Wear it like you talk it!

[imomus]

You know, sometimes when you're posting about some terribly abstract subject like globalisation, and everything just becomes a maelstrom of words, concepts and abstract models of the world, you forget that you're a physically embodied person. So today I thought I'd give you pictures of the kinds of clothes I've been wearing during my last six days of Click Opera posts. Just for fun, I added descriptions of where I'd bought the clothes and how much they'd cost. Then suddenly these silly outfits became a great visual metaphor for the very same global processes we'd been talking about, with their bizarre and paradoxical impacts on culture and identity.



1. June 1st: "2D's a spiky fucker... he stood up on the balcony throwing tinfoil ashtrays in my direction." Striped nylon shirt from Osaka street market, 1000 yen. Red scarf (by Slow and Steady Wins The Race) from Selfridges, London, £15. Pink headband from Chinese store, Alcobaca, Portugal, €1. Spectacles from secondhand store, Fukuoka, Kyushu, 5000 yen.

2. June 2nd: "Clearly if I title my next album Donald, Where's Yer Troosers I'll make a killing in the Scottish diaspora." Sunglasses La Foret, Harajuku, Tokyo, expensive in 1998. Fake Burberry shirt €2.50 at Humana, Lisbon. Blue Chinese workwear jacket from Humana, Berlin, €10.

3. June 3rd: "Did I tell you that I hate Van Morrison?" Blue headband from Chinese store, Alcobaca, Portugal, €1. Black cashmere poloneck sweater gift from model's mother.

4. June 4th: "Is it okay to be a nipposexual?" Red Discom T shirt bought from band, Tokyo, 2500 yen. One-shoulder brown sweater €2 at Boxhagener Platz market, Berlin.

5. June 5th: "Um, porridge? Turnips? Fish and chips? Edinburgh rock candy?..." Pink shorts from Domsey's, Brooklyn, $2.

6. June 6th: "You know, scientifically speaking there's no evidence to say that a businessman is different from any other human being." Japanese carpenter's hat from uniform store, Osaka, 2000 yen. Senegalese robe from Humana, Berlin, €14.

Comments

Re: Beauty is in the EYE of the beholder.

[mooshka.livejournal.com]

Nope. I didn't even notice the "defect" until you pointed it out. And I don't really see it as one anyways. Honestly I thought the eye patch was a fashion thing.
Then again, the thing I find cutest about my boyfriend (other than his perfect ass) is his one snaggle tooth. Perfect teeth except this one that is out of place. Adorable. So who knows. Maybe I have a thing for imperfections. I somewhat doubt it. I always thought I was an ass woman myself.
I could not fetishize the disabled because I am too damned selfish to take care of anyone but myself. Hell, some days too selfish for even that :P

Re: Beauty is in the EYE of the beholder.

[artysmokes.livejournal.com]

I'm actually a fan of people who are "less than perfect". I don't like the symmetrical faces of most Vogue models. I liked the grunge look, when models had larger noses or sticky-out ears.
And my last girlfriend was a cripple. :/

I wonder if Momus ever gets told in public that his eyepatch is a "pretentious fashion statement". I would love to see the look on these people's faces when he removes it.