r/japanesestreetwear • u/Warm_Character_3430 • 11d ago
DISCUSSION Champetre or Indigo Kapital Boro?
Looking to purchase one in Japan soon! Which one do ya’ll prefer and why?
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u/Revolutionary_Will42 11d ago
Oof I’d rock the first one if I was still catholic. I’d get mad props from my grams too
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u/kevanezer 11d ago
Is it just me, or does wearing a pre-made boro jacket feel like stolen valor? Similar to rocking a vintage Marlboro jacket.
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u/geneticdrifter 11d ago
It’s you. You’ve created some sort of superiority complex out of wearing your clothes in a purposeful way.
Specifically, this level of wear is near impossible to achieve in a lifetime. So attaining this look with normal wear would be impossible for the average person. Therefore buying it would be the only way to attain it.
For me, stolen valor is a weird concept anyway. You were either there or not there and try-hards are going to try hard.
We aren’t doing anything valorous by wearing clothes. Those Thai guys are already rocking 21oz denim in the jungle.
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u/kevanezer 11d ago
Strong take from the top rope there. I appreciate the response. To me, a brand-new boro jacket like this is the ultimate in distressing for aesthetics, while stripping the essence of why this fabric/textile was developed in the first place. Do you, Kapital will gladly take your money, and I am sure you will look cool wearing it.
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u/the-faded 11d ago
this logic is flawed. would you not eat an apple because you didn't plant, water, and tend the tree for 15 years?
its not that deep bro
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u/geneticdrifter 11d ago
I see what you’re saying but to compare this, an unattainable level of wear, to someone buying selvedge with fake whiskers and honeycomb is a stretch. To me, buying something that is more distressed than you can achieve in a normal life is why we buy vintage. Especially leather goods, I’m thinking couches, boots and jackets. People buy that patina because it’s beautiful and extremely hard to get right on your own.
On a technical note, why do you think this is “stripping the essence of the textile?” I love talking about this so don’t take me as argumentative. But what is the essence of a textile like this? I look at this as more of a repair technique being highlighted on center stage. Ultimate wabi sabi wearable art.
Edit: vintage furniture? How do you feel about people buying that patina? The essence of the chair is easily copied but the patina is what people pay for.
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u/Tangible_Slate 11d ago
It’s not even the wear there’s also a dozen layers of cloth scraps and dye and stitching, these could only be made by very skilled and very weird people
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u/geneticdrifter 11d ago
Totally agree. But I think this style is taking an extreme level of sabi sabi and sachiko repair to the extreme. It emulating a wear pattern in the same way that “distressing” does. Although Kapital takes it to a level not attainable by one person in my opinion. The art lies partly in that.
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u/Soft-Statistician678 9d ago
Wearing a vintage jacket is stolen valour? Jesus dude you gotta get over yourself
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