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    Help me understand the luxury (quality?) that is "Philipp Plein"

    OK, that actually makes sense. Thank you and welcome to the forum. If I understood you right, it's basically just all about "owning" something that a popular designer created, and most of those people don't even know what exactly they are paying for. But because it's a particular "name", it must...
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    Help me understand the luxury (quality?) that is "Philipp Plein"

    Gotcha. The thing is, I can at least explain, as odd as it may sound to someone, my preference for wider shoulders, or specific designs, certain functional features or lack thereof, etc. But when it comes to something that is in this case Philipp Plein, no one has been able to give me an...
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    Help me understand the luxury (quality?) that is "Philipp Plein"

    Okay, thanks. It's just that some recent discussions about luxury and fashion in other threads made me immediately think of the hype that is Philipp Plein here in Germany, so I was interested in maybe grasping a little bit of it. Because those in real life who worship Philipp Plein, who I ask...
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    Help me understand the luxury (quality?) that is "Philipp Plein"

    I'm not sure if people outside of the EU will know what I am talking about, but there is a brand called Philipp Plein that makes people, at least plenty that I know, drool over. When they see someone wearing a garment that says "Philipp Plein" on it or at least the small logo of his, they are...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    I believe the possibility exists that a significant amount of people misinterpreted my intentions when I joined this forum in the first place, especially the purpose of this thread. I'm someone who is not fixated on a particular version of clothing style or who particularly cares what someone...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    I really appreciate this post of yours. I think you hit it spot on. :) The majority of this community who engaged with me have accepted me and helped me tremendously. The most important person in that regard is @Monitor, since he was the one who worked immensely on the drawing and trying to...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Hello again, (a) No one said anything about anyone, in this case Five*, being dishonest to me. (b) Five* claiming that my jacket is very high quality designer level is total nonsense, they are actually worlds apart. Logically, only one option can be picked. The definition you posted about...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Thank you for your contribution. I'm unsure how to interpret this post, if it's another way of saying that they're being dishonest with me, but regardless, without offending anyone (since everyone is being totally honest): Just like most people here would not wear my jacket, I would also never...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Update: Package will be shipped later today, and I expect it to arrive Friday at the latest! :D I live in Germany and it's getting shipped from Germany, because Shawn is at his brother's place in Düsseldorf right now. He was kind enough to follow my request a few days ago and finish the jacket...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Great point, and I was actually advised on this approach by some people offline that have nothing to do with this forum. Simply keeping the elements of the jacket you love the most, eliminating those you dislike the most, and adjusting that which you feel would make it even better. Something...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Many thanks to all of you who replied to the pictures! :) I'd like to specifically address this post: I totally agree with you that unless you have a jacket in your hands and on your body, you can't really know how it will feel, no matter how many pictures or even videos of it you have. Despite...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Thank you sir! And yes, even though it's technically a "final product", I will definitely order a second version of it with some adjustments. Because first, I don't think there's any way such an "experimental" custom made jacket based on many educated guesses regarding measurements will be...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Thank you very much. :) It is indeed hard to assess based on a jacket laying flat on a table. On the other hand, like I said in one of the points, we did the best we could based on several images. Even 90% accuracy is difficult when you don't have enough information, but I have seen the jacket...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    OK, cool, that's awesome. Please open your thread about your project when you are ready to work on it. As for myself, I too will be replicating some of Kanye West's oversized leather jackets in the future as well. I might post threads about it in the future. If so, I hope you (and some other...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Not everyone needs a ridiculous costume in order to be/appear absolutely ridiculous. That's a fact.
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Update - project completed: My first post was on Dec 13, 2021. Today I'm proudly posting an update that my jacket by Five* has FINALLY been completed (!) and will be in my hands soon, perhaps even by Saturday if I'm lucky. Prior to posting the images below (sent to me by Five*), there are...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I might want to add, details and images are key here, being as specific as possible about absolutely everything. In my case I even added plus/minus tolerances to measurements, some more tight than others. The key is to aim for ultimate specificity in order for him and his team to make the...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Being a total amateur, I obviously cannot explain to you things in detail, but the process looks extremely complex, well, like 100x more work than I expected, not only more time consuming but also the skills (and tools) necessary to create the final product. I also met his team, saw parts of my...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Shawn from FiveStar is very helpful especially to someone like me who only loves leather jackets but doesn't understand the production process. He took extra time to speak to me today via video call, aside from the already numerous lengthy conversations we've had throughout this process, both...
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    Can someone please help me find this type of leather jacket?

    Update: It took quite a while, lots of time, patience and effort, but the pattern by FiveStar is finished. Jacket is now going into production. Several points... 1.) During the pattern creation there were lots of questions, but Shawn said this is normal with any jacket, not just mine. There...

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