I love that you still love the shows! You are a true lovers of fashion. I really don’t care anymore. I just occasionally go “nice Loewe trench” or “lovely long Chloe dress” like I did while reading the piece. I never thought I’d say that! Turns out I’m not the fan I thought it was (more specifically - I love style, but not fashion, diff things I think)
I think that’s a common and obvious differentiation — between fashion and style and can understand and even relate to a lot of the gripes with fashion (mostly in my view referring to the industry, which necessarily means it’s politics too). Style can often take on a much more spiritual quality in a persons life to the extent that they use clothes to explore the world or to enhance self perception, or whatever. the thing I love about fashion is that it’s like this hub/gold mine of creative people who do that for a living. I love that so much!
Leandra thank you for this. This is the fashion coverage I want and needed.
Regarding the media and how we consume and consumed fashion through it, I remember reading Vogue cover to cover from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. I must have really savored it. Back then us not fashion people who were interested in fashion really just read Vogue and W (I guess? We’re there other cooler mags probably) and the images and words seemed to really soak in probably because of the age I was but also because there was no infinite scroll. And as I’d remember there’s be the photos from the collections at the front of the book (sometimes at the back? In index?), obviously just a selection of looks of course that someone had put together to illustrate a trend or a point.
Now of course anyone of us can see all the looks, which is great. But as with all other information in this age, it’s so much noisier too.
Certain vibes and images were firmly imprinted on my teenaged mind. Briefly, two because why not
- the green shirt Gwyneth wore in a Great Expectations, unbuttoned
- this cover with the wife-beaters and ball skirts (https://archive.vogue.com/issue/19990401 - yes I had fun googling that and also i only had to go through two years of covers to find it - eerie)
PS I don’t want to edit my comment for the learning moment, but I was typing fast and note here “wife beater” isn’t the most nice term for a garment, and what an interesting history of classism and signifying I fell into https://www.dictionary.com/e/take-off-wife-beater-put-tank/
I do this sometimes too. No sweat, but good catch! It's one of the annoying terms that benevolently linger in mind (sort of like sitting "Indian" style) even though they're now so charged and wrong
Positive evolution for sure. Found the history of the undershirt as class signifier that became cool very interesting. I guess it’s a similar story for the white t shirt, it was underwear when my (definitely wrong side of the tracks) grandpa was wearing it to high school in 1950...
I've been doing barrell-ish jeans with sheer black tights, a black belt, and black knit. For shoes: either pointy black flats or pointy black patent kitten heels. Black leather bag in crook of elbow or carried (not slung over shoulder). Minimal make-up, big gold earrings, and black sun glasses, sci-fi vibe. PS: I used to subscribe to a rather cool philosophy guy on Substack. But recently I thought, enough of that. The Cereal Aisle is likely to be far more engaging and thought-provoking. 'Really pleased to have subscribed! Going to put on my pointy shoes and gold crocodile earrings right now. xoxoxo
I didn't look at Pierre Cardin, Courreges does this funny theatrical thing but in the end, it is a house that spins around its hits. I am a fan and customer, but very commercial lens by now, which is why it didn't have a place in this story. I did LOVE LV though. It tends to be a pretty impractical approach to getting dressed, but this show was a bit more romantic or something. The boots tickled me too -- got me inspired to wear patent leather pumps and white socks.
The coverage of fashion week was my favorite part of Man Repeller. Loved this reflection so much.
I love that you still love the shows! You are a true lovers of fashion. I really don’t care anymore. I just occasionally go “nice Loewe trench” or “lovely long Chloe dress” like I did while reading the piece. I never thought I’d say that! Turns out I’m not the fan I thought it was (more specifically - I love style, but not fashion, diff things I think)
I think that’s a common and obvious differentiation — between fashion and style and can understand and even relate to a lot of the gripes with fashion (mostly in my view referring to the industry, which necessarily means it’s politics too). Style can often take on a much more spiritual quality in a persons life to the extent that they use clothes to explore the world or to enhance self perception, or whatever. the thing I love about fashion is that it’s like this hub/gold mine of creative people who do that for a living. I love that so much!
Maybe you get that from authors and books?
Leandra thank you for this. This is the fashion coverage I want and needed.
Regarding the media and how we consume and consumed fashion through it, I remember reading Vogue cover to cover from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. I must have really savored it. Back then us not fashion people who were interested in fashion really just read Vogue and W (I guess? We’re there other cooler mags probably) and the images and words seemed to really soak in probably because of the age I was but also because there was no infinite scroll. And as I’d remember there’s be the photos from the collections at the front of the book (sometimes at the back? In index?), obviously just a selection of looks of course that someone had put together to illustrate a trend or a point.
Now of course anyone of us can see all the looks, which is great. But as with all other information in this age, it’s so much noisier too.
Certain vibes and images were firmly imprinted on my teenaged mind. Briefly, two because why not
- the green shirt Gwyneth wore in a Great Expectations, unbuttoned
- this cover with the wife-beaters and ball skirts (https://archive.vogue.com/issue/19990401 - yes I had fun googling that and also i only had to go through two years of covers to find it - eerie)
PS I don’t want to edit my comment for the learning moment, but I was typing fast and note here “wife beater” isn’t the most nice term for a garment, and what an interesting history of classism and signifying I fell into https://www.dictionary.com/e/take-off-wife-beater-put-tank/
Anyway my apologies, tank tops and ball gowns....
I do this sometimes too. No sweat, but good catch! It's one of the annoying terms that benevolently linger in mind (sort of like sitting "Indian" style) even though they're now so charged and wrong
Positive evolution for sure. Found the history of the undershirt as class signifier that became cool very interesting. I guess it’s a similar story for the white t shirt, it was underwear when my (definitely wrong side of the tracks) grandpa was wearing it to high school in 1950...
I've been doing barrell-ish jeans with sheer black tights, a black belt, and black knit. For shoes: either pointy black flats or pointy black patent kitten heels. Black leather bag in crook of elbow or carried (not slung over shoulder). Minimal make-up, big gold earrings, and black sun glasses, sci-fi vibe. PS: I used to subscribe to a rather cool philosophy guy on Substack. But recently I thought, enough of that. The Cereal Aisle is likely to be far more engaging and thought-provoking. 'Really pleased to have subscribed! Going to put on my pointy shoes and gold crocodile earrings right now. xoxoxo
I love the sound of that look. Send a pic in the geneva dressing room pls
also, what is the other substack?
I didn't look at Pierre Cardin, Courreges does this funny theatrical thing but in the end, it is a house that spins around its hits. I am a fan and customer, but very commercial lens by now, which is why it didn't have a place in this story. I did LOVE LV though. It tends to be a pretty impractical approach to getting dressed, but this show was a bit more romantic or something. The boots tickled me too -- got me inspired to wear patent leather pumps and white socks.