…created as an accompaniment to André Leon Talley’s exhibit of the same name at Savannah College of Art and Design’s SCAD Museum of Art, is an entirely black-and-white photographic affair.
more.
And if you can’t, Patrick McDonald will hold his monocle up to the point.
“It gets to be disconcerting sometimes, when someone will say ‘I’m the dandy about town,’ or ‘I’m bringing back hats,’” he said, irritation creeping into his voice.
“Really? Well, what have I been wearing on my head for two decades? A tea cozy?
SAG Awards Fashion & a Public Announcement for Celebrities of Color | Afrobella : Afrobella
(this goes for me, too, though I am not a prominent blogger of any kind)
One of my favorite features from The Cut is The Look Book, where they go back in time with a celebrity or public figure by way of their clothes. The most recent one came out today, and features Beyoncé (yay). My favorite Look Book subject is Michelle Obama (of course).
So my question is, do the folks who compile the Look Books take requests? Could there be a Look Book featuring a plus-sized person like Stephanie Zwicky (whose blog is already something of a Look Book, anyway)? Or could somebody here suggest a plus-size lady that would be a good subject for a Look Book I could compile and post here?
Today many of them are Web icons, trotting out their finery for scores of fans. But what they are parading as street style — once fashion’s last stronghold of true indie spirit — has lately been breached, infiltrated by tides of marketers, branding consultants and public relations gurus, all intent on persuading those women to step out in their wares.
“These girls are definitely billboards for the brands,” said Tom Julian, a fashion branding specialist in New York City, one of a handful engaged in a particularly stealthy new form of product placement. “People still think street style is a voice of purity,” Mr. Julian said. “But I don’t think purity exists any more.
Bella Smith, a volunteer, paid tribute to early 1980s fashion in oversize door-knocker earrings accented with a red bandanna.
