For someone generally acknowledged as the dork and resident bibliophile in my group of friends, people are often surprised to find that I read fashion blogs as religiously as the New York Times. Among my favorites are blogs that document street fashion like The Sartorialist, blogs that document personal style like the glamourai and What I Wore, and fashion commentary blogs like Tom and Lorenzo (better known by their original name, Project Rungay). Even during the angstier years of adolescence, nothing could get my mother and I to drop an argument like the arrival of the fall fashion magazines. One of our favorite things to do to this day is head to Borders to binge on coffee, biscotti and fashion magazines.
Today the Chosun Ilbo published an article about fashion companies realizing what a huge money market the middle aged woman provides. To which I let out a big 'duh.' Those women the fashion industry has been focusing on for years, the 20-30 age bracket, eventually grow up. It's incredibly difficult for women who are middle-aged to find age appropriate fashionable clothing. My mother's biggest complaint has always been the quality and selection of ready-to-wear for women over 30-- leading her to design and sew increasingly larger portions of her own wardrobe. And a shameless plug (unrequested): she also has her own rad sewing blog which is far more popular than mine.
I'm glad to see that Korea is starting to embrace the need for a more diverse fashion scene. Now if only I could find things that fit my non Asian hips...
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Through you blog links I have been enjoying What I Wore and Also Tom and Lorenzo, and of course your mom's blog. The Wall Street Journal spent a couple of full pages with color pictures recently on New York Fashion Week, not just the clothes but also where people are assigned to sit, and what it all means. Shows like Project Runway have certainly made me more aware of how fashion is designed and I love anything "behind the scenes".
Well, not so guilty pleasure on my part. I do love looking at and reading about fashion. Remember when you were at school and I'd save the magazines for when you came home?
Heeeee yes! I love that. I hate that US magazines cost like 11,000 won here (10 bucks or so). I look at the Korean ones sometimes but I do like to read what they have to say about the clothing.
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