VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

The FEWOCiOUS x RTFKT

+ Xinjiang cotton situation

Nike has NIKE by you
You can customize your shoes and the basic level is you can design the basic shoe online and the highest level is you go to the nike shop
Only 2 or 3 cities have this service in the world. You can talk with the pro designers and they will produce that this show they will to produce again, it is about 10,000 for a pair of shoes.
you have a paperwork to prove this shoe is from your design

before that kind of thought only based in the art industry now this is used in some sneaker industry or fashion industry.

many sneakers didn’t wear their shoes, they have some diamonds on the shoes and they never wear these shoes and put them in some glass box.

I have seen many people who are sneaker collectors and they collect shoes but not to wear them.

some of my friends think maybe it is time to create some content.
these concepts will appear on runways.
If people want to buy they have

I think if the brand is come from China you can go to fashion week , they don’t have some policy about quality.

They post some statements about that so Nike became a big issue in China. As I know Nike will not say anything, if they say something it may become a problem in America, you cannot sacrifice both sides.
The Xinjiang cotton issue. Supreme, north face , … all belong one company and this company involve this issue.
It is because the main company joined that group.

on social media some people want to get attention so they do aggressive things but I think people know that Chinese sports brand don’t have products that can compete with Nike so I can feel the people’s angry but if you go on the street you see many people still wearing Nike shoes.
Many people think their design is copy from other design.

we just don’t post anything about Nike or Adidas and only brands not involved.

Nike has NIKE by you
You can customize your shoes and the basic level is you can design the basic shoe online and the highest level is you go to the nike shop
Only 2 or 3 cities have this service in the world. You can talk with the pro designers and they will produce a pair of shoe following your requirements  it is about 100,000 for a pair of shoes.
you have a paperwork to prove this shoe is from your design

before that kind of thought was only based in the art industry now this is used in some sneaker industry or fashion industry.

many sneaker lovers don’t  wear their shoes, they have some diamonds on the shoes and they never wear these shoes and put them in some glass boxes / on display

I have seen many people who are sneaker collectors and they collect shoes but not to wear them.

some of my friends think maybe it is time to create some content.
these concepts will appear on runways.
If people want to buy they have a different mass product model

I think if the brand comes from China you can go to  the fashion week , they don’t have some policy about quality. / as long as the brand comes from china you can join the fashion week.

They posted some statements about that so Nike became a big issue in China. As I know Nike will not say anything, if they say something it may become a problem in America, you cannot sacrifice one side for another.
The Xinjiang cotton issue. Supreme, north face , … all belong to one company  / parent company and this company  is involved in this issue.
It is because the main company joined that group.

on social media some people want to get attention so they do aggressive things but I think people know that Chinese sports brand don’t have products that can compete with Nike so I can feel the people’s anger but if you go on the street you see many people still wearing Nike shoes.
Many people think their design is a copy from other designs. / many people think that they copied other brand’s designs / many people say they were not creative with their design.

we just don’t post anything about Nike or Adidas and only post about brands which are not involved.

Vocabulary

anger (n)
I punched the wall in anger

angry (adj)
I am angry

customization （n) personalization
Nike gives some customization options

consumerism (n)
because of consumerism people love buying products

mass (market) product (n) 大货
The mass product is different from the runway model

certificate (n) proof of something
Nike will give you a certificate to prove this is the only one in the world

pick someone’s brain : ask someone’s opinion
I want to pick your brain about something

NFT : non fungible token / art on the blockchain
He created some sneakers NFTs

cryptocurrency (n) 密码比
bitcoin is a cryptocurrency

Pronunciation

customization

consumerism