Comments on: Your Grandma Wears The North Face http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/ The blog for Outdoorzy.com! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: cheflovesbeer http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24284 cheflovesbeer Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:53:59 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24284 Those grandmothers and other posers help bring the price of gear down. The manufactures can save money on economies of scale. On the other hand some manufacturers have found out the gear never really gets used so they can make crap. Then replace it for the people that actually use it. Those grandmothers and other posers help bring the price of gear down. The manufactures can save money on economies of scale. On the other hand some manufacturers have found out the gear never really gets used so they can make crap. Then replace it for the people that actually use it.

]]> By: Your Grandma Wears The North Face http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24249 Your Grandma Wears The North Face Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:37:26 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24249 [...] Lincoln vs Cadillac Forums has something worth reading today (Your Grandma Wears The North Face)Here’s a brief bit, but follow the link for the rest.And I’m not talking about your grandmother that climbs 5.9s. I’m talking about your grandmother that drives a Lincoln and eats at The Cracker… [...] [...] Lincoln vs Cadillac Forums has something worth reading today (Your Grandma Wears The North Face)Here’s a brief bit, but follow the link for the rest.And I’m not talking about your grandmother that climbs 5.9s. I’m talking about your grandmother that drives a Lincoln and eats at The Cracker… [...]

]]> By: endercore http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24244 endercore Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:22:22 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24244 i think you ment to say at least we still have "pata-gucci" i think you ment to say at least we still have “pata-gucci”

]]> By: wade http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24197 wade Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:47:07 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24197 Living "with-style"... I love it! Living “with-style”… I love it!

]]> By: P http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24195 P Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:56 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24195 What is the big deal? My grandmother gave me her old oldsmobile and I drove that thing to every trail head, every river put-in, take-out, off-road, on-road, every high pass, every snow storm I could in the american west. Point is, getting outside has nothing to do with looking like a grandma, or not looking like a grandma. So who cares if your grandma looks like she's getting outside? Relax dude. What is the big deal? My grandmother gave me her old oldsmobile and I drove that thing to every trail head, every river put-in, take-out, off-road, on-road, every high pass, every snow storm I could in the american west. Point is, getting outside has nothing to do with looking like a grandma, or not looking like a grandma. So who cares if your grandma looks like she’s getting outside? Relax dude.

]]> By: The Brandon http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24191 The Brandon Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:52:29 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24191 Your grandma climbs Everest. Your grandma climbs Everest.

]]> By: Steve Sergeant http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24175 Steve Sergeant Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:43:18 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24175 I used to identify as a member of a class of cyclists who deliberately went retro to revolt against the spandex and advertising-covered-jersey wearing, expensive european bike riding, racing-poser set. We fed plenty of sand and dust from our rear wheels to said posers, wearing leather street shoes, denim cut-offs, and button-down "dress" shirts and riding cheesy department store road-bike frames hopped-up with a few carefully chosen high-end wheels and other quality components. The lesson to be learned is not to worry about what toys you have, but what you can do in spite of them. When VF Corporation bought TNF, a company who made their fortune on fashion items, they knew what they were doing. They knew there was more money to be made in serving the people who wanted to look like they got outdoors, than in serving the people who actually do. And VFC has plenty of experience in fashion: http://www.vfc.com/sub_pages/our_brands.php Still, TNF still has to keep up their image by making stuff that a few high-profile expedition types will use. So they continue to make some good stuff. But I suggest that you might want to contemplate a deeper issue. In Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Sirens of Titan, he put it quite well. He illustrated the difference between two characters, one who lived "in-style", and another who lived "with-style". Someone who lives in-style is always trying to be "with it" by making sure they have the hip gear and do the cool things so that others will think they're cool. Someone who lives with-style is always looking to do their own thing, follow their own dream, push their own personal envelope, often in unconventional and usually unfashionable ways. In the end, it's the people who live with-style who wind up creating the trends in the first place. I used to identify as a member of a class of cyclists who deliberately went retro to revolt against the spandex and advertising-covered-jersey wearing, expensive european bike riding, racing-poser set. We fed plenty of sand and dust from our rear wheels to said posers, wearing leather street shoes, denim cut-offs, and button-down “dress” shirts and riding cheesy department store road-bike frames hopped-up with a few carefully chosen high-end wheels and other quality components. The lesson to be learned is not to worry about what toys you have, but what you can do in spite of them.

When VF Corporation bought TNF, a company who made their fortune on fashion items, they knew what they were doing. They knew there was more money to be made in serving the people who wanted to look like they got outdoors, than in serving the people who actually do. And VFC has plenty of experience in fashion: http://www.vfc.com/sub_pages/our_brands.php

Still, TNF still has to keep up their image by making stuff that a few high-profile expedition types will use. So they continue to make some good stuff.

But I suggest that you might want to contemplate a deeper issue. In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Sirens of Titan, he put it quite well. He illustrated the difference between two characters, one who lived “in-style”, and another who lived “with-style”. Someone who lives in-style is always trying to be “with it” by making sure they have the hip gear and do the cool things so that others will think they’re cool. Someone who lives with-style is always looking to do their own thing, follow their own dream, push their own personal envelope, often in unconventional and usually unfashionable ways. In the end, it’s the people who live with-style who wind up creating the trends in the first place.

]]> By: iMULTISPORT http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24170 iMULTISPORT Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:00:21 +0000 http://blog.outdoorzy.com/2008/03/31/your-grandma-wears-the-north-face/#comment-24170 we second that emotion...can we please have a little exclusivity again? :) we second that emotion…can we please have a little exclusivity again? :)

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