Paris Fashion Week Ramblings – Men’s F/W 2019, Part 2
As I am writing this, I’ve gotten a chance to read a couple of reviews by the few critics I respect, and I am finding myself in an unusual position of an optimist.
Eugene Rabkin is the founder of stylezeitgeist.com. He has contributed articles on fashion and culture to The Business of Fashion, Vogue Russia, Buro247, the Haaretz Daily Newspaper, and other publications. He has taught critical writing and fashion writing courses at Parsons the New School for Design.
Paris Fashion Week Ramblings – Men’s F/W 2019, Part 1
And so it was on again, amidst confusion as to what designers should be designing and whom they should be catering to.
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Andy Warhol at the Whitney Museum
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