Geeking out! My friends are all about unique #boardgames and they just brought this one over! #fashion #pretaporter #readytowear @kawaii_kupo @berichandcreamy
#bts with @xhighdee for @graffitibeach photos by @berichandcreamy #fashion #fashionbloggers #southpark #sandiego #graffitibeach #sandiegofashion
My interview w/ @fopopps #foporter in @graffitibeach! Yay print! ❤ #fashion #sandiego #southpark #models #antm
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My initial attraction to a life in clubs was born out of escapism, a desire to belong to a scene where everybody felt like an outsider, a freak or just part of the great misunderstood. Clubs are places where you can dress, say and be whoever you like. There are no rules. You can express yourself, create an alter ego and get totally lost in the music.
i-D’s Music Editor, Princess Julia [NOTE: GPOY, it’s exactly why I enjoy clubbing, even if these days I am not out as much anymore]
“My particular thing was to draw an extra-wide stroke emphasizing the crease of the eye socket and add extravagantly long, spidery lines below the eye, a little like a doll’s lashes, then paint a dot toward the inner corner for reasons I can’t exactly articulate except that it looked “now.” Later I discovered my crazy new eyelash look being called “twiglets” and credited to the young British model Twiggy. Well, they were very much mine. I was probably doing them before she was born!”
I admire Grace Coddington, Creative Director for American Vogue, for many many reasons. This particular quote from her feature in the recent issue of Vogue caught my attention because of her sassy bit of humor. A bit of a hipster she is! And it amuses me that people will continue to call the look “The Twiggy” or “Twiggy Eyes,” but not know there were others before her. Not saying this is wrong, it’s the same with everything that becomes popular. Twiggy made the look famous - but I wouldn’t doubt Grace Coddington having been the originator!
I had the lovely opportunity to work w/Aaron Feaver (Feaverish Photography), Yasuko Shapiro (MUA), and model Alysha Nett for popchips x WeTheUrban!
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Racism and Fashion - Victoria’s Secret “Sexy Little Geisha”
racebending:
It takes hundreds of employees, thousands of hours and millions of dollars to launch a mass market lingerie line. And one blogger to take it all down.
…Two weeks ago, Jacinto, a 26-year-old Bay Area blogger and non-profit development manager, most likely became one of those factors.
It all started here. “I saw a link to [Victoria’s Secret’s Go East] line on the blog, Angry Asian Man,” she says.
“Hooray for exotic orientalist bull——,” wrote the blogger who included a link to the “Asian-inspired” lingerie line’s centerpiece: “The Sexy Little Geisha,” a mesh teddy that comes with an obi belt, chopsticks and a fan.
Immediately Jacinto sat down to write an insightful post on why she found the outfit, and the line in general, offensive. ”It’s the kind of overt racism masked behind claims of inspired fashion and exploring sexual fantasy that makes my skin crawl,” she wrote in article published September 6 on the blog Racialicious, a site for commentary on the intersection of culture and race.
“There’s a long-standing trend to represent Asian women as hypersexualized objects of fantasy,” wrote Jacinto. She also took umbrage with the lingerie description as “your ticket to an exotic adventure” and the fact that none of the models for the collection were of Asian descent.
“The lack of Asian women here simply exposes the deep-rooted nature of the Orientalist narrative, one that trades real humanness for access to culture,” she wrote. “Besides, it can only feel sexy and exotic if it’s on an “American” body—without the feeling of accessing something foreign or forbidden, there can be no fantasy.”
One week after Jacinto posted her piece, the feminist website Bust picked up on the story. When the Bust reporter went to check out the teddy described in Jacinto’s story, it had disappeared from the site. According to Bust, a Victoria’s Secret rep suggested the teddy had simply “sold out.” A week after that, The Frisky’s Jessica Wakemen wrote about the offending and mysteriously missing teddy in question. “Considering the complicated history of geishas, repurposing the “look” for a major corporation to sell as role-playing lingerie seems a bit tasteless,” she wrote.
By the afternoon, major news outlets like the Huffington Post began calling blogger backlash to Victoria’s Secret a “controversy.” The Daily Mail noted that the teddy and the Go East line in its entirety had been removed from the company website and replaced with the main product page. The company still hasn’t released a statement or confirmed its decision to remove the line, and had not returned Yahoo! Shine’s request for comment at press time.
Go Angry Asian Man and Racialicious!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maxwxcvIvf1rqqwj4o1_500.jpg)
Racism and Fashion - Victoria’s Secret “Sexy Little Geisha”
It takes hundreds of employees, thousands of hours and millions of dollars to launch a mass market lingerie line. And one blogger to take it all down.
…Two weeks ago, Jacinto, a 26-year-old Bay Area blogger and non-profit development manager, most likely became one of those factors.
It all started here. “I saw a link to [Victoria’s Secret’s Go East] line on the blog, Angry Asian Man,” she says.
“Hooray for exotic orientalist bull——,” wrote the blogger who included a link to the “Asian-inspired” lingerie line’s centerpiece: “The Sexy Little Geisha,” a mesh teddy that comes with an obi belt, chopsticks and a fan.
Immediately Jacinto sat down to write an insightful post on why she found the outfit, and the line in general, offensive. ”It’s the kind of overt racism masked behind claims of inspired fashion and exploring sexual fantasy that makes my skin crawl,” she wrote in article published September 6 on the blog Racialicious, a site for commentary on the intersection of culture and race.
“There’s a long-standing trend to represent Asian women as hypersexualized objects of fantasy,” wrote Jacinto. She also took umbrage with the lingerie description as “your ticket to an exotic adventure” and the fact that none of the models for the collection were of Asian descent.
“The lack of Asian women here simply exposes the deep-rooted nature of the Orientalist narrative, one that trades real humanness for access to culture,” she wrote. “Besides, it can only feel sexy and exotic if it’s on an “American” body—without the feeling of accessing something foreign or forbidden, there can be no fantasy.”
One week after Jacinto posted her piece, the feminist website Bust picked up on the story. When the Bust reporter went to check out the teddy described in Jacinto’s story, it had disappeared from the site. According to Bust, a Victoria’s Secret rep suggested the teddy had simply “sold out.” A week after that, The Frisky’s Jessica Wakemen wrote about the offending and mysteriously missing teddy in question. “Considering the complicated history of geishas, repurposing the “look” for a major corporation to sell as role-playing lingerie seems a bit tasteless,” she wrote.
By the afternoon, major news outlets like the Huffington Post began calling blogger backlash to Victoria’s Secret a “controversy.” The Daily Mail noted that the teddy and the Go East line in its entirety had been removed from the company website and replaced with the main product page.
The company still hasn’t released a statement or confirmed its decision to remove the line, and had not returned Yahoo! Shine’s request for comment at press time.Go Angry Asian Man and Racialicious!
Minh of @mahalstyle leading a social media workshop that by far, is one of the best workshops I have attended. Major #props #socialmedia #sandiego #tech #style #fashion (Taken with Instagram at Chrome Digital)
ALLISON HARVARD FOR WETHEURBAN
STORY: EILEEN DONIEGO DE FRANCE / PHOTOGRAPHY: ZACHARY CHICK / STYLING: ALLISON HARVARD / MAKEUP: TIFFANY PATTON / HAIR: CAROLINE MCGOVERN
“When faced with the harsh realities of the world, I rely on my dreams. I stare blankly out at whatever is in front of me, for a day dream soothes the mind. Stretching than curling in for a nap chases away worries, and settling in for a deep slumber allows the soul to wander about colorful and colorless altered realities. Dreams are fantastic and nightmarishly frightening experiences within the subconscious. They can take us to places we’ve never been, can cause great euphoria, uncannily predict the future, solve life’s current problems, take us into the past, or place terror within our hearts. It is this very unpredictable nature of dreams that makes it so special and magical.
Artist and model Allison Harvard is quite familiar with the majestic dream world….”
WeTheUrban: Can you share with us a particular nightmare that left you a unsettled upon waking?
Allison Harvard: It’s wonderful when my dad visits me. He asks me all sorts of questions about my present life and he’ll…
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BOOM! I wrote this. And yes, these are exclusive photos for WeTheUrban!
Dammit! NYFW is not even over yet and here comes London Fashion Week! They had me at Minnie Mouse T_T
A preview of my outfit for #DapperDay at #Disneyland tomorrow #lace #pearls #pink #polkadot (Taken with Instagram)
Yay! #handmade #lace #bunny ears by @christinelcreme !!! Now, where to wear this #headband? #fashion #style (Taken with Instagram)
If there were one person I wish I could have seen in NYC while I was there, I wish I could have spotted Bill Cunningham. Catching him while snapping photos of fashion forward, style savvy, and interesting people would have been amazing. And actually being photographed by him would have been a DREAM (if only…)!
Thursday nights are often the big party nights in SD, and instead of going out, I opted to stay home. While I attempt to finish my to-do list of work, I will have “Bill Cunningham New York” running in the background. It is one of my fave documentaries and just inspires me artistically. Lord knows I focus a little bit too much on business these days.
Ah, Bill Cunningham, such a sweet and talented man.
On the final day of #LJFFF #redcarpet #fashion #style #sandiego #lajolla #events (Taken with Instagram)
Fantastic #shoes spotted at #LJFFF yesterday. “I got them in SoHo.” #style #fashion #nofilter #sandiego (Taken with Instagram)