I love transparency at the moment. Sometimes I work with something I don’t like, but this actually, I like. Maybe because it’s a naked body: These clothes are both delicate but underlined by sports. Sports and sensuality are both about an obsession for the body; both are interested in the body. | | | | Christian Dior haute couture, A/W 1999, Paris, July 15, 1999.
(Daniel Simon/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images) | | | | | | “I love transparency at the moment. Sometimes I work with something I don’t like, but this actually, I like. Maybe because it’s a naked body: These clothes are both delicate but underlined by sports. Sports and sensuality are both about an obsession for the body; both are interested in the body.”
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| | rantnrave:// This piece by LIZ SEGRAN tells the stories of American companies that have chosen to manufacture domestically. Great to read something about "made in AMERICA" that cuts through conventional wisdom and isn't burdened by simplistic political agendas. Love the aim for nuance and balanced reporting here. Want to know why businesses have chosen an arguably more difficult and certainly more expensive path to making stuff to sell? Simple. Talk to them. Great to give voice to these business owners so they're not swept up in someone else's talking points... Cut to SACHIN, INDIA, and the documentary MACHINES looks into the lives of GUJARATI textile workers in a single factory... RODARTE designers KATE and LAURA MULLEAVY directed a film, and with all the other creative projects and collabs they've participated in, Rodarte is looking very transmedia. Looking forward to seeing them show on the PARIS couture schedule. The other American label showing at couture is PROENZA SCHOULER, who also operate well as a kind of transmedia label. I'm a fan. In fact, they should shrug off past critics who've told them repeatedly to solidify their "brand." Millennials have grown up with unprecedented access to information, and the ability to channel and reflect all the inspirations they take in defines fashion today. Anyway I thought Proenza Schouler felt more cohesive when there were creative swings in their approach season to season. They're a twenty-first century label. Ask for dull commercialization and that's the engagement you'll get in return... NYU is launching a luxury and fashion MBA. Check out the advisory board... SUPREME x LV popping up, Supreme to BROOKLYN?... This issue of SPORTY & RICH looks great... Closing ceremonies, in a suite of GIFs. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| A new generation of companies is making higher-end clothing, furniture, eyewear, and more in the United States. Can their success lead to a revival of American manufacturing on a larger scale? | | |
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| The social media star went from creating outfits online to dressing real life icons. | | |
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| Past attempts to create a U.S. luxury group to rival LVMH and Kering have had little success. Perhaps this time will be different. | | |
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| Coach Inc chief executive Victor Luis tells BoF why the whimsical lifestyle brand fuels the company’s new global ambitions. | | |
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| Beauty content is not what it used to be. While it has always catered, on some level, to advertisers, it’s now bent on traffic numbers, too — meaning that the minutiae of the Kardashian clan’s makeup routine often takes precedence above all else. | | |
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| It wasn’t a regular Saturday morning at the Met Museum. Conflict erupted on the third floor, the antagonism cutting through the air in stark contrast with the sprigs of cherry blossom scenting the foyer. No one came to blows but the tension was palpable. Residual shade may still be thrown within this text. | | |
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| Columbus, Ohio has the country’s highest concentration of fashion designers after New York and Los Angeles. Now, a retail revolution is threatening its beloved mall brands and the idyllic lifestyle they sustain. | | |
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| The London-based designer will receive a 25,000 euro or $27,292 prize. | | |
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| The global market is in flux, and big brands, Tiffany among them, are feeling the pressure. Meet the new class of jewelry upstarts that are leading the way, winning hearts and minds, and eroding legacy market share. | | |
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| Sanjay Janghala walks across a humming factory floor as 400 employees of Orient Craft Ltd. stitch together women’s blouses and embroidered dresses. | | |
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| Chinese designer Samuel Guidong Yang explored the psychological concept of negative space for his AW17 collection. | | |
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| ‘We need to come out of the shadows’ - after publicly confronting her sexual identity earlier this year, fashion's madcap icon reveals plans to empower intersex youth everywhere. | | |
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| Fashion photos must bear a notification if they have been retouched to make models look thinner and models will have to possess a medical certificate in order to work, according to a French decree enacted on Friday (May 5). | | |
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| “I’m into that ‘don’t talk to me’ look.” | | |
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| Islamic fashion is a rapidly growing industry: Muslim spending on fashion is expected to reach US$488 billion by 2019. What has led to this growth? | | |
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| Paris-Montreal based label 3.Paradis is carving out a strong reputation for its unique intersection of streetwear and luxury. Inspired by the hip hop and street subcultures of the 80s and 90s, designer Emeric Tchatchoua puts a high end spin on a casual aesthetic. | | |
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| An 18-year-old designer from Nigeria (by way of Albany) shares a streetwear collection. | | |
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| Sundae School wants to shed light on weed culture in Korea through clever streetwear. | | |
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| In his documentary Machines, Rahul Jain unravels the mythic nostalgia for industrial labour. | | |
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