Can you imagine walking into a shop to purchase a double breasted suit Jacket only to find that the one you have picked up seems to have a substantial amount of buttons missing? And as you hastily search for another it then dawns on you that they all have missing buttons? It would be devastating. You would have to look elsewhere would you not? The problem is, this doesn't appear to be a mistake. Not only does this appear to be intentional but it's a trend that seems to have followed through to the likes of Alexander McQueen and Prada. Even Lanvin is in on it. Quite frankly I am disappointed.
The image was featured on the Street Peeper website. Some of the comments are absolutely hilarious. The way I see it is; as long as I exercise the right to wear what I want, others should feel free to exercise their right to say what they want (not a single one of them is paying my bills so why should I give a damn).
"U know what u can say what u want about me, its cool. i only made the initial comments as a way of you bein able to better yourself, u took in the wrong context, thats your bussiness. Its obviously reallllllly got under your skin for you to have taken 9 minutes out of your obviously BUSY life to record a video blog bout me. so ill put an end to this rubbish right now. lol. cos to be honest i really havent got the time for this shit! but may i just point out one little thing.......funny how NOBODY commented your blog until all of this stupid drama isnt it......10 comments....wow. i must just be fascinating....and you.....well....hmmm.
Mr Anonymous.
P.S if that person was serious about making the tshirts....... Your great!"
First of all, Like I said in the video response, I have plenty of time on my hands. For someone who is so established you seem to have a little too much considering that you keep on reading my blogs and responding. When you say you haven't got time for this shit I assume it's because Russian Vogue has just called you to do some more work. You make the point that nobody commented on my blog before you came along and that is partially true but you can't take all the credit because if you take note you'll see that the blog has only been active for less than a week. I'm not expecting it to suddenly explode with comments. I think that maybe you should go and continue with your "10 Years" in the industry and just leave me to do my thing.
This is going to be my last response to this person simply because as fun as it has been, It is starting to get a little boring. I don't want the whole blog to be about this argument, I do actually have other things to blog about. Unless of course MTV want to do a reality T.V show on our little feud. Then that T-Shirt idea would really be handy for merchandising and all that jazz.
"Not hating at all. i actually like the shoot alot. but im also a stylist and just have to ask.....why didnt you steam the clothes first??? there are bare creases in the garments. im suprised they chose to run the shots at all if im honest. Its just a bit sloppy. but as i said, i like some of the images on a whole. keep it up. just a bit of constructive criticism i spose....."
My second point is this. If you were not hating, you wouldn't have posted the comment as anonymous. You would have happily left your name because as far as you are concerned there isn't going to be any hard feelings because your criticism is constructive and purely innocent.
Constructive criticism is positive but if we read your comment I think you got a little carried away with the insulting.
"im suprised they chose to run the shots at all if im honest. Its just a bit sloppy"
Hmm. Who is going to read that and think, yes this person really is looking out for me?
And lastly I would like to justify the creases. I just didn't have access to a steamer. I work for SUPERSUPER. Have you not seen our editorials? Nobody ever steams their clothes. It's one of the few constants in the magazine that can be guaranteed.
Thanks for the comment though. I like a bit of controversy. It keeps me going when my adrenaline levels are low.
P.S
Get you grammar on lock down before you wanna criticize me. You never heard of spell check?
As I type I am trying to ensure that my words make sense. I am trying to ensure that the rage does not totally consume me from within. I am trying to ensure that I don't just throw this already battered laptop down to the ground and scream until my lungs explode. My body is shaking with rage. My soul burns with the fury of a thousand suns. Now let me tell you why...
Vogue Italia has recently released it's All Black issue in which all the models they used in their fashion editorial shoots are black. Rumor has it that when they were deciding on weather or not to go ahead with the issue they concluded that "It'll be our worst selling issue yet" or words to that effect.
Will I be making purchase of this issue of Vogue?
HELL TO DA MOTHA FUCKIN NO!!!
Here's why...When a company issues a "leaked" statement saying "this edition of our product will be our worst selling aver because we only made it so that we can appeal to a minority group" we all know that it will instantly sell very well. It's like when that chick at school said "I'm so ugly that's why nobody wants to be my friend", what she actually wanted was for someone to turn around and tell her that she was really pretty and 9/10 times it worked. In the same way, Vogue Italia has said "leaked" this statement in order to rattle the cages of the unaware and easily influenced. They know that the minute they insult something that they have aimed at the black minority everyone will instantly say "let's prove them wrong, let's show them that it will be the best selling issue ever. Let's all go out and buy it and show them that we are strong and united as a people" and by doing so we have played directly into their hands. It was all part of the plan from the beginning. Did anybody stop to think where, why and how this statement was "leaked"? like I said it was all part of the plan from the very beginning. In big corporations like Vogue, things don't just "leak" out. It's called P.R for a reason and somebody at Vogue is very good at it.
Like the saying goes, "All press is good press"
Just because I'm black doesn't make me stupid. Yes I need to show support for my own kind as such but I'm not going to be emotionally blackmailed into doing it.
I'm not saying don't go and out and buy the magazine however please don't let the reason for your purchase be based on the manipulation and scam. Be smart people.
You'll see that throughout my whole rant I haven't used "I can't read Italian" as an excuses because I can. I just can't speak it or write it.
