Hello!
Attempting to put myself together this week post-pride. Honestly, though, I didn’t do much, but I did feel like I ran a full marathon. That’s 42km of drinking, eating and socializing. I made a new friend? A new friend!
My face does this new thing now where if I drink too much, my skin goes into drought mode and I turn wrinkly and red. Mid-30s inside secret if you didn’t know.
This week, I’ve been putting my front-end skills into finally finishing up a project. The project is called Fashion Directory. As the business of fashion likes to play musical chairs with their creative directors, I wanted a platform where you could find the creative directors that are presently leading the brands. I focused on a few dozen of my favourite brands from Bode to Commission to Khaite to Séfr.
You can test the project on desktop and mobile. If you click on the brand, it will show the creative director, and vice versa. Let me know what you think! Are we still okay with Heidi Slimane at Celine and Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga???
Project: Fashion Directory
Front End: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Responsive Design
Designed and developed by me :)
Homosexual Agenda
Still processing Roe v. Wade being overturned. Because if they can overturn that, same-sex marriage is next. It was not too long ago that it was legalized in all of America: 2015.
Olivia Rodrigo calling out the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade and then proceeding to sing Fuck You with Lily Allen. I know this feels very surface level, but she does have an impact on Gen Z.
This was really good too:
Anatomy of a Product Placement at The New York Times. Films and TV should disclose product placement the same way magazines or social media influencers have to. But also, product placement is very very obvious 99% of the time.
You may have heard of Kate Young from Life of Gay and stylist to Dakota Johnson and Anya Taylor Joy, has a feature in AD. Anything is a win when a home features a Mario Bellini sofa. Celeb Stylist Kate Young Renovates Her Upstate New York Home for AD.
My fave UK girl group, Sugababes, is going on tour. If you know, you know. Fly me across the pond!
Mariah Carey once sang, “I said no, No no no, a no no, No no, that's a no no, No no, I said no no, No no”. Should You Buy Now, Pay Later? Tread Carefully at The New York Times.
I made an impulse SSENSE purchase. Inflation? Never heard of it.
After much research, Adidas x Wales Bonner becomes available July 1 at 11AM. Set your reminders folks!
The Hot Garlic Chili Crisp You’ve Never Tried at Vice Munchies. The story of chili crisps and immigrating during the Khmer Rouge. Recent fun fact: largest fresh water fish was found in Cambodia! What?!! So proud of my PPL.
The Twins at WePresent, by WeTransfer (which sounds like Jacobs by Marc Jacobs for Marc by Marc Jacobs, ET AL!!!) is a crash course on Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
The Double Pistachio Bar at Honeys was divine. It would be best to just eat half and then save the other half for later as it was criminally rich. But by the time I would have made it home it would have melted.
Added felt to the legs of a chair. It now glides like Tanya Harding on ice.
Was very excited for Would It Kill You To Laugh and I don’t get it?
For architecture aficionados (and enthusiasts), it has a name: The Toronto Special!
Skinny jeans are facing mass extinction and we should just let them burn! The Debrief: The Decline of the Skinny Jean at The Business of Fashion Podcast.
Highly recommend Soy Boys burger with everything + cheese and the onion rings. Avoid the fries. It felt like it was just par-fried.
Another four years of Dougie bullshit. (Update: nephew resigned!)
Went for a walk last night (and bumped into like 5 people) and Pic Vintage was having an opening party and Daniel and I just waltzed right in. It actually had a good selection of pieces. Not the typical grungy 90s thing that pops up these days. Will probably stop by and shop there this weekend.
It’s the long weekend! Don’t text, don’t call because I am not working. I may be going to the beach and back home because cottages are astronomically expensive that it would be cheaper to go to Europe instead.
Perry
FYI: If you click on the brand or the creative director it will lead you to the brand's website!
Love the directory, the selection.. so good. My ssense and net a porter fantasy wishlists transplanted!