Coco. Gabrielle Chanel circa 1962.
(Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Coco. Gabrielle Chanel circa 1962.
(Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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HK Mindy Meissen, curator August 3, 2017
QUOTABLES!
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Everybody thinks that they have to get that bag or they have to look like this. But we would like to give benefit of the doubt to people to say that maybe they want to choose themselves. We like to give them the chance to express themselves in their own way.
Adrian Joffe, 2017
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For a lot of people, environmental issues are massive but not yet infringing upon daily liberties. It's not going up in flames tomorrow? Forget it. We've got deadlines. And since endangered species and intensely beautiful wonders of nature aren't your best friend or your mom, dad, kids or whoever, it just doesn't seem as pressing. Or "cool." And yet. We're at a point where the largest players in the apparel industry will cease to be in business if they don't consider projections on climate change, shrinking resources, clean energy, etc. You can't make stuff when there's no stuff left. And a large number of smaller companies are competing by selling responsibly made stuff to people who are looking for it. The issues? Some of the "sustainable" fashion offerings appeal to one aesthetic leaning. Some are downright fug (IMHO). But there are designers looking to break the "eco-chic" stereotype. The issues are there to be debated, considered, wrangled with, and creatively worked out. There are growing conversations about detoxing fashion and a lot of customers want it. What's being done? FashionSET: Greenwashing? Fashion's Environmental Issues... ADRIAN JOFFE offers some refreshing clarity in this interview with HIGHSNOBIETY's TIM SUEN. Joffe talks about how there's less planning and more intuition involved in opening new DOVER STREET MARKET locations, the most recent of which just opened in SINGAPORE. Knowing what to ignore and being confident not everyone will understand what you do—that is true luxury. Also, the icy indoor conditions of relentless air conditioning contribute to "seasonless" dressing... In brief: Today's top story by G. BRUCE BOYER is fantastic for its understanding of the social history of clothing... YEEZY jewelry is now at COLETTE... US VOGUE bids for more revenue with a conference... If it's good enough for KARL—"it" being a sideways library... YOOX NET-A-PORTER beats earning estimates... FashionREDEF is taking a long weekend. On Monday, we're excited to welcome back NICOLA FUMO, your guest curator for the next two weeks.

HK Mindy Meissen, curator

August 3, 2017