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How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Re: How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Post by chaostheory »

coldtea wrote: post #92
chaostheory wrote: post #56

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You can have a low trust society that still functions. They have existed for thousands of years. They exist today.

"Functioning" implies some quality criteria beyond mere existence... We don't look at a law of the jungle society and say "this is a functioning society" (even if technically it might be true: it does perform some functions).

I'm not going to categorize a war torn country that's in chaos as functioning. You can have a low trust society and still have a good economy as well as production

Re: How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Post by lazerpants »

shard wrote: post #123
lazerpants wrote: post #70

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>In fact, "formal" clothing and couture has long been a way to show you're on the way up, not that you're there. Old money doesn't try to keep up with fashion. It's my job to deal with lots and lots of tremendously wealthy people (mostly billionaires). They usually wear formal or semi-formal clothes, or occasionally polos, etc. They do not wear Balenciaga, any of them, ever when I see them, in business environments o…

Do you interact with them only in a business setting, or in social settings as well? And are they mostly older men? I am wondering if they also dress in formal attire in social situations, and if age/gender has something to do with it.

Both business and social settings, split pretty well between men and women though, probably 60/40. As I mentioned, they are typically a little older, which could definitely impact what they wear. But then again, I don't see their kids wearing expensive fashion brands either.

Re: How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Post by ericb »

DanBC wrote: post #128
ericb wrote: post #127

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I agree, great comment. I'd favourite it too, but how does one favorite an individual comment on HN?

Click the timestamp of the comment to take you to a page that has a few more menu options- flag / unflag, favourite, etc. Your list of favourited comments is at the bottom of your profile page.

Thanks!

Re: How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Post by perl4ever »

acconrad wrote: post #6

My wife and I went to Paris for our anniversary and we didn't realize until we were there that it was Fashion Week. I am genuinely not surprised at all that this guy made it to the top. Streetwear has become so ironic because the lines have blurred between haute culture/high fashion and bargain basement designs that you genuinely can't tell what is $800 (Balenciaga Triple S https://www.balenciaga.com/us/triple-s-shoe…

I wouldn't be able to tell you a priori what the price difference is, but the Balenciaga is obviously trying to be more avant garde, whereas the Nike looks much more ordinary, even conservative. It reminds me of the way (in my opinion) cars are more attractive up to a certain price point and then they get less attractive (to me) because really rich people want to show off that their taste is different from the masses.

Re: How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Post by perl4ever »

ryandrake wrote: post #57
brenschluss wrote: post #45

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I don't trust your anecdote; I think you just made it up, since you have not presented any proof. I think you are trying to prove a point by making up stories. Therefore I distrust your conclusions and arguments, not only because I disagree with them, but because I distrust you. (I'm testing out turning off my trust-by-default gene ;)

Good meta point! When you think about it, there is no really good reason to believe anything posted to a forum such as this, from anonymous people you don’t know. Yet we often do. Touché!

Do we "often" believe things stated by anonymous people with no evidence?

I'd suggest that I neither believe nor disbelieve things that are unconfirmed. Instead, I consider that an anonymous person said such things and later correlate it with other observations.

It's not necessary to prematurely declare something (even to yourself) to be true or false.

Re: How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Post by on_and_off »

tabs_masterrace wrote: post #15

Well he made a website advertising his brand name, then went to what is essentially a fashion conference, showed up professionally, dressed as designer with cards, and they let him in? Isn't that what you expect/hope for?

Same, I am not really sure what this is supposed to prove..

He got to a conference and partied with some other attendees ? You could do this with any other field; including tech.

Re: How I Faked My Way to the Top of Paris Fashion Week [video]

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Post by ric2b »

jimmies wrote: post #5

I used to watch "Nathan for you" which is the somewhat comedic version of the business hacking theme. The difference is that the main protagonist did not always succeed. But when he got lucky and it worked, it was funny as shit. My favorite episode is the best buy tv episode.

Nathan for you is absolutely hilarious and brilliant. He has quite a few incomplete episodes on youtube if anyone wants to check it out. For example: https://youtu.be/xMW-SzZKJ-Q
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