The pieces are extraordinary, and they change a lot of things about the way you want to live. On a plane, you need three seats! You are grounded by your clothes, but at the same time, when you put them on, it’s like they make you travel in space and in time and into the future, the unknown. | | | | Au Bon Marché, Paris, Jan. 1930.
(Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The pieces are extraordinary, and they change a lot of things about the way you want to live. On a plane, you need three seats! You are grounded by your clothes, but at the same time, when you put them on, it’s like they make you travel in space and in time and into the future, the unknown.”
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| | rantnrave:// Expectations are high for LVMH's site and mobile app for LE BON MARCHÉ. Great interview with IAN ROGERS, who says intuition about the next frontier of retail is what brought him to LVMH. Respect to Rogers for public comments he's made about fashion and the internet so far. The bar isn't set all that high, which is exactly why there's so much opportunity. Luxury e-commerce is saturated and has settled into predictable and self-affirming patterns in terms of experience and design. The company seems well aware that there's no burning need for another e-commerce storefront selling designer goods, so let's hope it's big. The site address is parked at 24SEVRES.COM, which is a cool way to bring spatial sensibility to the site—it's the PARIS street address of the department store. Packaging looks good. Ready, set, go—the site goes live next month... PAUL SURRIDGE is the new creative director at ROBERTO CAVALLI. Please, for the love of leopard print and (last time I checked, excellent quality) stretch silk, pump some life into this house... SEARS CEO EDWARD LAMPERT gave an interview and it's clear he's tired of the company being upheld as a symbol of retail decline. Sears has an incredible history as a catalog business and department store. Would love to see a company like Sears unite with some of the American brands that aim to change the game, like AMERICAN GIANT, OUTLIER, MIZZEN + MAIN, etc. It could help Sears reclaim a sense of identity and own up to its heritage, which it was closely connected to in better days. Also, companies need to have a solid plan in place for pension funds. Not exactly an unexpected expense. It's hard when the bottom falls out... THE FACE is coming back as an online-only publication. It's unclear how a 2017 platform relying on digital ads can capture the reactionary spirit of a publication as beloved as The Face, but hey, no one can take TUMBLR scans away from the fanz. Don't disappoint them... Headline of the day goes to i-D... Shoes to sushi and sushi to INSTAGRAM. Just going to leave this here: hypebeast onigiri. (!) | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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