Aestheticise

On Fashion Writing

Is fashion writing all boring?

Are images alone enough?

Is combining images and music better?

Is still photography always going to be the best way to showcase fashion?

Which dates more quickly, video or stills?

I have questions.

Considering Personal Economic Change

As part of my aim to do things properly, I have to face changes to that which I did before.

When it comes to behavioural change, much of that is driven by desire. Desire is not as independent as you might think —you can influence desire by pre-empting certain events that affect desire: by choosing to be somewhere, choosing to agree to something, choosing to buy something.

Money is our vote in the economy.

If we buy low quality food, we’re voting for poor health.

If we buy lots of mediocre items, we’re voting for mediocrity.

So here’s a statement I’m getting behind, in the name of “change”:

Spend wisely.

It’s very simple: buy less overall, buy items that truly meet a purpose.

It has taken me a certain amount of living to get to the point where I can tolerate the choices I make - that is, I can now be happy with buying less because I can appreciate what I’m buying.

What’s Your Favourite Colour?

Here are some colours that I like. Diversity is important, but seeing clothing in these colours and not wanting to wear it is a rare thing.

“What’s your favourite colour?” is one of the first questions you ask on a regular basis as a child. It’s still an important question to me.

Seasons come and go, but some of these colours last through every month.

We may all have been identified at distance by the colour of our clothing. Colour is mood, statement, fancy. 

Colour is everything you want it to be, or everything someone else wants it to be.

British Manufacturing, by Mamnick

British Manufacturing, long in decline so we’re told.

“Current economic crisis”. Depending on your point of view, British manufacturing may have been in a critical state for some time.

Is there room for small manufacturers to create quality goods in the UK to be sold domestically and exported? 

Perhaps that’s a different question, one belonging to mass production manufacturing.

Thom Barnett’s Mamnick is working with steel and creating quality accessories.

If you’re romantic, it’s exciting.

If you agree with me that these items have the attribute of decency, it’s reassuring.

Mamnick, also see Ideology.