Fashion can be many things, from frivolous to functional, with stops in between. Here’s a dozen plus fashion links that center on the functional, the famous, the frivolous and more.
Functional
- You don’t get more functional than this: Artemis III Astronauts to Wear Prada Spacesuits
- Also functional, though less other worldly: Everything We Loved From Kirkland Signature’s Menswear Line by Wirecutter
- Rules provide a function: The third piece, the 3-3-3 rule and other fashion formulas, explained
- Functional summer wear is light. For example, White Jeans and breezy fabrics.
- Affordability is a form of functionality: Buck Mason, Todd Snyder Among Brands Leading Menswear’s New Middle Ground
Famous
- Speaking of affordable: Plan Your Purchase: H&M x Stella McCartney Is Back After 20 Years
- Two news pieces on one of my favorite fashion designers: Isaac Mizrahi Is Target’s First Creative Director at Large and Unzipped, Unplugged and Still Unfiltered, Darling
- The obit for the great Valentino: Valentino Garavani, Regal Designer and Fashion’s ‘Last Emperor,’ Dies at 93
- Famous with a fashion angle are this story, Olivia Rodrigo’s wardrobe isn’t rage bait. It’s researched, and this one, Mamdani made a play for fashion’s premier league in his custom-made Arsenal kurta.
Frivolous?
- Two pieces on the Met Gala
Finally
- Here are two fashion/art stories. First, a story of how David Salle stole (borrowed?) the art of Kelly Reemtsen, who does great paintings of women in fashionable outfits while wieldly tools. Also first rate: Women Sport Puffer Coats in Bold Baroque Portraits by Nieves González
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