Actually, it’s a subject with no clear conclusions. I could tell from my conversations with fashion house executives, like Shirley Cook of Proenza Schouler, that online shopping and information is forcing designers to be better designers — sharper and more competitive. But the landscape presents weird paradoxes. Candace Corlett, a partner at WSL Strategic Retail in New York, made me laugh when she pointed out that designers are all focused on their runway shows, comparing the collections to exquisite, “well-crafted sentences,” and yet, more and more, young women are putting their trust in peer reviews with bad grammar and haul videos shot in messy bedrooms.

-Cathy Horyn's "Girl's Rules For Fall"

Dear John

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A must-read on the overexposure of luxury brands via portholes like Gilt Groupe as well as the growing appetite for ‘the next big thing’ at the Huffington Post here.

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Burning Man Inspiration, Part 1

Great editorial in the new Dazed & Confused...




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As if Celine FW10 wasn't enough to get one revved up for a 70s comeback, there's this recent editorial from Vogue Turkey...

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One of my favorite places I have ever visited: architect Luis Barragon's house in Mexico City...


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"When all else is lost, the future still remains." -- Christian Nevell Bovee (1820-1904)

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Missing Miami...

I first came across Dan Hillier's arresting work in a small boutique in Paris last summer. The London-based artist has lent his images to London Fashion Week and sells prints of his evocative, enigmatic etchings on his namesake website. But, now Hillier is offering an even more economical way to nab his work: canvas totes.