I was once a student in a punk T-shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. | | | | Centro Comercial Parque Arauco, Santiago, Chile. 2017.
(Jimmy Baikovicius/Flickr) | | | | |  | “I was once a student in a punk T-shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today.”
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| | rantnrave:// JOE MCKENNA directed a documentary on AZZEDINE ALAÏA, and it's a wonderful journey voiced by people that have come to know and love Alaïa over the years: NAOMI CAMPBELL, CARLYNE CERF, NICHOLAS GHESQUIÈRE, CATHY HORYN, VANESSA FRIEDMAN, SUZY MENKES, and many more. Watch it for the archival runway footage and Alaïa at work in the studio and at home. GUY TREBAY spoke to McKenna about making the film, and the director said he wanted to show that Alaïa is an exception to the systemic problems facing fashion today. And it's true, the film is a welcome retreat from the constant talk of crisis... The FINANCIAL TIMES reports that LVMH is working on an e-commerce site. Exciting news given that IAN ROGERS has been chief digital officer since 2015. With few details available, all I can say is it's about time. This is a real opportunity—I'm wondering if they're looking to innovate or if they're going for something already familiar to fashion's online customers. LVMH declined to comment, so keep your ear to the ground. Go look at ELUXURY to see how much e-commerce has changed since LVMH's last foray into a multi-brand online storefront. And read CHANTAL FERNANDEZ's report at BOF for some welcome context... In June, PITTI UOMO will be showing The Ephemeral Museum of Fashion, organized by OLIVIER SAILLARD… It's interesting to see debates about production, politics, and marketing collide in making clothing for women sizes 14 and up. For recent developments in the plus-size apparel market, and why “plus-size” itself is a controversial term, check out our latest REDEF FashionSET, More Is More: The Evolution of Plus-Size… Here's a cool interview with BURAK ÇAKMAK, Dean of PARSONS... Shoutout to RICHIE SIEGEL for the latest LOOSE THREADS podcast with STEVEN ALAN... EDDIE HUANG, renaissance man, underwear model. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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 | The Cut |
| Karl achieves liftoff; plus, Louis Vuitton at the Louvre. | | |
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| A dialogue on sustainability in the fashion industry and design education with Burak Cakmak, The Dean of Fashion at Parsons The New School For Design as a part of Fashion Revolution X istanbul-in-between series by Eda Çakmak. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| Sara Berman, a frugal Jewish émigré, and Arabella Worsham, who became America's richest woman, both fashioned sovereign identities through clothing and décor. | | |
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 | WWD |
| Quiet Logistics and Locus Robots launched LocusBots to increase efficiency and productivity. | | |
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 | The Business of Fashion |
| The luxury conglomerate will position itself as a competitor to Net-a-Porter with its most ambitious e-commerce project since hiring Ian Rogers in 2015. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| A tempestuous designer who does not follow the corporate calendar or Instagram’s whims reluctantly sat for an unusual, untitled film. | | |
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 | The Talks |
| “Travel is just about observing people. You capture a story, you take it with you, in you, and it becomes a part of you.” | | |
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 | High Snobiety |
| Jake Hall takes a look at the world of fashion activism and unearths fashion's (sometimes thorny) relationship with social issues. | | |
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 | Racked |
| An excerpt from Jessica Pishko’s memoir "In the Red." | | |
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 | GQ |
| A Q&A with the author and chef about everything from penis size to his new collaboration with MeUndies. | | |
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 | Loose Threads |
| On the 12th episode of the Loose Threads Podcast, Richie Siegel talks with Steven Alan, the founder of his eponymous brand that started as a retail store in 1994 and grew into the international empire it is today. | | |
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 | Glossy |
| Julie Zerbo, founder and writer of The Fashion Law, likes to think of herself as an industry outsider, albeit with lots of insider info. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| It makes it a lot easier for women to hold on to their earnings. | | |
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 | Net-a-Porter |
| The designers behind Elizabeth and James talk size, fit and their cool take on modern femininity. | | |
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| Glossy |
| Sophie Osella decided that women in the streetwear industry needed their own space on the platform after she posted a photo of herself to the Supreme subreddit r/SupremeClothing. | | |
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 | 1 Granary |
| This CSM-graduate creates garments for men with a soft side, who are not afraid to show it. | | |
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 | i-D Magazine |
| Twenty years ago, a Lawndale teenager changed TV, cartoons, and high school forever. | | |
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 | Yahoo! Finance |
| German sportswear giant Adidas reported its 2016 full-year earnings on Tuesday, and its revenue of 19.3 billion euros was slightly below analyst expectations. For 2017, Adidas is projecting revenue growth between 11% and 13%, and net income growth of up to 20%. | | |
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 | Reuters |
| Conde Nast is joining with Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal and Vox Media to package their digital inventory for sale to advertisers, the companies announced Thursday. | | |
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 | AnOther |
| Inspired by “the glitter of civilisation”, Rick Owens’ A/W17 collection proved that in these turbulent times, dignity and warmth are more important than ever. | | |
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