Quote-of-the-day
"This may sound as unlikely as a designer winding up on a box of Wheaties, but Mr. Cox and his partner, Daniel Silver, are clearly onto something in altering classic men’s wear by using sports fabrics and shapes. All of the models wore black stretch bodysuits underneath their clothes, intentionally aping bike messengers and perhaps unconsciously Mr. Phelps in his Speedo LZR."-- The fashion crowd still has the Beijing Games on their minds. From New York Times.
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“Most of the people, they just picked up on the bag — ‘Hey guys, run to get the bags!’ ” Mr. Pilati said, only slightly amused. “The point is to have the Manifesto too. The bag is complimentary. The reality is that I didn’t want to give the Manifesto by hand but in a bag as a gesture.”-- People aren't appreciating the YSL Manifesto like the were, er, suppose to? From New York Times.
"In the last few years, the show package has evolved from a simple informational tool to an industry art form. Competition for fashion week bookings has ratcheted up such that the packages, which were once no different from the basic set of cards mailed throughout the year by agencies, have become elaborate, twice-yearly productions, that can cost modeling agencies thousands of dollars. Subtle details such as custom fonts, hand-stamped wax seals and bespoke boxes are crafted into meticulous displays of aesthetic." On the new-found importance of the model show package. From Wall Street Journal.
"There’s nothing “fun or funny” about putting a poor person in a mud hut in clothing designed by Alexander McQueen, she said in a telephone interview. “There are farmer suicides here, for God’s sake” she said, referring to thousands of Indian farmers who have killed themselves in the last decade because of debt." -- Outrage over Vogue India clothing some of India's most poorest citizens in high fashion for a spread. From New York Times.
"Nobody likes to read bad things written about themselves, and a vast majority of them were exaggerated or completely false. But to be completely honest, I don’t even think about that anymore. At some point you have to move on.
Does everybody get along at work 100 percent of the time? Nobody ever does. You may have your arguments here or there, and ultimately you make up and you move on and you’re fine. Or you don’t. But nobody gets along with everybody in this world. It’s absolutely impossible.
I have guys building a house in front of me, and two of the construction workers were screaming at each other the other day. Like really mad at each other. It happens." -- Sharon Doherty, On those "false" pesky rumors about her bad side. From New York Times.
PS: The new 90210 airs on The CW tomorrow. I'll be watching...
