Why Fashion Is Obsessed With Archives
“I think fashion is in a funny state,” said Blazy. “It grew very, very fast over the last years, post pandemic, and it kind of hit a ceiling. I think now what fashion needs to do is to rethink its own model, but not just when it comes to design. We’ve seen some houses exploding, we’ve seen some houses collapsing. What needs to be done is a deep... See more
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The constructive relationship between consumer and culture goes in both directions. When we find something meaningful enough to save, to collect it, the action both etches it a little deeper into our hearts and it also creates a context around the artifact itself, whether song, image, or video — and context not just for ourselves but for other... See more
Kyle Chayka • Essay: The digital death of collecting - by Kyle Chayka - Kyle Chayka Industries
Heritage maximalism, implied luxury, and why new brands want old aesthetics. Creatine meme via @snaxshot - logo comp on slide one via @nssmagazine Palmirs design on slide one via @nostudioooo. Drop “luxury” below for the full length YouTube video 🫡
orenmeetsworldinstagram.comOwing to fashion’s unmatched ability to reflect and influence culture at large, perhaps this industry is well-positioned to move society towards degrowth. It could be the future we choose.
good on you • Degrowth: The Future Fashion Could Choose
we’re not so much tripping over nostalgia, revivals and retro but hoarding them. We have become pack rats of our collective past.