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dmeservey
Location: Santa Rosa, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 0 likes
| | | Clothing/Philadelphia < on 11/11/2014 3:30 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Hi, I'm a new member here, I've done some Urban Ex over the years, but never really posted or wrote much about it. In the future I'd like to do so, but right now I'm here for something else. I'm an Industrial Design student in Philadelphia and I'm beginning work on my capstone project, which is clothing for Urban Exploration. Through the research we've done so far, we haven't really found anyone that makes clothing or equipment for this area. I was hoping members on here would be able to tell me some of the things they consider when picking clothing and equipment for exploring or if there's anything that just sucks about exploring that you wish could be fixed. I'm open to any and all ideas and feedback from anyone on here. A lot of this research I could do on my own, but I think it'll be a stronger project if I can get feedback from other people, who might have other approaches to exploring than myself. Also, if there is anyone in the Philadelphia area who'd be willing to work with us to give us feedback on designs and help us do research that would be ideal.
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| Mike Dijital UEDB Moderator
Location: Boston MA. Gender: Male Total Likes: 481 likes
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| | | | Re: Clothing/Philadelphia < Reply # 3 on 11/11/2014 5:21 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | The problem is the second you start making clothing or equipment specifically for urbex, people start freaking out and screaming "sellout", and the thread here usually turns into a giant flame war the thing with this hobby, is its alot of DIY, and I think thats part of the fun... 9 times out of 10 the clothing isnt so much the focus but what you add to it like some people like tactical vests, others like a sturdy backpack, I personally use military surplus ammo pouches, like a heavy duty fanny pack The one thing I could suggest is shoes, I know for me finding a rugged, comfy pair of shoes that look good but are water proof, maybe nail resistant with a steel toe would be nice, like a combat boot that you could run in like a sneaker The closest thing I ever found was the skateboarding sneaker company Globe made a high top sneaker out of construction boot material, they were part of the Mojo series the sole and inside was all sneaker,the tread was sneaker tread, but they looked like and took a beating like construction boots, they even have construction boot laces.. but they were light like a sneaker, and they were warm in the winter... they are great shit kickers that you can run like lightning in
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| SouthPaw
Location: Allentown/Philadelphia Gender: Male Total Likes: 39 likes
| | | Re: Clothing/Philadelphia < Reply # 7 on 11/11/2014 8:15 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | As a few other people have said, it is personal preference and comfort. When I've gone out exploring, I usually have a pair of jeans or lightweight long pants and a shirt/hoodie I don't particularly care about if it gets damaged or not. If I am planning just external photography, I wear a pair of sneakers, but if it is around demolition/internal, I have a pair of steel-toe boots (also great for protection). I usually have just my camera bag, though I've begun looking into one of those camera backpacks. I've seen mention of props, stuff like car decals, clipboards, reflective vests, etc, which makes it appear as though you have a business related reason for being there. You've also got various gear, which are mentioned in a couple threads on the site (I'd recommend giving them a read through). Though you'd have to avoid 'tools', as that creates a legal issue if you're caught on an exploration. Same goes for anything that could be considered weaponry.
TLDR: While the idea is an interesting concept, I think a lot of UErs are more likely to hit their local thrift store than a shop geared towards the hobby.
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| DevilC
Location: Washington, District of Corruption Gender: Male Total Likes: 202 likes
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| | | | Re: Clothing/Philadelphia < Reply # 12 on 11/12/2014 2:51 AM > | Reply with Quote
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| kimbunny
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| | | Re: Clothing/Philadelphia < Reply # 17 on 2/28/2015 2:08 AM > | Reply with Quote
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