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Fashion 2008: something different

March 27th, 2008

What they are calling the new volume, at least some clothes that are loose on the body, but not carelessly loose.

As a matter of fact, the seaming on that first dress is close to miraculous.

One of the kinetic memories I carry into winter is the feeling of thin, loose clothing moving across my body as I walk or when a breeze blows. Lovely sensation. Another is walking barefoot on cold, slick floors, something we never do in Italy.

Now food for thought: look at Linda Grant’s wonderful style blog “The Thoughtful Dresser.” I understand that the photo has been Photoshopped to make it more dramatic, but that at the time, Jodie Kidd was not much bigger than that. There are girls who want to look like that, and I don’t know why. Even when I was anorexic, I didn’t want to look like that, and when I saw a photo of myself that looked half that bad was when I started the road back. When I looked in the mirror I saw lies. The photo didn’t lie.

So what can we do for the girls and boys who find this inspiring? I find I don’t know.

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