Posts Tagged as ‘fashion’

July 12, 2008

my review of Red Cliff:

Good.

Action scenes are many and some times overly long.
Some of the battle formations are well-loved Chinese tales. They may seem very weird to those not familiar with the stories.
Many historical inaccuracies, as reported by movie critics.
The one historical inaccuracy I noted was that in the film, Zhu Ge Liang is younger than Zhou Yu. But since [...]

May 28, 2008

I love clothes.

Just to make that clear. I love clothes. Usually, as a high school student with a minimum wage job and no allowance, I can’t afford them. I have to save up for a couple months to buy some high-end items, so usually I just go to eBay and buy some scarves or something.
But this coat/jacket:

Has [...]

April 25, 2008

good for Vogue (maybe).

So it’s official. Vogue Italia is having an all-black issue.
Let’s hope they get it right, and not wrong.
I find it interesting that the Vogue UK blurb first calls it an issue that will “feature only non-white models” and then says the issue will be “featuring black models.” Non-white = black?

April 25, 2008

well, I think men’s bodies are most flattering with no clothes on, so they shouldn’t wear anything on the streets.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/fashion/24DRESSES.html
The problem with the main argument in that NYTimes article, that men like to look at women in dresses and thus women should wear dresses (oh no! the pant! how horrible! it helps women cross their legs - but where are the ultra-feminine dresses of the pre-second-wave-feminism era?!), is that then women should be making [...]

April 24, 2008

Feminist Fashion #2

Do you guys consider this ad offensive?

I don’t, and I think this is a good example of a subversive (sexual orientation) ad that does not inherently harm women.

April 16, 2008

Feminist Fashion #1 NWS

NWS = not work safe [read, not work safe. in this case, it's sexuality]
I am going to attempt something perhaps paradoxical. It’s called feminist fashion. Jezebel markets itself as a pop culture, fashion savvy, pro-sex feminist blog, but they sometimes miss the big picture, in my opinion. (I do love Jezebel, though.)
At any rate, I [...]