Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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Velez’s clothes are thrashed, harsh, and even imply some kind of violence. She isn’t interested in “beauty” in the old-fashioned sense of the fashion industry, but in the chaotic multiplicities contained within femininity, even as women are portrayed exclusively as victims in the media.
Adam Lehrer • Who’s Afraid of Elena Velez?
Well, money. There was $370 in her account. “And I made a $400 sale two hours ago,” she said, meaning she had been in the red that morning.
Jessica Testa • Should Making It in Fashion Be This Hard?
Notes on **Higher for much longer**, *Grant's Interest Rate Observer*, Vol. 41 No. 14
- learned who Louise Yamada is, apparently someone who Grant's gives the credit of being an adept market timer
- Grant's wrote an article on June 4 2004, **Bonds: The next generation** that made the same prediction... See more
Commercially, this season of Helmut Lang may sell better than it ever has for Fast Retailing. Walking out of the show, I asked a store owner if she planned on buying the collection, and she seemed keen on the blazers and jeans, which are reasonably priced. (Reasonable, in this case, means between $300 and $600.) And then, a shop-and-copy master... See more
September Issues
Now, six months later, she's probably the most feared analyst on Wall Street. The rise in her status is truly sensational, and due, largely, to a single prediction. On Oct. 31, 2007, she was right, and the world was wrong.
How on earth does that happen? I can think of several possibilities.
1) Meredith Whitney is the only analyst on Wall Street... See more
How on earth does that happen? I can think of several possibilities.
1) Meredith Whitney is the only analyst on Wall Street... See more
Top Financial News
In the case of Gordon, he did employ Barbie pink, but don’t hold that against him. He is a company man who makes beautiful clothes for a client who still cares to wear beautiful clothes. I liked that it wasn’t camp or costumey: just pretty twin suits, slim skirts, twirly tulle minis.
My Fashion Week Postmortem
Total consumer debt in
America is nearly $2.4 trillion. Out of that, $872 billion is
revolving debt, which is essentially credit card debt.
America is nearly $2.4 trillion. Out of that, $872 billion is
revolving debt, which is essentially credit card debt.
- EXAMINING THE BILLING, MARKETING, AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES OF THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY, AND THEIR IMPACT ON CONSUMERS
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In the fashion industry, gatekeeping is an unspoken rule. Which sets many up for failure, burnouts, or debt. If you’re extra lucky, everything combined. This closed-door policy is a cynical paradox, considering fashion lives off the public. And yet, we are all guilty of spreading glittery narratives, differing from the notably less sparkly reality.