Fuck FOMO It’s About That JOMO Life
Much has been made of late of the fact that social media is obfuscating realistic interpretations (and presentations) of our diurnal lives.Since the seminal... More...
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Byron Hawes
Is Vogue losing at its own game?
If you're anything like me, your social feeds and most frequented media have been awash in Fashion Week coverage for the past few weeks.Nothing new there, a... More...
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Frank Ocean’s ‘Blond(e)’ Unpacked
So we don’t know each other.
But, chances are, the last week or so, we’ve had a shared experience. Well, one aside from the ‘ride the subway/drink a Daiquiri/vow to quit Facebook’ experience that we’re always sharing. Alone together.
A specific one... More...
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Terry Cloth Runway Dreams: The Emperor has no Clothes
I read an interesting piece on Racked over the weekend about “How LA changed my personal style”.
I tend to think that this particular east coast-west coast be... More...
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Blame Canada: LVMH Where You At?
I know plenty of SH readers aren’t Canadian, so I apologize in advance for the Toronto-centric (or Canada-centric) theme of this discussion, but broader themes ... More...
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The Pleasure Principle: F*ck It, Just Celebrate Real Quick
So I’m going to go on a bit of a hard left turn here. It’s entertaining to read (and write) pithy, snarky dissertations on the flailing state of the world of contemporary culture in toto.
But every now and again it may also be helpful to pull one’s ... More...
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Fashion’s Short Term Memory Loss
In this ADD-addled world of Snapchats and Vines, of people vocally pronouncing the acronym IRL (which, as Abbi correctly pointed out to Ilana, is the same numbe... More...
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Luxury: Is It Really Worth It?
Apple just announced that they will sell the Hermès straps separately, as of later this month, at a drastically reduced price. This will drop the lowest price o... More...
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The King is Dead – Long Live the King
So it happened. Honestly, we knew it was coming, but it doesn’t soften the blow any. At midnight, April 1st, Hedi Slimane announced that he was leaving his self-styled house of Saint Laurent Paris. April fucking fools.
Everyone has that designer. Ar... More...
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Dear Fashion: Time To Open Your Eyes
It’s hard to know exactly what the turning point was. Probably because it’s so baffling that it took this long in the first place. But the Grande Dame that is t... More...
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Authenticity and Fashion: Fake It ’Til You Make It
So Jeremy Scott is taking flak for supposedly plagiarizing a faux Chanel iPhone case that resembles a pack of cigarettes. Tbh, I think Jeremy Scott should be ta... More...
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Fashion Week: Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
There’s been a ton of talk about the seismic shifts in the fashion universe of late. Not just that Creative Directors are quitting so quickly I’m starting to wonder if Zoolander inadvertently resurrected McCarthy, Beetlejuice steez. But that everyone... More...
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The Kanye Principle
Do we even talk about anything but Kanye West anymore?
Despite the barrage of news of late. The loss of King Bowie. Of Severus Snape. Of his real world Death E... More...
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Preview: ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s The Time’ at AGO
In his seminal article ‘The Radiant Child’, René Ricard spoke out on behalf of the new, and introduced the world to the work of Jean Michel Basquiat, sayi... More...
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Byron Hawes
Contributing Editor
Boulevardier. Sprezzaturista. Architecture and avarice. Rakim and Rilke. Founding Editor at The Après Garde. Contributing Editor at Hypebeast.