To call a fashion wearable is the kiss of death. No new fashion worth its salt is ever wearable. | | | | | A small denim collection from a summer fashion illustration class, watercolor, 2011. (Tuyen Tran) | | | | |  | “To call a fashion wearable is the kiss of death. No new fashion worth its salt is ever wearable.”
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| | rantnrave:// More debate on diversity in fashion, on the runway and in the front row. How much do we look to fashion for other-worldly escape, and how much for a reflection of "ourselves," whatever that might mean? Check out this fantastic panel for some provocation, humor, and frank discussion from people who trade on appearances: “What does beauty look like now?” from the FASHION CULTURE DESIGN UNCONFERENCE. Thanks to SIMON COLLINS for bringing together IVAN BART (president of IMG MODELS), MICKEY BOARDMAN (editorial director at PAPER MAGAZINE), ASHLEY GRAHAM (model), JAMES SCULLY (casting director), GILLEON SMITH (casting director), and ALEK WEK (model) in JUNE. Refreshingly candid, and one of the most memorable panels of that day IMHO… In American retail odysseys, one store closes after 128 years, and a national chain gets another chance. SAKS JANDEL, founded in 1888 and independently owned, will shut its doors at the end of 2016. ROBIN GIVHAN recounts the heritage of the store, which served the wardrobe of many a FLOTUS, lawyer, and philanthropist over the years. ICYMI, ASHLEY STEWART, founded in 1991, has come a long way from two bankruptcies. With the help of CEO JAMES RHEE, the company is invigorating its business by embracing digital and riding a cultural wave. Read for Rhee's powerful image of his mother and how it reminded him of Ashley Stewart's customers… The OPUS ANGLICANUM exhibition at the V&A gets up close with the history of English embroidery. Zoom in on this… Weekend reactions… HEDI wants to settle this initials thing, once and for TWITTER (it’s not over ’til—epic Tweet storm and further litigation)… Something post-FRIEZE… | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Ashley Stewart began as a brand catering to African American women. Three years after backruptcy, its commitment to diversity brings white shoppers to its online store and $20 million annually in profits. | | |
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 | ELLE |
| She has convinced her followers she is a pretty-in-pink naïf, an escort, an unhinged ex, an office drone, and, most recently, an expectant mother. None of it is real. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| "We shouldn’t sugar coat it.” | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| "It's very emotional for me," said Peter Marx, the fourth generation to run the Chevy Chase institution that dressed D.C.'s elite. | | |
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 | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| The Steeple Aston Cope, dating to around the 1330s, is one of the most incredible surviving examples of English medieval embroidery. Discover how the fabric of this English medieval embroidery has been altered, ensuring its survival over centuries. | | |
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 | WGSN |
| Ex-pro kiter Renzo Mancini turns retired kites into extremely weatherproof (and extremely wearable) jackets. | | |
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 | Levi Strauss |
| LS&Co. Historian, Tracey Panek discovers ancient indigo dyeing techniques during a recent trip to Peru. | | |
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 | Triple Canopy |
| Does death still mark life as the “vanity of all vanities,” if also a lucrative avenue for research and commerce? On finitude and transcendence. | | |
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 | Backchannel |
| Amazon launched Handmade to lure artisans, a direct challenge to Etsy. Wooing them was not so easy. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| Since the early 2000s, the luxury watch industry has consistently increased prices regularly, almost like clockwork, and not only because of demanding shareholders and aggressive revenue expectations by corporate owners. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Why hasn’t a female LeBron James - a star of the fashion tents as well as the hardwood - emerged from the W.N.B.A.? | | |
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 | High Snobiety |
| After Demna Gvasalia made his Balenciaga debut many critics commented on the lack of model diversity. This season, the brand improved, but only slightly. | | |
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 | Wired UK |
| Adidas is designing tomorrow's soccer shoe in its secret lab. | | |
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 | AnOther |
| Having spent a year with the renowned designer, Susannah Frankel is better positioned than most to reveal what one can, and ought to, learn from the master. | | |
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 | GQ |
| Restocks started as a clever way to cop Supreme-now it hopes to change the way people shop. | | |
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 | Lapham’s Quarterly |
| Thorstein Veblen explains honorific waste. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Malcolm W Browne notes that the impoverished look of many physicists, particularly young ones, is not merely an affectation, but reflects fact that good jobs in physics are few. Some physicists are dismayed at their colleagues' appearance, and express desire that they start to dress in style of influential citizens. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| From Hood By Air in New York to Louis Vuitton in Paris, find out which collections made Vogue.com’s top 10 list. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| The Irish Queer Archive has lent an extensive collection of d***s and b***s that will be on display at Dublin exhibition Pilly Willy. | | |
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