In fashion, there’s a tendency for brands to perfect things before releasing them. But I’ve learned it can be better to prototype and test products and experiences with actual consumers first, before too many resources have been committed. | | | | | Red hoodie, 2007. (00abstrahiert99/Flickr) | | | | | | “In fashion, there’s a tendency for brands to perfect things before releasing them. But I’ve learned it can be better to prototype and test products and experiences with actual consumers first, before too many resources have been committed.”
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| | rantnrave:// Love this story on NAADAM co-founder MATT SCANLAN, who drove across the GOBI DESERT with $3M in a land cruiser to pick up some cashmere. About 300,000 pounds of it. The story was recounted on a panel at the FASHION CULTURE DESIGN unconference this past July… There’s continual discussion about the abstract entity known as the “supply chain” nowadays, and why, you ask? Chalk it up to digital revolution, “slow” movements, sweatshop scandals, e-commerce, the convention of “How It’s Made” TV shows, or just plain ol’ curiosity. As with any societal drove, it’s an amalgam. A perfect storm. People want to know where stuff comes from, and fashion is no exception. Especially when its highest appeal is to haute couture, where every stitch, every spangle, every bobbin-twisted thread of lace, is blissfully accounted for. Brands today are taking a cue from that kind of culpability because it reeks of competitive advantage. Oh. And also, it’s the “right” thing to do. Don't enrage the masses… Dressing always seems to identify one as part of some lineal group, even if that group professes to care nothing about clothing. Many people's communities—their cultures and subcultures—hinge on appearance, twisting the formal qualities of cloth to their meaning. It gets complicated. I-D has a history of hoodies. A great time to revisit TROY PATTERSON’s piece on the subject… In brief: MARK HAMILL looks pensive in some stunning images for RAG & BONE… SAMSUNG-owned KUHO is coming to NORDSTROM, SSENSE, LANE CRAWFORD, and more in February 2017… Should we follow this call from writer CINTRA WILSON?… Feast your eyes on STELLA MCCARTNEY’s first collection for men. Looks good, and great to add as a lil’ eco boost to your wardrobe… See some fantastic photos of Japanese fashion designers in the 1980s–90s (ISSEY MIYAKE, KANSAI YAMAMOTO) at DENVER ART MUSEUM’s first show by curator FLORENCE MÜLLER. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| Shares of luxury companies could struggle in the short-term, while firms in Latin America and Asia worried over the Trump impact. | | |
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| That was step one for a cofounder of Naadam, the startup trying to disrupt the cashmere supply chain and pay goat herders a fair wage. | | |
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| Thanks to these Israeli designers. | | |
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| Donate, listen, learn, keep fighting, start a new fight, be an ally, make your voice heard, take to the streets, organise, and hold yourself and each other closely and tightly. | | |
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| We take oversized, jewel-colored pieces to Bed-Stuy for a vintage study in style. | | |
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| The division between East and West Germany built a love for the Adidas EQT and ZX8000 in the East. | | |
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| How the most basic and beloved of American garments became both a symbol of racial injustice and an exclusive runway collectible. | | |
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| Fakery and fashion have an extensive history, but something in today’s zeitgeist suggests there could be change on the horizon. This year has seen a number of luxury brands release their own counterfeit-inspired goods in an attempt to embrace the fakery and shift the existing counterfeit culture. | | |
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| Racks of ready-to-wear at fashion retailers will soon be joined by rows of beauty products. | | |
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| China is expected to have an outsize effect on luxury stock fluctuations in relations to Trump's winning the U.S. presidency. | | |
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| In fashion, there’s a tendency for brands to perfect things before releasing them. But I’ve learned it can be better to prototype and test products and experiences with actual consumers first, before too many resources have been committed. | | |
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| Once you begin to notice the extent to which military styles have influenced fashion, it's impossible to ignore it. | | |
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| Sang Bleu founder Maxim Buchi celebrates the legacy of his tattoo art with a leather-bound book titled "1000." In it, nearly half of his work is featured. | | |
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| Today, competitive advantage can be achieved less by having the best promotions and more by devising smart ways to avoid them. | | |
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| Men’s tailored performance brand Mizzen+Main is one of a growing number of modern luxury companies that don’t discount. CEO Kevin Lavelle explains why. | | |
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| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. posted $1 billion (6.81 billion yuan) of sales within the first five minutes of its Singles’ Day shopathon, a 24-hour event that may offer clues on the health of the Chinese economy and its largest online retailer. | | |
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| The Parisian-born face painter is bringing her unique brand of artistry to the beauty industry. | | |
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| Tucked away inside Kosovo's largest Communist-era housing and shopping complex, one store stands out. | | |
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| Row after row of young uniformed Vietnamese operate industrial sewing and pressing machines, turning out men’s dress shirts for U.S. retailer J.C. Penney. The two-story glass-and-concrete garment plant was inaugurated in October in an industrial zone outside of Hanoi. It can produce 16 million shirts annually, in 100,000 variations, as output ramps up in future years. | | |
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