StartFragmentMy name is Blake Kimmel and I own ABSTRACTmall. I also am the creative director at Jiberish Clothing. I will answersome questions that we tend to get a lot via email from both aM and Jiberish. Keep in mind they are two totally separate companies but we workclosely together to take care of you guys.EndFragment
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1. We still make our clothing slim and taller fitting. But we didadjust the sizing on the tags to help avoid confusion with the people who buyour clothing outside of the ski/snowboard industry. The example we willuse to explain this is the size Medium. Our traditional size Medium hasbeen significantly bigger than most brands size Mediums out there. So inorder to make our sizing more understandable to the general public we moved thetagging of our clothing up 1 size to adjust for some discrepancy. So, inthis example our Medium from last season is now a size Large. Our Largefrom last season is now an XL and so on. We also now have a 4XL (whichjust seems ridiculous to even write) and that was last season's 3XL. Oursizing will range from M-4XL. We are doing our best to balance thesnowsports influence and style with streetwear culture. Our solution isto make 6 sizes of our clothing. The manufacturer is not stoked.
StartFragment2. We loosened the ribbing on all pieces a fewinches in diameter. This will allow the sizing to hang a bit more but itwill still have a shape to it. Also, for anyone on here buying ourclothing for it's intended use (see: "streetwear") you may find yourselfmore comfortable in a size that fits more traditionally. On the snow welove our garments to be larger and in line with rider’s on-hill fashion, butoff the mountain we have tailored our garments to fulfill the more traditionalstreetwear look. This is the direction things have headed over the past 2years and continues to become more relevant if you spend time in some of ourstreetwear retailers like Humidor in LA, Identity Footwear and Apparel in NH,Jugrnaut in Chicago, or Flow in Milwaukee. EndFragment
3. We are still fully supporting skiing and always will. We are fortunate that our brand is growing outside of the skiing world. If it did not we would have to sell to every ski shop on the planet tostay in business. We have been fortunate about increasing popularity in otherareas because it allows us to grow our lines while not over saturating in snowsports, so those pieces you fall in love with can always feel like yours. Webelieve that our growth outside of the ski world could only help bring exposureto modern skiing; if non-ski folks who pick up our stuff do any research on theJiberish brand then they will be educated on what is going on in the skicommunity.
EndFragmentStartFragment4. Our Winter collection will come in twophases. The first will be hooded sweatshirts, flannels, crewnecks, vests,snap-up henleys, snap-up jackets, and zip-up crewnecks. The second phasewill be tees, denim, hats, and sweaters. EndFragment
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5. We will showcase all of the clothing from thecollection on
www.ABSTRACTmall.com3 days before the clothing is available for order. This will give you,the customers, time to analyze what you are purchasing and relieve the pressureof impulsive buying in fear of it selling out in front of your eyes. We are not going to list a time theclothing will be available but we will list the date soon. If we listed atime the ABSTRACTmall server might crash and there is still the possibilitythat might happen so please bear with us. Delivery will be starting nearthe beginning of December for all clothing ordered on ABSTRACTmall. Last yearwe had a very high volume of Jiberish orders to ship. Like last year we willhave all hands on deck, doing fulfillment and shipping. We appreciate yourpatience and understanding during these busy times.
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6. We will be closing the LoHi store for themonth of November and will re-open in early December for the winter. Wewill be touching up the store and adding some new displays to it. Wewill finalize this re-opening date as it gets closer so stay tuned.
7. Thelookbook is done. We are just making some tweaks to it and getting thetechnology side of it completed. It will showcase SOME of the clothingfrom the line. We know you guys have been asking about it and we aresuper thankful for your interest.
StartFragmentWe hope that answers your questions. Please notethat Private Messages on NS are not how we like to communicate from anorganizational standpoint. So please email the appropriate person atJiberish or visit the ABSTRACTmall contact page for any questions youhave. EndFragment
Thanks,
Blake
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