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tavi / wintour?
it is just me, or does tavi from style rookie looks a lot like anna wintour (from american vogue if you have to ask)? or more importantly, who has a greater influence on fashion today?
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co-incident 5?
on the left, it was raf simons for jil sander fall ’09. on the right, it is giles deacon spring ’10. and fall ’09 is right before spring ’10, meaning raf is before giles.
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lose yourself
the wrong: sending the wrong message for hussein chalayan spring / summer 2010, the most important look is # 42 – hussein himself came out pulling a dali. and it is also the most disappointing. lacking the punches and the muscle from his early career, he is now reduced to a part of the fashion…
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the asian galliano
there is only a thin line separating the genius from the crazies. if only this guy was born in london in the late 60’s…
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sorry guys
the wrong: not having time to update the blog we are still very much angry, but we are also super busy with our projects in china. we take on same fashion labels in the mainland and are really trying to work our magic there. as soon as we get time to breath, we will figure…
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designers’ musical chairs
we have been compiling a helpful designer list of who’s-in and who’s-out of all the major fashion houses with their ceos and their parent companies for the past 6 months. it is in .html format for your cut-and-paste convenience. alternatively, you can open the ‘information’ tab on the right sidebar and click on designers’ musical chairs.…
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the old enfant terrible and the new technology
the right: never stop learning and employing new technology jean paul gaultier might not be the hottest name around at the moment, but it will be your mistake to ignore him. take his marketing campaign for the first anniversary (1st birthday if you will) of his ‘madame’ fragrance, it is the most creative online promotion to date. over…
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co-incident 4?
on the left, we have the classic birkin bag by hermes. on the right, we have the brand new peekapoo bag by fendi for spring 09. the birkin is an iconic bag with a history. but, it’s not the most user friendly bag to carry around – you can barely put it though your shoulder, and…
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co-incident 3?
on the left, we have a hermes bag dated before 2003. on the right we have a comme des garçons louis vuitton crossover bag from 2008. of course, we don’t dare to say our beloved rei kawakubo was copying (oh my god!). but for someone who is widely and blindedly admired for her originality, this simply shouldn’t have…
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car, fashion, and shows
wrong: fashion show for show’s sake suggestion: learn from the concepts of car shows after the second world war, an influential school of car builders emerged in italy. their activities were 2-headed: consulting work for mass production companies and, designing expensive custom-made concepts there were pieces of art that served as a platform for the evolving…
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china
we were up in china last week for a meeting with a potential client. while waiting for the car to pick us up, we started to explore this ‘downtown’ area near the train station out of boredom. being brave, we wandered into this center area that resemble a fancy shoppping mall with a garden. the…
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lynn yaeger
the right: fearlessly charge into the unknown territory we are probably the last few to find out that lynn yaeger is out of a job. the village voice, where the legendary fashion critic worked for over 30 years, gave her the pink slip on dec 29, 08. we don’t know her personally, but i met her…
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the 105th canton fair
risking contact with the h1n1 swine flu, we went up to guangzhou to attend the oldest trade show in china last wednesday (5/6/09). it is where you can find all kinds of factories manufacturing all types of garments and accessories you could ever want under one roof. a big roof it is: there are 15…
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knock-off offender: coach 3
the wrong: knocking of the soul of another brand we really don’t mean to pick on coach, but they provide such good materials. even thought hermes was found in 1837 as a saddle shop by thiery hermès, the carriage and horse logo and well-known orange hermès boxes weren’t introduced until 1951, when the company was under the direction of…
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knock-off offender: coach 2
the wrong: capitalizing on smaller labels’ designs on the left is the pierre hardy signature bag from 2006. in the middle and on the right are the cricket summer 09 group from coach. do we have to say more? after running low on ideas from gucci (and running up the tap on the lawyers’ fee),…
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knock-off offender: coach
the wrong: unintelligent copying on the left, it is the gucci tattoo bag from 2008. on the right, it is the coach version of the tattoo bag from 2009. as if it’s not enough to knock off the monogram then made a fortune off it, coach is at it again with gucci’s tattoo concept. (not…
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co-incident 2?
we don’t have a thing for accusing martin margiela of copying. but, on the left we have a traditional portuguese raincoat. and on the right, we have the ‘blonde’ jacket of martin margiela spring 09 show. and we are still not saying he is copying….