thanks for doing this series.I constantly look at the fabric on things and I cant believe how many high end brands try to sell a polyester shirt for over a 1000. It seems like its getting harder and harder to find quality
As a new upcoming designer who is funding most of your projects by yourself, It can take its tall on a budget to buy fabrics that regarded as natural organic high quality fabrics, so upcycling old garments becomes the only options for new upcoming designers, this is the reason why this man is putting enthesis on the fac that quality can't sorely rest on the quality of fabrics but the construction as well and design efforts that were placed in the design itself, because these high quality fabrics only focus is red taping alot of new upcoming designers because most of the time only kids from rich backgrounds or these established brands can afford, soon the industry will be saturated with quality fabrics and no new upcoming creativity because poor kids who want to design cant afford it.
I really loved the pace of the interview. It allows me to think along the question asked and the answers given. Also absolutely love Yakus work! And tbh the last segment was peak. I really appreciate his outlook on designers dressing themselves and in a way I feel like he really thought about time (which shows that he knows it's an economic/access privilege to even think about fashion in these ways) and an affordable/accessible approach to better quality a lot .
I am a 'single stitch t shirt guy' aha. Honestly been into clothing my whole life but things like the stitching is only something i've cared about over the last few years. I have a single stitch t shirt my dad bought me when I was around 15-16 and I am 27 now and I still wear it. If something doesn't feel built to last I just don't want to spend my money on it.
I don't buy anything that's just been over locked, always look for at least a french seam or equivalent. First piece that I saw in hand that changed my perception of quality was Uma Wang's coats.
such an interesting conversation!! the setting is very laid back and it feels like we're interacting with eo lol. anyway, i always care about the fabrics, how it drapes etc. people in my circle won't care or even know that. i live in a hot humid country. all we care about is a lightweight and breathable fabric. however, my people always wear polyester and rayon. which is not the best. i have worn that throughout my teenage years bcos it's cheap and easy to get. i always feel uneasy bcos how it sticks to your skin, can be smelly too when you sweat. once i switch to natural fabrics ie cotton, and linen, i won't look at synthetic fabrics ever again! i feel so confident and most importantly comfortable. it does come with a higher price but I'm willing to pay for the longevity and quality
Thanks for making this video series!! I am getting into fashion lately and since I'm earning my first real amounts of money I have become more conscious on how I wanna spend that money. I also want to make my own clothes (I do not plan on making my own brand tho) and I want to make them as beautiful and good quality as I possibly can. This was very insightful.
I appreciate the fact how slow this video and way of him explaining himself are. I was kinda angry at the first minutes, like hurry up, maaan. But then I slow down myself and really start trying to feel what he is saying. And somehow I had a heart connection with his words. Thanks to author and editor 💕
You’re angry because it’s trash and he has no vocabulary to describe what makes a high quality garment because he doesn’t know. Thrifting and buying “dead stock” fabric and calling that fashion isn’t sustainability- it’s greenwashing. We need designers that design actual solutions with an education in construction and tailoring and not just kissing LVMH ass and buying plastic trash materials to send down the runway.
Suuuuch a good listen ✨I vote with my wallet. I support small companies that care about their products and big companies that are leading the way to change in the mass market, because this eco friendly handmade coat is worth every Penny but that doesn’t mean the majority can afford it, so balance is key I think
Hey man, as always super informative Video. Have you thought about doing a podcast? I feel like it would suit your format very well and you would most likely increase your reach. Afaik there is not a big fashion podcast doing this type of content yet and I feel like many people would enjoy listening to your stuff while commuting/working out etc.
i don’t get how dead stock fabric is more ethical when it’s just fabric that isn’t being actively produced anymore. would love some more insight on that
Its just simple logic that the producers are trying to make profits grow and that creates cheaper and cheaper clothing. Same with fast fashion it gets us to buy more. Thats just the sad truth that if all we want is economic growth we get shit cheap products produced unethically.
I really wish there was a way we could collectively force companies to produce less but it’s unrealistic to think that everyone will come together and buy less unfortunately
I saw the thumbnail next to the title of the video. The first thought that sprung into my mind was: "this black streetwear guy can't know about high quality fabrics". It's so ingrained into my mind that only white men from the EU fashion companies talk and know about this. I've never seen a black contemporary designer being interviewed about it in detail before. I've watched Mcqueen talk about it, but that is about as non-establishment as I've seen it. Unconcious bias become concious. I watched the whole video. Never want to think that thought again.
And I've watched so many of your video's and I really take your opinions to heart. But the bias was so strong about this designer in connection to high quality fabrics and clothing. The bias and idea that only white europeans know quality... I want to rid myself of that Right Now.
You absolutely can and must blame the consumer. Once China opened up the fashion game completely changed. The market was flooded with money and consumption and frankly the Chinese didn’t care. If it had a designer label they bought it. They created a demand in fashion that hadn’t existed before and to keep up with the demand designers started offshoring production. Designers started cutting corners to keep up with the demand and here we are. I’m not attacking the Chinese consumer (I don’t care what they do with their money, but everyone knows this, they just won’t say it)! I first started to notice the decline in quality when garments like trousers and blazers were no longer lined and now there’s no turning back. Rick Owens still sells a quality product, but not everyone can afford Owens. I remember a designer once saying a garment should look just as good inside as it does outside - meaning good construction. That is no longer the case! There are more contemporary brands producing good quality items than the top tier design houses and that’s the troubling! If designers like Balenciaga are selling subpar quality, why are people still buying it? Marketing! These brands spend more time on marketing than they do on actual fashion design and quality. It is what it is!
Geez as a Chinese person who has done everything in my power to consume consciously, I just love this stereotyped random China bashing where apparently Chinese consumers are to blame for macro capitalist trends … as if these things wouldn’t have happened if China hasn’t “Opened up”. Let’s be clear, you start writing apologist things like “I’m not attacking the Chinese consumer” (Lumping 1.4 billion people into one hypothetical person) you are absolutely attacking the Chinese consumer. A country of 1.4 billion people do not act in the same way or speak with one voice 😒
Blaming the consumer is a bit a silly and blaming Chinese consumers specifically is really silly. As Juliereadsherbookshelf points out, the problem is clearly late stage capitalism. Big corporations can and must be blamed, they've done and will continue to do everything in their power to maximise profits to the detriment of society, selling us rubbish through pervasive and ubiquitous marketing. Education is the only way to fight against these trends and we must try to fight against them, but it's incredibly hard when big corporations are spending billions on incredibly sophisticated marketing and have infested the highest levels of all our cultural and political institutions. I don't think this is hyperbolic to say.
@@juliereadsherbookshelf oh stop being a victim! Nowhere were you bashed. I talked about China opening up, consumerism and designers offshoring. You sound less than smart moaning about something that wasn’t said. Grow up and stop acting like a child!
@@juliereadsherbookshelf I think she is talking about Chinese luxury fashion consumers, if china is 1.4 billion,even if the luxury fashion Chinese consumer is a niche , let’s suppose 10% , in any case is 140 milion people , is enough to change the world by the way I disagree, I don’t think is becouse of china only
7 minutes in and he’s not really saying what he thinks is quality and what isn’t. Probably won’t cuz he’s been given scholarships and opportunities by fashion houses that are using low quality fabrics. Don’t wanna bite the hand that feeds.
I don't think this is the case at all. If you go to the last segment you can hear him openly criticising Luxury fashion houses and their way of selling products nowadays.
I think if you watch the whole video yakus understanding of quality in fabrics and garments becomes a lot clearer and paints a more cohesive picture imo. The interview is just conducted at a slower pace where the answer is not delivered straight away within the first 10 mins
THANK YOU. He spoke a whole bunch of NONSENSE but expressed no actual expertise or knowledge. He’s a poster child for a corrupt industry that needs black street fashion artists to hide the massive industry control and corruption behind. He literally says trash fabric and high quality fabric are the same just priced higher. How can anyone call LVMH leftover textiles that are being purchased and used “dead stock” ??? It’s not DEAD STOCK if you can sell it! It’s greenwashing. LVMH is a mega conglomerate that actively promoted profits over humanity and doesn’t give a flying fick about quality and that’s who’s funding him and that’s why he has no concept of what makes something high quality. His collection was inspired by someone else’s video game designs for gods sake. He’s the mask that THE richest and most powerful white man in the world, Bernard Arnault, is hiding behind literally. Shame on him for accepting this role so he can have money and fame and influence when he clearly knows he’s no expert in anything.
This “designer” Yaku has no technical concept of what actually makes a fabric “high” or “low quality”. How sad that there is no standard for this at his level of education. “Dead stock” LVMH fabric does not make a textile “high quality” just because LVMH overproduced something they couldn’t sell and labeled it “ethical dead stock” so they could resell it- making it active stock and not dead stock at all. High quality fabrics DO have material standards of quality- things like the fineness of the threads wound by NATURAL FIBERS produced by ethically like small batch wools and silks and linens which are harvested PROPERLY. This designer basically just said that plastic trash is just as good aesthetically as LVMH “deadstock”. This person has no knowledge of what a truly “high quality garment” is because he designs fantasy video game inspired impractical bullshit made of literal trash materials. But hey he has a grad degree and he’s supported by the largest, greediest fashion meg conglomerate in history so give him a masters degree and call him a master. What a joke. He didn’t say ANYTHING about the functionality of a garment making it high quality. Gone are the days of a trench coat with features designed for a purpose that is human activity and not just sashaying down a runway in a garment that doesn’t function. This started with John galliano sending jackets on backwards down the runway and LVMH changing the values of the fashion industry from functionality and quality to profitability and hype over all else. This isn’t fashion- it’s just more hype culture sensationalism destined for landfills.
This title is misleading and this interview is freshman fashion school trash. Nothing educational or even educated about this conversation with LVMH’s latest runway hype poster boy to distract you from their human rights abuses and degradation of the highest standards of quality in luxury.
thanks for doing this series.I constantly look at the fabric on things and I cant believe how many high end brands try to sell a polyester shirt for over a 1000. It seems like its getting harder and harder to find quality
Right?? It makes me angry and laugh at the same time..
Rir para não chorar
It's honestly so crazy that they get away with it
As a new upcoming designer who is funding most of your projects by yourself, It can take its tall on a budget to buy fabrics that regarded as natural organic high quality fabrics, so upcycling old garments becomes the only options for new upcoming designers, this is the reason why this man is putting enthesis on the fac that quality can't sorely rest on the quality of fabrics but the construction as well and design efforts that were placed in the design itself, because these high quality fabrics only focus is red taping alot of new upcoming designers because most of the time only kids from rich backgrounds or these established brands can afford, soon the industry will be saturated with quality fabrics and no new upcoming creativity because poor kids who want to design cant afford it.
I really loved the pace of the interview. It allows me to think along the question asked and the answers given. Also absolutely love Yakus work! And tbh the last segment was peak. I really appreciate his outlook on designers dressing themselves and in a way I feel like he really thought about time (which shows that he knows it's an economic/access privilege to even think about fashion in these ways) and an affordable/accessible approach to better quality a lot .
I am really going to enjoy this series, I'm on the hunt for knowledge on how to identify high quality clothing.
I am a 'single stitch t shirt guy' aha. Honestly been into clothing my whole life but things like the stitching is only something i've cared about over the last few years.
I have a single stitch t shirt my dad bought me when I was around 15-16 and I am 27 now and I still wear it. If something doesn't feel built to last I just don't want to spend my money on it.
I don't buy anything that's just been over locked, always look for at least a french seam or equivalent. First piece that I saw in hand that changed my perception of quality was Uma Wang's coats.
Uma Wang is so good!
I liked you quality was segment… materials, design, and moral values
such an interesting conversation!! the setting is very laid back and it feels like we're interacting with eo lol. anyway, i always care about the fabrics, how it drapes etc. people in my circle won't care or even know that. i live in a hot humid country. all we care about is a lightweight and breathable fabric. however, my people always wear polyester and rayon. which is not the best. i have worn that throughout my teenage years bcos it's cheap and easy to get. i always feel uneasy bcos how it sticks to your skin, can be smelly too when you sweat. once i switch to natural fabrics ie cotton, and linen, i won't look at synthetic fabrics ever again! i feel so confident and most importantly comfortable. it does come with a higher price but I'm willing to pay for the longevity and quality
Real ass journalism!!!
Excellent video! Pleasure to hear about this designer, his mentality, and processes! Cheers to you both!
Thanks for making this video series!! I am getting into fashion lately and since I'm earning my first real amounts of money I have become more conscious on how I wanna spend that money. I also want to make my own clothes (I do not plan on making my own brand tho) and I want to make them as beautiful and good quality as I possibly can. This was very insightful.
Your content keep’s getting better and better
Thanks!
I appreciate the fact how slow this video and way of him explaining himself are. I was kinda angry at the first minutes, like hurry up, maaan.
But then I slow down myself and really start trying to feel what he is saying. And somehow I had a heart connection with his words. Thanks to author and editor 💕
You’re angry because it’s trash and he has no vocabulary to describe what makes a high quality garment because he doesn’t know. Thrifting and buying “dead stock” fabric and calling that fashion isn’t sustainability- it’s greenwashing. We need designers that design actual solutions with an education in construction and tailoring and not just kissing LVMH ass and buying plastic trash materials to send down the runway.
Such a great series. And I LOVE this guy!! In a word, his depth! I bet you wanted to talk with him for forever
Such a good video, really loving this and hearing people that are invested in fashion speak on it is great.
Suuuuch a good listen ✨I vote with my wallet. I support small companies that care about their products and big companies that are leading the way to change in the mass market, because this eco friendly handmade coat is worth every Penny but that doesn’t mean the majority can afford it, so balance is key I think
Love this concept of doing things
Hey man, as always super informative Video. Have you thought about doing a podcast? I feel like it would suit your format very well and you would most likely increase your reach. Afaik there is not a big fashion podcast doing this type of content yet and I feel like many people would enjoy listening to your stuff while commuting/working out etc.
I’m 3 seconds in, but so excited for this series already.
Can't believe I saw a RuneScape Pk clip in this video. LOL!
That Bandos pl8 tho
Wow I remember when I commented this on another video! You came through!
Yes! You inspired the series!
Yummy knowledge 😋😋 loved it, like everything you do… also congrats on your graduation recently
love listening to both of you! great conversation.
glad you enjoyed it!
i don’t get how dead stock fabric is more ethical when it’s just fabric that isn’t being actively produced anymore. would love some more insight on that
Good on you. That was a good highlight.
22:30 to answer his question Pima cotton his the lightest and most durable cotton u can get
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
First? Can't wait to watch this in full
amazing video thx
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yessir.
love this
In this type of economy its not the consumer to blame. Its impossible for anyone to know everythint
Its just simple logic that the producers are trying to make profits grow and that creates cheaper and cheaper clothing. Same with fast fashion it gets us to buy more. Thats just the sad truth that if all we want is economic growth we get shit cheap products produced unethically.
I really wish there was a way we could collectively force companies to produce less but it’s unrealistic to think that everyone will come together and buy less unfortunately
I saw the thumbnail next to the title of the video. The first thought that sprung into my mind was: "this black streetwear guy can't know about high quality fabrics". It's so ingrained into my mind that only white men from the EU fashion companies talk and know about this. I've never seen a black contemporary designer being interviewed about it in detail before. I've watched Mcqueen talk about it, but that is about as non-establishment as I've seen it. Unconcious bias become concious. I watched the whole video. Never want to think that thought again.
And I've watched so many of your video's and I really take your opinions to heart. But the bias was so strong about this designer in connection to high quality fabrics and clothing. The bias and idea that only white europeans know quality... I want to rid myself of that Right Now.
You absolutely can and must blame the consumer. Once China opened up the fashion game completely changed. The market was flooded with money and consumption and frankly the Chinese didn’t care. If it had a designer label they bought it. They created a demand in fashion that hadn’t existed before and to keep up with the demand designers started offshoring production. Designers started cutting corners to keep up with the demand and here we are. I’m not attacking the Chinese consumer (I don’t care what they do with their money, but everyone knows this, they just won’t say it)! I first started to notice the decline in quality when garments like trousers and blazers were no longer lined and now there’s no turning back. Rick Owens still sells a quality product, but not everyone can afford Owens.
I remember a designer once saying a garment should look just as good inside as it does outside - meaning good construction. That is no longer the case! There are more contemporary brands producing good quality items than the top tier design houses and that’s the troubling! If designers like Balenciaga are selling subpar quality, why are people still buying it? Marketing! These brands spend more time on marketing than they do on actual fashion design and quality. It is what it is!
I bought a plain bale piece, the wool shirt jacket, I think is high quality maybe balenciaga uses low quality on logo pieces
Geez as a Chinese person who has done everything in my power to consume consciously, I just love this stereotyped random China bashing where apparently Chinese consumers are to blame for macro capitalist trends … as if these things wouldn’t have happened if China hasn’t “Opened up”. Let’s be clear, you start writing apologist things like “I’m not attacking the Chinese consumer” (Lumping 1.4 billion people into one hypothetical person) you are absolutely attacking the Chinese consumer. A country of 1.4 billion people do not act in the same way or speak with one voice 😒
Blaming the consumer is a bit a silly and blaming Chinese consumers specifically is really silly. As Juliereadsherbookshelf points out, the problem is clearly late stage capitalism. Big corporations can and must be blamed, they've done and will continue to do everything in their power to maximise profits to the detriment of society, selling us rubbish through pervasive and ubiquitous marketing. Education is the only way to fight against these trends and we must try to fight against them, but it's incredibly hard when big corporations are spending billions on incredibly sophisticated marketing and have infested the highest levels of all our cultural and political institutions. I don't think this is hyperbolic to say.
@@juliereadsherbookshelf oh stop being a victim! Nowhere were you bashed. I talked about China opening up, consumerism and designers offshoring. You sound less than smart moaning about something that wasn’t said. Grow up and stop acting like a child!
@@juliereadsherbookshelf I think she is talking about Chinese luxury fashion consumers, if china is 1.4 billion,even if the luxury fashion Chinese consumer is a niche , let’s suppose 10% , in any case is 140 milion people , is enough to change the world by the way I disagree, I don’t think is becouse of china only
Yakuu!
thanks :)
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Anyone feel like hes just winging the answers to the questions?
Why the hell is he skirting around the exact answer by giving “oh environment damage/consciousness” yada yada
7 minutes in and he’s not really saying what he thinks is quality and what isn’t. Probably won’t cuz he’s been given scholarships and opportunities by fashion houses that are using low quality fabrics. Don’t wanna bite the hand that feeds.
Couldn’t give a straight answer
I don't think this is the case at all. If you go to the last segment you can hear him openly criticising Luxury fashion houses and their way of selling products nowadays.
I think if you watch the whole video yakus understanding of quality in fabrics and garments becomes a lot clearer and paints a more cohesive picture imo. The interview is just conducted at a slower pace where the answer is not delivered straight away within the first 10 mins
THANK YOU. He spoke a whole bunch of NONSENSE but expressed no actual expertise or knowledge. He’s a poster child for a corrupt industry that needs black street fashion artists to hide the massive industry control and corruption behind. He literally says trash fabric and high quality fabric are the same just priced higher. How can anyone call LVMH leftover textiles that are being purchased and used “dead stock” ??? It’s not DEAD STOCK if you can sell it! It’s greenwashing. LVMH is a mega conglomerate that actively promoted profits over humanity and doesn’t give a flying fick about quality and that’s who’s funding him and that’s why he has no concept of what makes something high quality. His collection was inspired by someone else’s video game designs for gods sake. He’s the mask that THE richest and most powerful white man in the world, Bernard Arnault, is hiding behind literally. Shame on him for accepting this role so he can have money and fame and influence when he clearly knows he’s no expert in anything.
I thought that was Israel adesanya for a sec
Loool 😂
This guy has no idea what the hell he's talking about. "It's about the fabric" " It's how it's made like the quality" dude. YOu Graduated??!?!?
yo why cant i hear anything 😢
This “designer” Yaku has no technical concept of what actually makes a fabric “high” or “low quality”. How sad that there is no standard for this at his level of education. “Dead stock” LVMH fabric does not make a textile “high quality” just because LVMH overproduced something they couldn’t sell and labeled it “ethical dead stock” so they could resell it- making it active stock and not dead stock at all. High quality fabrics DO have material standards of quality- things like the fineness of the threads wound by NATURAL FIBERS produced by ethically like small batch wools and silks and linens which are harvested PROPERLY. This designer basically just said that plastic trash is just as good aesthetically as LVMH “deadstock”. This person has no knowledge of what a truly “high quality garment” is because he designs fantasy video game inspired impractical bullshit made of literal trash materials. But hey he has a grad degree and he’s supported by the largest, greediest fashion meg conglomerate in history so give him a masters degree and call him a master. What a joke. He didn’t say ANYTHING about the functionality of a garment making it high quality. Gone are the days of a trench coat with features designed for a purpose that is human activity and not just sashaying down a runway in a garment that doesn’t function. This started with John galliano sending jackets on backwards down the runway and LVMH changing the values of the fashion industry from functionality and quality to profitability and hype over all else. This isn’t fashion- it’s just more hype culture sensationalism destined for landfills.
This title is misleading and this interview is freshman fashion school trash. Nothing educational or even educated about this conversation with LVMH’s latest runway hype poster boy to distract you from their human rights abuses and degradation of the highest standards of quality in luxury.
i love black people
Yeah the consumer not the creators sadly
haha what race are you? i love me some us too ;))