Please sir can i have some more?-Buffet.

Posted on Thursday, 4 March 2010 by Nic

Look to tell you the honest truth i was a bit of a streetwear virgin until last week. I knew what it was but start talking streetwear designers/labels to me and you would have been greeted with a blank fucking stare. I have never been one for labels, you are more likely to find me waist deep in a 50 cent Op Shop bin or hitting up the sales at Target or Kmart looking for that bargain i just HAD to have. Its not that i don’t like streetwear I’m just, well, a bum really. After i pay my bills with my weekly pay cheque my bank statement often reads along the lines of $2.84 so i can never really splurge on that one great top for $60. That shit would be on layby for atleast six weeks. But that my friends has now changed. Since walking through the doors of BUFFET i have been corrupted, violated by the world of streetwear. I am no longer that innocent girl happy with her $20 Target shoes. NO! I must have all the hightop shoes known to history, even the ones that are only a sketchy image in someones imagination. I have been filled with a burning desire for streetwear.

Buffet was like one big awesome (informative) party with less “hey here is my shit, buy it” and more “hey you’re rad, I think we can help each other out, lets swap numbers/befriend each other on facebook and pimp the shit out of each others stuff”. Nice.

The forums that ran throughout the day were eye opening and so uplifting. The speakers (such as Jeffstaple and Frank Liew) were such great down to earth guys who just spilled their guts and all their secrets on how to run a successful business. The support everyone showed each other was great to see and the general vibe of the whole weekend I think sent everyone home full of optimism and a surety of what they were doing. Cheers to Andrew and everyone involved for putting together such a great weekend. The popping of the streetwear cherry is complete…a monster has been created.