I was reacting to what's going on in fashion now: conservative and careful and commercial. The fact that I was doing things that were fragile and hard to produce and hard to ship and hard to show in a store, was an emotional reaction to the straight world we live in now. | | | | | Selfridges, 2007. (Herry Lawford/Flickr) | | | | |  | “I was reacting to what's going on in fashion now: conservative and careful and commercial. The fact that I was doing things that were fragile and hard to produce and hard to ship and hard to show in a store, was an emotional reaction to the straight world we live in now.”
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 | Racked |
| Inside Cuba's shopping industry, from the black markets to the country's up-and-coming designers. | | |
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 | i-D Magazine |
| Joyce Central has supported independent brands like Dries Van Noten and Rick Owens since their beginnings. As the store re-launches, the two designers reflect on an industry now more corporate than ever. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| “Political dress” used to mean the outfits of the political class. In 2016, it became a term donned by everyone, and damned by some. | | |
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 | Vestoj |
| A case of race and class in the first truly American suit. | | |
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 | Harper's Bazaar |
| The 35-year-old powerhouse gets honest about her lucrative life in the spotlight. | | |
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 | The Culture Crush |
| Debra Scherer and Robin Lewis talk about how the consumer has evolved and the blind spot in many retail strategies faltering today. Growth, which has always been the retail endgame, is now sinking a lot of ships. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Forty Five Ten has Nick Wooster calling the shots, racks and racks of our favorite labels, and is the reason we’re booking a plane ticket to the Big D. | | |
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 | Collectors Weekly |
| "Though it’s hard to believe, there once was a time when workers in the Rust Belt were delighted to have their jobs—and themselves—shipped overseas." | | |
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 | WWD |
| Rick Owens discusses his upcoming furniture exhibit at MOCA, fashion and “fairy witch” wife, Michele Lamy. | | |
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 | Man Repeller |
| A deep dive into Kelsey Calemin, Sahar Luna and the other popular girls of Instagram. | | |
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 | Vox Product |
| The brand wanted to become more accessible and inclusive. How are they doing it? The tagline says it all: Shopping, for real life. | | |
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 | High Snobiety |
| We interviewed Ader Error to gain insight behind its inspirations, expert use of color, and building an engaging narrative across multiple platforms. | | |
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| WWD |
| Feldman has launched three new versions of the Caliente pumps after May was photographed in them. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| The rise of the fashion industry influencers has been accompanied by a significant spike in federal truth in advertising law violations, particularly from the fashion industry’s most followed influencers and brands. | | |
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 | Footwear News |
| The brand is upping its output from two to four collections aptly titled Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. | | |
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 | Glossy |
| A select group of smaller, under-the-radar streetwear brands that are thriving by conducting business exclusively on social media platforms -- no buzzy product drops, no flashy media stories. | | |
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 | WGSN |
| How the former marketing director at eBay created an app that is a shoo-in for cash strapped millennial customers. | | |
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 | South China Morning Post |
| Ethical brand Maiyet teams up with Hong Kong’s Denise Ho and Chinese designers Helen Lee, Ziggy Chen and Daniel Chen of Xu Zhi to spread the word on socially responsible production. | | |
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 | Vantage Magazine |
| Shanghai was a veritable star factory in its golden era of the 1930s. People hungry to know the latest trends were fed by the fashion magazines, posters, records and gramophones. | | |
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 | British Vogue |
| “You had to be on your mettle, you had to bring something to the table. And you had to be funny. Wherever he went, he always upped the ante.” Christa D’Souza remembers her dear friend, the journalist Adrian Gill. | | |
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