1930s New Yorker article: Coco Chanel's revolutionary style
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1931/03/14/31-rue-cambon I'm still just dipping my toes in fashion history, but it's cool to read contemporary accounts of stuff. Lots of interesting echoes with today in how designers get inspiration from sports clothing, working class style, etc.
To Menswear (Or Get Dressed) Is To Photograph
https://alittlebitofrest.com/2023/07/18/to-menswear-is-to-photograph/
TL;DR - I've been thinking how related my approach to dressing is to my other hobbies. I read a book on the philosophy of photography and I found some camaraderie between it and my menswear hobby! This focuses on the freedom of limitation, how art is a fiction (positive) and not a lie (negative), and that its just an exercise in showing off how we relate to the world. In some cases, an outfit is like a photograph of the emotions and actions we had at the moment we got inspired to put it together.
personally i make outfits randomly and keep them together, seldom making changes in order to preseve that inspiration (much like a photograph)...
An Ode to White Jackets & Suits (Pants Too, I Guess)
https://alittlebitofrest.com/2023/07/09/ode-to-white-suits-jackets-white-pants-palm-beach-cloth-too/
TL;DR white tailoring is always great and popular, but I make the case specifically for white suits and jackets since we talk about pants all the time. Plenty of vintage inspiration as well as contemporary. There's also a lot of old photos of me for old MFA heads who may have seen it before. You guys should know how much i love my white suits and jackets.
There's also a section on Palm Beach Cloth which was one of the most famous textiles for white suits back in the 1920s-1940s....
How I Buy Clothes
https://alittlebitofrest.com/2023/07/23/how-i-buy-clothes/
Wrote this (and did a pod) on how I buy clothes and ultimately how I engage with fashion.
TL;DR: being into vintage very early on exposed me to a lot of ideas and classic menswear designs, so i developed specific taste. Now I just buy things I couldn't find before rather than constantly "discovering" new things. Discovery still does happen (like with Visvim) but its usually tied to something I already like, rather than being jarring. in other words, try to hone taste, try on stuff, and explore things so that way you'll be in the right place to buy it ...or move on from it!...
How Millions Of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs | Insider Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV_-yJ6NiP8
We make more than a billion pairs of jeans every year. Like most clothing, the vast majority ends up in landfills. In Pakistan, which imports more used clothing than any other nation, one company has figured out a way to recycle old denim, saving water and energy....
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/21/twitter-menswear-guy-campaign-trail-00106972
Derek Guy - Male Politicians Dress Like Crap. The Twitter Menswear Guy Is Here to Help
On the rising homogeneity of textiles in the fashion industry
https://the-rosenrot.com/on-the-rising-homogeneity-of-textiles-in-fashion-industry/
Not sure if I should put the link in the title or in here. Anyway always like reading rosenrot, especially on textiles....