Franco Moschino's affectionate description of pop culture's 'schizophrenia and distortion… three-dimensionality and sensorial confusion' has many parallels to luxury for us to dwell on. It's a truism that luxury fashion is a market of emotional transactions. | | | | | Prayer cloths, Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery, Bylakuppe, 2014. (Mike Prince/Flickr) | | | | | | “Franco Moschino's affectionate description of pop culture's 'schizophrenia and distortion… three-dimensionality and sensorial confusion' has many parallels to luxury for us to dwell on. It's a truism that luxury fashion is a market of emotional transactions.”
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| | rantnrave:// One label that’s caught my attention more than VETEMENTS is its meme offspring, VETEMEMES. Launched in early 2016, the label’s eponymous raincoat is still available, and a visit to the Vetememes URL shows that the line has expanded and is taking preorders, so, YOLO. A truly savvy street style artist would layer their VETEMENTS with their VETEMEMES. Or splice them together like this. Get a venerated Italian tailor to do it, and is that luxury? Said tailor might not be cool with parody fabrics tho (haha alright, I’m done). How do we define value when the hype surrounding an object matters more than its MSRP? Waiting for dynamic retail pricing to replace discounts... I enjoy the speed and accessibility of BIG CARTEL and SHOPIFY pop-ups, such as the HILLARY GRAYBRIM T. The distillation of an e-commerce storefront that sells one product is thrilling. No frills, no feed. The challenge for “luxury” today is in creating a movement, something that will rumble and reverberate in people’s imaginations, aided by the network swells of the internet. It feels more like germination than a hierarchy of taste, and the unit price doesn't dictate desirability… Damn, PATAGONIA… KINZA SHENN offers some thought-provoking commentary on designers creating objects inspired by disposable goods such as lunch bags and cable-ties. What do we consider to be truly expensive these days, other than time?… Where are you, K-HOLE?… CALVIN KLEIN will collapse men’s and women’s presentations into one at the most anticipated show of NEW YORK FASHION WEEK… Scifi #lipgame in this holo-flickering lipstick color, with the evocative title of UNICORN TEARS. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| As reports of a mysterious plague swept through the gay community in the 1980s, activists developed shock tactics to get the help they desperately needed. | | |
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| From Balenciaga's Bazar bag to Jil Sander's leather lunch bag and Alessandro Michele's playful reimagining of counterfeit aesthetics, we look at the way luxury fashion crashes through the high-low divide. | | |
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| Tommy Hilfiger thinks designers shouldn’t "become political about it," but is that possible? | | |
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| “It’s about being capable and self reliant…wearing clothing that was owned by another person, is this dignity?” | | |
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| Tiffany Godoy speaks with Sacai designer Chitose Abe about the growth of her label and the importance of balance. | | |
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| The astronomical amounts of clothing we donate and throw away is proving disastrous for the Earth. Technology and better shopping habits can’t fix it, but only slow it down. | | |
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| Hours before the Best Buy in Atwater Village opened for business, employees peppered store managers with pointed questions. What if a customer wants more than one doorbuster item? What happens if a cash register swells with so many bills it can’t be closed? | | |
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| The former Bloomingdale’s men’s fashion director strikes out on his own. | | |
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| Skin whitening among women has long been commonplace, but now young Asian men too, are using a plethora of whitening products. | | |
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| Nike introduced Air Swoopes in 1995, but female athletes have had a hard time getting their own sneakers since then. | | |
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| An invitation into the ~official~ archives of Nike, whose legacy runs over five decades long. Their super-secret warehouse, The Department of Nike Archives (A.K.A DNA), is inconspicuous and lies somewhere on the outskirts of Nike’s HQ in Portland, Oregon. But like we said, that’s top secret. | | |
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| The tone towards the annual sales event changed in a big way this year, and several modern luxury brands vocally opposed it. Will others soon follow their lead? | | |
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| With the aim of "bringing up the most promising talents in fashion and giving them a springboard in their careers," the H&M Design Award is a worthwhile initiative in terms of fostering young design talent. However, it is inadequate to consider it without context: H&M’s history of exploiting those responsible for manufacturing its garments and accessories. | | |
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| For one day only, David Casavant is opening up his collection - so if you want to front in that camo Raf bomber, now’s your chance. | | |
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| Department store Kohl's has hired a data-focused team to build its newest in-house clothing brand, K/Lab. Included is a data scientist, who scours social media and blogs to gather data on what millennial women are responding to. | | |
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| "I’m a designer who wants to appeal to all races and as many sizes as I can cover." | | |
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| Mobile payment systems are gradually catching on with customers, but haven’t yet hit an inflection point. Is widespread adoption by retailers likely? | | |
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| A fresh take on the universe of knitwear. | | |
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| Suzy on the Met Museum's new fashion exhibition, "Masterpieces Of Change." | | |
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| Daina Burnes, cofounder and chief executive officer of Fashion Metric, explains. | | |
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