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Annika: Hellooooo internet! Happy 2018! We've got Giovanni with us again for another
episode of Make Thrift Why, except today we're going to do something a little bit different.
People send me in a lot of strange and wonderful clothing, um, for my series "Make Thrift Buy",
where I recreate them.
And we have a few episodes called "Make Thrift WHY", where we just make fun of these clothes.
Luci: Click on the i! Click on the i! ... Will it appear with the i...?
Annika: It might be on that side.
Luci: Let's point to all the corners just in case.
A: Click on the i!
L: Click on our eye!
A: So I thought that instead of just ragging on the weird and wonderful clothes that people
send us, um, instead this episode we're going to play a game.
L: And this game is: Make Thrift Why or...
Together: Fake Thrift... Why!
L: It's a mouthful!
A: So here's how the game is going to go. L: Ok.
A: In this game, some of the items that I am going to be describing are real items,
that actually exist, and that you can actually buy.
But some of the items I've just made up with my brain.
So I'll read the description of the clothes, and you have to decide whether it's real or
fake. L: Okay! And what do I win? Do I have to get
a certain amount right to be the winner? A: Oooooh - good question. Let's say you have
to get over 50%, and if you do... L: If I win, you have to hem these pants that
I'm wearing and the blue pair. A: *sighs* okay
L: Next time you're sewing A: Okay, I told Luci that he had to hem his
pants himself - alright, if you get over 50%, I'll hem your...
L: You'll hem the pants! A: I'll hem your pants for you.
L: Yesssss.
A: Okay. L: Okay.
A: Item number 1! Are you ready? L: Item number 1.
[silence]
These are my laser focuses.
A: The description of this item is, a sweater that's made of a see-through, slightly beige-coloured
mesh on the bodice, and thick knitted arms, so it has the effect of looking like a torso-less sweater.
It sold last year for £1550... L: *sigh*
A: Which is about $2000 US dollars.
L: Mmmmmm. I would say that is... real.
A: Final answer? L: My final answer is that that's real.
A: Okay - it is real! [ding!]
L: Can I see a picture..? Ohh. A: The brand is Calvin Klein.
L: I didn't expect it to be that sheer. Like it really just looks like the arms of a sweater.
A: And it is sold out. L: Ohh *laughs*
A: It's sold out. L: Yeah, because they make like three.
A: Okay, number 2. A scarf that's made entirely from transparent plastic material, seemingly
negating the point of wearing a scarf, but hey, that's high fashion for you. So it's
a transparent scarf. It currently sells for $880 US dollars.
L: And it's made out of plastic. A: Yeah.
L: You can see right through it. A: You can see right through it.
L: Mmm. I'm kinda trying to second-guess you now. Like, would you... coz you're trying
to invent things that sound like they would be real things... uhhh... I'm gunna say...
L: My gut says "fake", but I'm going to go against my gut.
A: You're going to go against your gut? L: I'm going to go against my gut and I'm going to say "real".
A: You might get an upset stomach if you go against your gut.
L: *sighs* Woof. Your Honor - I move that
that joke be stricken from the record. A: Real?
L: Real. A: Okay...
[Fail sound effect] A: It is fake!
L: Darn it! Should have gone with the gut! A: Should have gone with the gut.
L: Ahhh - you just made that up? A: I just made that one up, yes - but 2017
was the year of transparent fashion, so - L: That's why I should have - that's why my
gut was telling me fake! A: Mmhm.
L: I should have known - it's not just all going to be transparent stuff.
A: Or is it? L: Well that would be - oh - ah - you're playing
with my mind!
A: Okay are you ready for the next one? L: Yep, okay!
A: So we're one for one. L: What - hang on, you're getting points as
well? I thought I was just getting points for everyone I got right - we're not competing.
A: Oh - yes. L: On "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", the
host doesn't get all the points that they don't!
A: [laughing] awww, maybe they do. L: No - they don't!
A: Okay, number 3. So you've got one out of two so far.
L: Okay. A: Okay number three is - A transparent plastic
"cape" that looks exactly like a dry-cleaners bag, except that the name of the Laundromat
is replaced with the name of the brand, who sell this piece for £650[sic] British pounds,
which is about $750 US dollars. L: So it's, so you know when you get your
dry-cleaning back and it has the plastic casing over the top, this is like a cape you put
on which is that just plastic casing. A: It's meant to look like that.
L: I don't think I need to think very long about this one, I think this is real. It's
soooo - silly. A: [laugh] Yeah.
L: That I think you, that I don't think this off the top of the dome. I think this is really...
A: You don't think so? What about after the transparent scarf?
L: No, this is real. A: This is real?
L: Yep. A: Okay, you're ready?
L: Mmhm! A: Final answer - real?
L: Final answer real. A: It is real!
[ding!] L: I knew it!
A: [laughs] It's by the brand Moschino, and, unfortunately, is sold out, and this -
L: They're all sold out! A: Yeah... [exasperated laugh]
L: Sorry everybody, I guess you'll have to get a regular dry-cleaners bag [laughs] and
wear that! A: That would be an easy "Make Thrift Buy"
though! L: Yeah, it'd be a very short episode! [Sings
intro music to "Make Thrift Buy", with the ending "zipper" sound effect being emphasized].
A: So this is the description from "Browns", who is a retailer of high-fashion, who sold
the dress: "This clear Moschino dry cleaning cape overlay dress is the only kind of laundry
you'd be willing to do (for your trusty au pair takes care of that kind of stuff)." Coz
you're rich!... You don't have to do your laundry.
L: Hang on - so - wha- [laughs] A: This dress showcases the brand's economical
- let's just highlight that word - economical - fall 17 runway theme.
L: Why is it economical if it's £650? A: This is how Capitalism works.
L: Hey, your au pair might be doing your laundry, but you can still wear the bag - WHAT?! WHAT?!
A:[laughs] L: ...What?!
A: Okay, number 4 - so this is a "key charm bracelet" that is a few pieces of chain with
several old-looking keys attached to it, with a large keyring clip to fasten the bracelet.
So it basically just looks like a ring of keys for a business or something that's been
slipped over your wrist - and it retails for £630 Great British Pounds, or about $850
US Dollars. L: I'm really torn on this, because it could
- it sounds like something that would be real, but it could also be the case that I know
when you were writing these fake ones you were sitting on the couch, and from our couch
you can see the wicker shelf where we keep our keys. So was it the fact - was it that
you looked over there and you saw the keys sitting there and you were like - the more
I say this, the more I'm like this IS what happened. This one is fake.
A: It's fake? L: It's fake.
And you're trying to trick me by having it be in pounds, and then changing the pounds
to dollars - that makes it sound more like a real retail item.
A: Alright - you ready? L: Okay.
A: This one is real. L: Awhhhh!
A: [laughs] - and is by the brand - I have no idea how to pronounce this - Bal-en-see-ah?
L: Valencia? A: I think it's Bal-en-see-ah.
So this is what it looks like - L: Ohh. Okay - great.
A: [laughs] L: It looks GREAAAT -
A: So this is the description, from "Browns" fashion again -
L: Mmhm. Browns again. A: Browns again.
A: "This metallic Balenciaga Key Charm bracelet is the key to success because as Lord Chesterfield
so rightly stated: 'if you are not in fashion, you are nobody' (and god forbid, one is a
‘nobody’). The result of impeccable Italian workmanship, this bracelet has been crafted
from gold-tone and silver-tone metal "
L: [laughing] ohhkay. A: "And features multiple keycharms."
L: On the pro-side: it's made by Italians. On the con-side: Who is Lord Chesterfield?!
Is this someone all British people know about? Lord Chesterfield? [laughs]
"As the famous Lord Chesterfield said: Who is Lord Chesterfield?!" Some kind of fashion... lord?
Does Britain each year appoint one Lord to be the Lord of Fashion?
A: Yes. I believe they do. If you're from Britain - let us know.
L: Let us know. A: In the comments below.
L: The only Lord I know of would be like, Lord Vader.
And as Darth Vader once said: "If you're not in Fashion, you're nobody!"
A: You're nobody. Okay, number 5. An orange fluro workwear vest with high-vis
detailing that retails for $1,200 USD and looks basically exactly like those kind of
cheap safety vests that construction workers wear.
The only difference is that it has the brand name written across it on the back of the vest.
L: It sooo seems as though it would be real.
Because it's such a bald-faced, just like, way to get money from people... who... are... not..
pfht, phthpp
L: I'm just trying to think of a not-mean way to - pftht - but at the same time it is
SO the type of thing that it would be that it's the type of thing that you would make up.
A: Mmm...
L: I'm trying to do the flip, the old flip-reverse-flip-brain-flip.
A: [laughs] Have I got to you?
L: Very much so, yes.
Look, I'm just gunna go with my... I'm not going to try and do the flip-reverse-flip-brain-flip.
I'm just going to say: Real.
A: Real? L: Real.
A: Okay, we're locking in real. L: Okay, real.
A: Fake. [fail sound]
L: Arghhh. A: [laughs]
L: *sighs* Wahhhh A: But if it were real, it'd go really well
with the Key Charm bracelet from before. L: It's soo - now that you've put this out
there, this will be made. A: Oh - it will.
L: Someone from Browns is watching and they're like, "well, I have the description in mind
already". A: Browns isn't the designer -
L: No, they just describe the items. A: [laughs]
L: The Browns description writer is being like, "What would Lord Chesterfield think
about this hi-vis vest?" A: What WOULD Lord Chesterfield think?
L: [laughs] W - W - L - C - D. A: [laugh of realisation] Ohh!
L: What Would Lord Chesterfield Do? A: W - W - L - C - D.
L: LCD. That just sounds like almost the website where
you buy LCD TVs. Both: [laugh]
A: Not www.lcd.com. WWLCD. L: WWLCD.
A: What would Lord Chesterfield do? L: What WOULD Lord Chesterfield do? He'd put
it on. He's a fashionista. A: He is a fashionista.
L: Who is Lord Chesterfield?
A: Okay, I'm winning at the moment! L: Mmmmm - why is me losing you winning?!
We're not competing! A: Ah, yes we are!
L: You're the quiz-master! A: Everything is a competition and I'm going
to beat you! L: *sighs* No, you're the quiz-master and
it's - I just compete against myself! A: Okay - well, you're losing.
L: [laughs] Ohh! A: Next item!
L: Bring it on. A: Are you ready?
L: [breathes in deeply and clears throat] A: Sitting up straight, okay you mean BUSINESS!
L: Yeah I mean business. A: A black knee-length skirt that’s been
made out of nylon puffer jacket material, and scattered around the bottom of the skirt
it just has a bunch of armhole cuffs attached to it, um which the brand calls a “ruffled
trim”. And it is sold originally for $1385 US dollars.
L: *sighs* It really sounds like real... and you've done the quote-marks, like... I'm trying
to do the double-flip-reverse-brain-flip... A: [laughs]
L: It's not working for me. A: I don't think it's worked for you that well so far!
L: Okay - ahhh - real. I think it's real!
A: You think it's real? L: Yeah. I think it's real.
A: Is this the double-flip-reverse-brain-flip? L: No, I'm going with the gut!
A: You're going with the gut? L: I'm going with the gut and saying real.
A: Alright! It is real! L: Yessss.
A: Now you've gotten 50% correct! L: Thanks gut.
A: The brand is - ahh, I do not know how to pronounce this -
L: Com-de-gar-son? A: I think so. Come-de-gar-son.
L: [Australian accent] Co-meh-des Gark-gons. A: [Australian accent] It's co-meh-des Gar-sons, mate!
A: Um, so there's only one left, one size
small left in stock, so quick! Get your hands on it!
L: Hey guys - oh, oh my gosh, if it sells out after this video...
A: Do you like the look of this? L: Yeah, I mean, it's really, really, really
expensive. A: Yes.
L: And it will fall apart immediately because it has raw edges!
A: Yeah, so the thing is that it says, in the description, it says "raw edges throughout"!?
L: Alright. A: A ski mask that’s made out of a transparent
mesh-like fabric, sewn together with a thick colourful stitch in all different colours
and sections. And it retails for only $480 US dollars.
L: It sounds like something that would be real - it doesn't even sound that weird. Or
like, it sounds like weird, but like - A: ... I think you've been desensitized.
L: It sounds weird but in a way that's not very creative.
A: Mm. L: I'm - I'm trying - my temptation -
A: Are you trying to do the double-flip-brain-flip? L: My gut says real, but my temptation is
to do the reverse-flip-brain-flip and say FAKE.
A: I don't know, but you did use the gut reaction last time...
L: And how much are you saying it is? A: Four hundred and eighty US dollars.
L: Four hundred and eighty... I feel like that's a made-up number you'd come up with.
You'd make that up, that number. A: Okay..?! [laughs]
L: That's the sort of number you would make up.
A: [confused laugh] why?!
L: It's fake. A: Why?
L: It's fake! A: Okay, it's fake?
L: It's just the kind of number you'd make up! 480 is such a made-up number.
A: [laughs] Okay - it IS fake.
L: Yesssss. I KNEW 480 was a made-up number! A: But I did do a little picture of what it
would look like. L: [laughs]
A: This is what is would look like if it existed. L: [laughs]
A: It's not your granny's ski mask. Or - maybe it is.
L: It kind of is! It's sort of a patchwork - it's like, if everyone had super cool ski
masks for the school trip and you're like, nanna, made you one and you had to wear that.
A: Aww. Alright -
L: Next! A: Next one -
L: I'm on a roll. A: So these - this item, is sleeves that have
been chopped off a shirt, and then re-purposed as leg-warmers.
And they still have the cuff’s buttons around the ankles.
And they're sold for $670 US dollars. L: Ummm - [gross sucking noise]
A: ...What is that noise? L: That's the thinking suck.
L: Fake. A: Fake?
L: Yeah, you made this one up. A: Okay. It is fake!
L: Yesss! YESS. A: [laughing]
A: And this doesn't exist... to my knowledge. L: Okay.
Both: [laugh] L: I bet it does.
A: Okay so the next ones are: green cargo-style pants that have had the entire crotch cut
out down to the thighs, save for the waistband, and all the edges are left raw.
So - I'll do a little kind of, let's kind of - it was hard to describe -
But there's like a hole cut out just like here.
L: Oh. Good place for a hole. A: There's just a big ol' hole, and, around
the hole's edges, so the edges are left raw, and around the edges there are little studs.
Like sparkly studs. L: Ummm - real.
A: Real? L: Yeah - real.
A: Gut feeling? L: Gut feeling. Going with real.
A: They are real! L: Yessss!
A: And they look like this! L: [sighs]
A: They are by the brand "Asos Exclusive" -
L: [disbelieving laugh] Because everyone's really fighting with ASOS for this great idea!
A: - and I guess they're convenient for going to the toilet?
L: Ahhh - A: So this -
L: Hang on, I've just got to put my phone away.
A: [murmurs] ...could have done that at the beginning...
L: Next one! A: Okay, so this is a hooded sweater, or “hoodie”
that has two head holes instead of one. But instead of being worn the right way up, you
flip it upside-down and you stick your legs through each head hole. And then the - the
elastic at the bottom kind of does-up as like a waistband.
L: Nup - it's not real. A: It's not real?
L: This is from Annika's deranged imagination. [laughing] Fake.
A: So we're saying fake? L: You made this up. Fake. Fake.
A: Alright - it's real! L: [surprised] WHAT?!
A: [laughing] And it looks like this! A: Okay so -
L: [loudly] Oh my GODD. A: This is - and I think it's Dollskill - Dollskill
posted this to their Instagram Story a few days ago and since then my inboxes - all my
inboxes - have been blowing up with people sending me this item.
L: It has an almost... medieval look to it. Like kind of Renaissance-fair look because
of the ties. A: Really?! Mm.
L: Because of the ties at the top of the bottom of the hoodies.
A: Yeah - like old bloomers? L: Yeah - that is, that's pretty silly.
A: I like how they've styled - L: [putting on a voice] "Heh, you know what
- it's a bit silly". It's a BIT silly! A: I think this is a little bit silly!
L: Awhhh, I think it might be a bit silly. A: I think this video might be a bit silly.
L: Uh ha ha - Ohhh boy. L: Dolls...skill? Dolls-kill?
A: Dolls-kill.
L: Well I think they're kind of - they're a bit cheeky, aren't they.
A: Yeah, Dollskill, they, they know this is silly.
L: There's a little bit of a - it's "tongue-in-cheek"
A: It's tongue-in-cheek, yeah. A: I think they're pretty incredible.
L: What would Lord Chesterfield think of these? A: What *would* Lord Chesterfield think?
L: [posh British accent] "I say, those pantaloons are a reversed jacket...a-loon!
A: [laughing] Good ol' Lord Chesterfield. L: Good ol' -
A: WWLCD.
[fun electronic music]
A: So this is a sweater top with 17 different sleeves protruding from various places along
the bodice and along other arms. L: I feel like you made this one up because
it's so, just... silly. It's just a sweater for a 17-armed monstrosity.
A: Have you seen my videos? L: Yeahhhh - my gut says fake, and my double-flip-reverse-brain-flip
also says fake... but my DEEPEST gut says "real".
A: [laughing] Your deepest gut?! Where's that? L: My deepest gut - my intestines.
A: Your intestines say "real"? Giving you that real feeling?
L: Yeah... but I don't trust my intestines. A: You don't trust them?
L: Nahhh - I'll go with the gut, and I'll go with the double-flip-reverse-brain-flip
- A: [laughing]
L: - and I'll say - I'll say... ffff-fake. You made this up so you could photoshop 15
more sleeves onto a sweater. A: Why do you think I photoshopped all of
these? L: I don't know - you've got photoshop fever!
A: Okay, this one is fake. L: Yess.
A: But it is not without precedent - see this photo of a real sweater with 2 additional
sleeves attached to the... shoulder? L: [laughing] I suppose, it has to be fake
because there's just not enough real-estate on a sweater to put 15 more sleeves on.
A: It would also use up a LOT of fabric. L: Well, that's not a concern of theirs is
it, it's still going to make a profit because they sell it for like, $5000.
A: You ready? L: Yep.
A: Oh no, that was the last one! That was the last one.
L: Oh... bit of an anti-climax! A: Sorry!
And so, you got 8 out of 14 correct, which is just over 50%!
L: Bom bom bom bom bommm bom bom... [victory music]
I hope that's not copyrighted. Whatever. I did like 2 seconds of it.
A: [laughing] L: I'll make up my own victory music.
Da dun daaa da daaa! Da daaaa da da daaaa! Da dun dun da dun! Da da da dun!
A: Ooooh, this is sounding a bit like Star Wars...
L: Da da daa douhhhhh... A: Congratulations.
I think I did a pretty good job of tricking you with a lot of those.
L: You did! I had to use everything. I had
to use the gut. I had to use the deep gut. I had to use the double-flip-reverse-brain-flip.
What was my prize again? A: I'm going to hem your pants!
L: Ahhh - Except now I feel like people will see this and they'll be like, "the prize is
that she's going to do some sewing for him? That's so incredibly retrograde 1950's gender
roles..." A: Tell Luci - in the comments down below,
tell Luci if he's just the worst, and - L: Nooooo - look everyone. Let me come clean.
I'll hem my own pants. A: [laughs]
L: I can do it for pure pride. A: How about this -
L: Ok? A: I will show you how to hem a pair of pants,
and then you will have the knowledge to hem all of your pairs of pants from then on in.
L: Yep, alright, you know what? That's good because buy a person a fish, they'll eat for
a day. Teach them to fish, etc, etc. A: Yes.
L: Teach a man to hem his pants and he'll be hemming pants left, right and centre.
I'll hem my pants into shorts, and I'll hem myshorts into underwear,
and I'll hem my underwear into handkerchiefs.
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[simultaneously] A: Bye L: Wink!
A: YOU can never do a normal outro! Just say bye! not...
L: Seeya later biscuits heads...I dunno.
A: Biscuit heads!?