The Rosenrot | For The Love of Avant-Garde Fashion

Protection for a new life in the frontier. That was what Amur eventually evolved into. In the beginning, there were belts and shawls. Not contend with accessories however, we dreamt of bigger thi...

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To present a piece of creative work to the world is to throw away a piece of yourself. Once it has been seen, it no longer belongs to you, for you have granted the world license to rip it apart, ...

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Fashion is an industry that is obnoxious, loud and extroverted. To do well, one must discard one’s shame and fear of rejection. This is because the business of fashion is not about making cloth...

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Noon started with outlines of garments in my head. They were enormous creatures; giants looming in the background with the angularity of a Modernist sculpture yet is all-enveloping like a fluffy ...

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Humans are strange creatures. We pin our self-esteem on our beliefs. When our beliefs are validated, we feel good about ourselves. When they're being contradicted, we often take it as a personal ...

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Part I: A Wandering Noon Part II: A Descending Noon Part III: A Homeward-Bound Noon Part I: A Wandering Noon Noon is walking home. Like any other night, his mind is blank, his steps are heavy, hi...

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Homogeneity in fashion - both in design, and especially in its material use - is on the rise, owing to the transfer of decision-making power from the creatives to the marketers and merchandisers ...

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With the passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Issey Miyake, I prepared my farewell to the incoming end of an era, while facing the tsunami of celebrated mediocrity.

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In the previous segment of this writer’s outfit project, I went into great detail about how individual pieces were modified from products that have existed in the ROSEN universe – from the pa...

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In which I started designing an outfit for myself because I got bored of my sweatshirt and cargo pants combo, which I wore to work everyday for almost the entire holiday season.

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