Correctly Predicting Martine Rose at Balenciaga and Lighting Hedi Dior on Fire | PoK S14E11

Is archive fashion worth the markup? Why are Rick Owens Ramones so hard to legit check? And are Dior glitter jeans worth $10,000? Sol Thompson and Michael Smith unpack archive fashion, vintage menswear and sneaker culture on the Pair of Kings Podcast. From raw denim repairs and Fragment Air Jordan 1s to Rick Owens Dunks, replica fashion and secondhand designer markups, the boys ask what makes clothes worth wearing—and what you're actually paying for. We hit a Brooklyn Heights stoop sale for BAPE x Mark McNairy chukkas and 11 by Boris Bidjan Saberi skateboards, revisit the Hedi Slimane / indie sleaze uniform, and tell the story of someone trying to light an archive Dior jacket on fire. Then: Japanese reproduction workwear, humor in fashion journalism, Demna's Balenciaga legacy, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Martine Rose speculation and Demna's Gucci versus the Tom Ford era. Is that vintage store actually curating, or just marking up eBay? Sol and Michael get into vintage Armani, Polo Ralph Lauren, Hysteric Glamour, Buyee, Vinted, Grailed, a Depop Slipknot tee disaster, Saint Laurent D02 jeans and DIY Dior-style glitter jeans. Plus Supreme tools, baby Rick Owens, a BAPE Batman tee, Sol's Batman costume and music tangents that get out of hand. The replica conversation also reaches Enfants Riches Déprimés (ERD), Raf by Raf Simons, Dior Homme and Chrome Hearts. How much of archive shopping is about the clothes, and how much is about the label? Our season's thesis is "integrated fashion