
Back When Us Cotton Ads Got Banned In Britain
We suspect someone’s handsome bribe was rejected…The UK Advertising Standards Authority has banned poster and magazine ads by the US cotton industry claiming the fabric of our lives to be “soft, sensual and sustainable”. Impossible, says the UK authority who know the crop to be “pesticide- and insecticide-intensive”. I know, who cares. But you should because this is the exact kind of thing that gets passed on within this country as a result of heavy lobbying and palm-greasing. It’s a good message to wake up and smell the pesticides -especially with the current green revolution there are bound to be imposters.
Could polyester be the new cotton? According to the current (March) issue of W it is?! Check out the story “Synthetically Speaking” by Miles Socha who illustrates all the fabulous designers incorporating the technologically re-invented fabric into their current collections. I always check to see if something is cotton and not polyester but, seriously, you could roll it in a ball, throw it in a suitcase and that shit just doesn’t wrinkle…kinda brilliant. Its endless color possibilities and structural aspects make it appealing to designers, some of which include: Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake, Alber Elbaz, and Marc Jacobs. It’s apparently no longer the sweat-inducing, unbreathable fabric of the mod era.
This is the cover photo to the W story from Lanvin’s current collection (S/S ‘08) in this season’s signature color. Courtesy of Style.com
Rock The Quote
“As for fashion, we men prefer “style”. We men judge clothes not just on their look or feel, but on their robustness.”
This is a quote from self-proclaimed “boring middle-class male” Alex Bilmes in his Sunday Times UK article about how men shop. Professing his post-purchase guilt over a £695 grey Martin Margiela jacket, he laments on his shopping habits of yesteryear. It’s a really great article about one man’s style evolution from trendy label whore of youth to practical purveyor of basics in his more responsible years. Although he may deem himself “boring” in the present tense, the labels he mentions “blowing his student loan on” in the past sound more like that of a style icon. But, that’s just it, isn’t it? Men of London and the UK are much more style-conscious than their American counterparts. That’s my feeling, and, sorry guys but we women don’t fail to recognize your American existence just at the sound of the accent, but also at the sight of well-fitted pants and jackets -not to mention (my super-weakness) a suit paired with trainers. Our actual favorite quote from the article is “…manufactured boredom that only the truly fashionable could be bothered to cultivate” but we wouldn’t dare develop a story on that one (snicker). Photo courtesy of Men.Style which you can click to get more details on this look (we do not endorse the American Apparel jacket -Style Republik enforces a strict embargo on this brand only).Posted by cosgoodSeriously? Screw this place and their wack door policy. Tried to meet friends there on a Saturday night and was told by the mustachioed douche doorman (and for real – the mustache look is as au courant as Vice Magazine – meaning, dead and 2001) that there were “soo many parties going on inside that you can only come in if you’re here for one of them.” When is this kind of BS elitism going to end in NY? I’ve napped in this city longer than people like this have existed. Congrats on having moved out of your parent’s house in Jersey and finally making it big as a doorman. And after watching some of the white bread i-banker frat dudes wearing ballet slipper sneakers with untucked shirts walk out the door, you’ll realize this is not a place for you.
MarFeiyue Foreign AffairThe brand reaches back to 1920 pre-Communist Shanghai and their trainers seem to be the unofficial national shoe of China, preferred by the captain of the national football(soccer) team to the infamous Shaolin masters. It doesn’t get much more epic and considering it’s the nation slated for next world super-power, we should take note. Feiyue (pron. faye-wee) is making a comeback by collaborating with Celine on a pair of kicks and having a Parisian fete to launch them tonight. We hear they are available at Nom de Guerre and will be flooding all the other downtown sneaker hotspots soon. Feiyue translated in English means flying forward and in Chinese culture symbolizes the elevation of both mind & body -just some useless knowledge you can drop on the clueless stoner who sells you the kicks.
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