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Put some Respect on my Breeches
Material Culture and Display in Renaissance Italy In renaissance Italy over fourteen different sumptuary laws were put into effect from 1550-1650 in Florence and 8 different time in Sienna.[1] These laws were to limit the amount of luxury and spending people could spend on rich textiles like velvet and silk. Fashion overall was changed by […]
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Independent Study: Grotesque Cultural Exchange; A Study of Japanese Fashion History
Abstract: Focusing first on the importance of Rei Kawakubo in developing her own essays on abjection through her business, Comme des Garcons, was how French fashion gatekeepers allowed an outsider, in. Not simply because of the mystical designs that participated in Japonisme/orientalism, but because she purposefully created a new material identity through cultural capitalism. By […]
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My Phat Headphones
Walking back and forth from class to class, or just around the corner to my friend’s house you can see me wearing massive over ear headphones. As a style choice I prefer these large headphones because of the imposing nature that they naturally have. The basic colors of most headphones matched with the digital tumbler […]
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What is that Smell?
Although not many people our age wear perfume every day or seem to be that interested in the fragrance industry even when it comes to fashion. Maybe that has to do with people knowing that many perfumes are made for a very cheap price and more than not, just are cash crops for luxury conglomerates. […]
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Winter Trends 2022
This winter classics are coming back with subversive undertones. Transitioning into a digital world, all the while trying to stand out when we do go out into public has shifted the whole fashion industry. Many of us are trying more natural methods of living and dressing, but at the same time wanting to act out […]
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Calvin Klein and the Sexy Teen Aesthetic
Recently in my queer history of the 20th century had final presentations and this is the topic I ended up writing and presenting about. Not all my favorite fashion photography from my research went into my final presentation because I had limited time to say everything, and show every photo I found from Calvin Klein […]
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Fall Winter Season 2021
Brimmer Doane Morrison This article is originally written for the College of Wooster Voice a student newspaper, November 2021: “Voice Fall/Winter Mood board and Fashion Viewpoint” As the Ohio fall gets colder, the athletes go to their freezing night practices and everyone is studying until they have heart palpitations it is certainly hard to […]
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Mount Westmore and Big Subwoofer
Lately, the old heads of the west coast have been fairly quiet. A whole bunch making ads, producing their own wine and getting money. Shared on SnoopDogg TV, October 20th, the official music video of the song Big Subwoofer was a possible beginning musically for the group of rappers who are all west coast veterans […]
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Fashion Scans From Style Deficit Disorder
These scans will ultimately be part of a larger research project for looking at consumer capitalism within exchange of fashion culture between Japan and France. These scans are of COMME des GARÇONS, Gothic Lolita and Visual Kei style. For the COMME des GARÇONS scans of Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body Spring/Summer 1997 it represents […]
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Brimm Archive Radio Show
A new segment to this blog and my cultural research Brimm Archive Radio Show will be Thursdays at 11 am (ET). The show is featured on IHeartRadio on my college’s station WOO91, so to tune in look up WOO91 on IHeartRadio. https://www.iheart.com/live/woo-91-5245/ The program looks at various shows how they create a conversation with the […]
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