The most defining feature of the female silhouette in the 21st century so far has been in the way a woman wears sports clothes and mixes them with much more elaborate designer pieces. And fashion will be remembered in our time for that collage. But this shift in the way women dress was driven by women themselves. Not by designers. And I think what’s most interesting is how we [as designers] react to that. | | | | Grand. Veruschka looks out, wearing Geoffrey Beene. Arizona, Vogue 1968.
(Franco Rubartelli/Condé Nast Collection/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “The most defining feature of the female silhouette in the 21st century so far has been in the way a woman wears sports clothes and mixes them with much more elaborate designer pieces. And fashion will be remembered in our time for that collage. But this shift in the way women dress was driven by women themselves. Not by designers. And I think what’s most interesting is how we [as designers] react to that.”
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| | rantnrave:// Value is subjective, and price? It must reflect some reality. We're living in the era of fashionable design offered for less than most restaurant meals, streetwear sales that exceed a good's retail price several times over, consignment resale with new season stock sold at a significant discount, and the $379,000 HERMÈS HIMALAYA BIRKIN bag. Everyone's reality is different. It's no coincidence that the amount of information we're able to track down online has made people more aware of why things cost as much as they do. People seem to want proof of value beyond the number on a price tag. Rather than rebuff them, these labels are answering customers with cost breakdowns as part of the product. It's a very savvy response to the market, as closely related to the increasing amount of information built into systems all around us as it is to ethics. The trend toward transparency has some parallels. One could point to things like the open-source movement. Blockchain... Buy on sale, swap, rent, trade, buy consignment, buy knockoff. Regardless of the ethics, these are all available options. And the old price tag doesn't say what it used to... Speaking of pricing, shoutout to JULIA RUBIN for this piece, which looks at the landscape of wedding planning for UHNWIs. Or I guess in this case it's ultra-ultra HNWIs... What's next for J. CREW? Mickey Drexler's step down from CEO has been called the end of an era. Debates about the company's decline have pointed to changing consumer habits, scrappier competition, product issues, and mounting debt commitments. One thing is certain: there's change—and challenge—ahead for the retailer. FashionSET: What to Do About J. Crew... I've always respected STELLA MCCARTNEY for building progressive practices into her label without putting them ahead of design and desirability. Her label is partnering with PARLEY FOR THE OCEANS. She's got some advice for other labels... MEXICAN streetwear brands... In these times, humor helps diffuse the dread. ELLE has some handy suggestions for JAMES COMEY on what to wear before the Senate, includes "curtains." | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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 | Racked |
| Inside the weddings of the 0.01 percent. | | |
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 | Motherboard |
| I visited the garment factory workers who could lose their jobs to automation. But could robots also change their lives? | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| To make its Kennedy Weekender overnight bag, the accessories and leather goods company Oliver Cabell spends $16.02 on canvas, $11.58 on leather, $5.68 on lining and 78 cents on webbing. The zipper costs the manufacturer $4.27. | | |
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 | South China Morning Post |
| Fashion designer’s new athleisure label to appear in Lee Gardens this summer, while her foundation’s Embrace Ambition campaign is pushing the message that women need to be loud and proud about their dreams. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| The Australian fashion designer has turned his Sydney label into a worldwide entity. After opening the city’s fashion week, he catches up with Dazed. | | |
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 | 032c |
| 032c looks into Arch-Radical Martin Margiela’s Tenure at Hermès from 1997-2003 on the occasion of MOMU's exhibition "Margiela: The Hermès Years." | | |
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| The New York Times |
| The designer, known for her vegan brand, is teaming up with Parley for the Oceans, an organization that works to end the destruction of marine life. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| Who is afraid of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)? Not many celebrities, influencers or fashion brands. With that in mind, the ramifications – or lack thereof – of the letters that FTC sent to brands and individuals taking issue with allegedly undisclosed sponsored posts on Instagram are certainly proving interesting. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| The beauty products I used in my early teen years remain very tied to my impressions of that time. | | |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| As she doubles down on her socially conscious brand Urban Zen and prepares to honour Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nadja Swarovski at Wednesday’s Stephen Weiss Apple Awards, Karan talks exclusively to BoF about her plans -- and what she thinks about the future of DKNY and its new owner, G-III. | | |
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 | Because Magazine |
| Tales of printed fashion with two fashion legends. | | |
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 | AnOther |
| As she prepares to debut her Spring/Summer 2018 collection, we take a closer look at Wales Bonner's recent collaboration with knitwear designer Serena Gili. | | |
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 | GQ |
| The mass retailer tried to run with the high-end crowd--and suffered for it. Will it go the other way? | | |
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| The Business of Fashion |
| As Qatar's stock plummets and travel is suspended, what does the future hold for its $1.3 billion fashion market - and the European luxury houses backed by Qatari funds. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Technology keeps people too busy to go to the mall, and gives them an alternative to buying lots of stuff. | | |
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 | The Rosenrot |
| On the bright blue sky over the lush greenery that is Shanghai's Zhongshan Park, half the moon rose over the horizon in the middle of the day. Children ran across the field while every third person with a cell phone was taking selfies. The world doesn't exist if it's not recorded in pixels. | | |
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 | Marketplace |
| "It’s almost like letting go of a child," the American Giant CEO says of sending the company's pieces to market. | | |
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 | Esquire |
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 | Footwear News |
| The style is inspired by an original Ferragamo creation from 1947. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| Amazon.com is dropping its Prime membership price for low-income shoppers, as it pursues a Wal-Mart stronghold. | | |
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