{"id":1142,"date":"2010-01-27T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailydozencreative.com\/weblog\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2010-01-31T21:43:53","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T13:43:53","slug":"a-view-on-mens-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.deaconyu.com\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"a view on mens fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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the wrong:<\/strong> using the same idea on the wrong context<\/em><\/p>\n

product design, music, fashion, architecture, and movies.<\/p>\n

which one of the above does not belong in the same group?
\n(hints: music is about emotions. movies are about experiences. product design is about function. architecture is about belonging. fashion is about cash.)<\/p>\n

the answer is\u2026. fashion. all others are about ideas.<\/p>\n

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but, it could be worst, when fashion has the wrong ideas – look at the givenchy menswear spring \u201808. please tell me what man would wear pink lace shorts and men\u2019s tights? and what is his statement anyways? another example is thom browne spring \u201909. he has similar ideas to put men in skirts. there were pants with a crotch dropped so low as to make them look like dresses? how many guys can dress like marc jacobs to work and to play?<\/p>\n

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when yves saint laruent pioneered the androgynous idea in 1966, he was reflecting his time and empowering women by giving them the option of wearing clothes with influence and power \u2013 menswear. that was a great idea. putting women\u2019s clothes on a men\u2019s body? that is a bad idea.<\/p>\n

a female body is gracefully sculptural with attractive curve for child bearing; a male body is simply and totally utilitarian for hurting. womenswear designer spent over 100 years to perfect it for women. using those research and development for men is as appropriate as knocking off the aviation technology for submarines \u2013 ridiculous. so what should a fashionable man do?<\/p>\n

think uniforms.<\/p>\n

(first published in the jan. 2010 issue of his life magazine)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

the wrong: using the same idea on the wrong context product design, music, fashion, architecture, and movies. which one of the above does not belong in the same group? (hints: music is about emotions. movies are about experiences. product design is about function. architecture is about belonging. fashion is about cash.) the answer is\u2026. fashion. 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