This is the rule I always give myself: that nothing new can come from a situation that involves being free or that doesn’t involve suffering. | | | | | H.G. Wells visiting actors on the set of "Things to Come," 1936. (United Artists) | | | | |  | “This is the rule I always give myself: that nothing new can come from a situation that involves being free or that doesn’t involve suffering.”
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| | rantnrave:// Neither dead nor fully alive, it can’t be said that print is in stasis, either. In today’s world, what does it take for us to qualify an aggregate of paper publications as being fully "alive"? Although we read so much about restructuring, slashed budgets, and reduced circulations, there's rapid ferment happening in print's many formats. Evidence: projects such as this (shhh) SECRET CATALOG, which is partly inspired by that former teen dreamz catalog, dELiA*s. If SECRET can generate the kind of cult following that the late 1990s-era dELiA*s had—with people all over the world writing devotionals about it, dedicating TUMBLR blogs to it, and tracking down its former models—it will be in for success. This meditation on print catalogs comes amidst the news, reported by WWD, that the OBSERVER has ceased publishing its print edition, and the WALL STREET JOURNAL has cancelled its Greater New York section. Pages are shrinking. Do we love them any less?… There's plenty of ferment going on at department stores, too. Virtual reality hits MACY'S, and GALERIES LAFAYETTE opens an in-store consignment shop with INSTANTLUXE. Oh, and here's a projection that the retail industry will meet the final frontier by 2030... Did you see the SNAP vending machine? SPECTACLES from the sky. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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 | The New York Times |
| For the last eight years, designers have had a seat at the White House power table. The Trump administration may herald an end to all that. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| On the eve of her departure from the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama has never been a more inspiring figure-America’s conscience, role model, and mother in chief. | | |
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 | Vox |
| It starts with a safety pin. | | |
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 | System Magazine |
| This is the rule I always give myself: that nothing new can come from a situation that involves being free or that doesn’t involve suffering. | | |
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 | Vestoj |
| A history of the burkini’s turbulent decade in the sun. | | |
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 | SSENSE |
| 032c designer Maria Koch talks pirates and the mobility of iconography. | | |
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 | Dazed Digital |
| Next week, Browns is set to unveil a new identity - here’s a refresher on the iconic South Moulton Street fashion institution. | | |
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 | Racked |
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 | Fashionista |
| (Yes, space.) We'll also see a steady increase in smart fabrics and mobile commerce, according to WGSN Insight. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Singles Day isn't just about huge sales. It's a test bed for new commerce concepts. | | |
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 | Luxury Daily |
| French retailer Galeries Lafayette is welcoming ecommerce consignment seller InstantLuxe into two of its department stores for a temporary shop-in-shop space. | | |
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 | CFDA |
| The six episodes follow the finalists through each step of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, including design challenges by Intel and Instagram, and the L.A. fashion show and tea presented by kate spade new york. | | |
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 | Business of Fashion |
| BoF examines how luxury department stores are teaming up with urban labels like Kith and Off-White to tap millennial spending and open new sales channels. | | |
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| Vogue |
| Yasmeen Ghauri was one of the biggest models of the ’90s-until she walked away from fashion and life in front of the camera. | | |
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 | The Fashion Law |
| Five renowned areas in London have been safeguarded by a new policy introduced by the Westminster City Council. | | |
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 | Frances Corner |
| Read about a visit to London Cloth Company, London's only micro mill, run by the inspiring Daniel Harris. | | |
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 | New York Magazine |
| The label Everybody pulled together people from all walks of life to design clothing. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Fashion is funding the restoration of Rome’s historic monuments. But who really benefits? | | |
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| Vogue |
| The 10 Corso Como founder and lifelong collector discusses the exhibition of her photographs at the Alaïa Gallery in Paris. | | |
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| Racked |
| Talking to the attendees (some of them not yet old enough to drive) of the two-day event. | | |
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