A flip-flop says nothing, really. The only thing they reveal about the person wearing them -- outside of their recent or upcoming participation in a water sport -- is that they don’t give a s***. | | | | | That time of year. (Lettuce.) | | | | | | “A flip-flop says nothing, really. The only thing they reveal about the person wearing them -- outside of their recent or upcoming participation in a water sport -- is that they don’t give a s***.”
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| | rantnrave:// BILL CUNNINGHAM said that his favorite time to photograph people was during extreme weather. When nature's so hostile that we abandon aesthetics in favor of functionality, or shoot for sexy despite our best interests, that's when things get really interesting. With a heatwave rolling through, um, basically all of NORTH AMERICA, I recommend finding a shady spot somewhere with steady foot traffic and enjoying the bizarre, exciting get-ups people will come up with in an effort to make it through the day without evaporating. Today's winners here in TORONTO: dude in a mostly-unbuttoned aloha shirt, super-baggy trousers slightly cropped to resemble grungy hakama, and pool slides; woman with a collared shirt buttoned in a funnel to frame her face à la BEVIS... In 1990, the CHICAGO WHITE SOX played a game in replicas of their 1917 uniforms. Today, the throwback jersey is a common feature in Western sports. Teams wear alternate uniforms for all sorts of reasons -- to commemorate special occasions, to support the troops, to pay homage to the team's legacy -- but mostly they wear them so they can sell them to fans. CHRIS SALE, star pitcher for the CHICAGO WHITE SOX, arrived at the ballpark last week to find that he was expected to play in a replica of the team's, uh, unorthodox 1976 unis. SALE had previously expressed that the uniforms were so uncomfortable that they hindered his performance, and, feeling as though his team prioritized selling gear over winning ballgames, he destroyed all of the jerseys. I have no idea if CHRIS SALE is interested in fashion off the field, but I bet he'd find some kindred spirits in designers feeling pressured by an industry focused on pumping out more product faster rather than creating beautiful things people actually want... In what we have to assume is a covert ad campaign for the feel-good romantic comedy of the summer, a ZAPPOS employee set the world record for longest ever customer service call when he chit-chatted with a shopper for 10 hours and 43 minutes. Said employee STEVE WEINSTEIN, "The connection was amazing and even though I never spoke to this customer before in my life, I felt like I knew her for 15 or 20 years." Cuuuuute. | | | - Adam Wray, curator |
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| The iconic brand is struggling. How did we get here, and what happens next? | | |
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| The first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday was, rightly, not about the clothes: It was about trying to unify the party, rise above the opponent and so on, as many of my colleagues have described. Which is not to say it lacked a fashion statement or two. | | |
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| Retailers are scrambling to keep up with customers' omnichannel expectations and demands, blaming both the quality and quantity of the shopper data at their fingertips. It's time for a new approach. Shoppers want it all, and they want it now. They want to shop seamlessly across devices, anywhere and anytime. | | |
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| PARIS, France - LVMH's decision to sell Donna Karan International to American manufacturing and licensing company G-III Apparel Group was an unexpected move by the French luxury conglomerate, which rarely sells its brands. | | |
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| Despite the weak luxury market in China, Italian believes there is scope for two of the company’s online fashion portals to expand there, and says high-net-worth indiviuals are more willing to shop online now. | | |
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| In mid-August of last year, warning signs at the Seattle headquarters of Nordstrom Inc. first became apparent. Up to that point, the upscale apparel retailer, with $14 billion in annual sales, had enjoyed several years of steady sales growth and expansion. Its stock had climbed to a record high of about $80 a share. | | |
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| A surprising number of fashion statements were made outside the Republican National Convention last week. Aside from the obvious deluge of red, white, and blue, the visual stimulation ranged from buttons and hats to apolitical bodysuits—and one repurposed Captain America outfit. | | |
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| Under Armour is coming to where millions of women shop: Kohl's. The sportswear maker, which skews male, on Tuesday said it would begin selling its apparel, accessories and footwear at all of Kohl's 1,160 stores beginning in March in a move that will give Under Armour much greater reach with women customers, while giving Kohl's a new way to set itself apart from some department store rivals. | | |
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| Rodarte contains multitudes. The decade-old brand, dreamt into existence by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, has done it all from costume Natalie Portman in Black Swan to create travel mugs for Starbucks. | | |
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| Indian ecommerce marketplace Flipkart today announced its buyout of Jabong, the third largest fashion retailer in the country. This could give Flipkart a crucial edge over Amazon in the fashion ecommerce space. | | |
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| Fedoras are a do, but bucket hats are a don't. Colors such as charcoal, navy, brown and black are in -- bright ones like red and yellow are out. Patterns are cool, as long as they are small and subtle, and denim works as long as it's not light-wash. | | |
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| Across the internet there are people who dream up viciously inventive methods to destroy a brand new pair of sneakers, and many of them film their destructive experimentations, later uploading them to YouTube and other video-hosting sites for the many perplexingly strange individuals who are into that sort of thing to watch, and probably even masturbate to, in some cases. | | |
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| KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Born here 33 years ago, Gloria Mteyu went abroad to find her way in the fashion industry. Mteyu studied in New York and at the fashion academy in Milan, and worked in Paris for the designer John Galliano. | | |
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| With Italo Zuccheli and Francisco Costa departing Calvin Klein, rumours that Raf Simons is waiting in the wings abound. WGSN’s Jian DeLeon examines what this could mean. | | |
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| @dazedfashion’s Instagram of the week is @supreme_copies -- its anonymous founder opens up about demystifying the brand’s designs. | | |
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