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# [[AcademiChic.com]] - PhD candidates do fashion. A thought-provoking blend of cheap chic, thrift-shop finds and academic discourse on the cultural connotations of fashion, appropriation of artifacts, the tension between femininity and feminism, and more. | # [[AcademiChic.com]] - PhD candidates do fashion. A thought-provoking blend of cheap chic, thrift-shop finds and academic discourse on the cultural connotations of fashion, appropriation of artifacts, the tension between femininity and feminism, and more. | ||
# [[CostPerWearProject.com]] - You can't love fashion without -- just occasionally!-- thinking about how much you are spending. Julie Fredrickson has taken her guilt to a higher level, cataloging every item she owns, including its original price, and calculating her cost per wear. Savvy or crazy? Perhaps a bit of both. | # [[CostPerWearProject.com]] - You can't love fashion without -- just occasionally!-- thinking about how much you are spending. Julie Fredrickson has taken her guilt to a higher level, cataloging every item she owns, including its original price, and calculating her cost per wear. Savvy or crazy? Perhaps a bit of both. | ||
| + | # [[VeloCouture.Wordpress.com]] - You love to ride your bike. You hate all that trad Spandex bike apparel. VeloCouture will provide some much-needed validation for the proposition that all bikers need not look uncool. With one quibble: Where are the helmets? Folks, there's nothing less cool looking than the X-ray of a serious concussion. Strap one on, and smile! | ||
| + | # [[Polyvore.com]] - No fashion website list can be complete without Polyvore. I'm not a fan myself, but clearly I'm in the minority -- Polyvore is one of the top 2,000 websites worldwide. Members compose "sets," or collages, of photos that create an outfit, often with interesting bits of art for background. | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 3 May 2010
You know who you are. You can't walk down the high street without looking at the clothes and shoes, or checking out your own image floating in front of uninteresting goods like hardware or mortgage rates.
This list is for us, the fashion-addicted. No matter that our everyday wear -- jeans, t-shirts, sneakers -- could lead the ignorant to believe we're above vanity and trends. We're not. We watch every turn and twist in the style landscape. We know the designers, and when we can find a good deal on one of our favorite designer pieces, we buy it. We know workmanship and fabric quality and admire a well-turned buttonhole. We are remorseless thieves of other people's great outfit ideas, and relentless reshufflers of our own wardrobes.
Enjoy the great fashion sites on this list, get inspiration from them, and add your own choices.
The Fashion Victim List
- AcademiChic.com - PhD candidates do fashion. A thought-provoking blend of cheap chic, thrift-shop finds and academic discourse on the cultural connotations of fashion, appropriation of artifacts, the tension between femininity and feminism, and more.
- CostPerWearProject.com - You can't love fashion without -- just occasionally!-- thinking about how much you are spending. Julie Fredrickson has taken her guilt to a higher level, cataloging every item she owns, including its original price, and calculating her cost per wear. Savvy or crazy? Perhaps a bit of both.
- VeloCouture.Wordpress.com - You love to ride your bike. You hate all that trad Spandex bike apparel. VeloCouture will provide some much-needed validation for the proposition that all bikers need not look uncool. With one quibble: Where are the helmets? Folks, there's nothing less cool looking than the X-ray of a serious concussion. Strap one on, and smile!
- Polyvore.com - No fashion website list can be complete without Polyvore. I'm not a fan myself, but clearly I'm in the minority -- Polyvore is one of the top 2,000 websites worldwide. Members compose "sets," or collages, of photos that create an outfit, often with interesting bits of art for background.
