Fashion has nothing to do with the quotidian, the natural. Fashion is about creating a dream. I don't work six months, day and night, on a fashion show to give you natural. | | | | Han Kjobenhavn, Copenhagen Fashion Week S/S 2018, August 9, 2017.
(Rob Ball/WireImage/Getty Images) | | | | | | “Fashion has nothing to do with the quotidian, the natural. Fashion is about creating a dream. I don't work six months, day and night, on a fashion show to give you natural.”
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| | rantnrave:// NEW YORK FASHION WEEK is around the corner, and people are gearing up for another season of shows. The clothes. The models. The #influence. People seem to be regaining some chill after a handful of high-profile NYC designers announced they'll be showing in PARIS this season. CATHY HORYN writes that that the great designer exodus of 2017 doesn't matter. Why? There's a calendar brimming with shows worth anticipating. The fashion industry is global and interconnected, and NYC has the potential to be fertile ground for experimentation. A shift in perspective is just the beginning, but could this mark a turning point? Get your screens ready and your head in the game. Just some of the NYFW names I'm looking forward to: CHROMAT, HELMUT LANG for SHAYNE OLIVER, KITH, MAKI OH, OSCAR DE LA RENTA, NARCISO RODRIGUEZ, PYER MOSS, RAF SIMONS at CALVIN KLEIN, THE ROW, YEOHLEE. And on that note, SIMON COLLINS' Fashion Week manifesto is a pleasure to read. Funny and provocative statements here, including notes on "fashion dinosaurs" and ownership of the GREGORIAN calendar. Read it and you'll see what I mean. I'd love to see some experimental, off-calendar shows. Any takers? It all begins Sept. 6... Clothing has been caught dead center in debates about violence and representation, from MAGA hats to FRED PERRY polos, and openly sharing experiences from all walks of life are vital to understanding. Be open, embrace debate. BANANA MAGAZINE posted audio of this panel on Asian male masculinity. Some refreshing perspectives here, featuring MISS INFO, JIAN DELEON, KEVIN KREIDER, LYRICKS, JEFF STAPLES, and DAVID YI... In brief: MACYS cuts 100 jobs... The diamante-studded JULIEN MACDONALD MCDONALD's burger box is real. For all your BIG MACS... CINDY CRAWFORD has been sharing clips of HOUSE OF STYLE and it's amazing. Is this the next MTV reboot? | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| In her first year as Creative Director of Dior, she has embraced the global feminist zeitgeist head on. But as we joined her on travels from Tokyo to Calabasas and back to Paris, a more personal motivation came to light. | | |
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| Get woke. A posh lounge in the exclusive Ludlow House in NYC’s Lower East Side became a forum filled with all manner of dope Asian American creatives and activists gathered to talk about something not immediately associated with Asian men — masculinity. | | |
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| With vintage finds and designer pieces, the former private is crafting a new identity one look at a time. | | |
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| Can you be sent home for wearing a #MAGA hat? | | |
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| With the disappointing quarterly results from some of the major sports retailers, there has been a renewed cry that the athleisure trend is over. | | |
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| Designers may be leaving New York for Paris, but it doesn’t matter. | | |
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| FCD’s Simon Collins weighs in on the great fashion week debate with some no-nonsense advice. | | |
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| This is what really matters when evaluating a brand's supply chain. | | |
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| Outlier paired an innovative perspective alongside a direct-to-consumer approach. The results, consumers have been able to acquire the well-designed and considered product at reasonable prices. The end goal is, however, much simpler. It's about removing barriers. | | |
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| Today, two seemingly different questions are top of mind for many physical goods brands: 1) How do we end the catastrophic parade of endless sales and markdowns?; and 2) Is there a way to bring back domestic manufacturing in some capacity? But are these two questions linked? | | |
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| In October, a 43,000 square-foot building will open with many of the designer’s most famous pieces. | | |
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| Exploring homage and collaboration from brands like Prada, Raf Simons, Rick Owens and more. | | |
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| The Nineties icon talks hosting the show and what she remembers of “the day the supermodel was born.” | | |
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| Fashion brands are using RFID tags to battle fakes and track inventory more efficiently. | | |
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| The startup is bringing on premium labels like Alice + Olivia, Rag & Bone, and Theory. | | |
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| While there have been significant moments for plus-size women in the beauty industry -- L'Oreal including Sabina Karlsson and Marquita Pring in its most recent spring campaign for True Match foundation and Queen Latifah serving as a longtime brand ambassador of CoverGirl -- for the most part visibility has remained relegated to the occasional curvy celebrity. | | |
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| White polos and khakis were a strategic costume. | | |
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| Nearly eight years after starting her YouTube channel “Clothes Encounters,” Jenn Im has a social following of 4.1 million across all digital channels. | | |
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| Liberation was in the air. | | |
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| Critical look at the TIffany-Coty perfume license with licensing expert Ira Mayer. Using Tiffany & Coty as an example, this article identifies 5 key factors that must be managed to assure success in licensing a luxury brand. | | |
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