Kottke: “The September Issue is the much-anticipated documentary that follows Anna Wintour and her staff at Vogue through the process of creating the magazine’s September issue, AKA the world’s thickest magazine issue.” (YouTube)
Entries Tagged as 'fashion'
Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2008 Advertsing
June 3rd, 2008
Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2008
Tags: advertising · fashion · sex · tom ford
One Is the Loveliest Color
February 22nd, 2008
‘Karim Rashid. Industrial Designer. White half the time, pink half the time.’ NY Magazine, One Is the Loveliest Color: “I was shopping in Europe with a couple friends, and they talked me into trying on a black shirt and black jeans. If you look good in white, you look really good in black.”
Hedi Slimane – The Vanishing Point
February 11th, 2008
Sascha Kooienga and Artem Emelianov NY Times, The Vanishing Point: “Credit Hedi Slimane or blame him. The type of men Mr. Slimane promoted when he first came aboard at Dior Homme some years back (he has since left) were thin to the point of resembling stick figures; the clothes he designed were correspondingly lean. The [...]
Tags: design · fashion · hedi slimane
In Japan, it’s the men who want to be skinny and cute
November 19th, 2007
IHT, In Japan, it’s the men who want to be skinny and cute: “Both Shirakawa and his girlfriend like the fact that she weighs more than he does, and is the leader of the couple. “She’s a lot stronger than I am, can lift heavy things and go drinking until dawn. I admire that about [...]
Photographies de Coiffures (Tressages) Années 50-60
October 26th, 2007
African Loxo: Photographies de Coiffures (Tressages) Années 50-60
Sex clothes anger Kenyan Muslims
July 16th, 2007
“Prostitutes are known for their skimpy attire, but Kenya’s coastal port of Mombasa is witnessing a controversial fashion makeover. The twilight ladies, as the city’s residents refer to the sex workers, have traded their revealing outfits for the more austere buibui – a loose, floor-length gown and head covering favoured by Muslim women.” (…) Some [...]
Tags: buibui · fashion · fetish · islam · kenya · prostitution · religion · sexuality