February 2012
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OLIVIER ZAHM — What qualities do you like in a man?
OLYMPIA LE-TAN — A sense of humor. A man has to be funny. I like cynical people. People who are funny and dry and aren’t afraid to tell racist jokes. Weird people. People who aren’t politically correct. I also like handsome people. It’s difficult to find all those things in one person.
- Purple issue 17
Since when did the ability to tell...
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French Vogue goes karoake
(Click the picture to see the video)
I’m worried that we’ll be subjected to videos of editors singing along to awful songs from now on. If that is the future, can we set some ground rules?
Don’t make the video longer than a minute (this one is just under 3 minutes)
Don’t overdo it (I’m sure anyone who thought this was cheesy was treated like those people who...
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Wrote about #menswear
Go read it. Agree, disagree, do with it what you will.
January 2012
19 posts
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Superfuture has a thread called “Fuck #menswear”. Why is anyone shocked by this? They’ve always been seen as the alternative to traditional menswear, so the news that they don’t like what’s being displayed at Pitti shouldn’t be surprising. And why are people taking comments on people’s clothing as attacks on their inner child? People need to make like...
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Fashion in Paris
Sometimes nothing happens in the world of fashion. It’s sad but true. Despite this, people still have to say something. Which is why blue is the most prevalent trend at the moment. Think about it - men never stop wearing blue. Calling it a trend (even under the term ‘blogger blue’) is like saying breathing is back. Or walking. Or (fill in with any activity you do all the time).
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New Work | The rise of the non-apology
I wrote about non-apologies for the Sabotage Times. Read the article (and a bunch of people missing the point in the comments section) here.
Watching Rocky II with Muhammad Ali
Roger Ebert reposted this amazing article he did back in 1979. Read it.
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New Work | Charlie Allen Feature
Interviewed tailor Charlie Allen for Selectism go read it. Seriously, if you’re into England football, Savile Row, tailoring in general, Arsenal, Prince (yes, the purple one), Terence Trent D’Arby or Annie Lennox, you’ll enjoy this piece. Either click on the picture or on the ‘go read it’ to, um, go read it.
The Esquire Treasury
Found this book, a compilation of Esquire’s earlier years, at a second hand magazine store for £5. Best purchase I’ve made in a long time.
You want to know why? Look at this list of fiction writers.
Need more names? Ok.
I was just doing some research when...
I found that the publisher of Jackie magazine (of Rihanna “ultimate niggabitch” infamy) un-apologized. Not only that, they actually had the nerve to say they won’t be printing a retraction because ‘they won’t be silenced’. Seriously.
"You 'Da Boss?" Collective Creation
David Byrne (he of Talking Heads fame) talks about the idea of collective creation.
Are you poor but still want a good meal? The skint foodie has you covered.
I wish my freelance life was like this.
Louis C.K.: The Man Who Loves to Hate Himself
Great feature on Louis CK by Jonah Weiner.
December 2011
10 posts
Rambling about race
Did a short race related ramble on my site. I still find race hard to write about because I want to be known as a writer first and foremost and, like it or not, if you talk about race a lot people start pigeonholing you as a ‘black writer’. But I just couldn’t help myself this time.
Misla T: On Dutch Ignorance →
Sweet Jesus.
mislat:
Living in Amsterdam and visiting Amsterdam are two completely different things. There is a lot happening in Holland that you cannot see if you are only here for a couple days or even weeks. However, I’ve been here for almost a year now and let me tell you I’ve seen, heard and experienced some …
Beef is when Vanity Fair mock GQ's articles
“I think I started [ACL], on December 26, [2007]. I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing, to be honest. I was in Ohio at my parents’ house for the holidays, bored. It was snowing like crazy.” - From GQ’s ‘An oral history of menswear blogging’
“This oral history reminds me of the time I started my Xanga. I think I started it on September 26, 2005. I...
