February 2012
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The History of the Gyaru - Part One →
harajuju:
Néojaponisme’s Marxy has just started what might be one of his best series yet: a long, well-sourced, nuanced history of Gyaru in Japan. Definitely worth reading in full.
Many have seen long-term gyaru dominance as a symptom of a depressed Japanese economy’s inability to invent and push new styles. Looking closely at the actual changes in fashion and cosmetics, however, the gyaru of...
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: The high street needs to stop repeating itself →
keepsdiary:
The high street needs to stop repeating itself
By Richard Spencer Powell
“I recently completed two things. I finished the fifth anniversary issue of Monocle and booked a summer holiday. There’s something to be said about planning a holiday early, it gives you something to look forward to and you can organise your holiday wardrobe in plenty of time. With the magazine done and a daily...
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"we make noise not clothes" is the most...
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: The New York Times - Robert Geller Fall 2012 →
keepsdiary:
Photo: Regis Colin/NowFashion.com
“Perhaps the most satisfying collection from the weekend belonged to Robert Geller because of the way he layered some pretty out-there designs with wearable looks. There is probably not a big market for elongated dress shirts in polka-dot patterns, but more likely there is one for a blazer that softly dissolves from gray to white and a tweedy...
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“I was walking backstage to a press area after receiving the award and I was by...”
– Rick Owens, in a 2003 article from the Porterville Recorder.
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