Gym Slow
Mmfad
•Created by Gym Slow on 4/29/2025 in #questions-and-advice
How do I tell what color the item in a photo actually is?
I'm kind of embarrassed to be asking this, since it seems like something I should've figured out by now or else learned to deal with: sometimes, after receiving an item I've bought online (new or secondhand--more often the latter), it'll be a noticeably different color than it was in the seller's photos.
I know this is, to some degree, inevitable, due to the nature of photography, differences in lighting, photographic skill, etc., and I'm not suggesting any ill intent on the seller's part, but sometimes the difference between photo and reality is severe enough for me to think that I must be missing something. Am I? Is there some adjustment (mental or otherwise) I could be making to better sense how the item really looks, or at least to tell that there's some distortion going on and that I ought to disregard the listing?
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Mmfad
•Created by Gym Slow on 3/11/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Recommendations for huaraches
I'm looking to buy a pair of huaraches for $200 or less. From what I've seen reading back through the Discord, the subreddit, and Styleforum, the most popular brands seem to be Chamula and Nisolo. Both of them offer pairs that look good to me--the Chamula Cancun a little more than the Nisolo "men's huarache sandal"--but I don't want to make a decision before exploring my options further.
Does anyone have any praise (or scorn) for <$200 huaraches from brands other than Chamula or Nisolo, or from smaller-time makers operating online (through eBay, Etsy, or their own website, say)? If you have an opinion about Chamula vs. Nisolo, I'd be interested in hearing that, too.
(Thanks for your time, and sorry if I come off sounding stilted--I posted a bit on the subreddit a couple years ago, but this is my first time posting here.)
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