Fashion Frauds 

Interesting topic. Personally, I've taken a step back from the consumerist side of fashion and have essentially been taking clothes I already own, but don't really wear and have been morphing them into something I would wear.

Fashion Elitist is the type of guy to tell you to talk to a therapist and workout all your problems so your fashion sense can reflect who you truly are and were meant to be

Mattress on the ground, closet full of Yohji. JQ's got his priorities straight.

B-but you’re telling my favourite fashion influencer doesn’t wear Rick Owen heels for their daily jogs?

this is the age old question of should people wear band tees if they don't listen to the band

Learning to sew has really helped me find new avenues to express myself. The fact that with some very basic knowledge I can essentially turn scraps into functional items is also just really cool. My 2 cents, learn to sew, make what you want, customize your stuff, its fun! 😊

I don’t post my fits online at all and just wear what I like whenever I leave my home Some might think I’m overdressed but I just love my fashion sense

I felt really awkward at first going full Yohji but after a couple years it doesn't matter in the slightest. You can dress as wild as you want and nobody will care enough to give you weird looks or tell you not to, some actually give compliments. Even if people think something is weird they won't care enough to voice their opinions and upset a stranger they'll never meet again. It's only the people who like what you're doing who will speak up.

i never realized that all the actors in 300 shaved their chest when I was growing up. Obviously they do, king leonidas has a full beard and not a hair on his chest. Sometimes we don't even realize the lies we believe until we're older.

The authenticity argument is a slippery slope...If I have worn combat boots my entire adult life but I am not a solider...Am I authentic just because I wear the combat boots both on and offline?

“There is something about fashion that make people really nervous “__. I remember reading about some macro social trends some years ago called “URL VS. IRL” and editable identities and how you portray yourself as different personalities in different social medias. Of course this was before Tik Tok. Fashion is quite interesting: we all want to be different and unique and irreplaceable, but we also want to be accepted and validated. So we end up compromising a lot. Getting online validation on outfits that “actually” represent you but maybe you still don’t dare to take outside into the public may give you the confidence to allow yourself to be your true self outside. Of course this is kind of an ideal scenario where no one is fake or doing it for the money. Great content!

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I really like this. Its hard sometimes to find where you fit in with fashion and to wear what you want. Personally ive been working on my sewing skills so i can express myself through my clothing in a truthful way

i always joked about how i would play dress up in my room and follow the crazy fashion world, but i felt the most comfortable wearing “regular clothing”. like after a crazy cool runway show, the designer walks out in a some jeans a tee or a sweater and sneakers or dress shoes. i have now learned to combine both what i visually like and what i am comfortable wearing.

love the topics you're bringing up and the growth (both in the channel and personal). i've gone through all your vids since the beginning of the year and you seem happier now. keep it up man.

This video came at the perfect time, I recently diagnosed myself with being terminally online (this may be responsible for mental issues)

Authentic and interesting topic points! In a way, I had the variables you point out (in my mind) but did not think more to formulate a conversation about it. Please keep doing what you’re doing, your future is bright. Thank you for caring about all of us ❤

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I've been starting to see this topic discussed a lot recently, and I have to say, this is the most eloquent video so far on it.

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And also thank you for saying that I'm worth I know I'm insecure about myself and I wish I have traits of others but then there's other people that wish they had traits from me I'm glad and happy to hear that from you're video it really helps me 😊

you look so much more confident now, the editing and pacing in this vid in particular is great, very easy to watch despite being a quite lengthy video. keep at it elitist

I like your channel, man. I appreciate your frankness, sincerity, and the way you articulate your points. I like these sociological and philosophical takes on fashion and style that you do

Another amazing video. Great insight and its very true. For a bit over a year I‘ve been making my own clothes so I can distance myself from social media or this online „portait“ of fashion. Cant wait for more videos in the future!!!!

Hey love your content man. To me, your videos scratch a philosophical itch about how a person's perception of self and their beliefs are projected in the way they present themselves. I feel like the majority of people don't really take into account things like prioritising self-worth when considering their spending habits and what they wear. You're doing a great job, keep it up man! I also wanna add that fashion is intrinsically a visual medium so an idea is to have more visual representations alongside with what you're trying to say to help better convey your message. You don't need to be a FrugalAesthetic clone where his videos follow a slideshow presentation format-but maybe rather something like an image in the corner of your screen that corresponds to your spoken points

I’m very glad I saw this video! I’ve recently started my journey as a designer and I’ve mostly only ever made things to fit my body and have modeled them myself BUT at times I’d find myself stressing and getting overwhelmed by wearing my designs in public. Even now I’m planning on attending a release party for some magazine and I want to wear my own design and style it to the 9’s haha but I’m just so anxious and feel myself leaning towards my normal formal fit. I think I’ll wear my styled outfit and not just a silk top haha

Such a good video, really well put together hope your channel explodes soon cause these vids are great

I actually love how your videos concern more than fashion ... it's like a kind of intelligent and interesting therapy

You're a pretty cool dude. Thank you for your honesty. I enjoy listening to you

thank you for this informative yet entertaining content this video is deep and you said it took you two weeks to edit it now I say it was worth it thanks jq

This whole thing about ''virtual/irl'' always remind me of Serial Experiments Lain and ''Simulacra and Simulation'' by Jean Baudrillard, This is Antwon made a really cool video about this topic too and it kinda scares me that this Neuromancer dystopian future type beat is getting closer to reality. Great video btw, love your content :p

Thanks for making me feel better about myself. I always been confused by the "Instagram fashion" I see around then you see those same people tagged in a pic and looking completely different in how they dress. I get for some this is a business and trying to stand out is a big thing for them to stay relevant but I've just never been a big fan. The fits I post are what I left the house in that day and whether I took that pic or not that's the fit I was wearing 😅

Genuinely being able to feel like u suck at dressing, makes myself give that motivation to go deep into soul searching of learning to be yourself, and ever since I’ve got into fashion, I was able to genuinely express myself and always improve one’s self that you can do better and better and I find that interesting and that expressive approach gives us that confidence, and being true to yourself.

Great video, so many interesting points. I started to realized how much off a thing this had become in my search for the perfect pair of daily use boots. So many reviews are basically advertisements fro certain brands. At that moment I decided I will never ever do a sponsored review on my channel or accept free mech in exchange for a review. I used to paint my nails black when I was in high school circa 1997 before the internet became what it is now. I wonder if I would have looked at it different had I come of age in this era of hyper artificial socialization.

WARNING: INCOMING "OK GRANDPA LET'S GET YOU TO BED" ESSAY POST: I feel bad for everyone who is even just a little younger than me (it seems) ... more on that in a sec. So, I'm 35, living life as a mostly-straight, recently-married he-they who uses the power of clothing to look good and low-key (on occassion high-key) bend gender, and I think my style behaviour is like a lot of younger guys who are into fashion: I subscribe to and consume fashion content on IG and YT, I'm not rich (like, not at all moneyed) so I mostly just save up and use Grailed to access designer clothing, I love dressing up even just for the grocery store, I have a hobby involving a sewing machine, I love putting together niche designer pieces with thrifted stuff and I'm genuinely having fun with clothes. But, with love, I am WORRIED ABOUT SOME OF Y'ALL, cuz I have seen SO many videos talking about online / offline disconnect, alienation, and going through so much anxiety about keeping up with influencers etc. This is about mental health, and some of these struggles are like Black Mirror versions of what I grew up with. When I was in high school, online wasn't even a thing and I dressed up in crazy shit I found in thrift stores. It was just a way that I had fun. When I was 20, social media was just emerging as Facebook, where you and 30 friends you knew in real life could interact in very basic ways. I could, and did, dress in all kinds of kooky ways. But there was never online evidence of this. There was no way for anyone to comment on my style, and I never felt anyone could police how I expressed myself with clothing. There was nobody to impress that wasn't physically close enough to see me. If you wanted to disrespect me, you had to come up to my face and call me a f*g or whatever. And all that is still mostly true for me (except nobody calls me names because I'm a Grown Up now). When I was younger I had the occasional jock wanna test me, but all the problems described in this video I simply have never had, cuz I don't perform my personal style online, and I don't really know how to keep up with trends cuz I never felt like I needed to try. I have wicked style, I look f'ing GREAT like every day, but I don't have the social media muscles some people younger than me have, so I can't flex outside from the rare IG story where a photo of me looking cool may exist for 24 hours. Anyway my point is, I have always dressed for fun and play, to feel like a hottie, to feel comfortable in my flesh avatar, and as a cute side benefit, some people I know IRL occasionally ask me for advice on style or pieces they are interested in buying. My style, like my self, exists in community, mostly IRL, and I feel great. Anyway that's my story, love and respect to everyone being creative and looking (& hopefully feeling) hot! I'm just trying to say: fellas, it doesn't have to be this way!

I'm really glad I found your channel Thank you

Congrats on 50k! 👑👑

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love the video, so true. I agree with every point, not just with fashion but with fitness, and basically most things on the internet. just regarding head and shoulders - i noticed your disdain on using it from other vids as well. i'm trying to wean off on using it, but personally, it has saved my hair. it's not as bad as you say. so I was wondering if you're speaking from personal experience/know someone's experience, or is it purely based on the ingredients and advertising that you have an issue with?

I do feel like people like wisdm and others are unjustly bigged up or hyped up in the fashion community even though it has been proven time and time again that he doesn't wear the fits he makes in his videos outside, in the actual world. That's why I prefer watching your videos because I know that the things you put in your videos actually get worn outside!

first time noticing the hand tat, looks super cool!

The lyric was “loudest in the room is probably the loneliest”

Brave move, Brother! Keep it up. You are doing great job.

Subscribed but also, your hair is magical 🥺

Thank you so much for this video 🖤 Watching it was very therapeutic for me and I was able to reflect on some of my own ideas on self-expression through fashion. Also I realize I'm def guilty of doin that thing where I'm like "ohhh I can't wear THAT, cuz everyone would look and make fun of me" but I'm going to make an active effort to say "fuck it! What would make me happiest to wear today?" Life is toooo short to not dress in a way that's not authentically you + people do not give a damn what you wear and are busy with their own lives (the ones that do n say something rude are prolly douchenozzles anyhow)

great video, super cool topic

thank you so much for this vid

Great content man

Honestly, I try not to envy any fashion influencer because instead of fashion being their hobby, its now their job and they always have to come up with the freshest and coolest fits and find out what the latest trends are and purchase them and idk about you but that sounds exhausting and that sounds like that takes all the fun out of wearing clothes. And you can't re-wear a good outfit because it's 'stale' for your audience. Maybe these influencers wear casual and easy outfits when none of their audience can see them as a break from their job.

No one keeps it 100 no mo' fr fr' :( Jokes aside AMAZING video!!! Great content! authenticity has gone out the window all in pursuit in others peoples approval. I was born right before the internet started and seen this play out as a kid. Hope full things will change around, but consumerism has a tigth grip on individuals.

great video thank you ❤

I appreciate you!

We are really entering into the age where we're exposed to SO many different styles, but of course it has to be tainted by a bunch of downsides... A lot of the stuff about how it shouldn't be a competition is also common advice among musicians, I really consider myself lucky to have had it come naturally, I'm about as intrinsically motivated of a person as it gets. Well, to be specific... It's more like, if I am gonna be motivated, it's probably intrinsic. I learned to make music for myself, I can tune it to my own preferences and consider that kind of a crazy ability, turns out it's incredibly fun and cathartic of an activity on top, I similarly love outfits and enjoy it all by myself. (Too bad DIY stuff like sowing is distilled anti-fun to me) Of course I love going outside and maybe turning some heads, but that's only meaningful to me cause this truly is an expression of myself to begin with.

You should get a bed frame for that matress, It may catch mold underneath if you don't take care of it

I'm really happy I actually wear all my clothes, They aren't basic either. For every fashion video I see, I step outside and see no one wearing cool funky, weird, clothes. The internet fashion isn't all that bad and truthfully wish i would see it more in person. Alot of those videos of fashion are mainly clothing people may of bought just for a video and its so wasteful :(

So if your doing something that’s not 100% you then you should stop doing it? What happened to fake it until you make it…?

Everyone in this comment section I recommend the documentary century of self by adam curtis it talks about how people's identities in the early 1900's were largely shaped by there roles within there larger community but the rise of mass production and consumer culture companies started to use advertising to sell products appealing to peoples desire for individuality. Really changed the way I view my consumption habits as a whole

JQ can you make a video for buying furniture or room things for storing your clothes, (i.e. hangers, racks, drawers) and basics for better clothing maintenance, (i.e. clothes steamers, lint removers) Luv u

I had to stop another video of yours to watch this

I keep watching these essays, but I don't relate whatsoever to the mindset of the person this is made for. I love style, I love style content, etc. I'm 23, I've been on Instagram since the early days, and was on Facebook before that. But the moment large amounts of currency are at play (whether it be cash, or attention as a currency), it should be obvious that so much of what you're looking at is contrived. Whether as an outright advert or just an influencer trying to keep up with the whims of an algorithm. Wear what you like. If something new catches your attention, consider giving it a try if you really like it. But sit on it for a minute, make sure you're not just jumping on the wave because it's hot on the algorithm for a week. Personally, I've been curious about the silk rectangle and square scarves for a few years. I'm still intrigued, so I'd consider it a genuine interest, and now I'm keeping my eyes peeled for some on ebay and at thrift shops. Don't just wear something because an influencer said to, or because other people are. That said, with respect to persona, the specific subject of this video, I think there are instances in which partitioned personas actually make some sense. I grew up idolozing the emo style of the pop punk, emo, and post hardcore bands of my youth. My day to day style these days is sartorial inspired, sometimes with "grown up Street" thrown in. But when I'd perform with my emo band, I'd definitely dress edgier to fit with the music. And if things had gone farther with the band, I could easily see myself buying and wearing Jordan Arthur Smith, S'yte, and Paradoxe, all brands I really enjoy but wouldn't wear on the day to day, while performing.

great conversations

After watching this for 0:43, just delete socials off your phone. It takes 2 seconds to log in if you need it but I stopped feeling like I needed stuff others had, anxiety, etc. maybe not 100% big significantly less

There are many nuances and we should also consider context, like me Im also into avant garde, but would I wear my comme skirt when buying a can of soda in 7-11? I also have my denim days or days when I dont feel like to dress up, so on those days, am I being inauthentic?

great vid once again

Even when your not comfortable in the clothes your wearying wether you tried or not each outfit is just as important compared to next outfit either you the one you wear or the one you see if there wasn’t tons of options equally as good and bad clothes would just simply become uniforms it’s based on options in modern days

What a banger of a vid

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I liked the video JQ, but I feel through out this video a lot of points fell into repetition. Not that the points were bad, but I’d love to hear more about why people need to build a persona online vs in reality; you bought up the point of monetary gain, approval gain, but I think maybe talking of ways to redefine people’s perspectives on the online vs reality > either that be in talking about the positives on how acting in certain way online for extravagant looks can be a very fulfilling; though on the face value might seem completely artificial. Of course you showcase people who are from what it seems are very big on social media’s who do it for a job- but for every person who gets millions of views, sponsors and or validation there are people looking themselves happily in the mirror in clothes that might be extravagant for them. The reason I bring this up is because of my own experience with fashion. I’ve always lived in a small coastal town and still currently do- and never once had a situation where I’d be able to wear something fancy during childhood to teens, and branching out on the Internet has always been helpful with just being a weird kid; and because of you especially being, an ‘online persona’ which I’d like to imagine are real and not fake (I’m realistic and know you’re a man) you’ve helped me find self, in all black, funny haha yohji stuff- flowing clothes which help with body dysmorphia, clothes that have made me appreciate craft of another person and design and to of course let me feel just a lil cooler if not to myself. I would love to see a video from you talking about the things you truely love and appreciate about fashion, some stories about what made you fall in love with it. Passion can lead to heavily critic to the things you love, but just show love- it’s just as valid I think and would be great for me as a viewer I think a lot more.

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@fashion Elitist That transition into the solution section was COLD MAN. Why you gotta do us like that

Greetings Yohji Yamamoto here! Great video man keep it up 😁 Kind Regards, Yohji Yamamoto

Hot take, I don’t think fashion for the vast majority people is about self expression, even people really into it.

I honestly really like this video, there's a lot of really interesting points and commentary, and I'm sure you'll get better at making videos in general as time progresses and you just get more practice. But you should really look into scriptwriting classes, or really focus heavily on writing better scripts without so much redundancy in them. I'm not saying talk faster, But it is a good idea in general to include as much information and as short a time period as you can.

I just found this channel from a This is Antwon reference and I gotta say, this hair is fucking amazing.

I love getting shein ads on your videos jq.

i just don't understand the strict distinction between online and social life. I feel online platforms are definitely social-- not as social as "real life," but not completely devoid of a social element. Also I feel like while there definitely are negatives, i have been motivated to dress more out there and less normal by taking people on social media at face value with how they dress. I feel when confronted with someone who dresses authentic online you can either feel motivated to be authentic or insecure in your perceived inauthenticity by comparison. So, i think we should cultivate content which fosters the latter rather than throw all content out in general or label this type of content as wholly detrimental.

Jeez I came here for fashion tips and instead I get an introspective journey of self-discovery where I find my own fashion and embrace it. Wild.

"...at the end of the day we all suck..." Sounds like a plan

I thought he had no clue what he was talking about but after see this video. I completely take it back.

JQ, a question: how do I pull the oversized style off. I always think like I'm a child who's wearing his dad's clothes.

Gotta respect a man who admits to scamming us out of brain cells

Coming back to this video after getting a Schott motorcycle jacket without riding a motorcycle

5:26 Not the Toblerone boots 😭🙌

the “weird language” you were referring to and hate so bad is essentially just appropriated aave lol 14:30

amazing video

Banger video bro

Yes yes good points, but can you please share your hair care/styling routine?

ur hair is nice as heck

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It’s soooo important to keep pushing forward in self expression. If you never get cold feet about a fit then you’re not doing it right

comparison is the thief of joy

great video

Bro I feel like you should add these sections that yt provides in ur video, idk just a suggestion. Because I feel like you talked about a lot of topics and I’m kinda getting mixed up

this is realistically why i think art and fashion should be more enjoyed in public than online because in public people have the true desire and commitment to express themselves not for anything or anyone else

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It’s a philosophical and psychopathological conundrum, fashion. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t. In the end the only question that matters is ‘do you like the way you look or are you using fashion to hide behind?’

Personally I think your clothes will just adapt to how you live, what you do, and who you're around. It's just practical.