“By all means, if you are willing to buy into this (H&M x MMM) collaboration, please do, just don’t think that you are buying ‘fashion’ or a part of Margiela’s legacy — what you are buying are assembly-line knockoffs that you will discard by next year. But if this has become your idea of fashion, I urge you to reconsider.”
— Eugene Rabkin making the case against fast fashion collaborations. (Note: we’re not against affordable clothing, but there are some good points in Rabkin’s article on how fast fashion companies use these collaborations for marketing purposes, and how consumers buy this stuff in the bundles, presumably because they think they’re getting designer clothing on the cheap). (via putthison)
This is a Twitter picture of the President and the First Lady embracing after news broke that he had offically won the election. It simply says: “Four more years.” [gizmodo]
One lucky Tumblr follower will win a pair of tickets to tomorrow’s On The Roadpremiere in Los Angeles and two pairs of Warby Parker sunglasses. Just reblog this post to enter and we’ll randomly select a winner tonight!
There are two people you’ll meet in your life. One will run a finger down the index of who you are and jump straight to the parts of you that peak their interest. The other will take his or her time reading through every one of your chapters and maybe fold corners of you that inspired them most. You will meet these two people; it is a given. It is the third that you’ll never see coming. That one person who not only finishes your sentences, but keeps the book.
Ciclotte is an innovative, award wining, exercise bike combining form and technology in rethinking the traditional aesthetic and functional values of an exercise bike. Ciclotte has been manufactured using exceptional materials like carbon, steel and glass fibres. [fancy]