Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
spring did not happen this year.
I want to wear this everyday (if I moved to a cooler climate). it is my exact color palette. seriously considering getting my hands on a pair of those slingbacks.
Friday, May 20, 2011
ULTRA 10
I wonder if I could do something like this.
A 10-piece wardrobe project for one year.
But, in order to further project the idea ofminimalist living, I'd have to get rid of all of my other clothes. That's something that was off for me about the Uniform Project. Even though the same dress provided the basis of her outfits for a whole year, she wore different clothes, shoes, and accessories every day. I think I read that those were all donated but I don't know about that..
Anyway, it's definitely something to consider.
A 10-piece wardrobe project for one year.
But, in order to further project the idea ofminimalist living, I'd have to get rid of all of my other clothes. That's something that was off for me about the Uniform Project. Even though the same dress provided the basis of her outfits for a whole year, she wore different clothes, shoes, and accessories every day. I think I read that those were all donated but I don't know about that..
Anyway, it's definitely something to consider.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Marianne... Renoir
illustration by ree*roseePierrot Le Fou is my favorite Godard film for a number of reasons, but let's talk about Anna Karina's clothes. for someone who was on the run, she sure had some good duds. I really enjoy this illustration by ree*rosee (who also does a bunch of other fashion illustrations with references to cinema!) as a color palette for the summer.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
les queues de sardines
as an ardent fan of socks and hosiery, I felt most obliged to post these beauties, a pair of which Susie Bubble received this holiday.
check em out here.
check em out here.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
by golly
I absolutely do not need a new coat.
however, this one by jil sander for uniqlo is right up my alley.
new york, the next time I visit you, I may have to take a gander.I am pretty sure that I felt this coat up last time I was there though..
Friday, November 12, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Phenomenon
PHENOMENON FALL / WINTER COLLECTION 2010 from PHENOMENON on Vimeo.
I love everything about this. another re-blog from Susie.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Critical Fashion
If you have any time and are at all interested in consumer ethics, "critical fashion", or the history of the Urban Outfitters/Anthropologie/Free People chains, then I would highly recommend reading through this article. It's seven years old but still extremely relevant.
The article is about Richard Hayne, the founder and president of Urban Outfitters + associated chains (all of which opened in or around Philadelphia). Perhaps you have heard allegations about the working conditions at UO, sweatshop labor, or its blatant ripping off of independent designers. The article seeks to point out the contrast between the stores' aesthetics and the consumers that their products are marketed towards (young, hip, liberal people) with the man at the top, apparently a square who has also been known to be a staunch supporter of "Paleolithic right-wing Republican [former] Senator Rick Santorum." Santorum has made comments equating homosexuality with incest, pedophilia, and bestiality. When Hayne was asked his opinion on the subject, he responded:
"I'm not going to comment on it. I have my own opinion, but I am not going to share it. Our job as a business is not to promote a political agenda. That's not what we do. There are all kinds of political views held by my employees. Some would be horrified to learn that we contributed to Santorum's campaign, and others would be fine with it. We openly discuss and joke about our political differences."
I can agree with him here to some extent that it is not necessary for a business to promote some political agenda, whatever the agenda may be. However, when the products promote sexism and racism then politics becomes necessarily involved. I know it is completely unrealistic to even begin to believe that consumers are making a conscious political statement through where and how they shop. Only a very small percentage of people are conscious of or even care about/would take the time to research where the products come from. I'm not saying that you should swear off buying from big brand stores (afterall, who wants to buy used underwear?) or that you should eat whole organic foods and buy a hybrid car, but I do think it is important to consider all the options out there, because these options are so much more readily available now than they were even just a few years ago.
Also, please check out these wunderbar blogs, which brought this very issue to my attention and have also inspired me to write more "meaty" posts.
à l'allure garçonnière
Fashion for Writers
threadbared
The article is about Richard Hayne, the founder and president of Urban Outfitters + associated chains (all of which opened in or around Philadelphia). Perhaps you have heard allegations about the working conditions at UO, sweatshop labor, or its blatant ripping off of independent designers. The article seeks to point out the contrast between the stores' aesthetics and the consumers that their products are marketed towards (young, hip, liberal people) with the man at the top, apparently a square who has also been known to be a staunch supporter of "Paleolithic right-wing Republican [former] Senator Rick Santorum." Santorum has made comments equating homosexuality with incest, pedophilia, and bestiality. When Hayne was asked his opinion on the subject, he responded:
"I'm not going to comment on it. I have my own opinion, but I am not going to share it. Our job as a business is not to promote a political agenda. That's not what we do. There are all kinds of political views held by my employees. Some would be horrified to learn that we contributed to Santorum's campaign, and others would be fine with it. We openly discuss and joke about our political differences."
I can agree with him here to some extent that it is not necessary for a business to promote some political agenda, whatever the agenda may be. However, when the products promote sexism and racism then politics becomes necessarily involved. I know it is completely unrealistic to even begin to believe that consumers are making a conscious political statement through where and how they shop. Only a very small percentage of people are conscious of or even care about/would take the time to research where the products come from. I'm not saying that you should swear off buying from big brand stores (afterall, who wants to buy used underwear?) or that you should eat whole organic foods and buy a hybrid car, but I do think it is important to consider all the options out there, because these options are so much more readily available now than they were even just a few years ago.
Also, please check out these wunderbar blogs, which brought this very issue to my attention and have also inspired me to write more "meaty" posts.
à l'allure garçonnière
Fashion for Writers
threadbared
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
At the Vélodrome
Moncler Gamme Bleu Spring/Summer 2011 Runway from LAT Videos on Vimeo.
An interesting presentation of an interesting collection inspired by cycling, presented at the velodrome in Italy. I don't really know how to critique men's fashion as I can never see any boy that I know wearing anything from the runways, but sometimes I can see myself in the clothes? Something I keep seeing more of on the runway is the leggings under shorts thing. I think Asian men are really the only ones who have any chance at pulling this look off, but even then..
Source: Style from TokyoMonday, June 7, 2010
Baldovino Barani
source: Avant-garde PhotographyBest editorial I've seen in awhile. The fashions are nice but the location is much more interesting. Browse through the photos while listening to Olafur Arnalds and the experience will be so perfectly creepy. Also, it looks like I've blogged about Barani before, on another editorial entitled The New Puritans.
A lot of his projects seem to have religious undertones, at least in their titles, but usually I can't make the connection between the photos and the concept that the titles might convey. I find myself feeling this way about most fashion editorials, so it becomes easier to just look at the clothes/styling in order to garner a strictly aesthetic appreciation. But I really wish we could become more concept-driven in our fashion. Stuff like this really cheese me off. If you don't want to click on it, it's an editorial by the same guy called The Missionary, featuring two Western models, one of whom plays the character of the "exotic Other." There is a concept and a story behind the clothes, sure, but the romanticizing of colonialism and the generalization it makes about non-Western/non-Christian people blahblahblahpsychobabble.. I guess what it comes down to is that I am really bored with fashion today, not that my own fashions are particularly inspirational/original.
A lot of his projects seem to have religious undertones, at least in their titles, but usually I can't make the connection between the photos and the concept that the titles might convey. I find myself feeling this way about most fashion editorials, so it becomes easier to just look at the clothes/styling in order to garner a strictly aesthetic appreciation. But I really wish we could become more concept-driven in our fashion. Stuff like this really cheese me off. If you don't want to click on it, it's an editorial by the same guy called The Missionary, featuring two Western models, one of whom plays the character of the "exotic Other." There is a concept and a story behind the clothes, sure, but the romanticizing of colonialism and the generalization it makes about non-Western/non-Christian people blahblahblahpsychobabble.. I guess what it comes down to is that I am really bored with fashion today, not that my own fashions are particularly inspirational/original.
Monday, February 15, 2010
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