Continental Couture

Fashion. Style. Vanity. All over the world.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Fashion Makes Boys 2 Men

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The picture says it all. Welcome to Istanbul.  In Turkey, it is not uncommon to see men linking arms and walking down the street as such. In...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Fashion Anthropology

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Wandering around the Pera district of Istanbul, the last thing you may expect is to run into a Japanese/Turkish Fashion House.  Expect the u...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Hemline Theory Holding Water?

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If Hegel's historical thesis-antithesis-synthesis holds water in fashion and fashion is repeatedly new, then I don't know where we s...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Jesus Men in Istanbul, not Constantinople

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Perhaps it is in times of economic hardship, men look to their savior for fashion advice. This might explain the "Jesus Man" trend...
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Scarves and Schooling

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I apologize for the hiatus there. Two weeks without free internet access was killing me and I had so many stories to write on while in Bruss...
Friday, May 15, 2009

Madras: India or Nantucket? Poverty or Prep?

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Today I had lunch with a dear friend of mine, a self proclaimed prepster who loves Vineyard Vines like she loves Jesus, Jews, and Ellis. Nat...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Swagger Saves the Soul: Thoughts on Vanity

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"Vanity: n. excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conc...
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