Saturday, September 08, 2007

The appeal of fashion

I'm sure many of you saw this article in last weekend's NYT. Reading it made me think of all of you. Plus the writer uses what I think must be one of the most fun words in the English language: flibbertigibbets!

1 comment:

zuppe said...

"'Fashion is so easy to hate,' said Elizabeth Currid, a professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning and Development and the author of 'The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art and Music Drive New York City' (Princeton University Press).

'Cultural industries like fashion are sometimes seen as something only the skinny girls in high school think about,' said Ms. Currid...."


1. Ha! She's a planner.

2. The second quote is probably what led me astray from design school. That and the fact I've come to believe most design/art instructors suck, pretty much.