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Eli Altman • Run Studio Run: How to operate and grow a small creative studio
I’m into ideas over trends, and twists and turns that feel individual and practical. I like things that feel a little trashy or tacky, and I’m embracing a new phase of my style that nods to that. I want to get dressed to feel (here it is again) horny, rich, and lazy. Not brat, not mob, not quiet.
Laurel Pantin • Only Boring People Get Bored
Info – Alexandra Walker Design
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Apparel brand Tracksmith came up with a smart way to encourage runners to reuse pins by providing four gold pins with every Van Cortlandt racing singlet sold and a dedicated patch in one corner for the pins to reside between races.
Zoë Rom • Becoming a Sustainable Runner: A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet
Zara is building a hybrid business model, where it combines fast fashion with cues of luxury (curated capsules, art direction, photography, model selection, styling). Zara is still in the business of the mass consumption of standardized products, but now it’s also in the business of considered consumption of signaling products (Peter Lindbergh merc... See more
Ana Andjelic • Deconstructing Zara's strategy
START WITH THE WARDROBE
Kyle Louise Quilici • New Minimalism: Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living
Now, social media allows anyone to dig into her wardrobe and explain an intimate self to a public. There is, accordingly, no dearth of women and girls making jump-cut videos of their outfits. If Rockmore’s years set her apart, it’s not because she looks good “for her age,” whatever that means; it is because, at 54, she is very much dressing for fun... See more