Category: the wrong
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just follow it!
the wrong: blindly following a trend without even trying to understand why waterproof zipper has been hot for a few seasons. but, can someone please educate us on why they would need waterproof zippers on a cotton hoodie? water won’t zip through the zippers for sure, but the only problem is that the cotton fleece…
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being wong kar-wai
the wrong: be burdened by a certain amount of fame, status, or ‘identity’, thus forgetting to improve, to re-invent, and to take risk no doubt he has already wrote his name onto the history books, but judging from his recent and not-so-recent works, i would say being wong kar-wai must be pretty boring these days.…
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what’s wrong with this picture?
these are the pre-fall collections of 2009. and they are not from the same designer. so why do they look the same? if the labels fall off, you wouldn’t know which hi-end fashion house to return them to! richard chai? nina ricci? ungaro? matthew williamson? or proenza schouler? it used to be a geographical problem; they should…
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vogue fading out of vogue?
the new york times fashion critic cathy horyn is always insightful and inspirational. here is her take on the rumor of miss wintour being replaced at american vogue: http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/01/style/01anna.php seeing though the juicy speculation, miss horyn managed to add depth to it. there is grace mirabella’s observation that we’ve “got a fashion market that doesn’t…
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shanghai & fashion
during my trip to shanghai last week, i was curious to see the local fashion creations. by chance, i found them on both change le lu and xin le lu. names like even penniless, liu2, na(too), ne!ther nor (onebyone), estune, jade en plus are all part of the emerging scene. as items, the garments are…
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out of time and out of touch
next to the ceos, the pr department should be the first one to be fired. the american auto big (ego) 3 were begging for money from the government for a bailout, and the 3 ceos had to fly there by 3 different private jets? they couldn’t share 1 plane? they couldn’t ‘downgrade’ to fly first class?…
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couture
fashion is mainly an old world technician. some loves being inspired by the vintage pieces or an ancient-period theme. most are proud to use the century-year-old unchanged embroidery and beading methods. how exciting could it be? those who are really moving garment forwards are the sportlifestyle brands such as puma and adidas. just like at…
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celine
it’s hard to succeed with a borrowed identity and nothing new to say. an example would be ivana omazic being replaced by phoebe philo for the fall 09 season. there is already a nicolas ghesquiere. looking like a balenciaga with curved seams is not going to make anybody happy.
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the luxury market’s decline starts today
from ’99 to ’08, designers’ shoes went up from 200 bucks a pair to us $1000, and that (forget about the real thing) just gets you some fake croc embossed leather. coincidently, the tech bubble of late 90s were replaced by the fault prosperity fueled by the inflated real estate prices and the financial trickeries.…