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OH MY GOD

Amy — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:06:16 +0000

Khalil is the biggest loser on the planet and OMG just…this makes me so sad I’m not on the west coast.

It’s a beautiful day today and I’m just going to go out (filming an EMT with Ellie and crew today!) and listen to some good Khalil.

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FW 2010 shows, part 3: Balmain

Amy — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:59:32 +0000

So I kinda feel like Balmain puts out the same stuff every single season — the boxy shoulders, sharp silhouettes, military chic — but these gold pieces from the fall/winter show are fucking STUNNING.

(Via 1, 2)

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Lula Spring 2010 covers

Amy — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:00:12 +0000

(via Fashion Gone Rogue)

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Count ‘em up

Amy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:00:40 +0000

This is just fucking depressing.

We counted the number of spots in each of the 122 fall, 2010, shows held in New York that were covered by Style.com. [...] The numbers, as you can see, were not encouraging. Of 4,095 turns on the runway, only 662 went to models who weren’t white. That’s barely 16%.

Black models, at 323 bookings, were used the most of any single ethnic group, aside from whites. Asians were second, with 264. Latinas were a distant third, with 61 trips down the catwalk. Fourteen times during this fashion week, models of other races were used in a runway show.

(Jezebel)

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Not so humble pie

Amy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:00:09 +0000

Oh my god I just died a little on the inside. (All credit for pieces of food perfection go to not so humble pie.)

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Snow is overplayed

Amy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:38:12 +0000

Prior in my twelve years of public schooling, we had maybe a total of one or two snow days as declared by the mayor of NYC. In the last two weeks alone we had two. So over the snow. Soooo over it.

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Shoe envy

Amy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:43:59 +0000

Photos from Jazzi McG

Oh my god, this is the most envious I’ve ever been of someone who took advantage of a sample sale that I did not. And the worst part is that I knew well in advance that it was going to happen too but I convinced myself, “NAHHH why would you need to go to a Phi sample sale? You don’t even wear Phi!”

WELL IF I HAD GONE, I COULD BE WEARING SOME PHI RIGHT NOW.

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Shameless plugging

Amy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:16:56 +0000

Gahee dancing to Beyonce’s “Telephone” and “Diva”

I like to post this clip on whatever platform I can just because it’s the Queen, y’all.

I’m always really in awe of the dancers in Kpop who have a wealth of stage experience and just have it in their bodies to be that good. And ironically–or not–they’re usually not the best singers. I’m talking about the idols in Kpop who are naturally gifted with movement, those who are dancers not because it’s been forced into them through training. (Hyoyeon and Hangeng come to mind.) But in the Kpop biz, things are so confined. Why does someone like Gahee who’s so good at dancing have to sing in order to “make it” into an idol group, aka have a shot of being nationally recognized? And then conversely, why do singers like Brian or Hwanhee have to add a dance number into their songs just so that they’re not a “traditional” ballad singer, who are pretty much economically irrelevant in the business?

It’s almost like there is no place for people who are just “dancers.” They don’t get to be “famous” in the way famous rolls in Korea, with the variety shows and the shiny CF offers. And while there is a bigger market for people who are just skilled singers, compared to the wealth that idol groups get to cash in for their companies, how much do people like Park Hyo Shin or post-G.O.D. Kim Tae Woo earn?? Take Baek Ji Young. I think she’s had a fairly decent ballad-singing career, but she got a huuuuge spike in popularity (and sales) over the summer because of her collaboration with Taecyeon — not only because he’s a bankable idol, but because the dance element made the song relevant to the mainstream.

My point is that it sucks to want to be a star in Kpop. You train to sing and dance and then you debut, and inevitably there are people who slam you for not having enough skill. But why do you have to possess that skill anyway? Why isn’t there a market to sell the thing that you are good at?

Questions, questions.

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FW 2010 shows, part two

Amy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:35:28 +0000

I’ve been pretty “meh” about the New York shows. I barely liked anything. The things I do like are — surprise, surprise — clean classics that are styled amazingly together with other pieces, and outfits that have a pop of color.

Tommy Hilfiger

3.1 Phillip Lim

I expected some stunning shit from Phillip Lim because his show last season was easily my favorite, but this was … not so great. There was way more bad than good and that just doesn’t make for a very good collection.

Also, another label I can’t ever seem to get into: Proenza Schouler. I just don’t get it, man. Yet another season that doesn’t help me understand their hype. I love their accessories, but their clothes are just so underwhelmingly normal and doesn’t justify the hype. A ton of celebrities carrying your one really popular bag really shouldn’t equate to a freakish cult following …

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This is a plead

Amy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:07:37 +0000

Dear two dudes who have the lofty and great profession of being YG’s only stylists,

Can we stop styling while tripping on acid? Is it just too hard to stop throwing all the shit you found at the bottom of your draw onto a piece of clothing? I get that it was really cool and refreshing when you first put dolls together into a circle formation and deemed it a “bracelet” and then let CL wear it on stage, but maybe we should stop at one toy-strung-bracelet.

I know that you guys (or one of you guys) went to Central Saint Martins for ~fashun~ and ~design~ but can we stop with this shit? Can we stop trying so hard?

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