Everybody always asks me how I started my own magazine, and well, the short answer is: I just did it. | | | | | Detail, Chanel RTW S/S 1994/95. (Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “Everybody always asks me how I started my own magazine, and well, the short answer is: I just did it.”
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| | rantnrave:// Can someone quantify the use of the word influencer? Measuring influence is a funny thing, especially when there are so many metrics to justify. Data can be shuffled around to validate almost any argument, and when we’re faced with “data” as a matter of perspective rather than hard facts, welcome to 2017. Data is speculative, can we deal with that? But back to #influence. Lots of perspectives out there. This story, run by financial services firm KRANESHARES, points out that ZHANG DAYI, aka EVE, has 4.8 million followers on WEIBO and partners with small factories in CHINA to sell her own brand. The best metric here is not the number of followers, but how dedicated and connected her core group of followers is, and how that translates to sales. FASHIONISTA's list of influencers (who happen to be men) includes a range of people, from social media stars to industry journalists to merchants. Some have alternately been all three. CAM WOLF interviewed the man chosen as best-dressed by MaleFashionAdvice REDDITers for two years running. Influential, and he shops almost exclusively by thrifting or flipping. And finally, there is this article from WGSN on MARCEL FLORUSS's trip to MILAN FASHION WEEK, where he walked the DOLCE AND GABBANA runway. The author wonders whether influencers are a dying breed. A worthy question if we ignore the fact that in fashion, everything is always about to die. We'll always have style heroes… IKEA’s recent release of the “open source sofa” may have implications for the apparel market. So, is the sofa on GITHUB, orrrrrrr… LULULEMON released a hoodie directed at E-SPORTS competitors, and I wonder if the performance metrics touted by the brand are something that gamers need. My experience with performance gear is that it has to well, perform. What apparel endorsements have we seen for e-sports thus far?… In software news, this new app offers IDs for your favorite influencers' outfits. Does it work for nail piercings too? Would love to see IRENE KIM on this one. COOLSPOTTERS off webpages… The latest in NY MAG’s The Breakdown itemizes a resort look from PRADA… YEEZY season 5, and I’ll say nothing more about it... ENGINEERED GARMENTS looks good. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| A conversation with Jacob Yazejian, used clothing exporter. | | |
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 | Business of Fashion |
| While the giants of Silicon Valley took public stances against President Trump’s immigration order, the silence from fashion's largest companies has been deafening. | | |
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 | Racked |
| You don't need to spend a ton, you just need to care. | | |
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 | i-D Magazine |
| Want to get into fashion, but not sure which path to take? From designers and stylists, to writers and directors, we asked a few i-D friends and family how they made their fashion dreams a reality. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| The Maasai IP project is an initiative that aims to help eradicate extreme poverty by demanding companies license the tribe's brand. | | |
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| Racked |
| At Shop 110 in Minneapolis, women find bonding and beauty. | | |
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 | 1 Granary |
| Zarrella on what actually happens during fashion week, why the majority of shows shouldn't be shows, and the need for experimental design in New York. | | |
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 | Vice |
| When did kids get so well dressed? | | |
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| Quartz |
| The brand whose roots are in sweat-wicking shirts for jocks needs to attract a less sporty crowd. | | |
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 | Fashionista |
| You can't ride someone else's bandwagon. | | |
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 | New York Magazine |
| But here I am, a proud owner of one. | | |
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| Fashionista |
| The Belgian designer became a household name among women when he was appointed as the creative director of Dior, but for his male acolytes, Raf Simons means something much different. | | |
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 | Bon Appétit |
| How a tacky-chic label became a seltzer sensation. | | |
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 | KraneShares |
| A powerful group of tech savvy, entrepreneurial, and predominantly female influencers have emerged as China’s new tastemakers on social media, and they are equally as adored by their fans as they are by major brands. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Over the last 20 years, my wife and I have built several fashion companies, including Lilla P and Leo & Sage, that we design and distribute. We employ about 30 people directly, and dozens more indirectly as freelancers and sales representatives. Entrepreneurs like us should be ecstatic over the pro-business rhetoric coming out of the White House and Congress. | | |
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 | Apparel |
| At NRF, executives from lululemon and adidas revealed how their RFID implementations paved the way for executing omnichannel strategies. | | |
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| i-D Magazine |
| From high fashion take overs of the high street, to designers working with artists and very rare streetwear drops, we investigate the phenomenon of the fashion collaboration. | | |
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 | Engadget |
| The company’s new app lets shoppers try on clothes from home. | | |
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 | Vogue |
| He may be new to the fashion scene, but everyone’s favorite ’90s TV nerd knows how to dress to impress. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Dissecting a 1905 article in "The New York Times" about the wedding of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, who were fifth cousins, once removed. | | |
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