Hyperobjects are massive collections of objects and interactions aggregating under some identifiable whole that exceeds the sum of its parts. Supreme is a hyperobject. | | | | | Object -- not hyperobject. | | | | | | “Hyperobjects are massive collections of objects and interactions aggregating under some identifiable whole that exceeds the sum of its parts. Supreme is a hyperobject.”
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| | rantnrave:// Cover the fashion industry long enough -- or even just for a season -- and you get used to labels doing jaw-droppingly, head-spinningly, what-in-the-world-were-they-thinkingly offensive things. ZARA selling a shirt reminiscent of garments forced upon concentration camp prisoners, JUNYA WATANABE sending a collection designed on a foundation of African tropes down the runway on an all-white cast -- seems like we get a few of these per season. When you GOOGLE "DSQUARED," the first suggestion is "DSQUARED controversy" -- for good reason. MONCLER is the latest to join the fray, offering items bearing a strong resemblance to the golliwog doll, a racist icon created in the UK in the late 19th century. MONCLER says any resemblance is purely a coincidence, and that the character is actually a stylized penguin designed by the FRIENDSWITHYOU art collective, their collaborators on the collection. Hard to believe such a design could get all the way to production without a single employee questioning it. Equally tough to fathom a company like MONCLER would knowingly produce something so offensive. MONCLER has apologized for the designs -- is that enough? A financial contribution to anti-racist initiatives would be more convincing... RACKED published a lengthy and formally ambitious piece on SUPREME yesterday. Author KYLE CHAYKA refers to it as "deconstructed digital longform," which is another way of saying it's divided into fifteen sections that you're encouraged to read in whichever order you'd like. Taken together, it amounts to a super thorough overview of the brand's history and meaning. What you'll get out of it depends on how much you already know about the label, but it's a pleasure to look at and the author's passion is evident, so it's worth your click. Check out the "Logo" section for a great piece of SUPREME history -- the time artist BARBARA KRUGER, whose style SUPREME bit for their now-iconic logo, called them a "ridiculous clusterf*** of totally uncool jokers," which remains my favorite burn of all-time... NIKE and APPLE file augmented reality patents. | | | - Adam Wray, curator |
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| The erasure that talented black clothing designers once endured is fading, but minorities still account for only a tiny fraction of people in the industry. Here’s how that’s changing. | | |
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| It doesn't really matter where or how or why you encountered it; Supreme is the most popular streetwear brand in the world, a feat it has managed by cultivating its own stylishly rebellious sensibility since 1994, when an American-by-way-of-London skate kid and fashion scenester named James Jebbia opened the first shop. | | |
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| IN the days before yesterday's killing of three officers by a gunman in Baton Rouge, La., a remarkable image surfaced that captured the protests over the shooting of Alton Sterling in that city on July 5. | | |
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| And, of course, the virtues of Merino wool. The Woolmark Company’s Head of Americas, Michelle A. Lee, explains why the company wants designers to innovate with the "ancient yet classic, timeless versatile fiber." | | |
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| What is the value of creativity in a marketing-driven industry? | | |
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| Born from Tumblr, inspired by sportswear fetishism and with an impressive list of creative collaborators, get to know the compelling, overlooked world of Cottweiler. | | |
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| On a flight from Paris to London in 1983 Jane Birkin, an Anglo-French chanteuse and actress, spilled the contents of her overstuffed straw bag, including her Hermès diary. Jean-Louis Dumas, Hermès's chief executive at the time, gallantly picked it up. They chatted about overflowing containers in general and her inadequate weekend bag in particular. | | |
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| A new exhibition by McLellan and Palace co-founder Lev Tanju depicts the brand’s joyride into highbrow culture. | | |
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| “Mr. Samwer said over-aggressiveness led to some mistakes” -- "Wall Street Journal" If that isn’t the understatement of the decade, I don’t know what is. | | |
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| Jessica Hannan, the brains behind the exquisite Berlin-based perfume brand Apotheke, explains her emotional approach to olfaction -- and develops a bespoke fragrance especially for AnOther. | | |
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| In 2007, Valentino announced his plans to retire and began preparing for his final show. This documentary follows Valentino's personal and professional life during the last two years of his time as a designer, accompanied by Giancarlo Giammetti, his patient partner in both business and life. | | |
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| Luke Grana arrived in Hong Kong with no contacts, cold-calling 'angel investors' he'd found on LinkedIn armed with only his CV, a business plan, and some big ideas to overhaul fashion. | | |
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| Drawing on the success of the Ladydrawers series, Anne Elizabeth Moore and her team of feminist writers and artists tackle the global garment industry in their new comic book, Threadbare. Truthout Editor-In-Chief Maya Schenwar asks Moore about the new book and the connections it uncovers between clothing manufacturers, anti-trafficking advocates and the sex trade. | | |
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| Retailing in the age of fresh, fit, and well. | | |
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| It’s dawning on some fashion retailers that trusting their employees up and down the ranks can be good for business. Traditionally, most brands keep a tight grip on how they project themselves to the world, with only certain team members, rigorously vetted by PR training, eligible to represent the brand. | | |
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