January 2010
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amsterdam fashion week: linda valkeman
as i previously stated, there are some charming things to be found in fashion weeks other than those most mainstream. considering myself a longtime resident of the elegant ghetto (which is a state of mind as much as an address), apparel celebrating these references holds a special place in my heart.
linda valkeman’s fall show not only contained my personal requirements of ragged...
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the mcqueen alien feet make another showing
some singer i don’t know called kelis wore this getup to some event in los angeles. a lot of people bitched about it. well, hmm. it is godawful ugly. (and i’m still not sure why those were the hit shoes of mcqueen’s show…these were my favorite.) but let’s think.
do we really want to see another flowing pretty gown that the likes of nicole kidman wears to awards...
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possible trend thoughts: the carousel horse
i’ve seen a couple of things in the shape of carousel horses lately, as well as one in the windows of an art gallery. then, racked ny wrote about how mulberry had one in their windows for some reason. aha. well, i predict this will be a shape in things to come. yee. :D
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stuff i like: facial tattooing
while i was frolicking down some lane, i passed a girl with a facial tattoo. most who are daring enough to go here do the mike tyson & restrict it mainly to the temple area.
however, there are also nice variations, such as that chick in the news some time ago who claimed the tattoo artist defrauded her by giving her more than what she asked for. (i actually quite like this layout.)
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street observations: hair edition
yesterday as i was aimlessly pacing the streets, mourning my 1.2 day loss of an internet connection, i came across several creatures particularly fascinating, as they had inky heads, but were not goths . for several years now i have been won to the cause of black hair, yet never particularly bought into all that heavy velvet and commitment to hours in one’s room writing poetry.
it has...
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couture week: valentino
valentino’s couture show pictures are up & apparently getting comparisons to balenciaga. whatever, i say. it is difficult not to reference some other designer. (victoria beckham copies roland mouret with commitment & i’ve heard hardly a whisper about this. i suspect she probably lured some of his former designers)
anyway, this show is fun! it has bright colors, eye...
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fur crisis with dude figure skater
when i first read the article about this guy wearing fox fur on his costume & his rejoinder to the flak, i was going to ignore it. basically, to sum up, he did the above and various sources bitched about it. he said the following:
“I totally get the dirtiness of the fur industry and how terrible it is to animals. But it’s not something that’s the No. 1 priority in my life,…There are...
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couture week: jean paul gaultier
my reliable favorite at couture week is always jean paul gaultier. he gives us something challenging, something more than pretty dresses covered in ruffles.
this season, it’s inspired by mexico. lovely, what? don’t you find?
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couture week: givenchy & chanel
thus far into couture week, it seems as though everyone has pretty much voted along their party lines. armani & dior made pretty dresses that look like them and that ladies will want to wear to awards shows to be showered with affection by the non-fashion-understanding public. yes, mostly safe.
my favorite moments were with givenchy & chanel, which both showed weird body-cocoon type...
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ami nyitray designs
whenever a whim overtakes me to wear a necklace of human teeth or a poison bottle, i’m usually neither inclined to take la trip to the garbage dump to source materials myself or to buy a fake version for 1000+ made by a fancy new yorkian boutique brand feeling ironic. oh no! am i to collapse, aghast, that the world has turned against me? noooo…check out ami nyitray’s site on...
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new look spring 2010 campaign
while the picture on the right feels a retread of the eighties trend we have been stuffed with like peppers oozing so much four-cheese blend, the left image is quite charming. this, as well as a couple of other pieces in the line (look on nitrolicious if you want to see it; we’re not wasting editorial space here) are the first i have seen to bring out my predicted & much-loved...
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advertising analysis: american apparel edition
i should be clear: i don’t dislike american apparel. no, indeed, i can go inside their stores and find a plethora of yummy things to lust after. one should be careful how the dollars on basics rack up, but juicy all the same.
their advertising campaign has me growing ever more disenchanted, however. for at least these five years i have been intimately familiar with the company, they...
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stuff i like, men's corset edition
i pay intermittent attention to the men’s fashion weeks, so perhaps man-sexy is, like, a recurrent theme on the runways. however, it seems to be getting a big push of late. especially of note to me were the corsets on john galliano’s fall 2010 runway. wow. and ow.
some people are going to bitch about this look. those people are just whiners. women are supposed to adapt to...
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sunshine, lollipops, & blood...the systematic...
the men’s fashion shows have been ongoing & more than one runway has displayed models beaten or bleeding. i’m not about to say i’m necessarily opposed to this look.
(dsquared2, fall 2010)
however, while i was taking this in, i came across a picture of particularly emaciated (or are they?) girls getting ready for a show in Brazil:
(ny mag)
i hate the weight debate....
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the row makes some announcement, i think about...
(the row is doing a runway show at nyfw. uhm, yeah, for whom?)
i’ve lately found myself wondering why advertising bothers to use men in it at all. it seems, to me, as i consider it more, a complete waste of space. men want to look at women, even when products are being marketed their way, a slivers of skin & he’ll be happy…
women, meanwhile, seem similarly to...
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assorted awesomeness from the bay area
i grew up in the bay area, and though i don’t reside there now, most of my creative inspiration still springs from memories of that place.
somehow, and perhaps only because it is immune from it in my mind, fragments of insipid celebrity-lust and desire to become famous are largely absent from arts movements. though i will admit i spent many of my days passed out in some gutter and when...
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stuff i like, gemma edition
okay, so, for a little while one pork taco will not exist in real time. that is to say, i am working on mining my delicious page of things more interesting than mere runway images and posting them here. when this, and my paltry reserves of creativity, have run dry, there will be new stuff! oh, the glee.
(dolce & gabbana, spring 2005)
right now, i’m going to blather on about...
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(notes on nineties fashion)
as i have stated previously, i miss the nineties. we had hippies, goths, grunge, & minimalism, with the bonus of the functionality of sexy. (as pictured here. wow. and ow.)
the sexy of today has the musky-church smell of the middle ages, when women wore long, long pointed sleeves & hats with tall shoes that pinched so there wasn’t much one could do except sit and look pretty....
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courtney love, 1990s
in that moment of hole’s heyday, before we all realized how she needed to shut her mouth, courtney love was kind of a dish…remember the ratty baby-doll dresses, smeared red lipstick, bleached hair with the dark roots showing….?
yeah, well, i think it is time to bring back her not-so-subtle subtleties, in a day when a least a little something hidden is sexier than all these...
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a slightly tipsy miss
uhhhmm……homegirl’s hitting the floor faster we can take a slug from the bottle of soco & pass it to her to keep her upright. but before she does, i’d like to delay her for a moment & say i really like the greasy hair & the one eye. i’m wondering if one can pull this off without looking an homage to that awful, awful movie adaptation of one of the most...
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"closer" image, 1994
in a world where wearing uggs with shorts is permissible (and don’t even get me started on anything saying “pink” or “juicy” on the ass in public), the be-goggled must continuously strive for a movement into a time we are no longer ostracized for our fashion choices… (and whatever is going on with the hand accessory here is lovely-lovely hot. goddamn. ahem.)
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"come as you are", (but not really): vogue...
this angers me to the severest degree: original (top), with abbey & catherine’s nipple piercings intact (and looking really good) & the photoshopped image that made the magazine (bottom). while vogue is allegedly a purveyor of artistic creativity & fashion, here is the very same…censored. i mean…what exactly is the bottom image doing in a fashion magazine? without...
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reflections on helena bonham carter, my fashion...
even though i spend much of my time looking at fashion-related images, i really only have a few fashion icons, and i haven’t figured out who all of them are. actually, i haven’t seen all of them yet.
however, helena bonham carter has always been one of them, and of particular interest to me was to learn that not only did marla singer in fight club live at the hotel bristol, but...
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coffin couches!!!
because it would be unfair to only subject the three readers of this blog to my fairly shallow & insipid rantings about fashion, here is one about furniture. coffin couches. the only gift that is completely appropriate for any occasion. check them out here:
http://www.coffincouches.com/
(06.11.09)
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chronicling bamalama fashion: huntsville, alabama
although i saw several particularly inspired, not particularly considered, fashion statements this weekend while traveling (red shirt & green leggings worn together without feeling elfin, jeans & shoes so ragged feet and wallets were about to start falling out, the same shirt 3 days in a row), my favorite was the pink acid wash, worn as shorts or pants, for men or women, fraying hems...
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asics/gettry procourt ar hamburger
is it fucking godawful ugly? yes. but it is such a clever idea i think it’s impossible not to find it similarly lovely, bringing fashion-art to the masses. all the elements of a hamburger (we know they must be thinking of soy, of course) are represented.
(05.15.09)
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(thoughts on the hemline index)
i’ve been reading about the hemline index and what does it mean that we’re getting this instead (shocking!)? well. i think that theory is so much nonsense. i mean, really, all the crotch-line minis have been informing us is that the besides the thigh-high boots the best accessory for fall is sex. which is free. and, you know, if you want to throw in the dress in too, that’s...
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another vacant stare....
there has been much postulation on why models this season look more, um, vexed, than usual. i haven’t really been convinced by the previous arguments i’ve read & would like to put forth a few of my own: 1. they’re not getting paid as much (*gasp*). 2. as models are getting younger, they’re having a harder time connecting with the clothes, particularly as stylist tones...