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Thursday, February 9, 2012


Ming Cai


Amid the decadence, a sign of the economic times

As 2009 has yet to promise any relief from the current economic slump, no industry remains immune from the crisis, even one that is a stronghold of the rich. In the past month, major designers showed …

Oscar fashion: beautiful simplicity or simply boring?

Though presumably the biggest awards show of the year, the Oscars are not just about film. From the hour-long red carpet pre-show to the presenters and nominees themselves, everyone is under the scrut…

Fashion and Cigarettes

It seems only fitting that the inspiration for my first Phoenix column would be a photo from The Sartorialist, the blog whose name I liberally used to make a not-so-clever pun for my column title. The…

‘Why so serious?’

Why-so-serious

Well, at least the fashion industry isn’t in danger of taking itself too seriously.

Though we’re barely through a long winter, and there are still seemingly endless months yet to come before warmer …