Category: fashion
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Victoria Beckham’s fashion line only now turned a profit, after 15 years?
Victoria Beckham was covered in a piece on the CNN Style. She had recently shown her collection at Paris Fashion Week. In the article, there is a line that says critics questioned the brand’s commercial viability. It only recently turned a profit. This made me think, “Really, a brand that has been around since 2008…
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With Fall/Winter 23, Bottega Veneta asks, “What is chic?”
I am late to the party on this, but I finally saw the Bottega W 23 show. Often designers end their fashion show with a final look intentionally chosen to be the show stopper. I mean because it literally is the signal that the show is over. It is a work of art. At the end…
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“This isn’t Zara for rich people”: Daniel Roseberry on keeping Schiaparelli exclusive
Previously, I had watched a video by Bliss Foster, where he discussed the idea of not everything has to be for him. If there are times when he doesn’t want to pay full price for the authentic item (in contrast to buying a replica) then maybe that wasn’t a bad thing. It just is a…
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The Dior FW23 show was like a letter of encouragement to the 1950s woman
Today’s Dior show felt like a love letter to 1950s fashion. Personally I love a long skirt and structured jacket. However, my thinking was that this was a way of reinventing the styles of the house from its early days. I thought about the “New Look,” which was Christian Dior’s way of bringing back femininity…
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At the Emporio Armani show, the models smiled. And I thought that was odd.
Though I didn’t have the chance to watch all of the shows during Milan Fashion Week, there was one I did watch, which caught me off guard. It was the Giorgio Armani FW23/24 womenswear show. The models looked happy. And that was weird. And of course, it is weird that I think that was weird.…
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Reflection of Fear of God’s Jerry Lorenzo’s career pivot
“Am I too late?” It’s a question that I often ask myself. I have a fear that opportunity, as a general thing, is limited; success has a by when date. But as I continue to learn about the fashion world, I learn stories that make me question that. My winding career path may not be…
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Upside down dresses at Viktor & Rolf and high fashion art
A friend sent me a short video of the Viktor & Rolf 2023 Couture show, captioned with the message, “Now this, this is high fashion.” I think what a lot of people get wrong about couture shows, and fashion shows in general, is that every single piece that comes down the runway needs to be…
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Maybe there’s more to the colors on the runway
I was preparing a talk and needed a song. I gave it over to YouTube to play something randomly for me. It gave me Sara Bareilles covering Yellow by Coldplay. As she sung it, the words sunk into me. It spoke to me of sacrificial love. It was perfect for a discussion of love and…
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Beyond New York: Here are some other American cities that do Fashion Week too
Love is measured in time. How long do you want to spend with the subject of your affection? If you are measuring my viewing of the recent fashion shows and content to come to an assessment, you can certainly say that I love fashion shows. February is “Fashion Month,” or at least on of the…
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