The Diesel Connection
by Jin Lovelace, HSM team writer
To be honest, I was pretty broken up when Diesel, Home’s first name brand clothing line based on real-world fashions, left the community without a trace. Many at the time expressed their opinions on how their commodities were pretty expensive, which featured every single piece of clothing for $1.99, which was a turnoff to most that were used to purchasing clothes for prices ranging $0.49 to $0.99. At that time, this was an astounding price.
For me, I took a chance on their products and thoroughly enjoyed their content for what it was, and then some.
I also like to think that they somehow paved the way for other such real world fashion lines to make their appearance in Home, like Billabong, Wrangler, and even U Love Green. However, Diesel has set the tone for releasing quality fashions that imbues precise detail to their clothing, along with providing an edge to the styles. To this day, two of their items, SERTU (white Shorts) and LAMAIN (white Leather Jacket) are two of my all-time favorites from their past virtual line.
However, it was rather hard for some to combine those items to create an effective, comprehensive outfit due to the complexity of those styles, which can be a turn-off to most.
This year marked a surprise return of the brand to the North American Home region, as these items were released first in the EU. This time around, you can rejoice on how easily these items can be mixed and matched: you can wear them off-the-rack or combine with other existing apparel to suit your taste.
As for my thoughts, you can take a look at the video on how I personally vision these designs. The song “Change Your Mind” by Fat Jon provides the essence of a message I wish for all to consider with their perspective of Diesel’s apparel wear.
A review on these items is on my Twilight Touch site. As always, I thank HomeStation Magazine for featuring my work.
Cheers!
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Diesel were one of the few first real world brands to support the gaming scene, they advertised in games like X-G2 and 3 along with other brands like Storm. Speaking of Storm, I’ve always thought their watches would make a great addition to the Home clothing/accessories lines. In fact, Tokyo Flash would be all kinds of awesomes for Home watches.
Anyway, Diesel do have a very european style to a lot of their clothes, some of the shirts carry a very U.K type cut too, which I like a lot. One of my favorite shirts for in Home is a (now unavailable) short-sleeved, open collar shirt which can be paired with a lot of other things. The back-stitch to it means it hugs the small of the back, giving you a nice shape.
I don’t see much of Diesel’s stuff around Home on the guys in U.S though, and that’s probably just down to localized fashion. While U.S women’s fashion obviously goes through its motions, men’s fashion just seems to stay in the same two categories: Baggy n’ bling or Sharp Suits. I’m kinda in the middle of those myself since I like to do things like mix a suit jacket and loose shirt with jeans and dress shoes. Eclectic, but kinda cool.
I sadly agree. I’ve purchased even some of the male wear from their past line-up on Home and I even bought a few of their real world items. Diesel also supported Devil May Cry 2, which was how I learned about them.
It is a grim case of how male fashion in the north american shores boils itself down to Saggy Skinny Jeans, Topless Torso, Bandanna Scarf, and a backwards Cap. I don’t mind the sharp suits; none at all. But I also like diversity as well, which there are so much to explore in that spectrum. Just that most won’t ever give it a chance.
Much like the Diesel male fashions on Home. I’ve only saw, what…..3-4 guys wear the beige leather jacket? The Wrangler version is nearly the same in design, but no one wears it, neither the fashions.
Even though I’ve bought several pieces of the clothing offered, I still return to the museum. It’s fascinating! Creative! Mind-boggling!
They best male diesel clothing pieces on home tended to bleed into everything else ive got several pieces that are in storage for that reason. The other issue is what makes a good real life diesel product doesnt make a good virtual one. This is where lockwood gets it right release a home dedicated brand that shows off what home can do. Not a real life product that really doesnt show off either that well.
I disagree.
There are several name brand items on Home that “gets it right!” Billabong is the primary example to this, alongside Wrangler. Though their items aren’t “too” fascinating, the commodity is definitely fashionable. Billabong’s attention to detail is incredible and this new release from Diesel is literally no exception to this.
I’ve written a review on this and I’m working on creating some apparel based on these items for my site. Just follow the link to see what I mean.
Cheers!