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more about #homelesschic more comments → bowleserised: I have a piece Angela Carter wrote in 1983 called "The Recession Style": "Obviously, an aesthetic of poverty is quite different from looking poor bec... more » ketamineKitty: I am going to blame kids like my sister and her friends, upper middle class kids living in places like Ann Arbor and Portland, who have for whatever r... more » JeanneNarea: Agency, schmagency, Penny. I suppose your perspective, i.e., ability to intellectualize/be an apologist for human suffering that benefits the pockets ... more » sybann: Mary Kate and Ashley were SO ahead of their time. more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Homeless people can be fashionable enough for Scott but not fat people. more » Seeräuber Jenny: The Times story suggests that the subject of the Schulman photo is not actually homeless. If true, it must really suck to be identified as such. more » Penny: Also keep in mind that necessity is the mother of invention, and clothing can be manipulated or transformed in really unique ways when guided by utili... more » greengrey: I don't know. I'm not really too offended by this. Would it be better if we ignored homeless people? Saw NOTHING "inspiring" in them? "Lets not sully... more » Penny: I wrote a lengthy paper while in college on that Galliano collection because I was fascinated by the outcry. He was inspired by homeless people near ... more » kkatt: I can derelick my own balls thank you very much more » Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Ooh, Derelicte! more » LaComtesse: I'm immediately brought back to Top Model and the shoot they did in the favels. I was absolutely enraged that episode--how dare you go into slums and ... more » have.at.it: I've been waiting for someone to make a Derelicte line for reals. more » JerseyGrrrl: Sometimes I think fashion editors out of new ideas sit in their offices pulling random nouns and adjectives out of a YSL hat, attaching "chic" to the ... more » SomeAuthorGirl: The real recessionistas will build that pictured dress out of Target bags instead of Dior. more » -
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Today In Homelessness & Fashion: An Internship, An Ill-Advised Photo Shoot
We were psyched to learn that a homeless blogger won an internship with Elle's E. Jean — and a lot less excited about W's "homeless chic" photo shoot. More »
