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Happy Holidays!
A quote from (via sarahjune)
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"The more separated we become from the Earth, the more hostile we become to the feminine. We disown our passion, our creativity, and our sexuality. Eventually the Earth itself becomes a baneful place. I remember being told by a medicine woman in the Amazon, Do you know why they are really cutting down the rain forest? Because it is wet and dark and tangled and feminine."
The Transformation of Peggy Olson
One thing I love about Mad Men is the extensive character development. Peggy is one of my favorite characters because I find her so damn relatable. She started off as a secretary, naive and meek, but became increasingly outspoken and bold, which gained her copy writer status (the only female copy writer) as well as her own office.
Her personality changes reflect themselves in her physical demanour as well. When she started out, she was ridiculed by account executives (Cosgrove, Kinsey, etc) because she didn’t appear as attractive as the other secretaries in her outfits that were very conservative and reminiscent of Catholic school girls and her haircut that was very girlish and old fashioned. Also, Peggy didn’t take the come ons of the boys, while the other girls did, graciously accepting what would be considered sexual harassment today.
I think Peggy’s transformation really began in Season 2, when Kurt, the gay European creative told her “You are old style… I fix you,” banishing the school girl bangs and carving out a chic bob.
Image Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/item_EbI6OvxJsKAub3O0ZayP1N
Also, Bobbie Barett, (despise her as I may), helped Peggy along by giving her the following advice, which I personally find really profound and true:
“You’re never gonna get that corner office until you start treating Don as an equal. And no one will tell you this, but you can’t be a man. Don’t even try. Be a woman. It’s powerful business, when done correctly.”
Peggy took this advice and ran with it, embracing and flaunting her sexuality.
And you know what? It got her results. The boys stop ridiculing her and respect her, because face it, she is hot. A perfect example? This season Peggy had to work with sexist pig Stan who was all like I can’t work unless I’m stimulated by beauty, implying that he found Peggy less than so. Peggy strips down to nothing, shocking who thought she was a repressed prude. Later on this season, Peggy proposes an idea for playtex talking about how it keeps a woman’s hand soft, so she can caress all the things on a man that she wants to touch. Causing Stan to raise his eyebrows in interest and later comment “Is it just me? Or is she really giving it off?”
In this 4th season, Peggy has never looked more fabulous. Her confidence shines through in her new look of side bangs, short hair, and cute outfits. She is witty and sharp and isn’t afraid of talking out of turn and calling Don out on his shit. She has a new flame who seems equally as kick ass as she is. Plus they have a ton of chemistry.
I love this new Peggy, especially since I remember where she came from. Her trajectory to where she is today reminds me of my own and I really admire her as a character. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for her and how she’ll continue to grow and change.
You go Pegs!
A quote from Simone de Beauvoir (via thebeautifulyouth, piscesinpurple) (via foxism) (via fashionsofthetimes)
"I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger."
The Revenge Series (2003)
The always provocative Ellen Von Unwerth has created a sadomasochistic story told in pictures. A sexy romp in the country, in which three young women arrive at a Baroness’ estate expecting a relaxing weekend, and find something entirely different.
In these startlingly erotic photos, Von Unwerth explores the vocabulary of bondage; the chains, ropes, masks, corsets, and hardware. The participants in the story; the girls, the Baroness, her chauffer, and the stablehand, combine the dark and dangerous along with the fun and games of contemporary life in the fast lane.
Ellen Von Unwerth was born in Germany in the mid 1950’s. She worked in a circus as assistant to the knife thrower and as a model after being discovered walking down the street in her native Munich. Von Unwerth’s fashion work is published in American, Italian, and British Vogue, Interview and Vanity Fair. Her books include “Snaps”, “Wicked”, and “Couples”.
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Feminism! Vulvalution! This photo is all about confidence, you can see it in her pose and her assertive, but elegant, smoking of that cigarette. This look is so appealing to me. It just screams assertive, independent, and deals a blow to the idea of being “demure” or overtly sexual to be attractive.
love the masculinity
Being a woman gave her an advantage, Ms. Bassman felt. “The models thought about this a lot,” she said. “It was a sexually very different thing when they worked with men. They felt a charge. They were posing for men. I caught them when they were relaxed, natural, and I spent a lot of time talking to them about their husbands, their lovers, their babies.”
An image from Junior Bazaar from June 1950.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/07/17/arts/20090717-BASS_8.html
A quote from That Sexy Stuff Won’t Fly Here
-Critical Shopper: At Marni, That Sexy Stuff Won’t Fly
By CINTRA WILSON
Published: July 14, 2009 New York Times, Fashion and Style (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/fashion/16CRITIC.html)
I recently read this really interesting article on Marni and how it is a brand whose clothes are revered and appreciated by women but not so much men because it totally disregards traditionally notions of “sexy” and is not at all about looking pleasing to men, like brands such as the uber-sexy Versace can be seen to be. Men may be more likely to define Marni’s wares as “frumpy” or “granny style”, it doesn’t turn them on.
The author opens the piece with a quote from Anne Hathway, “She said something to the effect that she started being recognized as a fashion icon the minute she stopped caring about looking pretty.”
The author continues saying,
“To have your clothing appreciated by men, you dress a certain way (a silhouette resembling Jessica Rabbit). To be appreciated by other women, you dress differently (well-made, polished and flattering looks with less overt chicka-wah-wah). But at a certain point, to be considered truly fashion-forward, sex doesn’t just take a backseat to style — it gets thrown out of the car entirely.”
A really interesting article/look at not only a luxury brand but also the gender politics evident in fashion/dressing yourself.
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“When you’ve really had it up to your push-up bra with the unfair sex, there may come a day when you stop waxing your legs and start hand-painting your car, brewing your own tattoo inks and converting your dining room into an abandoned-pet shelter — and Marni will be there for you.
Marni embodies both permission and direction by saying: Unchain yourself from that patriarchal old stump and frolic, Sister. Whup out the gin and Chex party mix and cavort in the Technicolor playgrounds of unhinged eccentricity — albeit in a polished, together kind of way.”
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Diane von Furstenberg
I find this really interesting. DvF is known for creating the iconic wrap dress, versatile, functional, but also very stylish as well as more affordable than other haute couture brands. (The dresses are $300-$400, which though more expensive than your everyday dress is a steal compared to brands like Bottega Venetta who sell apparel in the $1000 range). In the end, women seem to understand women the best.
Quote from “Tightening Belts? She’s the Expert”by Stephanie Rosenblum. New York Times, 7/18/09.
"I think there’s a big difference between women designers and men designers,” Ms. von Furstenberg explains. “Huge, huge, huge!” She recalls a recent dinner with a male fashion designer where, she says, he commented: “Us men designers, we make costumes. Women designers make clothes.’ "
