The truly fashionable are beyond fashion. | | | | | The maison, Cartier. Founded in 1847. (daniel julià lundgren) | | | | | | “The truly fashionable are beyond fashion.”
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| | rantnrave:// I’m a fan of WANDA NYLON. Lots of prisms and iridescence reflecting off the eyeballs today and I love it… RUPAULxDOLLY address that age-old question: “Can heels and wigs ever be too high?” Answer: “Absolutely not…” Has anyone been using the GOOGLE Fashion week search? Would love to hear thoughts on it… You can livestream MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI’S DIOR debut today at 8:30am ET… I’ve been reflecting recently on JEWELS—their place in the economy as, to quote ANNE HOLLANDER, that most “concentrated and enduring” of all commodities. If you’re out to collect, BONHAM’S has gotchu on gems from the mid-(20th)-century. Been conversing with M. PAUL MUNFORD over at LEANLUXE about fashion as an appreciating commodity. People are buying fashion now as an investment, like art. Design, too (s/o to WRIGHT AUCTION). Following Bonham’s lead, will contemporary fashion-fine-jewelry brands like DELFINA DELETTREZ, SOPHIE BILLE BRAHE, CHARLOTTE CHESNAIS, and others appreciate to the value of today’s Georgian necklaces and early 20th-century CARTIER? Let’s see… I love forum culture. There I said it. PURSEFORUM, THE FASHION SPOT, these are the places where genuine fandom proliferates (see HENRY JENKINS on this). SUSANNA LAU aka SUSIE BUBBLE aka lord of fashblogging extolls the virtues of fashion forums in BoF. What if this evolves, leveling up to look something like the gamer-site TWITCH? So many streetstyle pics flying by in the chatbox you can’t ever hope to see them all or read them all but that’s somehow beside the point anyway. On forums, there’s a strange magnetism to scrolling through post after post of product hauls, with mystical SA’s (sales associates) granting forum-goers the handbag/watch/shoe/whatever of their dreams. It’s real. Designers go there for honest critique. Mechanical keyboard enthusiasts find each other on forums and then go straight to suppliers in ASIA with minimum orders to get what they want, creating their own markets in the process. Would that work for fashion’s forums?… Fashion-related exhibition roundup: ARTHUR ELGORT, ITALIAN ARTISANRY (paywalled), FORDLANDIA, PROUST’S MUSE, DELVAUX-sponsored MAGRITTE, ZAHA HADID. In NYC, COMIC-CON is coming up, and HYPEBEAST’s got your back with this guide. TA-NEHISI COATES will be there chatting with STEVE ORLANDO. PECKxLEON part deux. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| ‘We’re just like twins, except he’s about four feet taller!’ -- the drag megastar and the country music queen go head to head, talking hair, happiness and what’s in their hearts. | | |
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| In the age of Instagram and Snapchat, forums may seem like antiquated artefacts of a bygone era, but fashion needs them more than ever, argues Susanna Lau. | | |
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| Despite his rapidly growing fan base-Gosha Rubchinskiy chafes at the prospect of being considered a designer. | | |
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| The heart of the online retailer’s global empire is a giant warehouse in the north of England where workers say they are treated like machines to get your order to you wherever you are in the world. | | |
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| Having gained prominence as a creative consultant to Kanye West, Off-White founder Virgil Abloh is proving his three-year-old brand has the business chops to back up the buzz. | | |
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| Fashion is in the midst of a seismic generational shift. | | |
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| "...this season we've traveled through the centuries on a hyper-historicist, hyper-referential time machine enabling designers to be totally liberal in their historical references. No epoch is left unturned, as long — it seems — as it comes with a flamboyant sleeve detail." | | |
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| Without native sheep in Japan, 19th-century artisans reworked vintage wool into new thread. Now, MUJI is using it for its new collection. | | |
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| Tory Burch writes that time off to vote shouldn’t be a luxury: "I hope my decision to give my employees time off to go to the polls will inspire other CEOs to do the same." | | |
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| Silicone wedding bands give NFL players a much safer and convenient option than traditional wedding rings, especially on game days. | | |
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| Rihanna took the world by storm when she wore Pei's 55-pound golden gown to the Met Gala in 2015, and since then the designer's international profile continues to rise. | | |
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| A new study shows the vital importance of thinking long-term. | | |
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| Recent Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp graduate Stefan Kartchev has a slightly different idea about looking back to the past. His collection, symbolically named ‘Miscible Displacement’ is a throwback to his native Bulgarian folklore roots and stands for the balance between tradition and innovation. | | |
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| After the catastrophic firing of Alber Elbaz, a stunningly gorgeous and glittering collection from new designer Bouchra Jarrar. | | |
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| Bouchra Jarrar’s first collection since taking over from Alber Elbaz at Lanvin. | | |
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| What once had been a tenuous relationship had seemingly matured, until comments revealed a polarizing discord under the poised surface. | | |
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| In season two of i-D's series Beyond Beauty, tattoo artist and activist Grace Neutral is back exploring individual expressions of beauty -- this time in São Paulo, Brazil. | | |
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