some shit I like to wear. I'm also one of those dudes that buys shirts from skateshops.
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i try and buy like shop clothing from places i travel to. pitcrew, vu, refuge, rise, embassy... just shops outside of my local area
I do the same thing. Went to Philly, got a Nocturnal shirt, went to Birmingham, got a Faith shirt etc...
I got a shirt from nocturnal and after using it to wipe down a ledge to skate my ex threw it out cause it was dirty. She didn't even think to throw it in the wash...
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usually just hats...maybe some socks or shit if im gettin my shine on
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If it's free, but yeah I have a lot of skate logo garments over the years.
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I usually wear companies that I actually use.
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All of the pants are way too tight now. I'd love to wear some Fourstar or something that was baggy and an inseam longer than 32"
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I have a bunch of t-shirts from artists I like (Todd Francis pigeon, Transportation Unit) but feel silly wearing them in public. It's cheaper than collecting decks as wall-hangers.
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shirts and sweatshirts from a couple companies i like to support.
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All the shirts I actually wear are skate shirts. I have a Poler shirt, a couple Pyramid Country shirts (AZ!), a PS118 shirt, and a Cowtown shirt I'll wear to school. They're all the soft shirts. Whenever I go skating I'll wear my less-than-nice shirts: some Thrasher shirts and whatnot. The hat I wear to school is a small brand I do photography for, and when I skate I have a sweat stained Cowtown hat. For pants I just wear black Dickies. I think I have 5 pairs (?) I realized after typing this that most of the stuff I own is AZ brands. Maybe once I get out of school I'll tone it down, but I just like supporting local brands.
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I have an old ass Indy shirt from 2010 that I still wear. It's all ripped up and worn out.
Still got three or four Vans shirts that I still wear from time to time from back in the day when I worked for them for a lil bit.
I also own a shirt from a local shop that went out of business not long ago, got it for free one time when I bought a board from there.
Had an old spitfire tee from five years ago that I used to wear a lot but I traded it to jordick last winter for a misfits sweater.
Those are pretty much the only skate related clothing I own. Pants have always just been dickies and I've never given a shit about socks.
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I have this thing that if I wear a pair of socks from a shoe brand and shoes from another brand I feel like my skating isn't good for that day, my way around it is to use socks from stance or Toy Machine socks. I have to match companies also, it's just my tick or whatever.
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Most everything I have are skate brands. The only thing I don't invest in is pants. Skate pants are crazy expensive. I've had skate pants as a kid, and I loved them, but they never lasted me. I stick to Levi's and Dickies. The skate pants I do own, I found at TJ Maxx and Ross, or something along those lines.
Only articles of clothing that I have that aren't skate related is a Carhartt vest, some plain shirts, a couple sweatshirts/jackets, and any sports apparel I have, and most of my pants, as I mentioned above.
For long time I didn't wear a lot of skate stuff. I didn't like anything that was out for a couple years. Those were the couple years I didn't skate much either due to bad knees. Ended up getting into a brand called Rebel8. Their kinda lame now, as you can go to any mall and find their stuff at Zumiez, Tilly's, etc. But, before they got super big, they were making some really good stuff. The artist who does all of the graphics, rules. He's a renowned graffiti and tattoo artist.Draws everything with a Sharpie. He actually got his start with Think skateboards. Pretty sure he was the one who created their logo. The yellow and red colors of Think, that was all him. And he's colorblind. Dude rules.
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I only wear armani exchange
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I never buy skate t shirts, only pants. After buying skate pants that have that 2 % stretch its hard to go back to normal non stretch pants. Big fan of Altamont and Volcom.
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ive never really been into buy skate branded pants. i'll buy second hand levi's or new dickies as they're generally the cheapest option, and last forever. i'm not one for branded t-shirts for the most part, i prefer plain tees or kinda techy tees like soccer jerseys, but if it's a company i really like and the branding isn't too overwhelming i'll grab it (got some krooked, polar, palace, alltimers and theories in the collection). i buy antisocial shop tees as they use good tees and i like to support them. i have a few really nice krooked 6 panels as well, can't pass those up when i see em. gotta get a hold of a lewis cruise tee and hat and i think i'll be good for skate related clothes for some time.
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By skate brands, is that only meant to mean hardware brands or clothing companies with a team, I've tried all kinds of companies with some relation to skateboarding but lately RVCA pants can't be beat, the ones from the states are always way more durable than the ones I've gotten from RVCA down here
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Most everything I have are skate brands. The only thing I don't invest in is pants. Skate pants are crazy expensive. I've had skate pants as a kid, and I loved them, but they never lasted me. I stick to Levi's and Dickies. The skate pants I do own, I found at TJ Maxx and Ross, or something along those lines.
Only articles of clothing that I have that aren't skate related is a Carhartt vest, some plain shirts, a couple sweatshirts/jackets, and any sports apparel I have, and most of my pants, as I mentioned above.
For long time I didn't wear a lot of skate stuff. I didn't like anything that was out for a couple years. Those were the couple years I didn't skate much either due to bad knees. Ended up getting into a brand called Rebel8. Their kinda lame now, as you can go to any mall and find their stuff at Zumiez, Tilly's, etc. But, before they got super big, they were making some really good stuff. The artist who does all of the graphics, rules. He's a renowned graffiti and tattoo artist.Draws everything with a Sharpie. He actually got his start with Think skateboards. Pretty sure he was the one who created their logo. The yellow and red colors of Think, that was all him. And he's colorblind. Dude rules.
The THINK tag logo is drawn by Mike Giant out of the bay area. Well. He's from New Mexico but been in da Bay since the 90's(?) painting BART tunnels and shit and then eventually tattooing. I got a book by him I'll trade ya if you got any good skateboard photography books. He's done some clothing designs for Upper Playground too man if you ever check them out they got some nice clothes.
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Just Ts and tops. Always think skate pants are a ripoff really. Too much money for something that gets fucked quickly. I do have some habitat shorts but they are too heavy to skate in. I need quick drying cheap trousers/shorts.
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A little bit. Very few t-shirts, they all seem to fit terribly. Pants aren't too expensive, they're always on sale somewhere. I'd rather hoard hardgoods.
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always stoked on brixton stuff, if that counts. and kr3w chinos. other than that, not so much, except for the already mentioned shop-shirts from various places.
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i buy t shirts every now and then, and pants if they're on sale, but skate brand stuff is usually terrible quality. can't go wrong with black levi's.
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almost all my t-shirts have super heroes, cartoons, or anime on them
skate branded shit mostly never appealed to me, when it did. i found it
not worth the cost. I know the quality of skate merch has improved, but
I'm really not interested
i like stance socks, I have a few pair of those and better
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almost all my t-shirts have super heroes
I'll give you 7 guesses on what company this is.
(http://scene7.zumiez.com/is/image/zumiez/pdp_hero/Almost-Boys-Batman-Mall-Grab-T-Shirt-_242710.jpg)
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almost all my t-shirts have super heroes
(http://scene7.zumiez.com/is/image/zumiez/pdp_hero/Almost-Boys-Batman-Mall-Grab-T-Shirt-_242710.jpg)
Almost?
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Almost?
Monkey Mcpott, I like you, you're not like the other kids here in the trailer park.
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As far as "skate brand" clothing goes, only Matix for me. I wear their button ups, all are really well made. And I still have the MJ corduroy sherpa coat from 10 years ago. It's held up really well. Most skate brand stuff is so overpriced and generally not worth it.
I'll pick a shop tee up from every city I visit.
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i wea shit if it's cheap, but not socks pants or underwear, and those fuckers don't make pants that are longer than a goddamn 32 inseam lus they want like 60 dollars for their bullshit, but if the price is right then yeah.
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Never pants but i've bought a few tees and sweatshirts from companies i dig, a hat on occasion.
But i've been lucky and gotten some cool clothing for free that has lasted a while.
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I have a few Indy, Spitfire & Anti hero t-shirts. An indy hoodie, anti hero hoodie and our life hoodie.
everything else I own is dickies/carhartt/work gear.
I have had some skate brand clothes by fourstar, TSA back in the day, and some other shit I cant remember and was always let down by the (lackof) quality yet high price so I like my work gear since I wear this stuff all the time for work anyway. And its super durable/comfortable & cheap (carhartt not as cheap)
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Most everything I have are skate brands. The only thing I don't invest in is pants. Skate pants are crazy expensive. I've had skate pants as a kid, and I loved them, but they never lasted me. I stick to Levi's and Dickies. The skate pants I do own, I found at TJ Maxx and Ross, or something along those lines.
Only articles of clothing that I have that aren't skate related is a Carhartt vest, some plain shirts, a couple sweatshirts/jackets, and any sports apparel I have, and most of my pants, as I mentioned above.
For long time I didn't wear a lot of skate stuff. I didn't like anything that was out for a couple years. Those were the couple years I didn't skate much either due to bad knees. Ended up getting into a brand called Rebel8. Their kinda lame now, as you can go to any mall and find their stuff at Zumiez, Tilly's, etc. But, before they got super big, they were making some really good stuff. The artist who does all of the graphics, rules. He's a renowned graffiti and tattoo artist.Draws everything with a Sharpie. He actually got his start with Think skateboards. Pretty sure he was the one who created their logo. The yellow and red colors of Think, that was all him. And he's colorblind. Dude rules.
Yeah, Mike Giant!!! I'm a huge fan. He does all the art for Rebel8. He's basically part owner, I think. Glad someone else knows who he is. He actually lives in Colorado now. Which book you got?? I don't have anything to trade. Just curious...
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I usually just buy skate pants and that's because i cant skate in any other shit. I cant feel comfy in those cheap mall pants. They are always so stiff! I usually buy kr3w kslim's and i am good to go (i got 5 pairs) but my favourite ones are some analog jeans i have that feel like heaven, straigth up perfect (that wheel wash thing wasnt a gimmick). I get this stuff for almost half the price at my local so i keep buying it.
Other than that i just own like 3 or 4 skate tshirts, the rest is band merch or blank brands, 1 Antiz sweater and 3 hats...
I always wait for sales to buy my shit so i can buy some great stuff, skate related or not, at a low/fair price.
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Imagine if skate companies made condoms. Wait, imagine if Wu Wear made condoms. They'd have a jingle- Spermicide, it's a spermicide bidilobba
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few shirts/ hats here and there, other than that I like to keep it pretty simple
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Short answer...yes. Long answer... I wouldn't if I wasn't lucky.
My girlfriend buys me things from Theories for birthday/christmas, my homeboys skate for dope companies and give me shirts and hats and such every few months. If they didn't skate for the companies they do (which I happen to dig as well) I wouldn't be dropping $30+ on t shirts and hats.
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Yes and no. Most of my shit is from target or Macy's.
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Not really. I have a few shirts (palace, theories of atlantis, hook-ups) but I haven't bought skate clothing in over a year. Skate clothes don't appeal to me any more.
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If I buy skate clothes, it's mostly RVCA tees because the quality is so damn good, I have a 6 years old t-shirt still in good condition and I never had any shrinking problem after washing them.
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All of the pants are way too tight now. I'd love to wear some Fourstar or something that was baggy and an inseam longer than 32"
i'm down for tight but they make them too short, i need a 34" at least, and they don't even have that much stretch, vans slimbo is pretty nice though.
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lately I've been wearing a bunch of haines blank tees and dad jeans, so like cheap walmart wranglers and some levi's. i have some volcom and theories tees, a bunch of caps, but i don't go overboard with all that shit. i look like i skate, but its not typically because my tshirt says so
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almost all my t-shirts have super heroes
(http://scene7.zumiez.com/is/image/zumiez/pdp_hero/Almost-Boys-Batman-Mall-Grab-T-Shirt-_242710.jpg)
Almost?
this looks like the thing my mom would buy me in highschool.
"hey you like batman and skateboards right? I don't see whats wrong with it"
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I'm more into band shirts but that Batman shirt does kick quite a bit of ass. I can't find it in adult sizes.
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The only skate apparel I wear is anti-hero stuff, and on occasion, a spitfire shirt that Noble traded me for a misfits sweater I sewed.
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The problem is really that 32" pant inseam. I'm a little too tall and need a 34" inseam that nobody makes.
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Dad/Seinfeld jeans look as wack on dood brahs as mom jeans look on bitches.
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I only fuck with one thing per skate brand usually because i don't wanna be rollin up looking like a billboard when I skate.
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Typically only if a brand I like has a good quality piece on a crazy dicount or free. Volcom and RVCA make good stuff and is always at my local Ross/Marshall's/TJ Max. I do buy tees and stuff from my local shop b/c I like them and they have cool designs. I've bought a few of the "grab bag" deals and have usually gotten boned. TOA sent cool stuff. Quiet Life just sent five tee shirts for $50. I like your brand, but don't need five tee shirts. I thought the point of those things was to get some cool/interesting stuff, not just tees.
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Monkey Mcpott, I like you, you're not like the other kids here in the trailer park.
well it does say almost on the tag on the bottom right of the shirt
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The majority of my t-shirts are skateboard companies, same with hats, I basically only wear my dime hoodie now, sock are a stance/dickies mix, and I have some skate pants but Dickies are the best. Comfortable, great fit, super durable, and cheap. All I could ask for
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Don be now our skate apparel.
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I'm surprised we don't have a fashion thread
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Jeans made by skateboard companies are so overpriced. No way in hell am I going to pay $65 for a pair of Volcom jeans or some shit.
I wear Carhartt jeans. Most durable jeans I've ever owned.
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Jeans made by skateboard companies are so overpriced. No way in hell am I going to pay $65 for a pair of Volcom jeans or some shit.
I wear Carhartt jeans. Most durable jeans I've ever owned.
True but for the most part I haven't had a pair that I've liked as much as skate brand pants. LRG were the best pretty much, Levi 285s are pretty comfy though.
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I think I only have one skate brand shirt, but I have a ton of shop shirts. I usually only wear those and band shirts. Other than that I don't really have much other stuff. A couple hats I got from my friends company, and a pair of huf socks (not weed socks) from a friend who gets flowed shit. And I basically just wear dickies.
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I'm wearing an Indy tee and riding ventures... Lawd kook me.
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It's weird, I never used to wear skate clothes but in the last year or so I've started to. I like wearing shop clothes, it's a good way to rep cities and support shops. Have a few Palace shirts as well.
When I first started skating I wore skate clothes, but then quickly felt uncomfortable wearing them when I'd go out for a session - like I wasn't worthy to be wearing them since I really couldn't do much. Or that I was trying to look like I was sponsored. Or they'd get weird looks and questions, like with a Ghetto Child tee I wore. I would rarely wear them as a result. Then when I would get older, I wore plain, inexpensive gear. I just don't care now, or maybe I'm comfortable enough with my skill set.
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I'm sponsored by J.Crew Factory
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I'm wearing an Indy tee and riding ventures... Lawd kook me.
I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing. I think as long as you can appreciate a company, you should rep it if you want to.