It's my job. It's what I do. But it also stems perhaps from wanting people to be free and independent. It's a good way of encouraging people to be like that, through fashion design. It's a convenient and simple way of giving that independence, because everybody has to wear clothes. | | | | Dior Cruise 2018. May 11, 2017.
(Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images) | | | | | | “It's my job. It's what I do. But it also stems perhaps from wanting people to be free and independent. It's a good way of encouraging people to be like that, through fashion design. It's a convenient and simple way of giving that independence, because everybody has to wear clothes.”
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| | rantnrave:// It's the battle of the BLOGSPOTS, or rather, what two blogspot addresses became: HYPEBEAST and HIGHSNOBIETY. What began in KEVIN MA and DAVID FISCHER's mutual passions (and obsessive posting) in streetwear circa 2005, blossomed into two of today's preeminent streetwear/culture/content media entities. Really appreciate how both sites bootstrapped. Both have maintained connections to their independent roots, while at the same time being likened to "machines" that churn out 24/7 content to audiences all over the world. Man and machine, indeed. 032C's THOM BETTRIDGE went to HONG KONG and BERLIN to speak to the founders, and it's great. Bettridge's observations about digital media and the "amateur zeitgeist" are spot on... Some of the buzziest "direct-to-consumer" companies have been around for nearly a decade now, and yet, in many ways the space still feels nascent and rapidly evolving. D2C companies are looking to upend retail's traditional wholesale model, putting tech and efficiency at the core of their businesses. As they continue to scale and new brands enter the space, have they instituted a seismic change for retail? FashionSET, "Straight at You: Direct-to-Consumer Labels"... "Made in CHINA" has as much stigma as "Made in the USA," and LIZ SEGRAN's piece on the changing landscape of manufacturing in China is an in-depth look at how far standards of labor and quality have changed. China has clear competitive advantages in manufacturing, and it's having to adapt to its own dominance in the global circuit of making stuff... I am all about CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA. Can't wait to see the V&A's exhibition on Balenciaga, which opens May 27. The museum released a behind-the-scenes with NICK VEASEY on his X-ray scans of garments in the exhibition... The AMAZON bookstore is opening in NYC with a setup nearly identical to the original SEATTLE location. There are some takeaways for retail here—the stores do a great job of integrating Amazon, the site, with goods in the store. Would be great if Amazon could further push the algorithmic capabilities from site to store. Top-rated books are fine, but zZZzzzZZ—oops sorry, dozed off there. Other stores are chasing this kind of integration, but don't have Amazon's agility. Yet. It's competent, but I want it to be visionary. Still light years ahead of most other stores. In fashion-focused retail, FARFETCH seems to be closest with its ambitions. We'll see... Comments from INSTAGRAM account holders at the forefront of the SUPREME phenomenon... BOB MACKIE, the legend. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| 032c visited Hypebeast and Highsnobiety’s headquarters to take a closer look at the anatomy of fashion’s two leading content machines. | | |
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| The singer has gone from fashion plate to fashion force in under five years. But is her success a new paradigm or a paradox? | | |
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| A wave of fashion startups are looking to Chinese factories that treat workers well and churn out top-notch products. | | |
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| Fashion executive Mickey Drexler concedes he didn’t see how speed and price would drive web shoppers. After 10 quarters of falling sales, the retailer wants to create a more accessible image and add digital marketing. | | |
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| Bold new designs and an acquisition-minded CEO are helping Coach make a remarkable recovery. | | |
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| As Balenciaga: Unveiling Fashion opens this weekend, we take a look at Nicolas Ghesquière’s monastic and minimalistic debut at the brand | | |
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| Back when social-media personas were in their mere infancy on our Myspace pages. Back when living in east London was manageable -- at least if you stuck to Sainbury’s Basics range on your weekly shop. Back when you couldn’t stream the latest movies illegally as no one’s connection was fast enough, and collecting VHS from your local charity shop just seemed cooler. | | |
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| How the 20-year-old designer Gianni Mora connected with the rapper through dad caps. | | |
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| Tim Blanks reflects on the career of Anna Sui, who opens an exhibition this week at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum. | | |
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| Supreme Leaks News, Supreme Community, Supreme Museum, and Instapreme weigh-in on the brand's infectious appeal. | | |
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| "Teen Vogue" magazine is branching out from stories about style and celebrities to focus more attention on politics and social issues. In this week’s Sunday Spotlight, NBC’s Katy Tur goes behind the bylines to meet the team fusing fashion, feminism and diversity in their socially conscious makeover. | | |
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| An exclusive look behind the scenes of Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion, which chronicles the fashion house from 1919 to present day | | |
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| All physical spaces are now digital. More precisely, they have digital dimensions, waiting to be activated by humans with smartphones. Artists and designers can embrace or reject the digital layer as they see fit, but they ignore it at their own peril. | | |
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| The world’s most successful retail developers reveal the strategies that are helping them thrive in an environment where many traditional malls are struggling to survive. | | |
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| Because it’s definitely not everyone. | | |
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| The Sierra Leone-born, London-based stylist on his formative years and what people get wrong about African fashion. | | |
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| Attico, the new label founded by street style stars and former fashion editors Giorgia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosia (above), has taken to calling out Spanish fast fashion label Mango for copying. More often than not, such claims of copying arise from shameless line-for-line reproductions of original designs by fast fashion retailers. | | |
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| Finding environmentally friendly apparel can be a challenge. Here’s a guide to smarter choices in fabrics and clothing. | | |
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| Gathering common motivations that unite a broad range of practitioners, ‘Fashion from the Shadows’ --series aims to map alternative approaches to thinking, creating, presenting and discussing fashion. | | |
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| The legendary designer opens up about how boring red carpet style has gotten. | | |
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