What defines good PR is one’s depth of knowledge of clothing. To be a good PR, you have to love, understand, respect and know everything there is to know about design, designers, their collections and clothing. That has to be the start of everything that you do. | | | | Sun. Hat by Halston. The Castello San' Nicola, outside Palermo, Italy. Vogue 1967.
(Henry Clarke/Condé Nast Collection/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “What defines good PR is one’s depth of knowledge of clothing. To be a good PR, you have to love, understand, respect and know everything there is to know about design, designers, their collections and clothing. That has to be the start of everything that you do.”
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| | rantnrave:// 1GRANARY's interview with public relations vet ED FILIPOWSKI made me smile. He talks passion, glamour, grit—all things that keep the industry moving. Filipowski's obviously a pro. The real deal. KCD didn't build such a loyal group of clients and staff without something special being there. And I agree that so many of the issues facing the industry could benefit handily from a simple shift in perspectives. It's a process. Yet I can't fully agree on continuing to invest in a kind of "front row to back row" hierarchy. How much of that front row has shifted over the past 5, 10, or 15+ years? Some of the gatekeeping in the industry is holding it back. Some of the outside observers of the industry are highly sophisticated. Many of them are not. Frankly some of them should be hired in. But I get it. There are some real differences and a whole lot of nuance when it comes to learned experience, literacy, fandom, business, and reputation. When it comes to fashion, it's almost a sixth sense. Fashion is open to commentary from any keyboard surfing, armchair enthusiast out there. Couldn't agree more that the rulebook is gone. I'll second Filipowski here: trust (and hone) your instincts... No shade to influencers, but you've got to admit this is pretty funny. Fictional blogger DELILAH drops some real gems here: "If they don't have 10K, then walk away." L>O>L. Oh, and check out how Delilah stacks the fashion week hierarchy... Now on to a topic that just sucks for everyone involved: model ULRIKKE HOYER took to social media to talk about getting canceled by a casting agent for being "too big"... Designer RICHARD QUINN opened a print studio in LONDON, and the designers of ALISTAIR JAMES gave the studio a shoutout. Nice to see that sense of community... Found myself captivated by ANNA WINTOUR's thoughts on being a fashion editor—in 1997... REI KAWAKUBO covers the VILLAGE VOICE and I love it... One last gem from that fashion blogger mockumentary: "Like, literally, anything can and will happen." Bon weekend everybody. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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 | 1 Granary |
| "Not everyone is entitled to have an opinion." | | |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| On the surface Cristóbal Balenciaga and Demna Gvasalia couldn’t be more different. But the connections between the enigmatic couturier and his buzzy heir run deep. | | |
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 | Racked |
| Where the clothing, mannequins, and hangers go when the lights shut off. | | |
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 | Village Voice |
| Designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons has always maintained that fashion never interested her. Clothes are her sole preoccupation; her passion, the New. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Far from the coasts, two cities vie for fashion bronze. Our reporter checks out the scenes and, after many expense-account dinners, selects a winner. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Jack Carlson, of Rowing Blazers, is taking the boating-club sport coat back to its roots. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Patrice Louvet’s appointment is the latest example of a luxury brand looking to the world of consumer products for a new leader. | | |
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 | The Cut |
| A new London exhibition features portraits of Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, and Karlie Kloss. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has been issuing messages for several years now that it will, in fact, start cracking down on undisclosed sponsored posts. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund alum Natalie Chanin of Alabama Chanin is raising the sustainability stakes with her new offering. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Negotiations with Canada and Mexico begin as soon as Aug. 16, the administration said. | | |
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 | AnOther |
| Laura Jordan speaks with the Dazed 100-listed Richard Quinn about the relevance of the fashion show, and why sustainability is a new kind of activism. | | |
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 | Hunger Magazine |
| Meet the design duo Alistair James, made up of womenswear designer Nicholas Alistair Walsh from Yorkshire and London-born textiles designer David James Wise. The two met and formed a relationship while working at Alexander McQueen, moved in together, and naturally began designing, making and creating. | | |
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 | WWD |
| The summit was hosted in association with the British Fashion Council this week. | | |
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 | Glossy |
| Facebook is a paradox for luxury retailers. On the one hand, its size makes it hard to ignore. But on the other, there’s nothing more mass -- and less exclusive -- than Facebook. | | |
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 | The Rake |
| From mods to rudeboys and teddy boys to punks, British postwar life was bedecked with subcultures using music, attitude and clothes to try to prove themselves special. | | |
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 | Lean Luxe |
| We spoke to several modern luxury brands to ask: Is the Chinese market really a growth market for them? And if not, which markets are? | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| A new limited edition book explores the phenomenon of its Air Max 97 through the voices of those who knew and wore them best, from Riccardo Tisci to Anna Dello Russo. | | |
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 | The Conversation |
| When Malcolm Turnbull released his innovation agenda, the arts were missing. But Australia's fashion industry is a true innovator, comparable to French and Italian fashion houses. It's time to recognise this at home. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| 19 May 1997: The British editor of "American Vogue" has thrived in US publishing despite once getting fired for being too "European." | | |
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