In the nomad style
Every few years this romance of ethnic plus nomad comes back around. For a previous example, see 2008. This year it seems to have returned as the usual Siberian/Mongolian nomad style, but hybridized...
View ArticleStumbling upon NY Fashion Week by accident
I was there by accident. These people were not. Apparently it’s “anything goes” in fashion right now, but that’s been true for a while. Anyway, it’s never really “anything goes” – there are always...
View Article“Wear a towel instead of a coat, it’s very chic.”
Am tired of the Shit_____Says meme, but do look at Shit Vivienne Westwood Says anyway. It’s via the green fashion site Ecouterre. A few samples from it are reproduced here. Westwood’s design work has...
View ArticleVivienne Westwood: The whole 20th C was a mistake
Via The Guardian: “A status symbol is a book… that’s status.” “Punk was just an excuse for people to run around…it was just a fashion that became a marketing opportunity.” “The whole 20th C was a...
View ArticleDSquared’s provocational fashion line & #Dsquaw hashtag
Despite all the backlash to Ralph Lauren’s genocide chic advertising campaign last year, it seems designers have either learned nothing, or conversely they’ve learned that outrage is free and effective...
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