New: Tweed, khakis, shades @ SLAB Designs
April 10th, 2007 at 04:32pm Ryan Darragh
You may remember some of Pompo Bombabcci’s casual designs from an earlier post. Now he takes SLAB Designs in a different direction with these comfortable casual-dress outfits. The result is a fine interpretation of what is perhaps the earliest known native attire of the male of the species known as “Young Urban Professional.” For the benefit of those who may have missed the relevant episodes of “Wild Kingdom,” this includes a simple, classic white dress shirt (no tie), khaki trousers, and tweed jacket. As envisioned by Pompo, “YUP” comes with two jacket/shirt combos (one with the shirt tucked, the other untucked), one pair of khakis with leather belt (four different pants fits: Tight, Loose, Baggy, and Extra Baggy), and a shirt-layer item that loosens the fit of the sleeves, to avoid that sprayed-on look. Here I’m wearing the tucked-shirt version, perfect for an informal dinner out or other event that doesn’t call for suit and tie or formal attire.
Here you see the untucked-shirt version–while more casual, it still looks mighty sharp. Be sure to take a close look at the detailed jacket pockets and the subtle shadows under the shirt collar.
Pompo mentioned to me that he worked on this design with Photoshop brushes as small as a single pixel, and the painstaking work shows in the quality of the cloth textures and the careful matching of the design from the upper to the lower jacket. I loved the wool texture on his Suburban Sweater, and the tweed fabric of this jacket is equally impressive.
“YUP” is available with jacket colors Blue, Green and Brown (pictured here) for L$495 each, or L$1185 for the three-pack.
Also available–the SLAB Shades for Men, which are touch scripted for a variety of different lens looks. Permissions are set to No Modify, so you won’t be able to adjust them for size, but Pompo advised me that they’re sized to fit most avatars properly, and they looked fine on me out of the box. These will set you back L$195.
All available at SLAB Designs (Albata 173, 2, 25).
Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: Yes | Friends List: Yes
Notes: On Ryan: Envision Series (Platinum) skin by Maximillion Grant (The Body Politik). "Mess It Up" hair by Lost Thereian (Naughty). "City Walk" shoes by Fallingwater Cellardoor (Shiny Things).
Entry Filed under: Accessories, Business, Casual, Dressy, Jackets, New Items, Outfits, Pants, SLAB Designs, Shirts
11 Comments Add your own
1. Ana Lutetia | April 10th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
love that look!
2. Catero Revolution | April 10th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Ryan, you look very dashing.
3. Donny Lytton | April 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
I love ”YUP” and the iShades
Good review Ryan, keep it up!
4. Disatisfied Customer | April 12th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
The look is great, but the professionalism is ruined by the big “SLAB” label slapped on the back of the jacket. Didn’t really notice it until I had already made the purchased, and now I’m upset. Why did Pompo have to cheapen a great look that way? He lost one customer, for sure.
5. Jesseaitui petion | April 12th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Atleast his is somewhat tasteful. I`ve seen huge brands on items that just are unneccesary(sp) Wont mention names, but ive seen it. Entirely too big.
I myself do not wear branded items. Though I do branding myself.
I know folks out there wont wear branded items either (Kind of hard to run from it now aday, most everyone is doing it)…so designers should make an effort to let people know their items are branded so things like that don`t happen.
I think brands can be useful to the designer, just like in RL, but at the same time they can destroy an item. Some pieces look ok with a brand and others it could do without.
HUGE brands, on anything, are just uncalled for; IMO.
6. Hans Zinnemann | April 13th, 2007 at 4:28 am
Just bought a YUP for an up coming business meeting. Very happy with it thanks for the tip!
7. Ryan Darragh | April 13th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Although the brand mark is visible in one of the pictures, I did not mention it in my review. This seems like it would be helpful information for at least some readers, so I’ll make a point of including it in future reviews. I also like Jesse’s suggestion that designers let customers know when an item is branded, so they’ll know before making a purchase. For some items, it may be obvious in the ad artwork that an item includes a brand mark, but for others a worded notice might be appropriate.
I encourage Disatisfied to contact Pompo via IM and share this concern. Pompo is a great guy, and I’m sure he wants you to be happy with your purchase.
8. Pompo Bombacci | April 13th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Ty Ryan for your post and everybody else’s,
customer satisfaction is very high on my priority list indeed.
I do undertsand that some ppl may not like branding on the clothes they purchase that’s why I always try to make the SLAB logo as little and less intrusive as possible, but smaller than that it would have been a bunch of unreadable fuzzy pixels.
I’ve sold a bunch of YUP outfits and never did get a complaint for the branding, much less on other SLAB clothing, so I know the majority of my customers must not be too worried about it.
I would love a poll in here where visitors could voice their opinion regarding branding and clothes in SL.
It may confusing to specify on the reviews if an item is branded or not and how exactly is branded. How would Ryan or anyone else judge that? By logo size, its transparency, color matching, pretty or ugly logo, or by all the parameters combined? That could be too subjective and hard to judge I think.
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About the mysterious Dissatisfied Customer.
I have serious doubts the comment is a genuine one for these simple reasons:
1) the name…Why hide his identity? I could at least verify if he indeed did buy YUP or just a troll
2) If I have prob or I’m not happy with a product/item I buy, I always let the creator kown…via IM or a notecard.
3) The label is not that big like he mentioned and when ya hit escape you can see it…yes…but it’s not really that big of a deal at all…it’s VERY small plus positioning it on the back of the jacket makes a big difference also.
If Disatisfied is indeed a REAL customer, I’m very sorry the big label “cheapened” his outfit, as he puts it, and I’ll do my best to minimize the impact on my clothes even MORE, where possible.
So, Disatisifed, whoever you may be, troll or real, ty for bringing up an interesting topic whether you meant it or not :).
*And now back to our regular programming…back to you Ryan:)*
9. Ryan Darragh | April 13th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Reviewing fashion is interesting because of course your own subjective taste comes into play, but you want to try to be as objective as possible for the benefit of others. I’d be interested in hearing from any other readers regarding whether branding on clothing items is or isn’t a concern for them. I think the best approach to covering this in a review would be to mention when an item is visibly branded, indicate whether I feel the branding is discreet/tasteful/appropriate, and include a picture where possible so readers can decide for themselves.
10. Dery Lufbery | April 13th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Make the label part of the design, not something that looks like its sewn on post-production. Case-in-point: Nylon’s brown capri jeans, nice stylised N on the back pocket. I’d also bought some clothes with big ugly font stamped at the back of it, and they are now chucked at the dusty bottom of my inventory.
11. Jesseaitui petion | April 13th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
I really do think that customers should let the designer know if they buy something and dont like it.
Theres a difference between ungreatful complainers, and people who simply voice an opinion.
If someone buys something from me and arent happy with it, i`ll never know until they tell me. So it will never be fixed.
I love to take criticism, many dont, but face it- its what helps you get better at what youre doing.
Now, there are things that people may not like and its simply personal preference but at other times, to KNOW someone did not like something is great help.
And to get more back on the branding topic.. Some customers actually love branding. Just like in RL. if they love your brand, they usually WANT/do not mind one bit to wear clothing with your brands name on it. Other people just hate it.
So yes, Ryan, think it would be a great idea to mention whether the clothing is branded or not in the reviews from now on.
Ive already bought something i saw in a review here and ended up not wearing it because of branding.
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