Styles upon styles upon styles is what I have/you wanna diss the Phifer but you still don't know the half. |
| | R.I.P. Phife Dawg. | | | | | “Styles upon styles upon styles is what I have/you wanna diss the Phifer but you still don't know the half.”
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| rantnrave:// R.I.P. MALIK TAYLOR aka PHIFE DAWG -- the TRINI GLADIATOR, the FUNKY DIABETIC, the FIVE-FOOT FREAK. His work as a member of A TRIBE CALLED QUEST was formative for so many, his style legendary both on and off the mic. One of the precious few humans who looked good in a NEW JERSEY DEVILS jersey... KERING's hired MYTHERESA.COM buying director and street style star JUSTIN O'SHEA as Creative Director of BRIONI, a label known for classic, sharply-tailored suits. O'SHEA has no formal design experience or training, which suggests that KERING is confident in BRIONI's product, but not their ability to sell it to a younger demographic... Retailers who crunched the numbers aren't convinced by KANYE's $1 million weekend claims... I think buying ANDY WARHOL's PATEK PHILLIPE at auction might qualify as performance art... Yesterday, VOGUE welcomed our new robot overlords. No, not KENDALL, who just got an entire issue all to herself -- these robot overlords... Speaking of KENDALL, her latest CALVIN KLEIN billboard is weirdly transfixing, especially in person. Great photograph -- sorta looks like a Renaissance painting. | | - Adam Wray, curator |
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In an exclusive interview, Miuccia Prada talks about men's wear, fashion, revolution, history and the arts. | |
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A lot has changed at Diesel over the last three years. After the early 2000s, the It denim brand had seemingly fallen from grace, and all but disappeared from the stylish set's line of sight. However, if anyone can revive a fashion label, it's Diesel founder and OTB Group chairman Renzo Rosso. | |
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In June, J.Crew announced that it had dismissed its women's designer and hired in his stead Somsack Sikhounmuong, then the head of design for sister brand Madewell, where business has been booming even as its older sibling's sales faltered. | |
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Arnaud Vaillant (who handles logistics, including sourcing suppliers and production) and Sébastien Meyer (who concentrates on design) are almost comically young and cartoonishly adorable, but they have inherited one of the great labels of French ready-to-wear. | |
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Sifting through the crop tops and sheer blouses for sale at Junee, a boutique in Borough Park, Brooklyn, is an unexpected clientele: some of New York City's most modest women. | |
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Triboro design studio on why “the logo is not the identity” + more. | |
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For one of the founding practitioners of Israel’s cross-dressing performance art--chased out to Tel Aviv by ultra-Orthodox antipathy--Purim is just another day to do battle for her right to be her. | |
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Jon Wexler discusses Kanye West's partnership with Adidas, have Yeezy sneakers jumped over Jordan, what's boost technology and much more. | |
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