Brand Spotlight: Nepenthes - Topic of the day 7/3/24
"Nepenthes was conceived in 1988 on the grounds of sourcing something that wasn’t readily available in Japan. Founded by Keizo Shimizu, the brand started out in a small space in a lesser known area in Tokyo. By the time the physical store was opened Daiki Suzuki had joined the company. What started out with a devout focus on made in USA products turned into a re-thought way of collaborating with lesser known brands and expanded into creating their own brands."
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i fell up the stairs once
They got my favorite Whites boot collab:
https://nepenthesny.com/products/pole-climber-distress-rough-out-low-cut
Nepenthes New York
Engineered Garments x White's Boots - Pole Climber - Distress Rough...
Nepenthes New York Special Made in US Recommend going full size down
I've done an EG > S2W8 > Needles pipeline and I'm fine with that.
current needles is the goat
Shoutout to Armored Core 6 for teaching me the correct pronunciation
rough and tumble shirtmakers a close second
This Needles x Smith's corduroy chore coat is probably my favorite piece of outerwear in my closet
Nepenthes Styling used to be top tier. It's still good, but feels more forced than it used to
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great brand, every time i see something sick and it's nepenthes it makes perfect sense
had my eye on the Nepenthe Reebox collab for a while but feel silly overpaying for a cheap shoe idk
Literally was just in the store randomly lol
Daiki is and always will be my favorite designer. His silhouettes, fabric choices, and details are on point. My GOAT fr
Dressing in all Nepenthes brands: Cool or Corny
Couldn't be me being corny.
Needles is all about transcending the Cool/Corny binary
Cool af and preferred but not required
Incredibly great and influential. No notes.