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Jiberish Making It

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16candles
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Its really cool to watch how Jiberish has grown over the past 5 years. Starting out as a niche skier brand, and now pushing into high quality streetwear. Seeing their line on Hypebeast got me pretty stoked. The next couple years could be make or break for them. It'd be pretty dope to see Jiberish as a big name streetwear brand one day.



Oct 22 2013 10:02PM
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Rafiki
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once the swaggots pick up on this, i won't have to make fun of mommy funded skiers and swagfags seperately. they'll all pretty much be the same group
Oct 22 2013 10:08PM
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daannnnieel
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I don't like swag fags, nor do I like a lot of jiberish's new streetwear.



Oct 22 2013 10:22PM
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MAvallon
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Prolly in a couple years they wont have ski hoodies anymore their 4xl will be 30inches
Oct 22 2013 11:17PM
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broto
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personally i liked where they were in their 09/10 line. they seem to have drifted further away from the skiing community and towards the street wear community, which is fine if that's where they want to be.
Oct 22 2013 11:19PM
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roddy116
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I just dont understand what would kill them to dabble into both though, I would certainly buy stuff like that from jiberish.
Oct 22 2013 11:24PM
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broto
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it's not like the demand went down over here.... i would love a new line with sizing, fit, designs, etc similar to 08-10 lines
Oct 22 2013 11:31PM
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Filmore
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They wanted to progress their brand, and expand their market. It is much more profitable to sell streetwear than "skier only" types of clothes.
Oct 22 2013 11:31PM
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broto
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i think it is worth mentioning that pete has always reaffirmed that if he were in it for the profit he could just mass produce all of the clothing
Oct 22 2013 11:38PM
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roddy116
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well, people can progress and still have some of the same stuff.
Oct 22 2013 11:42PM
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16candles
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As years change so do trends. Just look at snowboarding, skiing will follow suit. The trends are going more towards tighter fitting, almost streetwear style clothing. I think Jiberish is still something skiers and snowboarders will continue to wear, but with their new approach, they have the opportunity to really establish themselves in the streewear community.
Oct 23 2013 12:30AM
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Backyard.Skier
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old jiberish > new jiberish
Oct 23 2013 1:44AM
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Rafiki
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4th grade basquiat-esque designs < simpler, cleaner, less niche-y designs
Oct 23 2013 2:52AM
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sNaubi
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sucks balls, bet none of the swaggots who will buy their stuff will even know why it's called Jiberish...
Oct 23 2013 3:56AM
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AFD
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The decent from the awesome, unique and original pieces to just another (albeit higher quality) line of logo tees/hoodies and higher end streetwear has been a loss for me. Still, id rather rep Jiberish than any of the others out there, and all the best to the guys in whatever direction they want to take their company and hitting that bigger market.
Oct 23 2013 4:58AM
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Davy.Crockett
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i haven't had any interest in jiberish in a long time at this point
Oct 23 2013 5:59AM
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NPF
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I still love my Jungle cat. Fuck i wish they would bring back the old style.
Oct 23 2013 6:04AM
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Turkelton
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They've sucked hard for years. Finally uniked their facebook page.
Oct 23 2013 6:13AM
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BLADEE
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Looking at that line, not once did I see something someone would ski in
Oct 23 2013 6:19AM
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Wallisch_pl
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$90 for a flannel...
Oct 23 2013 6:27AM
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FuckAllOfYou
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jesus dude i'm not sure there's anyone as brave as you
Oct 23 2013 11:15AM
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byubound
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I am really hating the direction jiberish is going. But, its all about profits and just expensive streetwear is way more profitable than skiing clothes.
Oct 23 2013 11:39AM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
Hater gon hate. I love the direction jiberish is going. No more garish designs and obnoxious color blocking. This isn't 2008 anymore, being a skittle isn't cool.
Oct 23 2013 11:42AM
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Stose
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Relevant to OP. The day jiberish becomes a big name street brand is the day I stop buying it.
Oct 23 2013 12:12PM
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whoa-dere
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This. The green lohi is my favorite from them
Oct 23 2013 12:21PM
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deleted5
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this I think they peaked about 2 years ago, and I'm not liking their new stuff, but I'm sure they'll come back.
Oct 23 2013 12:48PM
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youngdtay
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I think I've liked about 6 articles of clothing from Jiberish since I've heard of them in 09. Most of it just looks like garbage anyways...

I still can't understand why people genuinely care about Jiberish switching focuses. You could always just be proud that this brand you supported from the jump is making it, but fashion isn't static. It won't always stay the same. Choose a different brand if you can't handle these changes.
Oct 23 2013 1:18PM
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*simba*
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Omg jiberish has changed so much omg I'm breaking up with them there's a reason I only own like 10 hoodies of theirs and it's from two years ago their old stuff is so much better omg lmfao stupid swaggots don't even get where the brand came from they should just make huge 4xl only so that I can wear dresses and call it a hoodie.
Oct 23 2013 1:21PM
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Goku
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It used to be a pretty big deal when you found used Jiberish on NS, It was even cooler when you could buy new stuff from them when they would sell out the day of a drop. just ain't like that no mo, i'm not a fan of the new stuff.
09/10 line was the best
Oct 24 2013 3:28PM
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Parks.
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i really like the direction they are heading! i ordered 2 things from this drop and would love to buy more. however, i do wish they kept what started them in mind. maybe only a couple sweatshirts per drop that were skier in mind designed. there has to be some middle ground to high quality street wear and skier wear. they still do all these collabs with ski companies but looking at their most recent drop, im not even sure if i would associate them with skiing anymore. IMO
Oct 24 2013 3:42PM
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Caleb.E
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So carhart is a designer brand now..... there selling grey sweatpants for 99 dollars............
Oct 24 2013 4:44PM
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arnie_grape
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now selling my blue 4xl ignant, 7/10, giant red paint mark down the front
$499+shipping
Oct 24 2013 4:47PM
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7-11_Slurpee
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I still love my dripset blue and wear it all the time. Its kind of faded over time but its one of my favorites. Im not super crazy about the newer stuff though
Oct 24 2013 4:51PM
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Miclovin
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Do they still even sponsor any skiers? Its not like we see henrik or hornback with the new jiberish shit
Oct 26 2013 3:01PM
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whoa-dere
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just looked at their website, how do you expect me to ski in this shit?
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and they're around 100 dollars??!?
Oct 26 2013 3:06PM
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Chubz.
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#RIPJiberish
Oct 26 2013 3:14PM
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louie.mirags
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52 bucks for a hat...
Oct 26 2013 7:58PM
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milk_man
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I looked at their website and saw nothing that i would ski in or ever really wear.. I've seen some of their old stuff for sale in the Sell/trade forums tho and it looks sick!
Oct 26 2013 9:48PM
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Crispy.
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While I'll agree that that stuff would look horrible to ski in, do you think they are obligated to make only ski clothing? The freeskiing industry doesn't have a lot of room for high profit due to the rather small crowd, so why wouldn't they branch out into men's fashion which has a much much larger market?
Oct 26 2013 10:44PM
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roddy116
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not but since they sponsor skiers i think that they should make something that a skier would wear.
Oct 26 2013 11:14PM
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-Dan
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the fact that jiberish makes shit in 4xl is endless proof that they stilll love NS.
Oct 26 2013 11:22PM
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Errl
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Well I bought one of those fifty two dollar hats. Some might call it crazy, but I know I won't be buying another hat in a long time be it from jiberish or another company. It's a fucking nice hat. And it being one of the things they had made here in the USA is pretty cool. Buying American when you can is a huge plus. I really wish they would move the rest of their production state side. It really bummed me out when I saw the made in China sticker in my other hat I ordered. Other than that, good for them. They are becoming what they wanted to be. And by the looks of the price tag, the swagfags are going to have a harder time talking their mom and dad into buying it from them. It might even make it so that it is kept in a much more select range of stores. I doubt the day will come where you can find it in a Zumiez.
Oct 27 2013 12:43AM
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Willard
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I love the button ups and vest's, hats look pretty stupid. I wish it wasn't so expensive.
Oct 27 2013 1:39AM
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SKI.ING
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This.

#1 All the people on here that say streetwear or whatever is more profitable are making a false correlation. I bet anything if you asked to see a demographic of who buys Jiberish over half of it would be skiers and people on NS. Streetwear or not, that's where they're getting their money from. No matter what they make, people on here will buy it and thats okay.

#2 It's not innovative what they're doing. I bought a hoodie last year and might this year if the second drop is better. But please don't call it innovative.
Oct 27 2013 1:53AM
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MilaKunis
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Why is it called jibberish?
Oct 27 2013 2:21AM
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Shredsterr
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Shut up swaggot
Oct 27 2013 3:52AM
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ThundaKilla
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The 4XL has shrunk a few inches over the past two years, it's getting too short for a 6'2" guy like myself to wear on hill.
Oct 27 2013 11:34AM
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whoa-dere
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Branching out doesnt mean completely changing the style of all your products
Oct 27 2013 12:34PM
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Chunter
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It's a different line called "Work in progress". They actually have some surprisingly cool stuff, just expensive...
Oct 27 2013 12:47PM
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