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Fashion As Mechanism
I’ve spent long stretches of my life being interested in fashion; first, in simply enjoying the textures and colours and styles of major couturiers (the more ravishing and physically inspiring the...
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Yves St Laurent
The truly remarkable life of Yves St Laurent came to an end this weekend. He was a pivotal force in both modern fashion and modern marketing through branding. The New York Times has a long list of...
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Making Modesty Beautiful
My wife came up with this gem of a video about Rabia Z., an award-winning designer of clothing suitable for religiously modest Islamic women. She shows how creativity can thrive in any environment. Her...
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“A Handbag, Mr Worthing?”
I am reliably informed that this is one of the must-have accessories this season for those in that class that cares. And I must say the Jimmy Choo Malena shoulder bag is a handsome piece of work....
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Rasta Rags
Not to be outdone by Milan, Paris, or London, the Caribbean held its own Fashion Weekin Kingston, Jamaica, last week. Colourful and decidedly Caribbean, I liked many of the designs. The Moment has a...
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The $6 million Bra?
This rather unattractive, boring even, bra is apparently worth a staggering $6 million. Decorated with 3,900 precious stones, a cluster of tiny black diamonds, 117 one carat round diamonds and 34...
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Les Sapeurs du Congo
The other day I was crawling through the series of connected tubes (according to ex-Senator Ted Stevens) that George Bush called “the nets” when I came across an extraordinary group of people, dressed...
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It Walks The Walk and Talks The Talk
So-called wearable computing has generally been contained within university labs, but now it is stepping smartly to the front of the cat walk. London-based fashion company CuteCircuit has launched a...
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