Comments on: (not so) random links

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:09:40 +0000

I’m on the fence with that article. The main point seemed to be that people insecure with their own sense of style will hi-jack the looks of others. What struck me as funny, and what I feel from the author, is that only people insecure with their own sense of style would refuse to tell a friend where they bought a piece of clothing for fear the friend will look better. How silly! If anything, I find myself very secure with what I do and don’t like, and if I see someone wearing something absolutely amazing I will ask them about it. I may buy it, think about finding something like it, or think about making it. I do think there are some people who are insecure and will borrow someone’s entire look– not just a jacket or dress or whatever. But I’m not sure the article did that great a job differentiating between someone who likes your jacket and someone who dresses and looks like you and goes out of their way to do so.

By: tara-lynn

tara-lynn — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:55:11 +0000

thanks for the shout out tricia!
tara-lynn xo

By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:55:19 +0000

i loved that storque article on cloches– they had some beautiful hats featured.

i typically wear a cloche in the winter and when my hair is notsohot. i love them, especially the fact that it’s a timeless vintage item. we wear them without looking dated.

By: lady coveted

lady coveted — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:11:46 +0000

hmmm… i don’t know if i’m with manolo on that one, it kind of sounds a lot like gripes about ‘music these days’

fashion and taste are changing. perhaps the very function of clothing is changing…

i like the new extremes because they are reflecting a process of experiment, pushing the function of clothing to another level of creative expression. also, it’s really inspiring smaller designers to push to find their own style through experiment aside from rehashing the old perfectly tailored blazer.

people may be shocked, they may not like it, but there is definitely something happening, designers are working something out. 20th century modernism was born out of the problems of the 19th century, i feel that there is something shifting where 21st century designers are working out some problems that certainly need to be solved, particularly regarding identity, consumption, environment, etc.