I’m reading the latest issue of @1Granary and one of the quotes says how the Head of Sourcing will make more money than the designer bc it’s a more sought after skill and I think that’s important to emphasize. Everybody can’t and shouldn’t be a designer/creative director.
So disappointing to see all coverage this week start with "haute couture is a celebration of craft and skill" and then see none of that craft and skill actually celebrated in the coverage - or even mentioned.
For people who have been studying the misinformation campaign around the Depp v Heard trial, this verdict is chilling. The success of Depp’s “redemption arc” narrative reveals a lot about our social media platforms and ourselves.
A thread of things I learned during Depp v Heard:
Should we do a DAZED100/BOF 500 kind of list, but it's about anti-productivity, asking people to send us their least productive, laziest stories and the winner gets some money to do nothing for a bit and then we see how this affects their creativity? We will call it LAZED 500
When your parents ask about the "upcoming creative project" for which you left a financially stable job with healthcare benefits:
https://t.co/MHSwZZ94pD
In times of crisis, it’s easy to dismiss fashion and call it superfluous, frivolous, tone-deaf, hypocrite, or non-essential but fashion is a trillion-dollar industry with gigantic cultural, economic, and even political influence.
Influential fashion houses, stand up.
Honoured to be hosting this interview with professor @angelamcrobbie on our platform.
A conversation on how policy can affect creativity and the necessity of framing our working lives in ordinary terms.
https://t.co/lX5K5v88Te
@ShakailaElise@1Granary@MarjolijnOoste1 "Your memories and grief are knitted together like the yarns of a woollen jumper. You wear it on your body until it becomes a part of you."
Beautiful!
My sister would have been 36 on Saturday. No matter how many years pass it still feels like yesterday. I spoke to @MarjolijnOoste1 for @1Granary about using clothes to deal with grief and the piece is so beautiful, please have a read x https://t.co/H0cVMyiPq4