Hot Topic - Page 14

Jane13 · 01-02-2006, 06:23 PM

HA HA! There's this lady who lives a litle ways down the street from me that has a sign in front of her house that says "Gone To Wallmart". You know, that idea isn't far off, CircleV... companies pay people big bucks to be driving/walking billboards for their products...

Cinful · 01-02-2006, 08:36 PM

Just my opinion, but I don't honestly think it matters what "brand" you wear. Labels do not make a goth. Goth is a frame of mind... a lifestyle, not clothes and makeup. Anyone can look the "stereotype", but that's all it really is. Again, just my opinion *shrugs*

WolfMoon · 01-03-2006, 10:40 AM

I just washed the pants (TRIPP) that I bought from Hot Topic for the first time. I didn't dry them because I was afraid 'something' might hasppen to them in the dryer. I still have to re-sew a small area that holds one of the D-rings on.

BUT I still kinda like my pants, everytime I put my hand in the pocket there's money in there.

SilentScreams · 01-03-2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Xnguela

I don't shop at the Hot Topic, nor do I approve of it, so I am in no way defending it, but for the record? They don't carry sweatshop-made clothing. They've dropped labels for that in the past. Even if they suck, they've got that going for them.

But it sure does seem hard to go into any store and find something made in America. And whoever is making it in that foreign country is probably not being paid what they should. The workers don't necessarily have to be children or anything for it to a sweatshop. I understand Tripp is located in New York, but that doesn't necessarily mean the clothes are made their. Just as Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" even though they're from Jacksonville.

Jane13 · 01-03-2006, 08:38 PM

Actaully, of the three shirts which I've ever owned from Hot Topic (junior high, people) two were made in the US, the other in Canada.

SilentScreams · 01-03-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jane13

Actaully, of the three shirts which I've ever owned from Hot Topic (junior high, people) two were made in the US, the other in Canada.

Oh really? Then I stand corrected.

A good friend of mine works at Abercrombie. I went in to visit him on his break and desided to look at the tags on some shirts that were on a front table. Not a damn one made in America. All like Moscow and places of the sort. It seems that Hot Topic actually has some dignity (is that the word I'm looking for?)

Jane13 · 01-03-2006, 09:21 PM

I wouldn't use the word dignity... but I can't think of a better one

WolfMoon · 01-03-2006, 09:51 PM

Scruples, perhaps? But even that could be stretching it.

winged_dreams · 01-03-2006, 09:58 PM

Yes, I do wear my fishnet shirt under other shirts. It would be silly to wear it by itself. My friend had given me a couple pairs of pants from Hot Topic (although they didn't fit me). I liked wearing them although I wouldn't spend the money. I do plan to 'bondage' up a pair of pants. I just love those bondage straps for some reason. So nifty. At least I think so. -_-*

WolfMoon · 01-03-2006, 10:26 PM

They're cool, I like strappy things.

Jane13 · 01-03-2006, 10:57 PM

I was playing Yatzee! at my friend's house, and her parents were telling me that they forbade her older brother from washing his strappy pants in thier washing machine... not because of the fact that they didn't like them, but because the straps wrapped themselves around the axle

I think they look neat on some people, others can't pull it off (others like me).

Sanctus Dei · 01-03-2006, 11:27 PM

I like straps and pockets... but it has to have a tight ass. I can't stand pants that waist just under my butt cheeks. (or anyone else for that matter... "I really don't care to see your spongebob boxers") I do like looking at the HT website for ideas of what I want to make though.. I really prefer making my own mierda muy loca...

WolfMoon · 01-04-2006, 12:35 PM

Yeah my HT pants(shame) are tight where they're supposed to be. I can't stand baggy pants on guys or girls. I should be able to see ass if I look at someone's ass!

sessomeru/lover · 01-04-2006, 01:23 PM

so thats all

Tall One In Black · 01-05-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jane13

I was playing Yatzee! at my friend's house, and her parents were telling me that they forbade her older brother from washing his strappy pants in thier washing machine... not because of the fact that they didn't like them, but because the straps wrapped themselves around the axle

I think they look neat on some people, others can't pull it off (others like me).

Darn, I was expecting a juicy Yatzee! story after that intro.

Brother just needs to purchase a mesh bag to wash his pants in. I use mesh bags for all my strappy or long, stretchy items - bras and tights in particular - that would otherwise wind themselves around the agitator.

Underwater Ophelia · 01-05-2006, 04:01 PM

Like some people on this forum, I don't really have a problem with HT itself, just the people who frequent it. You know the type, the people who get their entire wardrobes from there and then sneer at your homemade skirt and Bauhaus shirt...ugh.
The store itself doesn't really thrill me, anyway. Most of the clothing is made cheaply and yet very expensive, and gives off that vibe that just oozes trying-too-hardness.

Empty_Purple_Stars · 01-05-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Tall One In Black

Darn, I was expecting a juicy Yatzee! story after that intro.

Brother just needs to purchase a mesh bag to wash his pants in. I use mesh bags for all my strappy or long, stretchy items - bras and tights in particular - that would otherwise wind themselves around the agitator.

I use a 'Lingerie bag' for anything that could possibly wrap around the agitator in the Washing Machine..

You can get them at most Drug Stores and Grocery Stores, Jane.

I bet you could even find them at the Dollar Store.

I think that's the same thing as the mesh bag you use Tall One..

They're cheap and things get just as clean when you use them..

I have some crocheted items that get snagged too easily in the machine, and the bag works perfectly for things like that as well..

Uh.Yeah.

Tall One In Black · 01-05-2006, 09:45 PM

Yep, mesh bag = lingerie bag. I got mine at the dollar store, 3 for $1. Woo-hoo!

For big items like bondage pants, you could use a mesh laundry bag.

Jane13 · 01-05-2006, 09:48 PM

I'll have to tell him that! Thanks!

WolfMoon · 01-07-2006, 06:06 PM

Ah mesh, is there anything it can't do?

I'll have to get one of those bags because I either hand wash or use a gentle cycle.

NecromanticSunshine · 01-09-2006, 09:38 PM

I really don't know why everyone puts down Hot Topic. I got my start there. No, wait...I went to Gadzooks for my spiffy swishy pants first come to think of it. (You won't know what it is, it's shut down i think)

Anywho...That place was helpful. I could get thick arm warmers there when I was...erm...having problems. It's the only place I can find awesome platform boots with way too many straps (on clearance, of course). I got an awesome pair of boots with metal shinguards there on clearance. I got this way cute Sabbath Ragdoll stuffy from the Emily line there. Or my The Last Unicorn tshirt. Oh, and I absolutely love this velvet and lace victorian looking jacket I got for a wedding. I even payed full price.

Think about it...for kids with no transportation outside of their parents, It's a great store. It's even a great store still since they do have some great stuff there. You just have to look. And now they're getting some Gothic ****** style clothing after I've been going to thrift stores forever to try to make some of my own. (Purely Mana's influence)

Right...I think I'll stop now.

WolfMoon · 01-10-2006, 02:26 PM

We're all too olde to know WTF a Gadzooks is! I thought it was just an exclamation I used in grade school.

*rolls eyes*

Sanctus Dei · 01-10-2006, 11:37 PM

Wow... I don't think Hot Topic was around when I started... maybe in another state but not here, our first HT came when the MoA was built... since then (almost 10 years ago) I've been there less times then finger on meh hands. I prefered Ragstock, alot cheaper and better shit...

winged_dreams · 01-11-2006, 12:38 PM

Lucky. Hot Topic is the only real store around here that sells different clothes. There could possibly stores in Philly but I rarely go there.

PinstripesAndPithHelmets · 01-11-2006, 01:29 PM

I bought a shirt at Hot Topic once. It was Eddie, the Iron Maiden mascot, standing over the Earth jamming a massive Union Jack into the surface. It was a remake of their Beast on the Road tour tshirt, if I'm not mistaken. In any event, I couldn't resist. Not only do I love Iron Maiden, but the image smacked of British Imperialism which I find fascinating. Still though, after reading some of the posts on this thread it seems to me that many of you are fervently anti-HT. I feel a touch guilty now. I'll go scourge myself with some chains as pennance for supporting them. Chains not purchased at Hot Topic, of course.