"I was surprised as anyone when t-shirts, jeans, and leather jackets suddenly became symbols of rebellion."

We beg you to turn display images on. Click here to open in your browser. Thursday - April 03, 2014 "I was surprised as anyone when t-shirts, jeans, and leather jackets suddenly became symbols of rebellion."  - Marlon Brando rantnrave:// Pair of Mormon missionaries told me they liked my outfit last night... Be sure to check out the academic article by KIRSTEN L. ELLISON on the deeper messages conveyed by skin care ads. It's a heavy read, but fascinating. Idea for fashion bloggers: start covering this type of work, offer analysis and context where you're able. Science and tech bloggers do this all the time, and there are many fine journals working with ideas about fashion and material culture that deserve a larger audience. CLOTHING CULTURES, FASHION, STYLE & POPULAR CULTURE, and TEXTILE HISTORY are three among many... New LP from RATKING streaming over at NPR and it doesn't disappoint. My current favorite NYC rappers, A$AP FERG notwithstanding... Adam Wray (adam.wray@redefgroup.com) Curator, FashionREDEF styled for you To Body Mod Away From Brownness And Back buzzfeed.com Learning to be brown and bearded in Brooklyn. Marketing 'Real' Bodies newyorker.com Some brands are finding that people will applaud even their most timid efforts to deviate from the standard model physique. What we wore: UK Garage dazeddigital.com MCs, DJs and punters share their photos from the days when style meant three words: Moschino, Versace, Iceberg. How Valentino Became Relevant Again (and Plans to Stay That Way) fashionista.com The 55-year-old fashion house is hotter than ever. How co-creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have managed to modernize the brand without forgetting its past. The fashion industry is letting down people with disabilities—to its cost theguardian.com Fashion is supposed to be innovative but its construction of beauty continues to be disappointingly narrow. When Will AR Replace the Fitting Room? mashable.com Activations from digital signage to augmented reality encourage shoppers to browse broader collections and try inventories on -- without the dressing room. How the World Has Changed Since Rana Plaza vogue.co.uk As Fashion Revolution Day approaches, Dolly Jones reports on how Bangladesh - and the industry - has changed since the tragedy. Age transcended: A semiotic and rhetorical analysis of the discourse of agelessness in North American anti-aging skin care advertisements : The University of Calgary's Kirsten L. Ellison dives into the symbolic messaging behind anti-aging skincare advertisements. Slavoj Žižek: The Pervert’s Guide to Abercrombie & Fitch Catalogs dangerousminds.net A 2003 Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue featuring copy written by popular philosopher Slavoj Žižek touches on the inner forces driving consumerism by way of sexual attraction. Full version of Žižek's remix available here. The Sneaker Lab: Looking into the Construction and Quality of the Red Nike Air Yeezy 2 hypebeast.com This is a shoe that needs no introduction. Throughout all my years in the world of footwear - both working in the industry and as a collector - nothing has come close to the level of attention garnered by the Air Yeezy 2 Red Octobers. tailored ones Increasing Number Of Men Pressured To Accept Realistic Standards Of Female Beauty theonion.com Confronted on a regular basis with images of women who represent a diverse array of body types, a growing number of American men are reportedly feeling pressured to accept the increasingly realistic standards of female beauty now depicted in the media, social scientists confirmed this week. Unintended Appropriation: 5 Brands Favored by the Underworld highsnobiety.com No matter how much they set prices and create distribution channels to attract a certain type of customer, at the end of the day brands cannot control who will buy their product. While they will often court musicians, artists and celebrities in order to improve their public perception, very few companies wish to be associated with criminals. Alibaba has a plan to save newspapers—turn them into portable online shopping catalogs qz.com Alibaba has partnered with 12 different papers across China to try to convince customers to buy more newspapers and also to shop on Taobao, Alibaba’s online shopping mall using QR codes. JK Iguatemi: much more than a shopping mall crane.tv Like jazz and orthodontics, malls are an American invention. But the Stateside versions pale in comparison to their Brazilian counterparts. The Internet of Bodies Is Coming, and You Could Get Hacked motherboard.vice.com The next generation of the internet is humans—what could possibly go wrong? Glithero patterns fabric using organ music dezeen.com London design duo Glithero will present a range of textiles that have been woven based on music from organ punch cards in Milan next week. Private Birthday Party: photographs from the Kansas City drag ball scene in the 1950s and '60s privatebirthdayparty.org Private Birthday Party is a private collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s early drag ball culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Kodak smells success in odor-free fabrics usatoday.com When Eastman Kodak Co. scientist Gary Slater wore the same T-shirt for two weeks straight, it was science that prevented it from turning funky. This stretchy nanowire antenna could add connectivity to your clothes gigaom.com Super small strands of silver nanowires make for a great flexible antenna according to an NC State research team. When embedded in materials, it could help add more connectivity to our clothes. How fashion brands fail the older woman theguardian.com Vivienne Westwood understands the needs of older women, and I'm on a mission to find others who do the same. 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