14130596:DayMan said:
Potentially unpopular opinion but I think their recent drops have been fire
$55 for a nice hoodie isn’t that ridiculous by any means
very different from their origins but I like the new direction a lot
^This. I remember buying my first Jiberish hoody for somewhere between $80-95. Now they're $55 and the quality of
their hoodies (not Champion ones) is so much better than any other $55 hoody I've handled. In my mind, they are far from overpriced if you know a bit about apparel manufacturing.
Also, their Supima shirts are the most comfortable shirts I've ever worn, and given that, they're pretty damn cheap.
I'd also like to see a wider variety of silhouettes, but given their current production schedule where they're releasing new collections every couple months, I totally see why they stick to simpler designs with shorter lead times. Coming up with new patterns, sourcing new materials, trims, manufacturing, etc. for every collection when you're doing 6+ drops a year would be psycho for a smaller brand like Jiberish. They may not be a hugely skiing focused brand anymore (though I like that they're sponsoring cool, somewhat less known skiers), but there are way more customers in streetwear than just skiing, and sticking to a lean line makes a lot of sense when you don't want a ton of inventory sitting around, especially given the random, fad-oriented trends of streetwear.
I totally see why people on here are missing the old days when they were totally ski focused and sponsored a bunch of big-name riders, but looking at them as a smaller streetwear brand rather than some giant fixture of the ski industry, I think they've been killing it.
