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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
You work... we shoot!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
LM Grad Look !
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Get the scoop on where and how to get my LM grad look. It's as easy as 123... 1. Provocative lipstick by Mattese Elite ($12) rickys.com 2. Asos-Pleated dress with drape front ($68) asos.com 3. Antwerp platform peep-toes ($439.com) theresa.com (This is not the actual shoes from LM's look. Her shoes was a one of a kind Sergio Zelger look. Worth? Priceless. |
Sunday, February 20, 2011
A Matter of The Sole
Saturday, November 27, 2010
I create ART... you make clothes.
By Leah Misika
There is a fine line between believing in yourself and encouraging yourself. At times they are exactly the same thing. One implies; I know I can do this, and the other implies; I can do this. Both phrases are one and the same, besides the slight certainty in the first. Depending on how you read them, both could mean; I believe in myself or that I am encouraging myself . If you read it in a positive manner, you probably imaged someone with a smug look on his face telling another individual he could do something he should not be able to do. However the same phrase can be used to encourage one's self. So people who believe in themselves, are just really good at encouraging themselves.
The reason I felt the need to explain the similarity between the two is that usually as artists we tend to use our belief/encouragement against each other. "I know I am the best, therefore you are not". It turns out one's belief in one's self is also one's disbelief in others. Now this only stands true when it comes to peers who share the same talents and same career goals. As a student in school studying to become the designer I already thought I was, it was hard for me to see the good in what others did, unless it was "undeniably good". And for it to be "undeniably good", I would have to want to be the artist behind the piece or the master piece if you would rather.
It's some sort of complex I think we all suffer from. Amongst my peer designers, I recall only three times that I ever wished to be the designer behind another designer's work. It is a rare feeling. It's not jealousy or envy. It is respect; someone has created something you did not make, yet you genuinely love it like your own. It can be a pretty nasty business where self belief is highly required. However it should not be without recognizing your peers. Karl Lagerfeld once twitted; "Some designers think they do Art, but they think other designers do not." I could not have said it better. Designers look at their work and think; I am an artist and my work is genius. Then they look at other's work and think; what tasteless apparel is he creating.
At the end of the day, what we crate is beautiful. However, our art; just like beauty,expression and perception is relative and is solely dependent on the beholder and his or her followers.
P.S. Karl Lagerfeld has 379877 followers on twitter, yet he follows no one... If that is not the perfect statement, I am not a designer.
There is a fine line between believing in yourself and encouraging yourself. At times they are exactly the same thing. One implies; I know I can do this, and the other implies; I can do this. Both phrases are one and the same, besides the slight certainty in the first. Depending on how you read them, both could mean; I believe in myself or that I am encouraging myself . If you read it in a positive manner, you probably imaged someone with a smug look on his face telling another individual he could do something he should not be able to do. However the same phrase can be used to encourage one's self. So people who believe in themselves, are just really good at encouraging themselves.
The reason I felt the need to explain the similarity between the two is that usually as artists we tend to use our belief/encouragement against each other. "I know I am the best, therefore you are not". It turns out one's belief in one's self is also one's disbelief in others. Now this only stands true when it comes to peers who share the same talents and same career goals. As a student in school studying to become the designer I already thought I was, it was hard for me to see the good in what others did, unless it was "undeniably good". And for it to be "undeniably good", I would have to want to be the artist behind the piece or the master piece if you would rather.
It's some sort of complex I think we all suffer from. Amongst my peer designers, I recall only three times that I ever wished to be the designer behind another designer's work. It is a rare feeling. It's not jealousy or envy. It is respect; someone has created something you did not make, yet you genuinely love it like your own. It can be a pretty nasty business where self belief is highly required. However it should not be without recognizing your peers. Karl Lagerfeld once twitted; "Some designers think they do Art, but they think other designers do not." I could not have said it better. Designers look at their work and think; I am an artist and my work is genius. Then they look at other's work and think; what tasteless apparel is he creating.
At the end of the day, what we crate is beautiful. However, our art; just like beauty,expression and perception is relative and is solely dependent on the beholder and his or her followers.
P.S. Karl Lagerfeld has 379877 followers on twitter, yet he follows no one... If that is not the perfect statement, I am not a designer.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Deliver Us From Mass Production.
By Leah Misika
As part of the "Fashion Industry" I am ready to denounce mass production and expose it for what is truly is. I am all for buying inexpensive apparel and making it look like a million dollar outfit, but this booming industry is killing fashion. Everyone looks the same. One of a kind pieces are over priced because of mass production. If we apply this fashion crisis to a simple supply and demand theory, as demanders you potentially have everything you want in your reach. If what you want is one of a kind pieces, then raise the demand for it.
Take one for the team and spend a lot more money on something that is worth it. By purchasing these goods, you are increasing the demand for it. In turn suppliers have to react and they have to start producing more of these one of a kind pieces to satisfy the demand. Once this happens, the increased supply of these goods should cause these goods to became cheaper. Thus you will get the special garments you want at lower prices.
Denoucing mass production is not an easy task, because they have convinced us that even though we have what everyone else has, its how you wear it that makes it your own. This is true, but not for the money you spend and how often you spend it. Mass production has taught us all how to get a quick fix; you buy something inexpensive and it feels good because its cute. Then after the second wash its done for; quality wise. Not to mention everyone has already seen you in it so, it's time for a new item. Shopping used to be seasonal and now its by occasion. There is no value in our closets anymore. If I invite every fashionista out there to a Fashion Mixer, how many of us can truly go into our closets and say; I know exactly what I am wearing? How many will say I have to go buy something to wear? It's time to put value back into our closets and denounce mass producton.
A few reasons why we should denounce mass production:
1. It is killing our environment. Garments die as fast as they are being made. We throw them away because they are useless and can't be repaired. At the rate that we are going, recyclying can't keep up and Goodwill can't resell them. We are polluting!
2. Think of the places these garments are made. They may not all be sweatshops (even though most of them are), but the conditions and workspaces created to feed our fashion appetite are just as harmful to the environment as the apparel they make.
3. We are all tired of seeing clones of ourselves walking down the street and getting upset at each other for wearing the same dress or shirt. "Ugh, I can't believe she's wearing my dress." First of all it's not your dress if Forever 21 sells a million of the same dress. If you really want to own something you have to be willing to pay for it.
The Solution: I'm not insisting that we abandon all these nifty shops that get us what we want fast. I'm saying lets cut back. Buy less of these mass produced apparel and invest in more long term apparel, that will save you more money in the long run and save the environment while your at it.
As part of the "Fashion Industry" I am ready to denounce mass production and expose it for what is truly is. I am all for buying inexpensive apparel and making it look like a million dollar outfit, but this booming industry is killing fashion. Everyone looks the same. One of a kind pieces are over priced because of mass production. If we apply this fashion crisis to a simple supply and demand theory, as demanders you potentially have everything you want in your reach. If what you want is one of a kind pieces, then raise the demand for it.
Take one for the team and spend a lot more money on something that is worth it. By purchasing these goods, you are increasing the demand for it. In turn suppliers have to react and they have to start producing more of these one of a kind pieces to satisfy the demand. Once this happens, the increased supply of these goods should cause these goods to became cheaper. Thus you will get the special garments you want at lower prices.
Denoucing mass production is not an easy task, because they have convinced us that even though we have what everyone else has, its how you wear it that makes it your own. This is true, but not for the money you spend and how often you spend it. Mass production has taught us all how to get a quick fix; you buy something inexpensive and it feels good because its cute. Then after the second wash its done for; quality wise. Not to mention everyone has already seen you in it so, it's time for a new item. Shopping used to be seasonal and now its by occasion. There is no value in our closets anymore. If I invite every fashionista out there to a Fashion Mixer, how many of us can truly go into our closets and say; I know exactly what I am wearing? How many will say I have to go buy something to wear? It's time to put value back into our closets and denounce mass producton.
A few reasons why we should denounce mass production:
1. It is killing our environment. Garments die as fast as they are being made. We throw them away because they are useless and can't be repaired. At the rate that we are going, recyclying can't keep up and Goodwill can't resell them. We are polluting!
2. Think of the places these garments are made. They may not all be sweatshops (even though most of them are), but the conditions and workspaces created to feed our fashion appetite are just as harmful to the environment as the apparel they make.
3. We are all tired of seeing clones of ourselves walking down the street and getting upset at each other for wearing the same dress or shirt. "Ugh, I can't believe she's wearing my dress." First of all it's not your dress if Forever 21 sells a million of the same dress. If you really want to own something you have to be willing to pay for it.
The Solution: I'm not insisting that we abandon all these nifty shops that get us what we want fast. I'm saying lets cut back. Buy less of these mass produced apparel and invest in more long term apparel, that will save you more money in the long run and save the environment while your at it.
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