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New empire t-shirt

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thatsG
Posts: 2568 - Karma: 1,772
it is on empireattire.com
mas o menos
Feb 1 2008 4:12PM
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AngryFromBend
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empire shit is suuuper lame.
im tired of simon.
Feb 2 2008 3:53AM
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scandy101
Posts: 460 - Karma: 19
wow a shitty drawing of some hooker looking chick on a t-shirt. sweet.
empire just seems kinda gay to me, its just like another overly serious "badass" brand with simon's crappy cocky attitude. isnt it supposed to mean like "simon dumonts empire"? its obvious that simon loves himself, but i don't think he realizes that not everyone else does. people dont want to buy from a company thats all about simon, they want to buy from a brand that represents themselves and skiing and having fun. he made a company thats kinda named after him and all about him. plus the stuff he released so far just makes you look like a tool.
im sick of simon and his "me, me, me, gotta win, be the best, football player attitude.

Feb 2 2008 5:00AM
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Shorton
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eww, i cant say i like it...
Feb 2 2008 5:53AM
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IrideWI
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$42 for a peace of shit...SCORE!!!!!!
Feb 2 2008 2:00PM
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ontwosticks
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I came into this thread knowing there was gonna be a lot of hate. And as I read the posts there was a fuck ton more than I expected and I almost got mad, you know it's a skier run company we should support it and what not. and the bandana isn't bad, the hats a little lame, but wearable. but this?? It's gawdy and disgusting, It totally blew my mind with its awfulness.
Feb 2 2008 3:08PM
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skitoggrob
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40 bucks to wear what simon wears.....hmm

"what ever floats your boat"
Feb 2 2008 4:59PM
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lyndon
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Mind you, Norway has one of the best health care systems in the world!

I have also heard from teachers that post secondary education (college and university) is free in Norway. Is this true?

It sucks here in Canada, my tuition is going to be over 6000 CAD/year for 5 years.
Feb 2 2008 5:10PM
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Capurnicus
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$42?? whoa
Feb 2 2008 5:12PM
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skitoggrob
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states is worse, its not all about being "free" tho...nothing is EVER free. you will pay more taxrs for the "free" stuff. you pay more in the states for coll. but it is often better eduction, there are also one hell of a lot of scholorships out there
Feb 2 2008 5:16PM
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sabotgy
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Akomplice design is kind of haag. That is definetly either a threshold filter or a live trace one click job on that girl. You can tell, there is no attention to detail. Empire has showed me NOTHING special yet.
Feb 5 2008 8:31PM
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slashquatch
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yea just like the rest of the stuff honestly its all pretty ugly
Feb 5 2008 8:36PM
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iSki_07
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Yeah i dont know how simon thought someone would buy a shirt for $42. The overall graphic in my opinion is terrible, i know that i would never want to wear that shirt. Empire has quite a ways to go, but i hope to see alot sicker stuff coming out from them.
Feb 5 2008 9:34PM
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Kevski
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Well, pretty ugly, but it's just one shirt. Still plenty of time for Empire to prove themselves.
Feb 5 2008 9:35PM
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Bloom.
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i would never buy anything from Empire even if they had sick stuff. Simon is complete tool. I have some friends that know him. He has hooked up with like 13 -14 year old girls while he is an adult. Then he goes and claims that he hooked up with them. He is the cockiest piece of shit ever. If he wasn't such a tool, i would maybe considering buying from him to support a company in assosciation with skiing. But since simon is such a tool, douchebag, and an arrogant asshole i will never support the company
Feb 5 2008 10:08PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
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Im just gonna throw it out there i kinda like it. Sure it looks weird but its for like the ballah crowd. The fact that its creepin 50 bucks makes it designer sounding and its like a status symbol kind of. Would i buy it? probably not. but do i think its kinda cool? yea.
Feb 5 2008 10:11PM
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asfffffffffdd
Posts: 1554 - Karma: 1,103
empire becoming quite the let down
Feb 5 2008 10:18PM
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liukangkid
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their only making 40 shirts. im surprised thier not sold out
Feb 5 2008 10:21PM
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artfullydodged
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empire is lame, sorry simon
Feb 5 2008 10:31PM
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.Capn.
Posts: 1454 - Karma: 152
Wow all my friends at school will take one look at me wearing this shirt and say "Ya that kid right there, in that extremly progressive t, ya hes a freeskier" [/sarc]

Seriously I will not buy any of this crap, please let candide design some cool stuff wheil hes out so we can have some cool colors and designs.
Feb 5 2008 10:40PM
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CJHski
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that white one looks exactly like a shirt i used to have, black lady on a white shirt with a gold chain......like it looks exactly like that except for the angle the girl is on the shirt
Feb 5 2008 10:44PM
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CJHski
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empire needs to be original, gloves are pretty sick, everything else is fucking weak
Feb 5 2008 10:48PM
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i8van
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yeaaaa.... not a fan.

i think they pretty much missed their target market completely, as pretty much 95% of skiers are still in some type of school and dont have a "gangster" crew that can appreciate the "oh so balllliiiiin bling bling t-shirt". Plus skiers are only "gangster" on the hill anyways.
Feb 5 2008 11:01PM
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jergriff
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stupid

Feb 5 2008 11:08PM
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keystoner1
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i hate that shirt. it makes me think of shaking babies.............i kid i kid...................but its bad

Feb 5 2008 11:10PM
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*GP*
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Guys, please be patient. Empire is barely half a year old now and is still such a small starter company. Candide will definitely be doing some designing for Empire. Just be patient and give it time.
Feb 5 2008 11:12PM
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cgroves
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Thats an Akomplice shirt with an Empire logo on it! Which is sick cause Akomplice has some sick graphics and designs. However I think its weak Simon started a company off nothing more than a logo.
Feb 5 2008 11:31PM
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XtRemE11
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yeah but most new companies have atleast some creativity, i really haven't seen any from empire, everything they have made is just boring and dull, hell even the name isnt original. and with dumonts fame and connections and everything he has no excuse to be making such boring crappy stuff. dumont's just a huge tool.
Feb 6 2008 2:58AM
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Flarestrike
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The black and white one looks a hell of a lot nicer then the black and red one, but not really my cup of tea lol
Feb 6 2008 3:36AM
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lepp0012
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I had low expectations for Empire, but what I've seen has been even worse than I expected.
Feb 6 2008 12:31PM
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al_britskiier
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i quite like the bandanas and stuff, but that tshirt is rediculous, i hate it!
like the gloves too, bet theyll be $150ish
Feb 6 2008 12:57PM
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*GP*
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No way, the guys at Empire are making sure they make the best quality glove that will be very reasonably priced.
Feb 6 2008 1:18PM
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Valind
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that shit is ugly
Feb 6 2008 1:18PM
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Shorton
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well everything at the moment seems way overpriced...

Feb 6 2008 1:23PM
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Freezeskier
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I don't know about this company, will it last... all they got going for them having candide on their team..
Feb 6 2008 1:26PM
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dorikin
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I can't really picture Candide wearing/supporting any of this ridiculous shit. He has to much style to stoop to this level...
Feb 7 2008 11:55AM
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urbanjib
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 i think it looks sick,,,,the reason its so expensive is because its limited edition, and it looks like it has a gold foil print...the less t-shirts you make, the more expensive it gets...with only 40 shirts, with gold foil print...that equals expensive shirt

Feb 7 2008 12:05PM
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Valind
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Well for now, tell your buddy Simon that the shit is weak and ugly.  Looks like a shirt that FUBU or something would make.  You say there still a young company, it does not take more than a year to make a good looking shirt. 
Feb 7 2008 12:12PM
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J.D.
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42 dollars for a shirt is expensive??

http://www.christianaudigier.com/Snake-Men-s-S-S-All-Over-Multi-Rhinestone-Tee-Bl-p/l-1_c11mpr.htm
Feb 7 2008 12:41PM
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Melvs
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Yes, yes it is.  So it $180.  So is $35.  So is $30. Under that, we're talking halfway reasonable prices.  Just because other companies charge 10x what the shirt costs to be made doesn't mean everyone has too.
Feb 7 2008 1:35PM
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TheQuailman
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Wow, whoever wrote this stuff is an idiot.  I mean common, they seriously write at a seventh grade level.

Fuck paying $40 for any shirt.  Shirts should be no more than $25.  And this is a terrible, gaudy, tastless shirt.  The colors are played, the fit looks awful, the 'girl with the chain' picture is ugly.  The saying is retarded. 

Honestly, Simon, your a kick ass skier, but you have no intelligence or even street smarts.  Don't act like you can run a company when you don't even know the basics.
Feb 7 2008 5:34PM
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BvK
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the only really sick thing out is the 9 dollar bandana
Feb 7 2008 5:38PM
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DeSena
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all that shit is wayyyyyy over priced
Feb 7 2008 5:48PM
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snowbladesforlife
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He is just trying to hook up with girls that are his own height.
Feb 7 2008 6:22PM
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J.D.
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I think it's ridiculous to say all shirts should be under 30 dollars. I'm currently wearing a Bikkembergs shirt that cost a lot more than that. Did it cost more than, say, 50 bucks to make? No, but I'm not paying for materials. I'm paying for Dirk Bikkembergs' design ability: the reason the shirt looks really, really good. And I'm fully willing to pay ten times what cotton and thread are worth for that.

Now, you can say Simon's design is ugly, and therefore not worth 42 bucks, that's just an issue of taste, and to each his own. It's not my favourite either. but don't say it's not worth 42 bucks solely by virtue of the fact that it's a shirt. I have a whole bunch of shirts that cost more or less than 42 dollars, all of which are in my opinion worth more than 42 dollars because I think they look good.

Anyway, stop clothes shopping at Wal Mart dudes.
Feb 7 2008 6:46PM
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Mac_Grey
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agreed, to simon it is obviously appealing, to u it may not be but give the guy a break, this site is so critcal about everything except themselves
Feb 7 2008 7:03PM
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SlickRick.
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not feelin the hate in this thread. yea its stupid, and yea its overpriced, but the only reason for all this hype is because they only realesed one shirt. if theyd let out all their gloves, and a few other shirts, this wouldnt even make a ripple on ns. chill
Feb 7 2008 7:09PM
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snowbird4life
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if he's really banging 13-14 year olds than hes a fucking scumbag.... pics or it didnt happen/
Feb 7 2008 7:21PM
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Bagels
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Wow, I hope Dumont reads this thread.  Their stuff really does look like crap, trendy crap.
Feb 7 2008 7:27PM
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