i've begun keeping a helpful list for myself of brands that are too ethically bankrupt for me to feel ok buying from, as well as brands that i feel especially good about. so far i just keep it on my computer to reference, but maybe i should put it on tumblr? you seem to have a good handle on this stuff, what d'you think?

putting it on tumblr would be good. ^_^ Might want to include reasons why they’re awful companies, too.

I loved your Abercrombie & Fitch rant, although I'm surprised you didn't bring up the lovely hypocrisy of women's sizing only going up to size 10 while XXL is available in men's, implying men can be "cool and beautiful" no matter the size while women must be thin in order to qualify in his opinion.

I thought about it, but considering that I’ve always avoided A&F as much as I could, I had no idea how large their men’s sizes were. And I’m sure the logic behind having an XXL men’s size is so big...

Died and Gone to Basic Fitch Hell

By now, there have been plenty of awesome, kick-ass fat fashionistas who have made their feelings about Abercrombie & Fitch and its asshole CEO Mike Jefferies known. In case you don’t know, A&F has...

captslow-show answered your question: What do you want to see? 1850s/stuff worn by folks on the...

captslow-show answered your question: What do you want to see? 1850s/stuff worn by folks on the Mississippi River (story references; I feel like you’ll have better luck at it than I have) Check out...

What do you want to see?

Okay I know I asked what you want to see, but I should have added that I can only post what’s available for me to post. Basically, as much as I’d love to, I can’t make an entire spam of: anything...

Running low on ideas, care to help?

Heven’t had much inspiration for what to post lately. What do you all want to see? (provided, of course, it fits the guidelines and it’s stuff I can post)

ourpresidents: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Red Cross Uniform ER used...

ourpresidents: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Red Cross Uniform ER used this uniform during her 25,000 mile tour of the South Pacific in August-September, 1943 as a representative of the American Red Cross....

petitdictionnaire lamode: Corset, c. 1880-1885. Courtesy of the...

petitdictionnairelamode: Corset, c. 1880-1885. Courtesy of the Vienna Museum.

cwnerd12: Writing guilty pleasure: listening to your novel’s...

cwnerd12: Writing guilty pleasure: listening to your novel’s soundtrack on repeat. /being a late night whore

Did you check out the NY Times slideshow of the gala? There's a couple faux hawks and some awesomeness the general coverage missed because the people wearing interesting things aren't the most famous!

yes, I did. one of the disadvantages is that live coverage only focuses on the celebs and not the non-celeb fashion people who actually wear cool things.

cwnerd12: fookyeahconradvei dt: violetimpudence: dandyads: Mod...

cwnerd12: fookyeahconradveidt: violetimpudence: dandyads: Modess, 1949 Vintage Modess ads amuse me because they never give even the slightest indication of what they’re actually selling. I think...

May Christian Dior, 1953 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

May Christian Dior, 1953 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Boots 1885 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Boots 1885 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Stockings 1830s The Kyoto Costume Institute

Stockings 1830s The Kyoto Costume Institute

What is your personal style like?

dismal.

Evening Gown Alfred Bosand, 1970s Whitaker Auctions

Evening Gown Alfred Bosand, 1970s Whitaker Auctions

The Day That Punk Died Again

newyorker: The biggest sin of this current show is not that it isn’t true to punk. It’s that it doesn’t honor history, ideas, or clothing. It’s dull, and even a suburban house party can negate that...

Out of all the Met attendees, who do you think best represented the theme? My money is on Zandra Rhodes or Madonna.

agreed. Christina Ricci, Eve, and Miley Cyrus are the only other attendees that seemed to understand what punk is.

Dress 1950s Timeless Vixen Vintage

Dress 1950s Timeless Vixen Vintage

Cape Charles Fredrick Worth, 1889 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cape Charles Fredrick Worth, 1889 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dress Hanae Mori, 1970s The Goldstein Museum of Design

Dress Hanae Mori, 1970s The Goldstein Museum of Design

Dress Jean-Philippe Worth, 1902 The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Dress Jean-Philippe Worth, 1902 The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

So yeah, in conclusion, my idea of doing an androgyny-themed show would have been a million times better and I should be made the Costume Institute's top curator.

Punk: Chaos To Couture at the Costume Institute Shows How Derivative The Style Has Become

Punk: Chaos To Couture at the Costume Institute Shows How Derivative The Style Has Become: The Met’s sweeping new show, Punk: Chaos to Couture, opening Thursday, shows just how much recent...

Dress 1832-1835 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dress 1832-1835 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ball Gown 1865 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Ball Gown 1865 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Afternoon Dress Jacques Doucet, 1903 The Metropolitan Museum of...

Afternoon Dress Jacques Doucet, 1903 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mantua 1740-1745 The Victoria & Albert Museum

Mantua 1740-1745 The Victoria & Albert Museum

Evening Dress 1866 The FIDM Museum

Evening Dress 1866 The FIDM Museum

why is everyone so upset about people not dressing punk for the Met Gala when no one seemed to care that no one really dressed in the style of Poiret or early 20th century for the 2007 King of Fashion exhibition?

punk is much easier to do than poiret