Fashion is the latest fashion, the latest difference. An emblem of class (in all senses) withers once it loses its distinctive power. When the miniskirt reaches the mining villages of northern France, it's time to start all over again. | | | | | Billboards in Castello, Venice, 2009. (Tomas Kohl/Flickr) | | | | | | “Fashion is the latest fashion, the latest difference. An emblem of class (in all senses) withers once it loses its distinctive power. When the miniskirt reaches the mining villages of northern France, it's time to start all over again.”
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| | rantnrave:// 1GRANARY has an intriguing interview with designer QUOÏ ALEXANDER, who uses no stitching or sewing of any kind to make his designs. His experiment is with cycles of human civilization itself, and his break with sewing diverges from a practice that’s been with us since the Paleolithic Era. Designers from PIERRE CARDIN to IRIS VAN HERPEN have been known for their own radical experiments with new materials and techniques. Take Cardin's heat molded dress for example—if memory serves, that one does have a zipper sewn in. Alexander says, “…we are all participating in a global world, I believe border irrelevance is accelerating.” With all the talk of global fashion, what does it mean when the very idea of nationhood breaks down? Economist ROBERT SCHILLER wrote recently that a revolt against the idea of nation-states could be on the horizon, and given AMERICA's current situation with nationhood and our own borders, is it any wonder there's a desire to transcend?… But back to the global present, here’s a line inspired by NYC's CHINATOWN, and another based on CHINA’s traditional culture. Also, GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY is showing his next collection in KALININGRAD, RUSSIA. It's the first time he'll show in Russia since his 2009 debut in MOSCOW… In this new book, a graphic designer, a design educator, a theologian, and an illustrator collaborated to show the dress of over 40 orders of Catholic nuns and sisters. While the austerity and purity associated with nuns' habits and priests' cassocks are widely considered to be antifashion, both types of clothing have indeed changed according to reinterpretations of doctrine. In 1964, after a shift in religious perspectives following VATICAN II, the house of DIOR under MARC BOHAN designed new habits for the DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF SAINT VINCENT DEPAUL... If you want hyperreal lips, check out this beauty trend, dubbed #hololips. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| Quoï Alexander is not your ordinary fashion designer. His Central Saint Martins BA graduate collection required the assistance of 20 people, he does not even use a sewing machine (or needle, for that matter), and he discards methods of creating clothing that have been kept alive for the past—roughly—21.000 years. | | |
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| "[Bennett's] research, incorporating visions and miracles, high drama and humble beginnings, persecution and insurrection, reveals how the story of the habit is also that of the struggle between the powerful and the poor, of politics, social care and the role of women; and of the interplay between culture, fashion and faith." | | |
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| How retail décor makes you want to buy makeup. | | |
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| Japan’s YKK Group and China’s SBS control more than half the world’s zipper supply. In this global fastening arms race, who will come out on top? | | |
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| The night after the U.S. election, Valentino brought the heart of liberal New York to Moscow in a speakeasy event marking the opening of its new Tretyakovsky Proyezd store. | | |
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| The elusive Swedish designer opens up. | | |
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| A defining moment in the Belgian designer’s career, we recall the show that captivated the fashion industry with a Patti Smith inspired feminine strength | | |
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| Arabelle Sicardi discusses her hair and her favorite products. | | |
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| "I think we're going through such a seismic cultural shift right now." | | |
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| Despite Amazon's shipping ambitions and myriad other forces driving market upheaval, UPS continues to invest in a future defined by e-commerce opportunities and obstacles. | | |
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| We talk to Chris Unwin and Fabien Montique to learn about creativity in the age of the personal brand on this episode of our podcast, Conversations. | | |
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| Premium or prestige beauty, as distinct from mass market beauty, includes makeup, fragrances and skin care products that “tend to be fancier than what you find at the drugstore,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Another difference between the two categories? Growth. | | |
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| Airbnb, Uber, and others are facing the unintended consequences of their platforms’ design choices. | | |
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| The disruptive designer rental service and luxury department store just announced an interesting new partnership. | | |
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| For legendary costume designer Albert Wolsky, clothing maketh the character. | | |
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| "I have always believed that beauty is political. But when we are dealing with fascism sweeping our nation, the way for those of us who believe that is to use beauty in ways that support the work we have ahead of us." | | |
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| Promoting a bracelet from her own brand that she wore during her father’s “60 Minutes” interview, the incoming first daughter raises some eyebrows. | | |
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| What it's like inside the Trump Tower Gucci store. | | |
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| Wearing a dress from the place you bought jeans showed you rejected the wedding-industrial complex. | | |
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| John Alexander Skelton sources vintage materials from around England and then hand-dyes them before sewing them into men’s garments. | | |
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