I wanna wear something a bit more disciplined and formal to counterbalance this kind of sordid discord and chaos that we’re experiencing. If my clothes are any kind of answer to that, it’s just a little more formality. Blazers are really about being polite and I don’t see a lot of that being emphasized enough right now. | | | | Dries Van Noten RTW S/S 1997. Paris Fashion Week, October 1996.
(Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I wanna wear something a bit more disciplined and formal to counterbalance this kind of sordid discord and chaos that we’re experiencing. If my clothes are any kind of answer to that, it’s just a little more formality. Blazers are really about being polite and I don’t see a lot of that being emphasized enough right now.”
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 | The Washington Post |
| A belated ban of a notorious perv came not because his behavior was terrible but because it was no longer cool. | | |
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 | 10 Magazine |
| "I always detect a flinch in people whenever I respond to the age-old question, 'What was your favourite show this season?' 'Rick Owens,' I tell them. It’s the spontaneous answer I’ve given almost exclusively over the past few years, ever since Owens became illuminated by a different kind of light." | | |
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 | SURFACE |
| The opening of the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech is putting the spotlight back on a cultural treasure trove. | | |
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 | WWD |
| Richardson can no longer work with Condé Nast titles. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| The fashion-tech entrepreneur discusses the challenges of switching careers and growing her company in the competitive online resale space. | | |
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 | i-D Magazine |
| Rei Kawakubo’s most recent collection pulled from the group’s archives of pixelated cities. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| As the flagship store shrinks, the deal is an acknowledgment that even grand shopping spaces of old may now be more valuable as offices. | | |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| The Canadian retail-real estate group’s mastermind explains why selling the historic Lord & Taylor building to WeWork Property Advisors, combined with an equity investment, will free up the company to continue executing its ‘transformation plan.' | | |
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 | Hyperallergic |
| The history of Tyrian purple, indigo, and other dyes is a fascinating reminder of how we forget the people and the labor behind the products we use everyday. | | |
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 | Racked |
| Since Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson blasted President Trump's handling of a call to a Gold Star widow last week, the lawmaker has been threatened and slandered. And like many women who dare to question authority, Wilson's appearance has come under scrutiny -- specifically her fashion sense. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Our critic, who prides himself on not needing to wear a suit, explores the options at Brioni and Boglioli. | | |
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 | Blamo! |
| My guest this week Jesse Thorn. Jesse is a lot of things; he’s the host of Bullseye (NPR), founder of the acclaimed menswear website, Put This On, and he even runs his own podcast network, Maximum Fun. | | |
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 | South China Morning Post |
| Chitose Abe and Jun Takahashi put on debut joint spring-summer 2018 show in Tokyo, echoing Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo’s collaboration in 1991. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| While roughly forty percent of the population in North Korea -- or about 24 million people -- lives below the poverty line in the nation’s countryside and lacks proper medical care and medication, in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, there is a vastly different picture of life, one that saw the country’s elite import $666 million worth of luxury goods last year. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| With their new chain, Riley Rose, Linda and Esther Chang are betting that millennials will go to the mall for K-beauty products, as long as it’s Instagrammable. | | |
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 | Grailed |
| Watching a slow, but gradual, tidal shift is a pretty amazing process. In fashion it’s sort of a thing that happens every few generations; one slate of heads are gradually moved out for another. You see it in magazines, in the ambassadors and, of course, on the design end. In menswear design, this latest wave has seen a slate of creatives who are influenced by—or even previously worked in—what we collectively call “the culture” or the industry refers to as “the street.” | | |
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 | Dangerous Minds |
| Fashion of a woman, wearing a long gown, floating in water, Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida, 1947. Toni Frissell (1907-88) was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th-century. During her lifetime, Frissell produced a staggering amount of diverse work including fashion photography, photojournalism, and portraiture. | | |
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 | Heroine |
| Beyond the Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon made a profound, if unexpected, impact on fashion with her downtown label, X-Girl. The musician and visual artist co-founded the line with stylist Daisy von Furth in 1993. Though this original duo helmed the brand for only five years, their intelligent, irreverent approach to creating cool, affordable clothing is still keenly felt today. | | |
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 | Harper's Bazaar |
| Linda Evangelista recalls the dress that she'll never forget. | | |
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 | T Magazine |
| Amid the bustle of Marrakesh, Valerie Barkowski has found - and restored - her space. | | |
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