working girls, show us a picture: you gotta look the part
I’m stumbling through a chain store in the thick of late night shopping. Katy Perry’s voice pours through unseen speakers, stands of accessories jump out at me from thin air. Mirrors are fixed to the walls in a way that makes you slightly nauseous, with multiple copies of yourself staring back at you from behind [...]
makeup and femininity
There was a recent article on Xo Jane that talked about women, makeup and men’s perceptions of women and makeup. It reminded me a lot of this comic I’d seen circulating around on tumblr (see featured image). I laughed, but also felt annoyed. It’s true; I’ve experienced this before from the men in my life [...]
h&m’s computer-generated models: what kind of message does this send?
The bodies of most of the models H&M features on its website are computer-generated and “completely virtual,” the company has admitted. H&M designs a body that can better display clothes made for humans than humans can, then “dresses” it by drawing on its clothes, and digitally pastes on the heads of real women in post-production. [...]
fashion: can it be more than just frivolous fun?
This week, VICE Magazine has come out with a very topical editorial taking on the Occupy movement which has been titled American Psychos. The editorial shows beautifully dressed young Wall Street types in Vivienne Westwood and Dior Homme engaging with the so-called 99% with stark contrast between them, and putting their own asshole-ish spin on [...]
the clothes don’t make the woman
So my little sister comes home yesterday fresh from the school uniform shop with a crisp, nice, new pair of shorts and the first words she says to me are: ‘Do you think I’ll look like a lesbian in these shorts?’ I answer back, ‘I didn’t know you could confirm a person’s sexual orientation by [...]
if they can design for miss piggy, then why not plus-sized people?
With the new Muppets movie opening here on January 12th, there has been a renewed interest in all things Muppet, and in particular, Miss Piggy. I’ve always considered Miss Piggy a bit of a role model. I think she’s fearless, wears whatever she wants, gets what she wants on the sheer force of personality (and, [...]
fashion : leggings are not the devil
I’ve noticed a trend lately of people lambasting the practice of wearing leggings as pants. There are articles reviling leggings as the last relic of truly bad fashion; arguing that people who wear leggings as pants suffer from some form of chronic laziness; and suggesting that there is something fundamentally wrong with the concept of [...]
my eveningwear evolution: why it’s easier being me
Today marked a momentous occasion for any man. One of those coming-of-age milestones (no, not of the sexual nature) but rather an event that made me realise that I am indeed encroaching on a new phase in my life in that I may actually be one of these adults I hear so much about… I [...]
Do you want to take my picture?
I’ve never been 100% comfortable with having my photograph taken – despite trying to make myself accustomed to it through regular outfit photos. I have a relatively realistic viewpoint on how I look in pictures, but sometimes I am still shocked out of that viewpoint by what is either a “bad” photo or a “bad” [...]
fashion : the wiles of street style
Seeing Bill Cunningham New York recently really got me thinking about what has become of street style over the past few years. Here is an 80+ year old man who takes photos for the New York Times style pages, as he has for decades. He rides his bike in his bright blue poncho (known as [...]
Recent Comments