Studies in Mesh with Junya Watanabe, Molly Goddard, and Heron Preston
Exploring the Material That’s Barely a Material At All
Zero in.
Stare long and near.
Mesh, up close—that network of thread, wire, evenly spaced, honeycombed—organizes itself like an optical illusion.
It is a fabric composed of absence. Mesh is the space between the fabric; an accumulation of holes defined by what you see. Mesh is entirely disclosing, yet only semi-confessional.
Ruched, paneled, underlaid, relaxed-fit, or macramed, modified, wool-blended, knit, semi-sheer, tonal, used in reverse or as lining, it is a fabric we wear to reveal ourselves...
but only kind of.
User Experience: Calvin Klein 205W39NYC Calvin Klein Incorporates Sterling Ruby Capitalism is like a shark—it has to keep swimming or it dies. So, despite the impossibility of perpetual growth, capitalism ploughs forever forward. Fashion, just like any other industry, must follow this principle, outputting ever-higher volumes at ever-accelerating speeds while endlessly searching for new inspiration.
Diet Prada After Dark @dietprada is the ultimate fashion exposé: bitchy and unstoppable. What began as a shared Pinterest board documenting the calorie-free collections of Miuccia Prada copycats has quickly become an industry authority with a cult following (and even its own merch). Despite keeping semi-private identities—blogger fame was not their point of conception—the creators of @dietprada have built a "vessel for other people's narratives." Here, imitation is no form of flattery, appropriation is inexcusable, and misspelled knockoffs are grounds for highly impressive spelling bees.
All-Star Pinned Tweets ! Not all tweets are created equal. And a good many rarely make sense. For a site that’s so free, why does it make us feel so bad? So spiraling, crazy, and angry. Here, SSENSE editors take a brief look at some classic tweets that for whatever reason, have remained lodged in our psyches, paired, of course, with this season’s most covetable accoutrements.