So everyone and their dad has an archive ig page, with a lot of them becoming clones of each other. The format that liljupiter and hidden ny has championed is starting to get frowned upon, as it seems that they're running out of content and are just reposting stuff. What do you guys think makes a good archive ig and will we see a new archetype in the future?

if they're actually informative and not just random picture dumps of the same 5 rappers, hype shoe and anime references. I would say samutaro and yourfashionarchive are decent pages

A tumblr

hidden NY?

tired of archive pages tbh

They’re all bad

they ruin everything because these little hypebeast s***s immediately buy up everything they post

You mad as s*** huh lmaooooo

fuming

:hug:

High quality photos of:

• the clothing item, preferably multiple angles and close-ups of details
• any runway shots or promotional shots from the brand/designer
• style icons/celebrities wearing said clothing item, whether it’s shots from their social media or paparazzi

(All in one combined post, spamming is the best way to get people to unfollow you)

Along with a caption that provides some relevant educational information on the piece itself, the brand/designer, the collection it’s from, time period, any references, influence it’s had, etc.

yeah it’s like they’re telling kids what they’re supposed to be into even though all of that s*** was before their time

liljupiter himself doesn’t even know what his page is about

This is some keen insight, a lot of the followers are still in school

Hidden NY was cool for a moment until I realized they were just copying their own pgs and s*** lol. I think my thing right now is just going through old magazines,whether it’s covers or editorials and just peeping how s*** was styled back then.

What makes a good archive page is an inspired curator

That s*** lame you should do something better

kanyebackwhen

In what sense? Care to explain?

Exactly, these kids rely on these pages to think for them lol

It’s just tumblr in IG form

Kids like drake

Well, why would you bother to curate an image board of things, if that thing didn't inspire you? Share your knowledge, and share your passion, all these blogs may now post the same material, but what made them so big in the first place was that they each had a distinctive vision and aesthetic.

start an ig for archive lrg pieces