Threadless Revisited

Going back to the last blog entry I wrote about Threadless and streetwear, after the class discussed about fashion as an institutionalized system, Threadless came to my mind again. Kawamura said that "different workers in different aspects of fashion all related in producing and perpetuating the fashion culture." This is true to Threadless as the producers and perpetuators of the designs are the

A Threadless Streetwear, Maybe?

While the article about streetwear by Jessica Pallay was short but it provided just enough information for anyone not in-the-know to be curious and to have a general sense of what it is all about. And what does Threadless have anything to do with this? Maybe it's just me but when I started reading the article, Threadless immediately came to my mind.T-shirts from freshjive Spring 09

It's a style because they [White] wear it

Reading Maira's article really intrigued me, especially the section about Indo-chic. While originally, henna is a "practice done by and for women, particularly for wedding ceremonies in South Asia..." it completely loses its meaning when appropriated by the Western cultural consumpotion (Maira 342). Merely two decades ago, South Asian community was still threatened by racist violence, namely the

Just a Thought

I was somewhat amazed to see the resemblance of "cutie" culture and my research topic the ganguro trend. Further look into the subject suggests that ganguro is a one of the subcultures among many others under one roof of "cutie."The first connection was the "fractured English or pseudo-French" slogans of the "cutie" movement (Kinsella). As presented in class, the ganguro is part of the subculture

National Costume as Cultural Nostalgia

I do not know whether it was a blessing that I was born and raised in Vietnam. Having lived there for sixteen years, I was exposed to ao dai as an everyday dress (school/work uniform). I used to wonder why people make such a fuss about ao dai: how it is so elegant or how beautifully it compliments the wearer. Yet now that I'm thinking back, there was always a fascinating anticipation everyone (

Where Did You Come From?

So last night I showed up at one of my weekly dance practice in an American Eagle striped blue long sleeve button down shirt and a tailor made black trousers/slack. Excuse my descriptive details but I feel it's needed since we're in a fashion class and have been discussing the idea of fashion and identity for the past few weeks. This is not, however, in any way how I "brand" myself. Nonetheless,