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I just did a bit of flist spring cleaning (because in Texas, spring totally starts in February) -- dead journals, ditched some communities, removed some perfectly nice people that I just never seem to comment on. Feel free to comment if you think I'm mistaken, or just want to say "so long back at ya."
Feb. 9th, 2008
a.k.a., how did I miss that Tim Gunn was on The Daily Show?
TG: "Because fashion--I mean, I'm the first to encapsulate this realistically: nobody needs it. I mean, we need clothes. Do we need fashion? No. And fashion, when it's good it comes out of a context that's societal and cultural and historic and economic and political, so it's of a time and a place."
JS: "Why isn't everyone as reasonable as you as a human being?"
Oh, Tim Gunn. *draws hearts* Jon also gets hearts, because he was fanboying him in the most adorable way. I approve! :)
This reminds me, I read his book last month and would like to highly recommend it. It's very entertaining, especially if you're a fan of the way Tim Gunn expresses himself, which I am; you can practically hear him saying the words as you read. I actually stayed up late to finish it, which I can honestly tell you has never happened with anything other than novels. He treats style as a matter of personal expression, and as such does not proselytize specific things, but rather explains how to discover it for yourself. It's a very straight-forward, even-handed book of advice on how best to form your own style, and quite an interesting read.
ETA: Tim Gunn: Dictionary. Best. Thing. EVER. Tim Gunn is such a word nerd; if you read the book I just waxed poetic about, there's a section in the appendix for terminology, and he introduces it with this paragraph about how wonderful a broad vocabulary is, and how it allows you to express exactly the right shade of meaning. It spoke to my soul, guys. I'm so not kidding.
TG: "Because fashion--I mean, I'm the first to encapsulate this realistically: nobody needs it. I mean, we need clothes. Do we need fashion? No. And fashion, when it's good it comes out of a context that's societal and cultural and historic and economic and political, so it's of a time and a place."
JS: "Why isn't everyone as reasonable as you as a human being?"
Oh, Tim Gunn. *draws hearts* Jon also gets hearts, because he was fanboying him in the most adorable way. I approve! :)
This reminds me, I read his book last month and would like to highly recommend it. It's very entertaining, especially if you're a fan of the way Tim Gunn expresses himself, which I am; you can practically hear him saying the words as you read. I actually stayed up late to finish it, which I can honestly tell you has never happened with anything other than novels. He treats style as a matter of personal expression, and as such does not proselytize specific things, but rather explains how to discover it for yourself. It's a very straight-forward, even-handed book of advice on how best to form your own style, and quite an interesting read.
ETA: Tim Gunn: Dictionary. Best. Thing. EVER. Tim Gunn is such a word nerd; if you read the book I just waxed poetic about, there's a section in the appendix for terminology, and he introduces it with this paragraph about how wonderful a broad vocabulary is, and how it allows you to express exactly the right shade of meaning. It spoke to my soul, guys. I'm so not kidding.