If youre a rustic bride, chances are the scenery youre already dreaming up is chock-full of country charm: a romantically lit barn, hay bales, running around in wildflowers and open fields, mason jars filled with twinkle lights, a cozy bonfire, and boisterous laughter from guests so naturally, wearing cowboy boots with your wedding dress is going to be like second nature
The revolutionary Kawakubo, who burst on the scene half a century ago, was hell-bent on upending conventional notions of attractiveness, arguing, for something to be beautiful it doesnt have to be pretty. Comme des Garons is a gift to oneself, not something to appeal or to attract the opposite sex. (These are by the way, among the designers very few statements on the recordthe designer is legendarily taciturn, preferring to let her work speak for itself.) The press dubbed her customers, swathed in their voluminous deconstructed Comme fashions, the crows. But no matterthese birds knew that there was true liberation lurking in these unusual fashions
Its hard to make out in these photos, but adds so much interest
this past week i was able to attend the The Kindness Campaign // @tkckindness open house and still so amazed by what the organization does
