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Archive for Aug 2011

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August 27, 2011 Azzedine. Alaïa. Wedding. Dress.

Sophia Coppola… you LUCKY gal.

383276495 225x300 Azzedine. Alaïa. Wedding. Dress.

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August 23, 2011 Mass produced, cheap, ill fitting, and poorly made. It’s a fashion slaughter house.

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Back when I was a child it was K-mart or JCPenny.  And let me tell you.. to be spotted in either was HUMILIATING.  I can remember being small and my Mother dragging me into K-mart. I begged to wait in the hot car, windows rolled up, no water.  I would rather be grounded then step a toe into THAT place.  I wasn’t sure why.  Just knew it was social suicide to be seen there.

Now “affordable fashion” as they call it is everywhere.. Forever 21, Target, even Macy’s is a shit hole these days.
Yes, I am a label whoring fashion snob but this article is about more than just that.  And let me preface it by… I blame the internet.
Let me just say.. I am not against affordable clothing.. I am against what human beings do with it.  Buying MASSIVE heaps of crap at a time.  Old navy.. jeans 3 for twenty cents.  It’s not just the lenders that are predatory.  It’s not just the mortgage brokers and credit card companies…  What are these clothes made from water and sand??  Who made them?  How much did that child get paid for you to pay 7.00 for a pair of jeans?  Here is some retail math.. in order for you to get that “great deal” 7.00 retail= 3.00 wholesale= 1.00 cost. and from that dollar you have to get fabric, dye, marking, grading, buttons,zippers,tags, cutting, sewing, packaging, shipping.  And I will tell you right now it takes at least an hour to sew a pair of pants.  And that without a waist band.
Don’t even get me started on the carbon footprint and the impact on the environment. WASTE.
You think you scored this amaze-balls deal when you stroll out of some hideous chain with 12 bags of polyester eyesores but you are really helping the art of fashion end.  No one can afford to create anymore.  And high end companies are just as guilty.  The industry INSISTS you have a lookbook,  product shots, editorial shots, and now an eff-ing VIDEO.  Where is the budget for all of this?  All because people want to be entertained for free while they waste life tooling around the internet.
Art programs are being ended with budget cuts.  It is as if art is not important to us anymore.  Numbers are important.  Look what has happened to the music industry… next up… fashion.
Most of the beautiful ateliers in France are gone as well as the sample rooms and production houses in Italy.  America is up next.
So, keep on filling your bedrooms with disposable clothing girls… while it lasts.  Soon no one will be able to afford to make garments so we will all be fucked.  And all those shotty clothes you bought for pennies will be literarily falling apart at the seams.
OR.. buy in boutiques… if you can afford it why not buy nicer more expensive better made clothes… just LESS of them. Make sure they are made in a country with labor ethics (USA, Europe etc)  And if you are broke.. 2nd hand is KING.  You will look WAY more fashionable than if you are wearing some slop off the mass produced rack.  Fashion is about looking good.  Not looking like 10,000 other people in the exact same outfit.  Have some fun… create your style.
xx
Ali

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August 22, 2011 I’m in the mood

A little end of summer moodboard. I am in love with my iPad app “moodboard” makes whipping up a ‘Lil inspiration easy. Moldboard lite is FREE and if you want the hooked up version it’s 9.99.
X
Ali

Image Im in the mood

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August 19, 2011 Bernhard Willhelm A/W 11/12

Bernhard Willhelm’s new collection is Crayola color pop homeless chic.  In my humble opinion.

Now do you see who made Bjork weird?

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HERE

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August 18, 2011 Raise the bar much?

Oh Rodarte!

You have done it again my little beauties (Kate and Laura). This lookbook for the collab with OC (f/w 2011) has me on the top floor of a skyscraper looking up for where the bar is. Autumn de Wilde photog extraordinaire features etherial models Stephan Haurholm and twins Gwen and Donna Loos. Pretty damn near perfect.

xx

Ali

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all pertinent information can be found HERE

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August 17, 2011 My gift to you…

Nothing better than a sale… especially you comb through Opening Ceremonies sale bin (all 1197 items). So here it is folks.. your designer wardrobe… 19 pieces for under $4,000 ($3940 to be precise). (over $15,000 at full price!!!!) just click on the price to get to it!

ENJOY!!!

Proenza Schouler : bra top gown 458.00

pop 34412 1 My gift to you...

Tsumori Chisato : fisherman short sleeve sweater 243.00

pop 34362 1 My gift to you...

Pendleton Meets Opening Ceremony 178.00

pop 38284 1 My gift to you...

pop 38284 3 My gift to you...

Alexander Wang : jumpsuit 270.00

pop 34015 1 My gift to you...

RODARTE BLAZER 156.00

pop 37047 1 My gift to you...

OC MINI 198.00

pop 36061 084 My gift to you...

OC ONSIE 143.00

pop 35991 028 My gift to you...

THOMSEN BLOUSE 158.00

pop 35501 044 My gift to you...

SUNO WEDGE 323.00

pop 34782 sandals5 My gift to you...

Mandy Coon :SKIRT 156.00

pop 33123 1greyblkorangeskirt My gift to you...

ALEXANDER WANG 192.00

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Jean Paul Gaultier : maille gathered bottom tee 210.00

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OC LONG DRESS NUDE 198.00

pop 32494 3 dressnew My gift to you...

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OC STRIPED SHIRT 2 TONE 77.00

pop 32473 3 dress My gift to you...

OC CROSS SWEATER 104.00

pop 31800 2 My gift to you...

RODARTE DEEP PLEAT SKIRT 156.00

pop 31632 1 skirt My gift to you...

RODARTE HEAL 296.00

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OC CROSS TEE 167.00

pop 31109 2 top My gift to you...

BAND OF OUTSIDERS JACKET 257.00

pop 28439 1 sailor My gift to you...


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August 16, 2011 File this under fantasy closet

Emmanuelle…

Founded by Thomas Chen (who you loved before at Thakoon), is currently filling my fantasy  closet to the brim for fall.

Fall-Winter 2011-2012 collection.

HERE

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image high def 147752 fr File this under fantasy closet

xx

Ali

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August 15, 2011 Postcards from Paris

Colette (the chic Paris boutique that you OF COURSE peruse often) has done a ‘lil collab with Soledad and the result is making me want to write a note and send it through the mail,

get yours HERE

colettexsoledad Postcards from Paris

xx

ALi

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August 14, 2011 From spain with lust.

SO CUTE and ON SALE.  These chic turtle skirts are custom made to order and affordable (and imported) American Perez is having a sale

here

300 From spain with lust.

Get one for me while you are at it!!!You’re welcome.

Ali

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August 13, 2011 Images.. by Tyrone Green

C-I-L-L my lan-lord!!!!

xx

ALi

Posted In: AB 360.

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