I oscillate between believing that every object or outfit that catches my eye has the potential to be my Holy Grail, the one magical consumer product that will bring me solace, and believing that since nothing matters and the world is doomed, I might as well go out surrounded by adorable s*** I found on the internet. | | | | Festival of Fashion in the Niger Desert, 1998. Model with local Fula people.
(Langevin Jacques/Sygma/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I oscillate between believing that every object or outfit that catches my eye has the potential to be my Holy Grail, the one magical consumer product that will bring me solace, and believing that since nothing matters and the world is doomed, I might as well go out surrounded by adorable s*** I found on the internet.”
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| | rantnrave:// A publication based on the SUBREDDIT /r/streetwear launched, and overall it's a well-edited selection of posts, commentary, and re-prints of articles from the likes of GRAILED, HIGHSNOBIETY, and VICE. Creator DAN HART-DAVIES brings the graphic design grid to forum culture. The whole thing was made as part of a university project, "exploring the relationship between digital and print media." Several commenters on REDDIT have responded saying they want a copy. I'd take one too. Hart-Davies wrote that he made it wanting the content to be "subscriber-led," and I think he's definitely on to something. Given that the subscribers are as tapped-in as any forum community, it lends a kind of immediacy and rawness to the project that's lacking in a lot of editorial work. Love that it's timely, topical, and based on a running dialogue taking place in streetwear—all in a format that's pleasing to browse. The whole document is up on ISSUU. Now I want one for MAKEUP ALLEY. Or better yet, a publication that moves between different forums as a kind of roving experiment. Go glossies... So glad blogs like DIE WORKWEAR! are still around. Great commentary, personal notes on style, and loads of photos. Take a look at this piece from inside BLACKHORSE LANE ATELIERS... In wedding watching, PIPPA MIDDLETON's wedding dress was the result of some stunning craftsmanship by GILES DEACON and his team. Call me a traditionalist, but I was definitely into the menswear on view in photos from the MIDDLETON-MATTHEWS wedding. Kilts, too. Whether "celebrity weddings" should be as widely covered as they are is a whole other topic for debate, broached in this NYT piece. But I read a (metric) ton of media, and reader, I looked... Really enjoyed this one by FAWNIA SOO HOO on styling TRUMP spoofs for TV... Fashion as release valve... Get to know designer MATTY BOVAN in this FACEBOOK LIVE video. Bonus: looks from his (uber-stylish!) mum. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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