Isabel Marant Pour H&M

Let the countdown begin: Isabel Marant is collaborating with H&M. Known for her 'urban attitude, boho elegance and rock 'n' roll spirit' the French designer will be creating a collection based on her signature style and 'aim at creating something real – something women want to wear in their everyday lives.' The collection will feature clothing and accessories for women, teenager, and for the first time, mens. It will be available November 14th.

I don't know why, but Marant should have been on any fashion person's shortlist of most likely to collaborate with H&M and I completely missed it. Marant is a relevant designer - the one behind the sneaker wedge epidemic - whose aesthetic is widespread and especially appealing to young adults (read: H&M gold mine). Isabel Marant is also in expansion mode and surely a collaboration like this will be a catalyst.

Why I Gave Taylor Swift's Music A Chance

6-7 years ago I flipped the channel to the CMT station and saw this girl with too-Shirly-Temple hair awkwardly lying with a guitar and lighting that rivals only RuPaul's Drag Race. It was strange for many reasons. One, I couldn't stand country music then, so what possessed me? Two, it was glaringly obvious this was just Hollywood's latest creation; a country-singing Disney princess incarnate. However, I liked the song so much, I ignored all of that and watched the video in its entirety. And Youtubed it. Again. And again.

That was the strangest.

Until recently, I felt about her like most people who aren't fans of her: I listened/hate listened to her casually when her songs were on the radio. She doesn't have the best voice and doesn't really dance. I have a disconnect with her wholesomeness/perfection shtick. I might be in the minority, but I also didn't care for the media's stories on her latest rumoured boyfriend because who cares, it should be about the work, but I digress. 

Does airing dirty laundry that reeks of famous boy juices get you much farther?

However, I was increasingly curious about the people that do like Taylor Swift and how many more there are of them. The numbers don't lie: Speak Now(2010) sold over a million copies and consecutively, Red(2012) did the same. She is the only female (N'Snyc being the other) to have two albums sell 1 million copies in its first week and puts Red on the 6th spot for biggest first-week album sales. And let's be real here, the top 5 pre-dates music piracy which makes Swift's accomplishment to sell like it's Y2K exponentially more impressive. It's not like she can shake her jelly like Beyonce or milk the word 'baby' like Britney can. Does airing dirty laundry that reeks of famous boy juices get you much farther?

Why Fashion Is More Than Just Clothes To Me

A few nights ago, one of many where I stay up till 5 in the morning wondering why, I had a nostalgic urge to look at my high school yearbooks. It's been a few years since I graduated and more than ever, these yearbooks do look like they were made by students (read: grossly amateur). Still, they bring back memories and feelings from that time despite how inaccurate it has been chronicled. 

In retrospect, my yearbook photos didn't look "bad" and "ugly". They were fine. 

After looking at every photo critically and reading every word carefully, I had the urge to look at my old fashion sketches. I was an incessant drawer and I was known for defacing my school work with sketches upon sketches; sometimes to the detriment of losing marks. I've had an innate interest in art for as long as I can remember and some time during the end of elementary school I became particularly interested in fashion - although I would still gladly discuss music, film, art movements, whatever with anyone. Thankfully, I was smart enough to go through pages upon pages of school work to cut out all the sketches before completely ridding myself of them at the end of the semester.