*PATREON PREVIEW* New York Fashion Cheeks

Summary

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Throwing Fits: PATREON PREVIEW New York Fashion Cheeks

Date: February 13, 2026
Hosts: James Harris & Co-host

Episode Overview

In this Patreon preview, James Harris and his co-host serve up their signature banter ahead of New York Fashion Week, dissecting the rituals, lingo, and awkwardness of industry meetups. The conversation meanders through current and past Fashion Week greetings, evolving Gen Z slang, and their sartorial choices—plus the pitfalls of doing laundry in shared city buildings. The overall tone is irreverent and self-aware, with the hosts both lampooning and participating in the world of men’s fashion.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Art of Fashion Week Greetings

(01:38–04:26)

• Fashion Week Daps and Social Reps:
  James preps for Fashion Week by practicing different greetings—“What up, pimping?”—and riffs on the repetitive and sometimes hollow banter at industry events.
• Rotating Nicknames & Lingo:
  The hosts discuss their evolving repertoire of greetings:
  • “Boss,” “Dog” (big dog), “Brother” (now considered overdone), and why “Sir” in email is never not weird.
  • “Brother is the new sir.” (Co-host, 02:17)
  • They joke about using phrases to subtly sun (belittle) someone, e.g., “What’s up, champ?” (03:53)
• Mocking the Promises:
  Joking about the shallow, often unfulfilled networking at Fashion Week:
  • “A week of a billion empty promises.” (James Harris, 04:27)
  • Suggestions to play the dad card: “Stand up straight when you’re dapping me up.” (Co-host, 04:21)

Gen Z Slang and Culture Vulturism

(04:44–05:36)

• Decoding New Terms:
  • The guys self-deprecatingly acknowledge their own (mis)use of slang like “jugged,” and joke about being out of touch.
  • “Yo, my boy got jugged.” (James Harris, 05:07)
  • The co-host admits confusion over how to spell or pronounce new slang.
• “Jugged” Clarified:
  • James and Co-host parse whether it’s AAVE, Gen Z, or just street culture (and feel a bit out of place using it).
  • Humorous self-awareness on being “culture vultures” for borrowing language from other groups.

Detailed Fit Check

(05:38–07:09)

• James’s Fit:
  • Margiela GATs, Manresa socks, vintage Carhartt double knee jeans, Hanes beater, creamy Polo by Cobra C, cream Emporio Armani jacket (from Our Legacy workshop collab), Small Talk hat, and boxers (Handvac).
  • The fit is themed “creamed up”—both unintentionally matching in color and literally wearing cream items.
  • Fear of dirtying the rare Emporio Armani jacket, but a commitment to actually wear his own clothes.
  • Compares slow wear-and-tear to sous-vide cooking.
    • “The ol’ Emporio is getting slow, motherfuckers.” (James Harris, 07:03)
• Co-host’s Fit:
  • Todd Snyder x C.QP trainers, Patagonia socks, brown Orslow jeans (bought on crazy sale in 2023), short-sleeve camo thermal by Stüssy (no logo).
  • Anecdote about buying brown jeans just because they were brown; reminisces on when Orslow used to actually go on sale.

Random Fashion & Laundry Anecdotes

(08:43–09:44, 10:14–12:14)

• Laundry Woes:
  • James laments being out of clean underwear and recounts the horror of finding a baby’s dirty diaper inside a shared washing machine.
    • “And now it’s playing Russian with the baby turd.” (James Harris, 09:14)
    • Turned into a game of “Three Card Monty with a turd.” (09:29)
• Camouflage Shirts & Sidewalk Giveaways:
  • Co-host mentions discarding clothes on the sidewalk for DoorDash drivers or at the “bazaar.”
• Credit Scores (Brief Tangent):
  • Joking about being denied a car loan despite a good credit score—leads to plug for FICO (12:14–12:36)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Brother is the new sir.”
  Co-host, 02:17
  Discussing how various greeting terms become outdated or cringe.
• “A week of a billion empty promises.”
  James Harris, 04:27
  On the transactional hollowness of Fashion Week networking.
• “Yo, my boy got jugged.”
  James Harris, 05:07
  Illustrating the challenge (and awkwardness) of adopting Gen Z slang.
• “The ol’ Emporio is getting slow, motherfuckers.”
  James Harris, 07:03
  About the gradual wear of his prized vintage jacket.
• “And now it’s playing Russian with the baby turd.”
  James Harris, 09:14
  One of several gross-out jokes from laundry horror stories.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 01:38–04:26 – Fashion Week greetings & nicknames
• 04:44–05:36 – Decoding and misusing Gen Z slang
• 05:38–07:09 – Full “fit check” and matching “creamed up” attire
• 09:01–09:44 – Shared laundry drama and “baby turd” stories
• 10:14–12:14 – Brown jeans, Stüssy thermal, and how disused clothes find new homes

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Takeaways

• Throwing Fits continues to blend fashion commentary with self-deprecating humor and NYC grime.
• Even for plugged-in podcast hosts, fashion slang and conventions mutate faster than anyone can keep up.
• Real Fashion Week is less about style, more about cycles of empty networking, recycled greetings, and subtle power plays.
• The show delivers plenty of “fit check” specifics for listeners looking for sartorial details, balanced with plenty of irreverent asides.

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Transcript

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[Co-host/James]

We are joined by the get get launch lastman and myself, the queen maxer, James Harris. Welcome to the weekly run of the boys which today's full episode only available.

[James Harris]

On www.thrill fits.com what up, pimping? I'm just getting my reps in for my fashion week daps.

[Co-host/James]

Oh, what's up, bro? Oh, yo, yo, we should get a coffee or drink some time, bro. You like pimping me? Yo, what you working on? How, how's yo, yo what?

[James Harris]

Yo, what have you been up to? What are you working on, bro?

[Co-host/James]

Fairy's like, oh, how's like the pod seems to be going well. Yeah, it's been five years.

[James Harris]

Yeah, like at least.

[Co-host/James]

And I still haven't asked you to. Come on, not you. I mean, you know.

[James Harris]

No, well, yeah, I mean I'm on all the time. I've never not been on. You like pimping? That's What I was using last night at the show. I'm trying. I'm just, you know, trying to switch it up a bit.

[Co-host/James]

I've been going with boss or dog. I hate yo. I hate brother. Brother is.

[James Harris]

I use that brother.

[Co-host/James]

Brother is the new sir.

[James Harris]

What about brother? If it's a black guy, I do that. I did that to Greg Jackson. Okay.

[Co-host/James]

Yeah, brother. If he's. If he's a. If he's Pacific Islander.

[James Harris]

Yeah, yeah, okay.

[Co-host/James]

He's Aapi.

[James Harris]

But you, like, bro, like, what's up, brother? Got ruined.

[Co-host/James]

Brother is the new sir. Guys that go. The guy guys go, what's good? Yes, brother. The guys that goes, what's good, sir? How are you, sir? I'm like, don't say, how are you, brother? Or emails with sir. Like, don't. No more sir. Sir bro. Yeah.

[James Harris]

I never have once got an email where it's addressed as sir.

[Co-host/James]

That wasn't followed by you're making a scene.

[James Harris]

Usually it's good morning, Mr. Legend.

[Co-host/James]

What's going. What's good?

[James Harris]

Yeah, what up, John? Yeah, sir. Okay, that's interesting.

[Co-host/James]

And then brother is like the new thing where it's like, what's up, brother? Yeah, like, not in a what's the guy. What's the streamer guy's name Sketch. Not him. Not that.

[James Harris]

What's up, brother? What happened to that guy?

[Co-host/James]

Gay porn.

[James Harris]

He. He got. He got stream. Mobbed. Clavicular. Sketch got the gay porn.

[Co-host/James]

Yeah, Sketch got. Brother was a thing in Love island, usa. Brother with like, Nick and. Yes, that. And like, that Ace. That generation Ace Taylor. Yeah. So I got cooked, but now it's like. It's kind of like the therapy guys. Like, cool guys that go to therapy.

[James Harris]

Oh.

[Co-host/James]

Like, I hate to say it, West Star Boy, but, like, in Summerhouse, everyone's like, what's up, brother?

[James Harris]

Okay.

[Co-host/James]

Like, it's Carl. Carl Radkey type.

[James Harris]

So you're doing boss or dog.

[Co-host/James]

Boss or dog is big dog.

[James Harris]

Are we done with that, too? That was a thing for a while. What up?

[Co-host/James]

It's not doj, just dog.

[James Harris]

Are you using any of these to low key? Like, kind of sun someone, like. No, because that's like a What's up.

[Co-host/James]

What'S up, my boy?

[James Harris]

Yeah. Or like, what's up, champ? That could be maybe seen as a little derogatory.

[Co-host/James]

I did see a good one where it's like, that I might start using, like, in, like, heated situations, like, stand up straight when you're talking to me. Wow, that's a oldie but a Goldie.

[James Harris]

You Just hit him with the go dad mode on his ass. Wow. You should.

[Co-host/James]

You should.

[James Harris]

When? When you are meeting people at Fashion Week, you should throw that out there.

[Co-host/James]

Hey, stand up straight when you're dapping me up. Stand up straight when you're making empty promises about linking and building.

[James Harris]

Yes, a week of a billion empty promises.

[Co-host/James]

We're gonna get into all things good and well. No, just bad. Just bad Fashion Week. But before we get into Benito Orangzada, the ass crackery that is New York men's fashion cheeks.

[James Harris]

New York fashion cheeks.

[Co-host/James]

Getting cod mogged at the brand dinner and learning other Gen Z terms.

[James Harris]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Co-host/James]

And using them excessively. Let's get into a fit check. I believe your latest one is Jugged. That was Gen Z, though. More just like.

[James Harris]

That's more just culture vulturism on the aav, though, the guy using it. Puerto Rican Dominicano. Yeah. Still, I guess I'm white, so it doesn't matter either way.

[Co-host/James]

Canada.

[James Harris]

That'll make more sense in two weeks. Yo, my boy got jugged.

[Co-host/James]

My got jug for.

[James Harris]

To be clear, I'd heard that before. I just never said it.

[Co-host/James]

And I'm like, you weren't sure how to pronounce the W. Damn, this aave.

[James Harris]

Looks good on me.

[Co-host/James]

Wait, how do pronounced J U, U G. Not.

[James Harris]

I think it's J U, G, G, not, Not.

[Co-host/James]

I. I don't know. No umlaut, no W. I've received a few texts. Pretty jug.

[James Harris]

And I was like, all right, all right.

[Co-host/James]

What are you wearing?

[James Harris]

Okay, I have. I have on.

[Co-host/James]

What's the matter, white boy? Scared to tell us what you're wearing?

[James Harris]

I got on Margiela gats. The socks are Manresa. The double knee jeans are vintage Garhart. The beater is Hanes. The creamy Polo we literally matched today in a weird way.

[Co-host/James]

But the tops.

[James Harris]

Pause and. Yeah, I'm. I'm creamed up too over here. But the cream.

[Co-host/James]

Yeah, you are cream, Max. Yes.

[James Harris]

The cream polo is Cobra C. The cream jacket is Emporio Armani. Our legacy workshop from their first collab, though our legacy took this jacket, changed the color, some details, and now it's in the main line.

[Co-host/James]

So what's it called?

[James Harris]

I forget.

[Co-host/James]

I'll look it up.

[James Harris]

You keep. You keep checking and I'll send the link to Max for rec league. The. So you guys can have that. The hat is small talk. The underwear are. We're listen. Still on boxes.

[Co-host/James]

The auto jacket.

[James Harris]

The auto jacket, it's like, it's. It's olive now. Right? Yeah.

[Co-host/James]

It has like a. Like a sheen to it, which. Well, this is like.

[James Harris]

If you feel this. This is like frosted silk. It's. I haven't worn it a lot because I'm so afraid of it getting dirty, but this winter I was like it. What's the point of having it if I'm never gonna wear it?

[Co-host/James]

And it's your clothes and it's.

[James Harris]

It's getting. It's slowly getting cooked. It's being. Yeah, it's. What's a slow. Like sous vide? Is that a long cooking. What's a long feed? What's a long cooking method?

[Co-host/James]

Sous vide.

[James Harris]

Okay.

[Co-host/James]

Slow roasted.

[James Harris]

It's being. The. The ol Emporio is getting slow, motherfuckers.

[Co-host/James]

Getting smoked.

[James Harris]

Getting smoked.

[Co-host/James]

Dude, you are smoked by cream.

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[James Harris]

Yeah. Well, you've tried it, right?

[Co-host/James]

Q, R E M E, I believe or Q R E a m. You've had it. I mean, years ago, was it when public school was in its first iteration?

[James Harris]

Sure, sure, sure.

[Co-host/James]

It was strawberry milk flavor. Ooh.

[James Harris]

Ness. Like. Like alcoholic Nesquik.

[Co-host/James]

Yeah, bro. It was like Queen.

[James Harris]

Was it marketed towards 14 year old girls?

[Co-host/James]

No, Epstein, it was peach creme liqueur.

[James Harris]

Wow.

[Co-host/James]

Wow. That came in this bottle? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[James Harris]

So there's a strawberry and a peach. Peaches.

[Co-host/James]

Yeah, I guess so. Peaches and Queen.

[James Harris]

Wow. Throwback.

[Co-host/James]

Can you still buy 13 is funny. A vintage Diageo's mistakes killed cream dream.

[James Harris]

Damn.

[Co-host/James]

Cream.

[James Harris]

You can buy a vintage right now.

[Co-host/James]

Dreams of fucking a cream bitch. Yeah, I guess so.

[James Harris]

Damn. Okay, Investigate that. For Valentine's Day, you have limited time to get a vintage bottle of Queen for you. For the. For the special person in your life. The boxers. If I am wearing boxers, they're typically going to be hand vac, which I think if I.

[Co-host/James]

Wait, is this your last pair of boxers?

[James Harris]

We are officially out of underwear.

[Co-host/James]

What?

[James Harris]

Are you going to do my laundry tonight? I have to.

[Co-host/James]

Oh, tonight?

[James Harris]

Well, After. Well, it's.

[Co-host/James]

It's 1:49pm you still do laundry in your buildings? Machines. Even though some baby dookie was found.

[James Harris]

Well, I never use that machine. And they replaced some of the machines. I don't. I forget. If they replaced the baby, they just rearrange them to trick you, you know? And now. And now it's playing Rush washing machines. The baby Duke. And now you're playing Russian with the baby turd. That was crazy. I forgot. No, it's like ball.

[Co-host/James]

It's a Monte Carlo.

[James Harris]

Yeah.

[Co-host/James]

Three card. Three card Monte.

[James Harris]

Three card Monty. Yeah. Well, with baby.

[Co-host/James]

With a turd.

[James Harris]

I can't believe somebody washed a reusable diaper and left a turd in the machine. That happened.

[Co-host/James]

Kids are mad.

[James Harris]

Yes. What else? I think that's everything on me. Oh, somebody's. What are you wearing, James?

[Co-host/James]

I'm wearing Todd Snider. I don't remember the Collaborator. It's like QDLP or some shit.

[James Harris]

Is it worth looking up?

[Co-host/James]

Yeah, I've worn them before.

[James Harris]

Love them.

[Co-host/James]

Socks are Pataguchi. Patagonia. The jeans are big brown boys.

[James Harris]

C dot QP is the brand.

[Co-host/James]

C dot what?

[James Harris]

C dot qp.

[Co-host/James]

Like C D, O T, qp, but not because it's.

[James Harris]

It's lit like C qp. Dude, I don't know.

[Co-host/James]

Okay. Cqp Todd Snyder. Okay. The big brown boys are orally.

[James Harris]

First. Wasn't that your first orally, John? These big ass jeans. That's what I feel like I first heard about this brand. Whatever. Five years ago, four years ago maybe. Right. I think you got.

[Co-host/James]

I got on crazy sale in essence.

[James Harris]

Yeah.

[Co-host/James]

I was just like it brown jeans.

[James Harris]

It brown jeans. I love that mentality then.

[Co-host/James]

I mean, Orly used to go on sale before it became this.

[James Harris]

Yeah, and whose fault is that?

[Co-host/James]

Sorry. Yeah, sorry.

[James Harris]

At least you got them on sale before you. You and by extension me and the show ruined it for everyone ever.

[Co-host/James]

What do you mean?

[James Harris]

Now it's never going on sale?

[Co-host/James]

Oh, yeah.

[James Harris]

Well, that's what I mean. I don't mean the brand is great. Yeah. Good for. Good for the homies. For sure. Just.

[Co-host/James]

Sorry, when did I.

[James Harris]

They're going to. Hold on.

[Co-host/James]

I want to see when I bought.

[James Harris]

I think it's like was like five years ago we were still potting in your crib. It would have been actually. Would have been. So definitely after Covid. Maybe 2021, 2022, 2023.

[T-Mobile Representative]

Really?

[James Harris]

Huh. Okay. Three years ago.

[Co-host/James]

I mean, January 2023.

[James Harris]

Better than the people discovering orally three days ago. Three months ago. I'm thinking they.

[Co-host/James]

Wow. Guess how much this cost. 3 years.

[James Harris]

On sale or full retail?

[Co-host/James]

What do you think I got them for?

[James Harris]

I think you paid $185.

[Co-host/James]

238, size 34. I sized up. I also bought them with some south to West 8 khaki camouflage pajama trousers. What happened to those for $66?

[James Harris]

I've never seen those.

[Co-host/James]

I feel those probably hit the bazaar.

[James Harris]

Oh, okay. Shout out to whoever has those now.

[Co-host/James]

Or we're just put on the sidewalk for doordash driver. The Speaking of camouflage, the short sleeve camo thermal Stussy. Oh, Stacy, Stussy. No logo.

[James Harris]

Nowhere, nowhere to be seen.

[Co-host/James]

Not because I wanted the long sleeve one for a long time, but it had like the massive Stussy logo on the back, which is fine. It kind of blends in. Literally, camouflage blends in. But I was like, all right, if there's a no logo version, I'm gonna.

[James Harris]

Get that short sleeve thermal. A little counterintuitive.

[Co-host/James]

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[Co-host/James]

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[Co-host/James]

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[James Harris]

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