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Very Accurate: From the latest editorial in VMAN, shot by Sebastian Faena and fittingly titled “Ana Claudia Naked.” [VMan]
Political Theater: Is Kanye a freelance mic-grabber, or mic-grabbing at the behest of MTV management. We’ll let him finish. [Defamer]
To the Moon, Alice: A gentleman’s guide to photographing the curvature of the earth. [Gizmodo]
Light Up: Watch Yohji Yamamoto smoke a cigarette. Yes, that’s all. [The Cut]
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For the record, we have a lot of respect for Yohji Yamamoto, and we don’t want him to stop indulging himself.
But when you’re dressing grown men like 60-year-old female librarians, it may be time to reassess your principles.
The worst part is, we can imagine exactly how this happened. The shirt got looser and looser, and longer and longer, and more and more tartan. We’re betting Yohji didn’t know he’d made a shawl until it was all too late.
As for the skirt…your guess is as good as ours.
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It’s fairly common for a writer to stretch a thin idea farther than they should. Generally, the worst that happens is a puffier-than-usual puff piece. But when a designer does it…things can get ugly.
*Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.*
We always just kind of took it for granted that king-of-camp John Waters only ever wears vintage threads. That’s what the writer/director’s skinny suits and ties always looked like to us, and it seemed to match his retro persona perfectly. The other night at the opening of the new musical version of his 1990 film
It was the modernized boating blazer that tipped us off, of course»
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Green Man: Nau co-founder Ian Yolles explains
fashionable sustainability. [PSFK]
Not So Horny: “Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons,
and glittering bits of mirrors.” And you thought Vikings looked like
this, silly goose. [Eurekaltert]
Incoming!: Suface2Air’s Spring/Summer 08 available
now. [Word is Bomb]
The Boom Bip: The perfect footwear for the Ed Lover
Dance. [Hypebeast]
The Barn Jacket: Seems we’re not the only ones with a
fetish for waxed cotton. [A Suitable Wardrobe]
Def Junk: Russell Simmons officially launches his
already launched hip-hop-on-the-back-nine fashion brand. It will suck.
[Celebrity Brands]
How To Pronounce Comme des Garçons: Don’t blow this
one. [Robby Wells]
International Champion: According to the Nielsen
company Gucci is the most desired fashion line in the world. Tom Ford
commemorates the success of his former employer by rolling over in his
sable-covered bed and snoring. [Bloomberg]
High Kicks: Adidas has their Yohji Yamamoto. Now Puma
has their Hussein Chalayan. [Fashion Week Daily]
Hang The DJ: Dear Elle UK, hitting “play” on iTunes
does not count as “branching out.” [ElleUK]
