Tag: fashion
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Programmers irrationally chose based on brand identity
As many of us say, technology is fashion and passion. Programmers identify with the language they use just people do with brands (beer, shoes, cars, political parties). 🔗 Why engineers can’t be rational about programming languages
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”Tech is a pop culture.”
”Tech is a pop culture. Very few of the decisions made in the industry are made rationally or empirically. Studies and tests are used to justify the emotional decisions of the executive or management class. Infrastructure and stack decisions are made hedonistically – “cool” tech that makes the engineers and devs feel good about themselves…
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The return of skinny jeans? Men’s catwalks suggest wide-legged trousers are out and calf-huggers back in – Looks like a dodged a bullet on this one by wearing my old Gen-X pants despite the trends.
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How pointy shoes created a moral panic in medieval London – It’s good to remember that hundreds of years later, and prohibition against fashion makes the probities look like idiots with too much time on their hands. // Also, Dutch businessmen don’t seem to have stopped wearing them.
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Crocodilia: How Crocs became a clog-selling profit machine – I need a pair!
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Skinny jeans hot for AW24? Two writers argue over the demonised drainpipes – Some real passion about skinny-jeans here: ’at least with skinny jeans there’s no chance of soaking up every puddle you slosh through on a rainy day, until the water reaches your knee and you develop a very real chance of developing trench…
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If you didn’t want the €1 beads, €15 knock off Converse, or s t-shirt with Einstein as a contemplative tattooed meat head, you could pick from this pile. From instagram
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Link: Why Urban Millennials Love Uniqlo
The question Uniqlo faces now is whether it can inherit the Gap’s empire without repeating its mistakes. To do so, it will have to convince shoppers across the country of a proposition that’s radical for the industry: Fashion can be affordable without being disposable. And: Despite the underwhelming performance of Uniqlo’s American stores thus far,…
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Link: Instagram Is Changing How You Shop
When you browse select posts from those brands, you’ll now see a blue “Checkout on Instagram” call-to-action. Click it, and you can select your size, color, billing and shipping details. Instagram will take an undisclosed cut of sales. Makes a whole lotta sense: For fashion brands in particular, Instagram shopping adoption has jumped from 12%…
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Tips for Michaels
When Kim and I started living together, we had to figure out the shared rules of the house. Back in 2004, Kim provided a handy list for me: General Don’t stomp or “walk heavy.” When you answer the phone don’t belt out a loud “HELLO!” directly into the caller’s ear. Every item in the house…
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🗂 Karl Lagerfeld dead
> “There is no secret to life,” Lagerfeld said. “The only secret is work. Get your act together, and also, perhaps, have a decent life. Don’t drink. Don’t smoke. Don’t take drugs. All that helps.” www.businessoffashion.com/articles/…
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🗂 “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.”
> my company is based in Oakland. This is like being based in San Francisco, but with fewer microclimates. Rolling up to work in a company hoodie, jeans, a t-shirt from your last company, and a pair of Tevas is A-OK. But the further east you go, the more formal everyone’s business wear gets. Jeans…
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🗂 What’s next for 2019? Influencer marketing trends
> Technology is not favoured on Instagram, accounting for just one percent of posts. A quarter of all sponsored posts cover fashion, followed by food (12 percent) and entertainment (11 percent). www.zdnet.com/article/w…
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Karl Lagerfeld’s daily routine, circa 2012
Who doesn’t like a good what’s in bag/what I do each day post? I used to fax a lot, but people don’t have faxes anymore. In this routine, what’s remarkable is how much he avoids people, e.g.: I don’t go out that much because I’m always late, and I’m so busy and so pleased with…
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People (say they) will spend more on clothes that actually fit
It’s a sore point for many shoppers, who are ready and eager to spend more on designer clothes if only they were available: 78% of respondents in a recent survey of plus-size shoppers said that they’d be willing to spend more money if designers offered more options, and 80% said they’d likely purchase an item…
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The year in 3D printing: lingerie models, jet engines and the twerking Einstein
The year in 3D printing: lingerie models, jet engines and the twerking Einstein
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