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fashion matters: anna piaggi, rei kawakubo, and my fantasy wish list for the fall

This entry was posted in Culture Vulture Design Matters Fashion Matters Listmania and tagged A Detacher Anna Piaggi Annie Leibowitz Belstaff British Vogue Chris Benz Christin Viera Italian Vogue Martin Cooper Micahel Phelps Mona Kowalska Rei Kawakubo Valentino on August 27, 2012 by janeharr.

Thinking about Piaggi’s famous mix of high and low — ie. couture meets Canal Street in a penchant for vibrant colors and clashing patterns — I am reminded of my favorite Jean Genet quote from The Thief’s Journal (1949): “To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.

tax time for hipsters: h&r block commercial appealing to (or mocking) bike culture?

This entry was posted in Culture Vulture Design Matters and tagged Geico H&R Block on January 17, 2011 by janeharr.

This H&R Block commercial is weird on many levels. The whole bike fetish/lifestyle thing, for one, seems an odd example for enacting a fake-free sales pitch (I’m sure there’s some name for it in advertising), and for the K-mart of tax returns?! I don’t get it. Are they appealing to this small hipster audience – […]