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  • Jun 27, 2021

    Title pretty much. Just design-wise, they put out some super hard stuff, and some super terrible stuff.


    thechinatownmarket.com


    I thought about getting this shirt.


  • Jun 27, 2021
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    not a fan

  • Jun 27, 2021

    Juvenile for the most part. some designs are okay.

  • Jun 27, 2021
    Cody

    not a fan

  • proper 🔩
    Jun 27, 2021
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    ctm for the kids tbh.

    bought a shirt from them once and immediately regretted it when it got delivered. luckily it was a hyped up shirt so I was able to sell it for like 3x retail lol.

  • OP
    Jun 28, 2021
    proper

    ctm for the kids tbh.

    bought a shirt from them once and immediately regretted it when it got delivered. luckily it was a hyped up shirt so I was able to sell it for like 3x retail lol.

    yeah a lot of the stuff flat out ugly or uncreative (i.e slapping smileys on everything). on the other hand tho i like the stuff like the shirt i put in op

  • OP
    Jun 28, 2021

    I like this as well

  • Jun 28, 2021

    looks like braindead minus all the creativity and graphic design skills

  • Jun 28, 2021
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    Remember when they announced were going to change their name after DP found out its just owned by two culture vultures lol...

  • Jun 28, 2021
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    I have the born again christian dior tee and love it, but other than that ive never really liked their stuff

  • OP
    Jun 28, 2021
    La Flama Blanca

    I have the born again christian dior tee and love it, but other than that ive never really liked their stuff

    might be the hardest thing they ever made

  • OP
    Jun 28, 2021
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    debbie

    Remember when they announced were going to change their name after DP found out its just owned by two culture vultures lol...

    well, to be fair, they’ve stated from the start that they had opportunities to do “Chinese ” stuff (i.e someone asked them to make chopsticks) and they refused. it’s all built around the aesthetic of counterfeit markets often found in chinatowns, not chinese stuff in general.

  • Jun 28, 2021
    Orangutan

    well, to be fair, they’ve stated from the start that they had opportunities to do “Chinese ” stuff (i.e someone asked them to make chopsticks) and they refused. it’s all built around the aesthetic of counterfeit markets often found in chinatowns, not chinese stuff in general.

    So culture vultures

  • Jun 28, 2021
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    Orangutan

    well, to be fair, they’ve stated from the start that they had opportunities to do “Chinese ” stuff (i.e someone asked them to make chopsticks) and they refused. it’s all built around the aesthetic of counterfeit markets often found in chinatowns, not chinese stuff in general.

    Yea they took what bootleg shops in Chinatown were doing, profited off it tenfold all while using the name Chinatown and not properly recognizing or giving back to the OGs. So in short, culture vultures.

    Mike himself said since he's white he didn't want to 'cross the line' and make asian products. Which means they knew they were in the wrong and still didn't care to change the name sooner or highlight Asian community causes because they were trying to play it safe. Again, culture vultures.

  • Jun 28, 2021

    urban outfitters trash tbh

  • Jun 28, 2021
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    NDL DOOM

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CND2oF6jMTW/

    talking about cultural appropriation while wearing a kith hat

    and bro endorsing Andrew Yang when he could've endorsed Art Chang

    I hate liberals

  • Jun 28, 2021

    scust

  • Jun 28, 2021

    Mostly lame but they have some fire sometimes

  • proper 🔩
    Jun 28, 2021
    NDL DOOM

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CND2oF6jMTW/

    fung bros so cringe

  • Jun 28, 2021

    i kinda liked some of their designs over the years but also I think novelty of flipping a well known brand or image got old fast, especially when you consider they're basically jacking an entire aesthetic in the first place. also they're v corny and talked a big game after months of pressure and then just figured people would forget about the name change lol.

    "for kids" is right

  • Jun 28, 2021
    Cody

    not a fan

  • OP
    Jun 28, 2021
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    debbie

    Yea they took what bootleg shops in Chinatown were doing, profited off it tenfold all while using the name Chinatown and not properly recognizing or giving back to the OGs. So in short, culture vultures.

    Mike himself said since he's white he didn't want to 'cross the line' and make asian products. Which means they knew they were in the wrong and still didn't care to change the name sooner or highlight Asian community causes because they were trying to play it safe. Again, culture vultures.

    you know what a bootleg is? you’re literally saying “they stole an aesthetic/design from another group that stole it, without giving credit to the people that stole it first!” If anything, this gave “bootlegs” more legitimacy.

  • Jun 28, 2021
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    Cringy brand but I do have the Grateful Dead crocs and tee from that collection. Didn’t really care for the brand I just like the dead and was really into watching hiking docs at the time

  • OP
    Jun 28, 2021

    i apologize if i’m overgeneralizing, but I just don’t get it. they purposely stayed away from doing anything culturally offensive, and built a brand around making something uncool (bootlegs) into something cool. correct me if i’m wrong, but the merchandise sold in bootleg markets in chinatowns are regarded as counterfeit goods that nobody really wants. Chinatown market spun that in a positive direction.