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Regarding the debate over copyrights and food, people in fashion are having the same discussion. “In an industry where many designers come out with similar looks each season — and where inspiration is said to be ‘in the air’ — designers and the thriving knockoff industry are hotly debating the issue.” (thx, richard)
Video of a man putting on 155 tshirts over a four-hour period; at the end, the conglomerate top weights 100 pounds. (via josh)
State of Emergency photo shoot from the September 2006 issue of Vogue Italia. The editorial of these fashion photos exceeds that of much photography found in more conventional US news media. (via bb)
Slate looks at street fashion photo blogs. Includes a well-deserved shout-out to The Sartorialist.
This tshirt with infographics on it is too nerdy even for me. That and I’ve been getting a ton of crap from everyone I know about how many Threadless tshirts I own.
Joe Malia’s privacy scarves provide mobile phone users and portable video game players with privacy, a light/glare-free texting/playing environment, and warm necks. “Users of the wearable mobile phone scarf can venture into public spaces confident that if the need to compose a private text message were to arise the object could be pulled over the face to create an isolated environment.” (via eyeteeth)
“Dude, it’s time. Girls, you too. Time to pack up the whole in-your-face, raw, hyper-sexualized, porno, skater, white trash, open wounds, self-effacing, Jackass, loose ethics, 80’s bar mitzvah disco, and party-till-you vomit movement, aesthetic and attitude. Go on, scram. Beat it. We don’t want you hanging around anymore.”
Some neat tech-inspired jewelry and accessories from Zelle. I don’t what’s coolest, the transistor earrings, microcontroller cufflinks, the belt made from an IDE cable, or the capacitor necklace.
Absurd luxury markets…“some khaki pants are now selling for AS MUCH AS $1055” (emphasis mine). Holy shit.
Some dreams deserve to be immortalized on tshirts:
He can feel the anger in my voice, so he immediately tries to calm me down. “I’m trying to explain the differences between MySQL and Perl to my friend,” he answers as if that were the most logical thing to ever come out of his mouth.
“You’re friends with Gisele Bundchen?” I ask.
“Well, yeah,” he says. “I met her on a WordPress message board a few months ago.”
My whole world does a sort of belly flop, and I start to get a little dizzy because what I used to think was right-side-up is now turned on its head. “That’s not okay,” I say to him.
“What do you mean it’s not okay?” he asks. “We’re talking about databases, for crying out loud.”
Apologies to Mike for beating him to the punch.
ps. Sorry, you can’t actually order the shirts. I’ve offered Heather the design if she wants to do so at some point.
One of the main characters in the film The Night of the White Pants, played by Nick Stahl, wears a Threadless tshirt (this one, which I happen to have as well) for most of the movie.
Interview with Miuccia Prada and Rem Koolhaas on the occasion of the reopening the of Soho store here in NYC. In it, she rebuts the rumor that she might do a design for H&M. And 3.5 years on, Prada still doesn’t know what to do with their web site. (thx, anne)
Rumor has it that Miuccia Prada might design some clothing for H & M.
Lamenting the sad state of the typography on girls’ asses. “This booty type is in fact similar to public signage that I’ve worked so closely with over the years: it’s meant to be seen, it’s communicating important and relevant information, it can be used to alert people of a problem (“SLUT!”), or it can simply be pointing out a scenic overlook.”
Here’s a line of pre-pixelated clothes suitable for wearing on television shows where the producers don’t want to worry about clearing the rights to clothing logos. Fun idea.
For those that like wearing what you’re eating, check out Jeremy Scott’s food-inspired fashion. Hamburger shirt and french fry pants…yummy. (via culiblog)
The fashion industry doesn’t try to control its creativity the way that the music and film industries do. “The fashion world recognizes that creativity cannot be bridled and controlled and that obsessive quests to do so will only diminish its vitality. Other content industries would do well to heed this wisdom.”
De-Touch lets you step through how photos of models are retouched for publication. Announcement here. Made with Processing, source code is available.
It’s fashion week in NYC next week and the last couple of years, Slate asked fashion expert Josh Patner to provide answers to some frequently asked questions about fashion shows (more here).
Scott Nelson produces a “tribute brand” called MIKE that’s an homage to Michael Jordan, Nike branding, and shoes. After looking at his products (photos and interviews here and here), I’m amazed Nike hasn’t sued him back to the Stone Age. Nelson’s site is mike23.com.
Online tshirt commerce is so easy now; individuals can even offer a new tshirt design every single day. My favorite shirt of the day is this scarlet/Scarlett fiddle-dee-dee one from yesterday.
Knickers, the lingerie weblog, has compiled a lingerie shopping guide for Valentine’s Day with breakdowns by size and style (from virgin to vixen). Possibly NSFW.
For those of you who are Napoleon Dynamited out, how about a “Pedro Lacks Political Experience” tshirt?
A series of art projects based on Flickr. The Flickr tag cloud tshirt is clever; the printing on the shirts is reversed so that you can read them in the mirror…”the [Flickr user’s] narrative is actually addressing himself while claiming to address others”. (via ia)
They’re building a Prada store just outside the town of Valentine, TX (population: 187) with no door. It’s art!
Teenaged necktie maven Baruch Shemtov. He made his first tie for school and has since turned it into a business, selling his wares in Fifth Avenue shops and online for $100 apiece.
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