James Laver was a museum curator for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from the ‘30s through the ‘50s. He was also a fashion theorist and historian who conceived Laver’s Law — an attempt to make sense of the fashion trend lifecycle.
Here is Laver’s Law:
You can’t compare the prices of perfect T-shirts and ordinary T-shirts. An $89 T-shirt that you love beyond reason is easily worth five sensible shirts in the $18 range that will never make you feel a transgressive shiver as you slide them over your person. There are superior design merits to consider: narcotic softness, ideal weight, the not-too-close hug of the torso, the not-too-low scoop of the V-neck, the optimum charcoal dye job (deep and inky with an extra shot of blue). It’s not a T-shirt; it’s a zone I’ll always feel passionately kissed in. A postcard from a higher intelligence; a valentine from a super-sexy future.
Laver’s Law of Fashion
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Lanvin Backpack
Rent a White Person
In China, white people can be rented.
For a day, a weekend, a week, up to even a month or two, Chinese companies are willing to pay high prices for fair-faced foreigners to join them as fake employees or business partners.
Some call it “White Guy Window Dressing.” To others, it’s known as the “White Guy in a Tie” events, “The Token White Guy Gig,” or, simply, a “Face Job.”
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CDG Homme/Homme Plus/Evergreen Boiled Wool/Polyester Jacket in its many iterations
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Helmut Lang Bondage Jeans (SS04)
Kevin Costner: Oil Spill Hero
Today, [Costner] appeared in front of a House committee to drum up interest in the oil-water separator he’s been developing… it is claimed that the device can process some two-hundred gallons of water a minute.
BP has reportedly ordered thirty-two of Costner’s machines for testing, although it will be a matter of time before it’s determined whether they do the job safely enough to aid in the gulf clean-up effort.
wtf
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Ann Demeulemeester Shirt with front ribbon tie and rear buckles (FW07)
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CCP Derbies
Spacehog - In the Meantime