I would love to create that group of people – the ones who respect each other – where we can say what we want. And the group should make a designers’ declaration; that would be so fun and so interesting and so honest! | | | | | Label for Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons Man, 2012. (Tamaki Sono) | | | | | | “I would love to create that group of people – the ones who respect each other – where we can say what we want. And the group should make a designers’ declaration; that would be so fun and so interesting and so honest!”
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| | rantnrave:// We’ve got a fresh REDEF FashionSET on deck: WHERE’D YOU GET THAT? FASHION AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN. The paths to your closet are varied and multiple—check this one out for but a few… Don't miss this piece on JUNYA WATANABE and monozukuri. Few designers have consistently refined and experimented the way Watanabe has after 24 years, and the reflections he offers on his work are as intriguing as the clothes… In critical dialogues, what happens when the reviewer gets rated back (and I’m not talking about being barred from shows)? Differing POVs don’t have to equal the judicial duel. What happens when you can speak freely, with safety and respect? An absolute must-read conversation between RAF x MIUCCIA in SYSTEM MAGAZINE. Miuccia to journo: “although we never say it, we judge you, too. [Laughs]” She proposes organizing a small group where people are *free to talk.* I’m all in on that, any takers? Raf said, “when you are a public person you have to just shut up…” Please don’t. Brings to mind a conversation I had in a LYFT yesterday about augmented reality ratings in restaurants—imagine, you’re sitting at dinner, rating in real time. Lots of things sound like a detail from PHILIP K. DICK, as in UBIK, when the protagonist can’t get out of his apartment; no money for the exit fee. Self-expression, self-censorship, monitoring. Will customer scores become a thing?… Lots of measuring X, Y, and Z against words today. Watch as WILLIAM EGGLESTON plays the piano, then sits on a sofa with WOLFGANG TILLMANS, sagely dropping (er, the words), “Words and images are different animals.” Love the story he relates about that OG HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, who told Eggleston that “color is bullis***…” Response? “I went to another table and partied.“ Indeed… Contour this: DAVID YI’s project, VERY GOOD LIGHT, is taking a good, hard lewk at men’s beauty, also takes headline of the day: “Do you even moisturize, bro?” Visions of #futurebeauty. Great food for thought alongside UMBERTO ECO’s HISTORY OF BEAUTY… Take us away to brand collab land, you say? Get lost in BAPE x COCA-COLA, KARL LAGERFELD x HOTELS (various, via BRANDMARK COLLECTIVE), GLAMOUR x LANE BRYANT, REEBOK x VETEMENTS… Idiom for the extreme present: Pantsuit 2.0... Remembering BILL CUNNINGHAM. | | | - HK Mindy Meissen, curator |
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| "There’s something wrong about this idea of big brands." Miuccia Prada in conversation with Raf Simons, photographed by Juergen Teller. | | |
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| The designer rips apart and reconstructs fashion with obsessive intellect. In a rare interview, he illuminates the ideas behind his radical clothing. | | |
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| A small homegrown fashion industry is winning renown and an increasing share of Cubans' limited clothing budget with simple but fun-and-stylish clothing produced on the island with natural fabrics and sold at competitive prices. | | |
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| Very Good Light, a start-up grooming site for men going online this week, hopes to capture the skin-care zeitgeist. | | |
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| True story: The other day, I was spamming my Snapchat so hard I almost got hit by a semi-truck. I know, it was so extra, but I couldn’t help it. | | |
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| A visit with the artist reveals him to be every bit as brilliant, confounding and heartbreakingly soulful as the pictures he makes. | | |
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| Human evolution hasn’t ended. It’s speeding up. And our collective beauty norms are shaping our evolution in unconventional ways. | | |
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| And more business advice from two of fashion's most successful investors, Lew Frankfort and Andrew Rosen. | | |
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| Black clothing is in such short supply that Thailand's prime minister had to ask for "understanding" for people who aren't wearing it. | | |
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| The future of online shopping is visual recognition. | | |
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| Reverend Erin Jean Warde on adapting a timeworn uniform. | | |
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| This year we have seen Supreme release a house brick under its SS17 collection and Kanye disregard the fashion system in favour of selling his show tickets... It’s little wonder that the motives of streetwear brands are being called into question | | |
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| The device includes a small sensor, placed just beneath the skin of my belly, and displays my blood glucose levels right on my Apple Watch. | | |
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| We sat down with Brooklyn Tailors’ CEO for a chat about endless growth and scale, remaining hands-on, and common sense business thinking. | | |
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| What is a car coat, and how is it changing style for professional women? | | |
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| With a new solo album ready to go, the artist formerly known as Sporty Spice shares her understanding of girl power then vs. now, reflects on working with Lisa Left Eye, and counts the ways in which the music industry has shifted throughout her career. | | |
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| The Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center celebrates in style this month. | | |
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| And how his company will transform the world of retail. | | |
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| An inside look at Vetements’s madcap garage sale in Seoul. | | |
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| Korean designer Sohyun Yun fights with unnecessary consumerism and creates the Layer -- a customizable chair. | | |
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