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    Fashion jobs/internships

    in superblurber

    Posted · Edited by exterminatingphantom

    Hi all, need some advice. I have no fashion experience, other than being a DJ at a large boutique in Los Angeles, and handling some sales, but that was a long time ago. My only career experience has been in the music industry, which has been very good to me, but lacks the social interaction and fast paced, season to season lifestyle that I enjoy in fashion.. As well as keeping up with trends and researching, etc. Is there any hope for me if school isn't really an option (i'm not exactly a kid anymore). I also don't really want to necessarily work in the actual manufacturing of clothes but more style / identity side of things. I'd love to be able to use my skills in the music industry (producing, etc) and somehow collaborate with designers on visual/audio identity, but not sure if they usually hire people for that or go through an actual marketing company or just seek friends or people of celebrity or scene popularity.  

     

    Thanks! Interested in seeing what kind of dialogue this can bring forward. 

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    Recent Purchases 2014

    in supershopper

    Posted · Edited by exterminatingphantom

    wait, why did you edit your purchase off?  did you return it or something after getting negged?

     

    Didn't return the stuff cause it's what i wear casually at home, just didn't want gratuitous negging. 

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    Saint Laurent mens S/S 14 - Paris

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    I personally don't think the wallets/cardholders are that good of a deal for the quality. If you can find a billfold for $150-$200 that would be fine, or a card holder for under $125, but more than that and you're just paying for the embossed stamp. The wallets and cardholders are the exact same ones used for Balenciaga, etc. For about the same price you can get an hermes cardholder or spend a little more on a wallet that has infinitely better materials and craftsmanship. 

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    Saint Laurent mens F/W 13 - Paris

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    interesting that this discussion has taken to talking about vintage. I have been an ardent fan of Slimane's for about 6/7 years now but I also have a strong background in vintage, having been an assistant manager/buyer at a very upscale vintage boutique while in high school. despite Hedi "being influenced" by vintage, his latest designs at Saint Laurent are more perfected versions of vintage clothing than anything else.

     

    take any "vintage inspired" Saint Laurent piece (perfecto, varsity, ss13 50s tuxedos, fw13 moto boots, etc) and try to find a vintage item exactly like it. You can get close, but Hedi's versions are perfected versions of the vintage pieces; as he updates the fit, and changes the design ever so slightly to clean the piece up in a way that ive only noticed in his designs. for example, the fw13 varsity has an unparalleled fit like a tailored item, but it feels and looks like a crisp and more minimal jacket than any vintage varsity I have ever seen (yes, even deadstock ones). the only thing I can really compare this to is how when you look at some modernist architecture (ex. mies van der rohe's seagram building) you feel a sense of perfection to it, like this is what the architect designed and the structure has just enough to it that it doesnt need any more decoration and any less would be impossible. knowing hedi's interest in modern art and architecture/design theory, i can't help but believe that they influence his fashion work in some way. i wrote a paper on hedi's new saint laurent store designs last semester for a class that touches on this topic more and how his store and fashion designs are influenced by modernism, in case anyone wants to read more....

     

     

    You're absolutely correct that Hedi is using architecture as an inspiration.. if you haven't read it yet, this is a fascinating article that will shut the haters up regarding Hedi's move to LA, what he's done with YSL, etc.

     

    http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hedi-slimane-thrills-and-scandalizes-as-creative-director-of-saint-laurent/#1

     

    The author discusses Hedi's lifestyle, his new home, influences in music and architecture, art and the opera and what inspires him. 

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