Style doesn't change every month or every year. It only changes as often as there is a real change in the point of view and lives of the people for whom it is produced. | | | | | "The label reads: =if(Label="","RMA","?") This is an Excel function... The factory is using Excel or Access to store all the logos for the different jeans they make and then print them onto leather. This is what happens when there is a bug in their software." Chatuchak market, Krung Thep, Thailand, 2006. (Ben) | | | | | | “Style doesn't change every month or every year. It only changes as often as there is a real change in the point of view and lives of the people for whom it is produced.”
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| | rantnrave:// We’re already expressing ourselves so much online, why not just level up and complete the transition to wearing stuff in VR? ELIZA BROOKE makes the argument for runway styles worn virtually. One could argue we already do this by sharing stuff with friends on TUMBLR (BILL said it). If it were me, I’d go for the translucent, color-changing fabrics favored by the fashionable in SAMUEL R. DELANY’s story TIME CONSIDERED AS A HELIX OF SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES. Change the color of your ensemble with the flick of a jewel, positioned at the wrist… Fashion is technology and always has been, from looms to the SPINNING JENNY, SINGER sewing machines, and beyond. What did ARISTOTLE say, “When looms weave by themselves, man’s slavery will end”? I wonder if we can flip the idea on its head—what about couture mobile devices, or bespoke software? Some COOL TEENS™ in JAPAN have caught on with these EVIAN case hacks. Brilliant... Say hello to NOAH, JOE, and JOHN... I love when the intricacies of our digital tools reveal themselves in unexpected ways. Case in point, today’s newsletter image of an EXCEL function (oops) gone awry. You wanted a logo? Could be some cool advertising for MICROSOFT. Check out the *comments section* for some lively debate about retouching—not of bodies, but of the logo patch on a humble jeans waistband. Also, people want a pair, me included. Trip to THAILAND, anyone? | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| "I’ve been talking about the influence of outsider art in my collections over the past couple of years since my mum died. [My sister] Tammy and I have felt like outsiders our whole life." | | |
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| As it launches at DSM, Brendon Babenzien discusses departing Supreme to create the socially-conscious Noah. | | |
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| Amore is a holdout, the last Old World tailor of State Street, the city's historic artery. | | |
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| An argument for navy blue sweaters as the most perfect piece of clothing. | | |
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| As the conversation evolves around feminism, one question continues to bubble up; can fashion truly help to empower women in India? “Not by itself.” Concluded Shefalee Vasudev. | | |
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| Like an alchemist, founder of Kit, Merin Guthrie has created an antidote to standard sizing and to throwaway fashion, in a practical and conscientious way. | | |
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| It’s all about millennials now, but maybe the two generations can find common beauty ground. | | |
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| My interview at SXSW Eco with Debera Johnson, founder of the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator (BF+DA), about sustainability, biotech and entrepreneurs. | | |
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| If they told us more, would we listen? | | |
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| A new wave of female drag queens is breaking apart the gender binary all over again. Princess Julia meets the queens of the scene. | | |
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| Louis Vuitton, for one, doesn't think so. | | |
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| What happens if you team up young designers with "Star Wars"? A fashion force to be reckoned with! In anticipation of the release of the new "Star Wars Rogue" movie, four different Belgian fashion school graduates got free rein to create an outfit inspired by the iconic epic space opera franchise. | | |
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| This month she relaunched her brand, Tamara Mellon, as a direct-to-consumer shoe business, selling only from her website for half the price of competing brands. | | |
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| Young Korean women these days are often seen on the streets wearing hanbok, Korean traditional dress, just for fun, or to get discounts on palace tickets. Whatever the reason, their choice of hanbok is their way of self-expression -- a courageous one considering the traditional attire has not been worn in everyday lives for over a century. | | |
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| In the face of challenging retail results, some players are investing in Hong Kong in the hopes that they will reap rewards when the market eventually picks up. | | |
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| Museum quality designs from the early 2000s. | | |
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| The web won’t kill the mall. It will merge with it. Learn insider secrets about the future of retail. | | |
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| And what each one is good for. | | |
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| A Balmain gown, Valentino petticoats, a Lanvin taffeta robe de style, a Chanel evening dress designed by Coco-this vintage collection is the stuff of dreams. | | |
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| | via Youtube. ReQuest Dance Crew rehearsal, 2014. |
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