The industry is an autobahn. You can go as fast as you like. | | | | | Loewe storefront. (marita) | | | | |  | “The industry is an autobahn. You can go as fast as you like.”
| - | Jonathan Anderson, in the latest issue of 032c. |
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| | rantnrave:// A report emerged yesterday that NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE is preparing to part ways with LOUIS VUITTON. Unsurprising. Squares up with statements GHESQUIÈRE made about wanting to start his own label -- not to mention the recent trend of Creative Directors resigning after three years. Rumor has it that LVMH has their eyes on J.W. ANDERSON/LOEWE's JONATHAN ANDERSON to replace GHESQUIÈRE, and, well, yes, of course they do. There may not be another person living that's better suited for that job than ANDERSON. He and LVMH are already well-acquainted, given the latter's minority stake in J.W. ANDERSON. He's proven himself able to handle the industry's speed and volume, churning out 16+ collections per year for his own label and for LOEWE. He knows how to handle legacy, having presided over LOEWE's rebirth, an impressive rebranding that's seen him build a distinct and exciting structure using the strongest bits of an existing foundation. I'd love to see him continue developing LOEWE for another year or two, but I can't deny I'm curious to see what he'd do with a brand as big as LOUIS VUITTON. Lots of rich history there for a curatorial type like ANDERSON to work with... After less than two years, PETER COPPING is leaving OSCAR DE LA RENTA... No one wants to pay full price for clothing when discounting has become a big enough part of consumer culture that retail channels have sprung up specifically to cater to it. Who's to blame for this state of affairs, retailers?... OFF-WHITE designer VIRGIL ABLOH chops it up with BILLBOARD about lugging his turntables to high school house parties and the role DJing continues to play in his life... VETEMENTS stylist LOTTA VOLKOVA recently said that there are no longer any subcultures to discover, that there are only new remixes yet to be made. If she's right, I wonder if the juggalo will be remembered as the last distinct, genuine American subculture to emerge with its own visual language. | | | - Adam Wray, curator |
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 | Racked |
| This morning I have orgasm face and it’s not because I’m getting laid with any regularity. I am, like probably a billion others at this point, the owner of Nars Illuminator in Orgasm and it is mixed into my sunscreen like I am a sexy, sun-averse discoball. | | |
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 | Reuters |
| Emdadul Islam's three-decade career in Bangladesh's garment trade has seen the industry hit by riots, labor unrest, power shortages and safety scandals, but he had never lost faith in its ability to weather the latest crisis and continue to grow. | | |
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 | Stratechery |
| Dollar Shave Club is a textbook example of how the new Internet economy will destroy value in incumbent industries. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| From Neo to ‘Mr. Robot,’ a field guide to hacker style. | | |
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 | Harper's Bazaar |
| 55-minute electric bike rides, an 8-year-old Airedale terrier and 100+antiques and art objects...the designer's life by the numbers. | | |
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 | TIFF |
| Few films lay bare the brash, blind ambition of the gangster — or display his fashionable flare — better than Brian De Palma’s 1983 film Scarface. | | |
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 | Daily Dot |
| The internet has chosen sides--and it wants to topple the huge fashion brand. | | |
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 | AnOther |
| The rapid evolution of the Six+1 came down to a series of serendipitous cultural events, Hannah Rogers explains, but their immutable legacy endures even now. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| Susie Lau attends 140 shows a season. From day one in New York to day 30 in Paris, that averages out to 4.66 shows a day, not including presentations and appointments. For Lau, there's no asking a colleague to attend a show on her behalf so she can file a story for her 10-year-old site, Style Bubble. | | |
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 | i-D Magazine |
| The multi-disciplinary designer talks to i-D about his life and career to date, as he launches a new online archive celebrating the first decade of A.T. Studio. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Times are getting desperate for a number of American clothing retailers. Department stores such as Macy's continue to struggle. Specialty apparel stores including J.Crew and Gap are withering. Many can only find customers by discounting. Meanwhile, they're losing shoppers to off-price stores selling goods that are permanently on sale. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Perhaps no rapper has had more near-misses than Gucci Mane, now a decade and a half deep into a fits-and-starts career. He is one of hip-hop’s most prolific and admired artists, and also one of the least predictable. | | |
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| Reuters |
| PARIS LVMH boss Bernard Arnault is considering a change of creative director at Louis Vuitton with the up-and-coming Jonathan Anderson, now at sister brand Loewe, viewed as the best candidate to replace Nicolas Ghesquiere, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| Following the success of the modernized 501s, the American denim authority has updated another archival classic. | | |
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 | Retail Dive |
| With retailers from Macy's to Kohl's going off-price, full-price stores have to figure out how to hold onto their consumers. 8 experts share their perspectives. | | |
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