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Observe the fashion of photography... EXAMPLE #1: THE BAD GIRL EXAMPLE #2: A BLONDE IN A BIKINI EXAMPLE #3: THE BROODING MISFIT EXAMPLE #4: THE PLAIN JANE EXAMPLE #5: THE ARTSY TYPE Now you may be getting the point... photographers and models are chosen to convey specific stereotypical looks for different fashion products. The goal in the end product (advertising) is to get the viewer to identify with the woman in the photo and want to be more like that... And then run out and buy jeans, jewelry or whatever they happen to be selling. Often they will throw in a semi-shaved ruggedly good looking male model in a clear effort to say... "Buy this and you will get a handsome man!" And it works very easily because people are basically stupid and fall for it even when they know they're being pitched advertising.

FASHION / SEX - Say what??? If you didn't notice or know that there was rampant prostitution (and drugs) in the fashion industry you would have to be sticking your head in the sand. Its there. People don't really talk about it that much. You certainly won't see it mentioned in glossy fashion magazines wherein advertisers don't want to upset the feminists by talking about the rampant problems within the fashion industry (sweatshops, child slavery, anorexia , bulimia , overemphasis on beauty, toxic chemicals in makeup, etc). But WE are not a glossy fashion magazine. We can talk about stuff they won't talk about. Regardless of what you've seen in films like Pretty Woman , being used for sex is not a love story. Its a heartbreaking, nerve wracking and depressing experience often coupled with drug addiction and an abusive relationship with one's pimp. A more realistic film to watch would be the French film "Baise Moi"... except cut out the part where

FASHION meets TECHNOLOGY - How to convert a Hoodie into a bag for your laptop.

FASHION - I just really like the smart way they did this advertising campaign... keeps the focus on the clothes, not the model's face.

FASHION - James Laver was a museum curator for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from the 1930s through the 1950s. Laver was also a fashion theorist and historian and having no other claim to fame he conceived of Laver’s Law — an attempt to make sense of the "fashion trend life cycle". Here is James Laver's Law of Fashion: Indecent 10 years before its time Shameless 5 years before its time Outré (Daring) 1 year before its time Smart Current Fashion Dowdy 1 year after its time Hideous 10 years after its time Ridiculous 20 years after its time Amusing 30 years after its time Quaint 50 years after its time Charming 70 years after its time Romantic 100 years after its time Beautiful 150 years after its time What is interesting is that James Laver's Law of Fashion's has become the standard by which clothes buyers now operate. ie. Stanley Marcus, the former president of Neiman Marcus, recounts in his rather boring memoir tit

FASHION - Because pretty dresses and masquerade masks will ALWAYS be chic and kewl.

FASHION - Found this one on Etsy. Its a raven mask cut out of black leather... but I ask you, couldn't it be made out of this something other than leather? Faux leather at least. Cloth? The designer cuts it out of 5-6 oz tanned leather, then hand shapes it while wet to fit a face. Once dry she paints it black and seals it with an acrylic finish. Because of all the cut outs it weighs just 1½ ounces, which means it will be comfortable to wear for extended periods. Comes with an adjustable double strand of elastic. But come on, use something other than leather. And its so easy to make anyone could make it. Even my idiotic ex could do it.

FASHION - Whoa, talk about a fashion statement. According to the jewelry designer's website this Necklace "Is an Accurate Representation of Semen"... meaning male ejaculate... Wow. And they're $600 USD each. Handmade by designer Leah Piepgras. Wow, some people will just walk all over all the strives made by feminists just to make a quick buck off the kind of women who would actually buy such things. (Jewelry for skanks.)

ART HISTORY - Isn't photography awesome??? Here is some kewl art made using nothing more than makeup and a digital camera and lighting. Eyeliner art rocks!

FASHION - Huzzah, the Milan Fashion Week for Spring 2012... set to music!

Wow. Fashion models are just getting thinner and thinner. What is next, surgically altering their bodies to make themselves even thinner?

FASHION - On Saturday night I went out to a pub and I saw two separate guys wearing suspenders. Since then I've been noticing it more. I saw suspenders yesterday and today at the bank I saw a woman wearing suspenders. What the heck? I want suspenders too now! They certainly provide a nice alternative when you can't decide on a belt to wear. What struck me is how classy and sophisticated they looked. And honest and hardworking at the same time. Its a nice look, a bit retro, but very kewl. Its official. Suspenders are back in fashion!

FASHION - When it comes to the fashion and beauty industry, Rachelle White Wind is a one-woman show. The Winnipeg, Manitoba native is an actress, model, master hair stylist, makeup artist and owner of BBTO Mobile Salon , a high-end salon service in Toronto that services clients in the comfort of their own homes. White Wind, who speaks English and French, is of Ojibwe/Cree background and divides much of her time between not only these various disciplines but between locales Toronto, Winnipeg and L.A. On an unusually rainy January day in Toronto, Rachelle and the BBTO Mobile Salon are on call at a condo in the Distillery District. It’s 11 A.M. and she’s all set for her first two clients of the day—two businessmen who live in the building. When the owner of the apartment (who was going to be meeting the seventh richest man in the world that same evening) told Rob Campbell (who was making a presentation on search and social rank in the Distillery that same evening) that he was expecting