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November 17, 2010
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has anyone written about…

has anyone written about how the “democratization” of fashion (via the popularity of fashion blogs/online fashion forums & “street style” culture) has begun to reproduce the same sort of body/fashion policing norms we see in mainstream fashion mags?

also: the language (female-identified fashion) commentators tend to use when talking about how they want to dress: “if only my body were different in x way i would wear that”/”I want it, along with the body inside it.”/ “i wish i could pull that off”/ “only YOU could get away with that” / “can i pull off that hat?”

policing our own bodies, what our bodies can wear, and of course what other bodies can wear.

not to mention the class dynamics of online fashion culture: street style blogs, which are supposedly featuring everyone and anyone, “normal” and/or “real” people, still largely tend to showcase the elite, the int. fashion mag editors, models off-duty, the jet-set bougie people.

thinking out loud here. but have you read anything that addresses these things?

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September 09, 2010
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christopher-walken: parachuteshark: dreamsincolor: Hats have long been a sign of status, as illustrated by this editorial cartoon from the June 1814 edition of Gentle Manne’s Monthly. Tarnish notte the majesty of my TOWER of HATS (via ftmark) HOW IS THIS NOT FROM MARRIED TO THE SEA. mind = blown. also my life will be complete when someone refers to me as a “smelly unfortunate.”

christopher-walken:

parachuteshark:

dreamsincolor:

Hats have long been a sign of status, as illustrated by this editorial cartoon from the June 1814 edition of Gentle Manne’s Monthly.

Tarnish notte the majesty of my TOWER of HATS

(via ftmark)

HOW IS THIS NOT FROM MARRIED TO THE SEA. mind = blown.

also my life will be complete when someone refers to me as a “smelly unfortunate.”

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May 27, 2010
tsarevich: missquitecontrary: Mary Sibande | M. Dash “Inspired by the explorations of race, gender and sexuality in the work of American artists Kara Walker and Cindy Sherman, and London-based Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, Mary cast her own body in fibreglass and silicone to create Sophie. She then painted her a ‘flat black,’ so that she stands out like a dark and static shadow … Sophie’s eyes are always closed as if in a ‘constant ecstasy of fantasy’ and it’s in her mind that her dress becomes a thing of voluminous Victorian splendour. ‘If she opened her eyes, it would be back to work – cleaning this, dusting that. Her dress would become an ordinary maid’s uniform,’ said Mary.” wow.

tsarevich:

missquitecontrary:

Mary Sibande | M. Dash

“Inspired by the explorations of race, gender and sexuality in the work of American artists Kara Walker and Cindy Sherman, and London-based Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, Mary cast her own body in fibreglass and silicone to create Sophie. She then painted her a ‘flat black,’ so that she stands out like a dark and static shadow … Sophie’s eyes are always closed as if in a ‘constant ecstasy of fantasy’ and it’s in her mind that her dress becomes a thing of voluminous Victorian splendour. ‘If she opened her eyes, it would be back to work – cleaning this, dusting that. Her dress would become an ordinary maid’s uniform,’ said Mary.”

wow.

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