I love this fashion world and all the experiences I’ve had as a model, but sometimes it’s just people touching you all day long. You need time when nobody is touching you. You need to take your makeup off, put sweatpants on, and step away from the fabulous world of fashion for a minute or two. | | | | The Arctic Circle. Vogue 1964.
(John Cowan/Condé Nast Collection/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I love this fashion world and all the experiences I’ve had as a model, but sometimes it’s just people touching you all day long. You need time when nobody is touching you. You need to take your makeup off, put sweatpants on, and step away from the fabulous world of fashion for a minute or two.”
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| | rantnrave:// For a temporary holiday location, the CALVIN KLEIN x AMAZON FASHION pop-up in NYC has some intriguing qualities: the presence of ECHO, the embroidery station offering free personalization, in-app barcode scans for dynamic pricing, and even some of the store's interior design elements. The raw scaffolding throughout the store echoes STERLING RUBY's design for the Calvin Klein 205W39NYC MADISON AVE flagship, and the use of corrugated cardboard could be seen as a conceptual nod to a brown-box material that's become a touchpoint for all of shopping today. I've enjoyed the connected feel of Amazon's bookstores—prices and information in-store are a direct extension of what's happening online—so it's refreshing to see the barriers between online and in-store broken down for apparel. Yet given the uber-connectivity of the CK x Amazon pop-up, there's more opportunity for storytelling and connecting to further information—about the brand, the product, Echo features, anything further than the immediate setup. The ability to share information with friends, hold products in an online cart to have shipped later, or have benefits or bonus gifts carry over to a PRIME account would make the experience feel more connected. The store has the look and feel of temporary construction, assembled in parts for swift takedown. If the product were presented with a bigger sense of novelty and surprise, the store would be a standout: custom gift sets with special packaging, interactive features that come along with the embroidery, a greater variety of rotating styles. Overall it's a solid attempt given that it's only up for a month. It's simple and distilled. Store concepts like this should be developed further. Some other new stores that are getting noticed: EVERLANE's recently opened NYC location and THE REFORMATION's store in SAN FRANCISCO... There was a sense of momentum and resolve at the BOF VOICES discussion on LVMH and KERING's joint model safety charter. The charter is a significant step toward reform, and it's good to see industry leaders acknowledge that progress will be incremental. News dropped Friday that prominent photographer BRUCE WEBER is being sued for sexual harassment and discrimination. Will companies respond as swiftly and unilaterally as they did with resurfaced allegations against TERRY RICHARDSON? There's a provocative op-ed in BOF on the subject... Briefs: Love SHOWSTUDIO's tribute to AZZEDINE ALAÏA on TUMBLR, as shared by ALEXANDER FURY... BALENCIAGA copyshop. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| One year after James Scully issued a plea to end the ‘cruel and sadistic’ abuse of fashion models, LVMH’s Antoine Arnault joined the casting director to discuss the enforcement of a landmark charter to protect models. | | |
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 | Racked |
| The future duchess has long exhibited a proto-Windsor aesthetic. | | |
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 | Harper's Bazaar |
| Joan Juliet Buck travels to Italy to break bread with the designer and reminisce with the clan. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Bold pieces like the pheasant claw and pearl neckpiece and the “coiled” corset, all designed by Shaun Leane, helped define the fashion designer’s image. | | |
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 | WWD |
| After weeks of rumblings that high-profile fashion photographers were about to be admonished for sexual harassment, a complaint has been filed against Bruce Weber by model Jason Boyce, who says the photog forced him to rub his own genitals. In the filing, Boyce alleged to have suffered from being sexually harassed and discriminated against on the basis of his gender. | | |
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| The Business of Fashion |
| Bruce Weber’s alleged sexual harassment of the model Jason Boyce is the latest sign of a culture that encourages and capitalises on mass predation, argues Chris Wallace. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Why is the Internet style disruptor opening a store in the middle of Manhattan? | | |
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 | SSENSE |
| Following the release of his anthology, SNEAKERS, book cover designer Rodrigo Corral looks back on his trajectory and the future of his field. | | |
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 | GQ Style |
| We asked the hard-charging designer how he designed an affordable suit that’s tailor made for holiday-season benders. Plus, O’Shea sounds off on Brioni, masculinity, and Archer-and debuts a new SSS video. | | |
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 | The Cut |
| “There is an abnormal amount of attention on you, and sometimes you need to step away.” | | |
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 | T Magazine |
| The woman who launched a generation of copycats makes a home that’s truly inimitable. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| "Maddman: The Steve Madden Story" follows the businessman and designer's whirlwind career, from drugs to massive success to prison time. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Houses like Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier use dazzling exhibitions as part of their strategy to lure the next generation of buyers. | | |
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 | Glossy |
| PVH Corporation, the company that owns Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, is adding an extra $20 million to its marketing budget for the holiday season, and the majority of that money will be spent on fostering its close relationship with Amazon. | | |
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 | Teen Vogue |
| Get your first look at Guo Pei's new exhibit. | | |
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| The Cut |
| Smart dressing rooms make trying on body-con dresses fun. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| The European Commission will initiate efforts to identify the countries and online marketplaces that serve as the most significant producers and havens for counterfeit and otherwise infringing goods in its fight against the multi-billion euro counterfeit trade. | | |
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 | 1 Granary |
| A gloomy, wet day at Buckhurst Hill station, out in suburban Essex. A black Audi is waiting for me. ‘Hello darling,’ purrs Lily Bling as I jump in the car. We exchange cheek kisses. Lily drives straight to his house. His outfit is low-key expensive: silk polo-shirt under a rainbow-knit sweater and grey sweatpants. Half-empty McDonald cups rest in the car’s drink holders. A saccharine smell emanates from Lily’s nonstop vaping. | | |
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| The Cut |
| Jamilla Okubo layers her paintings with actual fabrics. | | |
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 | British Vogue |
| A sprawling new retrospective of the house’s coat history illustrates its evolution into the ultimate status symbol. | | |
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