J.T.

Fashion cynic.

Check out my insufferable website.

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So having access to original runway soundtracks is really a thing of the past huh?

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@michael_kotin Fall 2009 is one of his most celebrated collections!

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I've always loved Olivier Theyskens's Nina Ricci S/S 2009. It rarely gets the love his other collections do, but there's something deliciously sinister about its glamor. Delicate florals, floating trains, gothic styling.

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The number of people celebrating this is baffling. She's so under-qualified to follow in the footsteps of someone like Balenciaga.

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I’m on knees shaking of excitement??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Faded elegance: fabrics made to look worn, peeling, almost parchment paper-like.

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Josephus Thimister was such a rare and underrated talent. He really looked at traditional elegance and though "what if i ruined it just a little?"

Burnt hems, peeling wax, fabrics coming apart. His S/S 2000 is somehow more beautiful because of it.

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99% of substack fashion 'criticism' is just someone thinking out loud while occasionally namedropping Foucault.

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@princeajmjr Is there a more underrated album? Lullaby is one of my favorite deep cuts ever.

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just turn Victoria's Secret into a reality TV show. half of them already beefing anyway.

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There aren't many dressmakers who can outdo Theyskens.

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You can't even get good nepo babies anymore.

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@amorprnt Job search < Versace F/W 2006

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@chaoswintour Literallyyyy. Like stop tryna be 'dEeP'. Your brand makes pretty dresses AND THAT'S OK.

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@DanaThomasParis Oh I'm sorry to hear that. It's an industry that really tests people's character.

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I have a love/hate relationship with Stefano Pilati. His YSL could be maddeningly awkward one minute and breathtakingly romantic the next. F/W 2005 is the latter.

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@powerbottoming Real life evidence! That's really tragic.

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Balenciaga's clothes and shoes are STILL struggling.

A fashion house where the FASHION is the least desirable part of the business is perhaps the most accurate summary of modern luxury I've ever heard.

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@BaliOst Right!

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american fashion became important because it wasn't paris. sportswear, denim, streetwear, hollywood, all of it. so why does nyfw keep trying to prove it can be paris instead of remembering what made it interesting?

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@DanaThomasParis Ouch. Do you really think so?

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@sriracha_vibes Exactly

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There's a reason why Lagerfeld held Valentino in higher esteem than any other of his contemporaries.

F/W 2006 is some of the best RTW Valentino ever created.