OBEY post by lowendtheory
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- akoni0
have a great weekend trying to pick up high school chicks.
mrdobolina
(Sep 7 07, 13:56)damn tommy you told me they were 18!!
- ethered0
LOL @ THS THRD
- tommyo0
have a great weekend trying to pick up high school chicks.
mrdobolina
(Sep 7 07, 13:56)damn tommy you told me they were 18!!
akoni
(Sep 7 07, 14:00)haha oh he knows me so well...me in my camaro crusin the high school parking lot with my sleeveless shirts and Coors Light in a cozy!
- horton0
If your ethos IS underground anti-establishment.. .it is a wrong move. Don't make your company an anti-establishment deal if you're going to open the door to dudes with bags of cash.
tommyo
(Sep 7 07, 10:43)agreed. tommy and lowend have the upper hand... there's not really much to argue on this point.
if all you got in response is praise for his succesful marketing strategies, then fine and yes in the end sheppard wins, but he's still a sellout and you're a sucker for wearing a shirt that says OBEY.
- Meeklo0
tommyo:
Lets say you start a company, with tshirts showing people burning obey tshirts, cause you are the real deal. suddenly obey is not cool anymore and his dj cd featuring gwen stefani., m.i.a. and amy winehouse stops selling out at starbucks, because of the "awarness" your company brought.. suddenly mr walmart comes with the bag.. and asks you to sell your product at their stores.. you say no?
- horton0
Freshjive, FUCT, Stussy even.. all have come from the same place and managed to stay outta Starfucks and Walmart.
- horton0
I really love the Obey brand btw, great ethos
Hench
(Sep 7 07, 09:39)+ just for fun, revisiting the original post.
- e-pill0
it was just ok when it was just vandalism.
- josimarX0
well, on some evidence a certain ISHO showed me, OBEY have ripped off a certain FUCT brand in all manner ofn ways so wgive them no fucking resppect or cash imo, Andre the Giant was Andre the giant - FUCK ALL to do with PISH Y OBEY. GOT that vctms?
- morilla0
I saw him on "Art or Not" on the Ovation channel.
He pretty much got slammed.
- morilla0
I miss Fuct stuff. Can't find it anymore.
- Meeklo0
Freshjive, FUCT, Stussy even.. all have come from the same place and managed to stay outta Starfucks and Walmart.
horton
(Sep 7 07, 14:21)you can buy all those and obey at karmaloop dude.. and they are not cheap either..
- tommyo0
Why is everyone so fucking concerned with money? It's not everything you know. And no I wouldn't take the bags of money. Tell me this...
What's more important to you:
A. Staying true to what you believe
B. Sacrificing your beliefs for a bag of cashThing is he built his brand on the belief that he was underground and anti-establishment ... which is what people bought into. Do you think he's still underground? What has he done lately that says he's still anti-establishment? The ironic part about this whole thing is that now all the people I've seen wearing his crap are the same douchebags you'd see driving around in big ass trucks ... so, basically, dudes who are trying to fit in...if that isn't 'people obeying the calls of establishment' then please please tell me what is.
- tommyo0
yep FUCT was awesome.
- horton0
I miss Fuct stuff. Can't find it anymore.
morilla
(Sep 7 07, 14:25)new Fuct is launchin soon.
http://fuct.com/and Meeklo common.. Karmaloop is hardly Walmart.
- morilla0
the new Fuct stuff that they released a couple years ago was kind of lame.
I dig the old school shiat. Hope the new line has cool stuff
- horton0
WeeklyDrop 40:
Erik Brunetti of FUCT (2007 07 17)
- Meeklo0
Do you think he's still underground?
no, he stop being underground the very day you me and everyone that was not on his circle of very close friends knew about him.
What has he done lately that says he's still anti establishment?
You may just answered your own question there, NADA.
I doubt you can be anti establishment from the moment people recognize you as a brand. or wear your slogan on a tshirt, right?I guess my idea of anti-establishement has nothing to do with a clothing company, or any brand..
Lets just start to say that you can be anti establishment if you dont live under a bridge.. ;)
- morilla0
"biting is not normal"
- Meeklo0
Lets just start to say that you can be anti establishment if you dont live under a bridge.. ;)
Meeklo
(Sep 7 07, 14:40)sorry I ment to say, can't