Beat these looks.
Women in great trousers
March 1, 2015
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Colonial aesthetics and Ralph Lauren
December 20, 2014
In a direct line from my earlier post on the heritage hipster style as a settler colonial aesthetic, here is another exhibit in the colonial museum of fashion: Ralph Lauren using genocide-era vintage photographs of native men in western dress as part of its recent marketing campaign.
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Settler & pioneer “heritage hipster” styles in the age of Idle No More, Chinatown gentrification, &c.
October 14, 2014
Men in British Columbia, 1859, one in a newly discovered collection of early photographs of white settlers and First Nations in B.C. Via Vancouver Sun © Royal British Columbia Museum, reprinted with permission
An abridged version of this essay has been published in the May/June 2015 issue of Briarpatch Magazine
I am probably as bored of casual hipster-slagging as you are.
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The Hitler Youth haircut: what it’s actually expressing
May 26, 2014
Update: this feels all the more pressing now, since this US election. If you want to hear Chomsky’s post-election comments on white male entitlement and rage, it’s here.
Arhuaca mochila bags of Colombia
April 13, 2014
I first noticed these cylindrical handwoven bags on a couple of delegates at the UN World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia. They looked unusually sturdy, very finely handwoven in wool, and all had unique and beautiful geometric patterns.
Secos & Molhados – Sangue Latino
February 6, 2014
Oh 1973, I am so happy to see you yet again. Last week it was Sensations Fix, and then yesterday someone posted Sangue Latino by Secos & Molhados.
Gulabi gang
January 8, 2013
India’s Gulabi gang in beautiful pink. Gulabi means “rose” in rose.”
“The Gulabi gang is a group of women vigilantes active across North India. It is named after the pink saris worn by its members.
3D printing
December 8, 2012
Above is the Eiffel Tower 3D-printed shoe by Continuum via Architizer. Below, 3D printed working models of Theo Jansen’s beachwalking strandbeests. I bought these for my nephews and am still trying to figure out how to assemble and attach the propellors.
Moustaches off, please
December 2, 2012
Unless you’re Howard Moon, zookeeper in the zooniverse, please take the moustache off. Or grow a beard to match. Movember is over; it’s December now.
Unless you’d like women everywhere to grow body hair all over until January.
Stainless steel, white, avocado, harvest gold, bellbottoms, Vietnam, Iraq
November 22, 2012
An article on fashions in appliance colours (stainless steel vs. white) on oveninfo.com (a kitchen appliance website) quickly leads to a flame war in its comment section. Stainless steel is pitted against avocado and harvest gold, bellbottoms against video games and Vietnam vs.
