Social-Creature

I had already joined the Circus scene when, in early 2006, I was consulting at Wong Doody and heard about a clothing company client they were working with called Edoc Laundry. The clothes had an intriguing concept: there were secret codes in the garments, which, if deciphered, would reveal clues to a mystery story. The wearers of Edoc [...]

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Adam Freeland’s got a new video (below) for a new track (Undercontrol) off a new album (Cope) with a new band (Freeland). Check it out. And Relax. Nothing is under control: Plus, check out the accompanying site: unitedwecope.com, which offers a forum for coping with modern life’s tricky dilemmas, such as: I want to buy [...]

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Get your fantasy on! Some choice shots from this weekend’s epic runway show. Images courtesy of Apparel News: Skin.Graft Designers: Cassidy Haley, Katie Kay, & Jonny Cota: (photo by: half a second) And yes, I must admit I am quite proud of myself for having introduced Katie and Jonny to one another back in 2005. [...]

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A visual guide to your alternative identity fashion options presented by: The Alternative Apparel Catalogue Burner: (playa dust for your face sold separately) . Circus: ahem. . Hippie: . Hipster: also, Skater, Raver, Goth: (all separate categories;  you get the idea.) and here’s a throwback– Heroin Chic: Any questions? Like this? Share it: Tweet

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NOTE: These two items are actually unrelated, I just figured I’d kill two fashion birds with one post. Stargate Outfits: Watching Hulu’s recommended shows scroll by, it suddenly dawned on me that the outfits that the cast of Startgate: Atlantis are wearing in the promo shot look incredibly familiar: Particularly the leather jacket, second from [...]

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Britney Spears has a new album out today, and guess what it’s called: That’s right! Britney Spears’ new album is called Circus, and this is incredibly interesting to me. Once upon a time, I used to be the production manager for a circus called Lucent Dossier– This troupe is actually part of a whole larger [...]

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My friends over at Skin.Graft Designs just discovered some way shady thief has been blatantly recreating exact replicas of their original clothing designs and selling them on Second Life. Skin.Graft Designs Originals: Sinistyle Designs counterfeit knockoffs: Skin.Graft Designs Originals: Sinistyle Designs counterfeit knockoffs: This is the first I’ve ever heard of anything like this, though [...]

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“Deal with it. Rock’n roll.” – The Rules of Attraction, by Bret Easton Ellis While I was in New York a couple of weeks ago, it came to my attention that hipsters had managed to really piss Adbusters off. If you don’t happen to know what “hipsters” are, or if perhaps you are assuming it’s [...]

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Skin.Graft Presents: Some very dear friends of mine, and some very fabulous clothing designs of theirs. This Sunday July, 20th 2 – 7 pm at Skin.Graft HQ: 639 S. Spring St., Studio 4C Los Angeles, CA. 90014 Ps. Skin.Graft is DEEEEEEP in the design process for their upcoming collection, and this will be the last [...]

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In Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter explain that really, there was never any conflict between the two to begin with. Counterculture hinges on, and consumer culture consists of, the expression of your lifestyle/identity. Whether you’re choosing to wear Nikes, Doc Martens, or some crazy obscure Japanese brand [...]

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