Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Six Items or Less
Posted by Mary Cashiola on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:45 PM
[Sorry for the hiatus! Style sometimes gets shunted to the side when I've got more serious things going on.]
I've been thinking about a shopping diet ever since I saw this slideshow (and accompanying article) about Six Items or Less on the NYT's site.
The idea is simple: Choose six items of clothing, wear only them for a month, and see what happens. One participant, for example, chose two pairs of jeans, an American Apparel 3/4 sleeve shirt, two tees, and a black-and-white striped polo. One of the founders chose a black dress, a tank top, a blazer, jean shorts, a gray skirt, and a pair of black jeggings.
Work-out clothes, outerwear, underwear, and shoes don't count.
From the website:
You can get multiples of the same item for laundry purposes, but different colors count as separate items. Or you can tell us to stuff it and make your own rules.People have asked what the philosophy is behind the experiment and most assume it’s a statement about consumerism. In reality, we haven’t dictated a driving thought. Rather it’s about putting a challenge out there and seeing what people bring to it, do with it and talk about.
Organizers says people seem to be doing this for a variety of reasons: boosting creativity, anti-consumption, and just plain old masochism.
The take-away — at least from the responses I've seen — is that no one really notices what you wear. Or rather, no one notices that you're wearing it all the time. Also that modern clothes really aren't constructed to be worn that much.
I'm playing with the idea of trying this. Anyone else?
And if so, what would be your six items?
Monday, July 12, 2010
Midtown Dress the Derby in Tees, Jeans, and Aprons
Posted by Mary Cashiola on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Last Friday, I headed to VINI for the Dress the Derby fashion show with the Dirty Printmakers of America.
They had some really cute designs. Unfortunately, I spent my last $5 on a (pink!) plastic cup of beer so I didn't get to buy a t-shirt. Merp. (I was woefully unprepared for the weekend. Something about writing a serious cover story this week or something.)
In addition to the cute tees, the derby girls modeled Thigh High jeans, crazy/awesome knitted hat/ponchos/masks/merkins, and the most darling little aprons from FlyingHearts.
- Melissa Wolowicz
- Lyndalicious gets her model on.
- Melissa Wolowicz
- FlyingHearts artist Rachel Clements models one of her aprons.
Clements also makes "corset corsages," wristlets that lace up the back like a corset.
- Melissa Wolowicz
- Melissa Wolowicz
- Blown Fuse works the corset corsage.
FlyingHearts can be found on etsy and madeitmyself. Or email her at flyinghearts02@yahoo.com.
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