You may have heard that they made a movie of the
The Hunger Games. While others discuss its dystopian vision of a barbaric future America, we will concern ourselves with something more important:
the clothes.
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posted by Trurl
on Mar 25, 2012 -
84 comments
"[H]ow interesting... to bring to life the clothes in children’s artwork, designs by children too young to be influenced by commercial fashion... I asked three girls to draw the outfits they imagined, and then
I turned them into clothes."
posted by ocherdraco
on Sep 11, 2011 -
59 comments
The miniskirts, hotpants, bellbottoms, boots, sunglasses, and hairdos of the
Sixties Seventies as worn by the famous and anonymous beauties of the time.
(some images NSFW)
posted by Joe Beese
on Jan 2, 2011 -
60 comments
Large-scale color photographs from 2005 to 2006 reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa. These portraits of masqueraders build on Galembo's work of the past twenty years photographing the rituals and religious culture in Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti, as well as the homegrown custom of Halloween in the United States. West African Masquerade.
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posted by Rinku
on May 30, 2010 -
5 comments
"
Imagine, amid the grey serge of wartime France, a tribe of youngsters with all the colourful decadence of punks or teddy boys. Wearing zoot suits cut off at the knee (the better to show off their brightly coloured socks), with hair sculpted into grand quiffs, and shoes with triple-height soles - looking like glam-rock footwear 30 years early - these were the kids who would lay the foundations of nightclubbing. Ladies and gentlemen,
les Zazous."
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posted by Paragon
on Feb 8, 2010 -
15 comments
Luxirare is about killer clothes and fine cuisine. Recent features include:
Thanksgiving Part I, creating a thanksgiving meal that is less about an abundance of leftovers and instead maximizing the visual appeal of “thanksgiving” symbols like the pumpkin, as a dessert; and
Pie Pops, for those who want to eat pie, but don’t want a whole slice—who want to try multiple flavors, but for just a bite or two, then move onto another.
posted by netbros
on Nov 20, 2009 -
24 comments
The Sound Of Clothes features
the precise sound of fashion materials such as feathers, sequins, glass crystals and beads, nylon, taffeta, leather, velvet, jacquard, zips and metallic chains, recorded in an anechoic chamber.
Videos linked from the page might be NSFW.
posted by jack_mo
on Mar 12, 2008 -
26 comments
Corsets - a
very comprehensive collection of information about foundation garments. The site is generously illustrated, so it may be NSFW.
posted by tellurian
on Mar 10, 2008 -
15 comments
"Couture [...] represents the fusion of fashion [...] and costume." The
Metropolitan Museum of Art and its
Costume Institute present designs by
Charles Frederick Worth,
Cristóbal Balenciaga,
Christian Dior,
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (see
also),
Paul Poiret, and
other designers such as Lanvin, Vionnet, Schiaparelli, Givenchy, and Yves Saint Laurent.
posted by bijou
on Aug 5, 2007 -
15 comments
Polo Cited For Forcing Employees To Buy Polo "Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., in a court filing, has denied allegations that it requires store employees to buy and wear the company's clothing at work..." Probably many Mefi readers have had retail jobs, and count me as one of them. At the department store where my mother and I worked, we probably spent about 30% of our wages on the store's merchandise in order to keep up with the dress code. After reading this I see that it might be a widespread practice. Has this happened to you? Is this a trend in how retailers treat their employees? Do you have any other examples?
posted by Tystnaden
on Nov 6, 2002 -
31 comments
