Random fashion thoughts



A Fellow Linguist said:

So what, in your opinion, makes someone's voice or opinions legitimate? Is a blogger categorically different from some academic prick? Besides, I don't think blogs like this are any more intellectually dishonest than wearing a Supreme hat because you want to feel street, and it conforms to some vague and confused notion of what you think that means.

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It's the self-justifying nature of it that's what makes it full of ****. "This is important because i can situate it within theory." Blah blah blah. Critical analysis is great but when it's combined with a self-righteous need to feel like you're advancing some liberal anti-oppression crusade through an absurd twisted "the personal is political so what I have to say is really important" self-justifying quote-unquote critique, THAT'S when you're a full-of-**** blogger instead of an academic (many of whom are also full of ****, btw).

pickpackpockpuck said:

I definitely agree that our habits and their context are worth talking about. I just don't think fashion blogs do very much of that (at least not the ones I've seen, so please feel free to point me to some that do). Those discussions may come up every so often, but they're not really what the blogs are about, which is generally clothing/photos the blogger likes. So acting like fashion blogs are about sociology as much as clothing is disingenuous. I also think it hints at an underlying sense of embarrassment. Posts like the one you linked to read like apologias for blogging about clothes. They suggest there's something slightly shameful in liking and paying attention to clothing, that they have to defend themselves against accusations that they're frivolous and superficial by showing how they're really thinking about deep, important things. But the majority of the time they're not thinking about deep, important things.I think people should like what they like and spend their time how they choose without apology, and shouldn't bother with dishonest justifications for doing so.

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this, so much this.

I also personally hate a bunch of critical theory psychobabble masquerading as intellectual analysis, mostly because i think critical theory is deployed to the point of meaninglessness. At this point it's so inward-looking, jargon-heavy and masturbatory that the only people who are going to give a **** are the people who already are familiar with the mode of discourse and agree with you already.

but that's another issue entirely.



snake said:

Need some leather gloves, any recs?

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shahanshah said:

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best ccp gloves/ best gloves ever

But then I would have to get tabi boots!



snake said:

But then I would have to get tabi boots!

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this is not a bad idea



snowmanxl said:

this is not a bad idea

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snowmanxl said:

i think he meant delicious as in appetizing, and yes, id eat those

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After your YSL Oreo boots everything looks edible

try to find these



ceoceo said:

After your YSL Oreo boots everything looks edible

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you mean ann d's? ...yes, those were tasty

I actually need a scarf rec. Something dark, preferably charcoal or similar that works with black. I know people like Schneider around these parts. Are the scarves good and any alternatives worth considering?



pickpackpockpuck said:

I actually need a scarf rec. Something dark, preferably charcoal or similar that works with black. I know people like Schneider around these parts. Are the scarves good and any alternatives worth considering?

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schneider or sarti, can't go wrong



GraphicNovelty said:

It's the self-justifying nature of it that's what makes it full of ****. "This is important because i can situate it within theory." Blah blah blah. Critical analysis is great but when it's combined with a self-righteous need to feel like you're advancing some liberal anti-oppression crusade through an absurd twisted "the personal is political so what I have to say is really important" self-justifying quote-unquote critique, THAT'S when you're a full-of-**** blogger instead of an academic (many of whom are also full of ****, btw).

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Lingo's never useful for it's own sake



Synthese said:

Lingo's never useful for it's own sake

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but this type of lingo screams "look I have a grasp of critical theory! what I have to say is EXTRA important! listen to me or you're an oppressor!!!11"



BB1 said:

This is how SZ likes to imagine itself.

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im the last person here who likes talkin **** about SZ, but I read a post recently that seriously made me say "WTF" out loud..

I know this is more of a 'small questions' type inquiry but I figured that this would be the place to check since the Rick perfume was recently brought up.

Two years ago, I would have been ashamed to ask this but at this point, I can't help myself.

Can anyone triangulate what the scent is that rick's clothes carry? Whether it's a tank top, a pair of jeans or non-leather outerwear, it all has this very distinct, clean scent to it.

I know it's a ridiculous query but if I could have my whole house smell like this, I would sleep better at night. And it's not because it's attached to rick's products as much as it's just a really subtle, clean scent that isn't too masculine, too feminine or too overbearing.

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Lane said:

im the last person here who likes talkin **** about SZ, but I read a post recently that seriously made me say "WTF" out loud..

I know this is more of a 'small questions' type inquiry but I figured that this would be the place to check since the Rick perfume was recently brought up.
Two years ago, I would have been ashamed to ask this but at this point, I can't help myself.
Can anyone triangulate what the scent is that rick's clothes carry? Whether it's a tank top, a pair of jeans or non-leather outerwear, it all has this very distinct, clean scent to it.
I know it's a ridiculous query but if I could have my whole house smell like this, I would sleep better at night. And it's not because it's attached to rick's products as much as it's just a really subtle, clean scent that isn't too masculine, too feminine or too overbearing.

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