I love this! Modern SteamPunk overtones. And agreed, “We live in a time in which everything is possible and nothing is allowed” wins Quote of the Year. I keep hearing my progressive peeps say we are “regressing, going backwards, everything is going to hell” while I see nothing but forward thinking movements. Nowadays “progressivism” is an extraordinarily regressive movement disguised by gaslit groupthink. I agree; rebel my dear! And revel in your achievements. I’m 55 years old and I see through the BS misogyny of so many things being sold as “progressive”. I applaud your independence and wish you the greatest of luck!
In the article, “What’s exciting is to create a postmodern fashion brand, a post-woke fashion brand, a post-beauty fashion brand. And right now, it’s rubbing up against some really sensitive walls,” Velez told me later over the phone.“
Yet, in some ways Velez is just like the rest of the clothes designers she denigrates, showing off clothes that are more an exhibition of indulgent self expression that speak to an incestuous circle rather than an ideal of beauty that individuals might want to purchase and wear in their own lives.
It's good to see a young person go her own way but I have to say that her attitude of "“I have nothing to lose, but also nothing to gain,” and "I am “prepared to lose everything.” would have been SERIOUSLY problematic for me as a parent who invested her retirement savings into their kids endeavors.
That said, I do like her rebellious attitude toward the status quo (The Sex and the City dig had me laughing out loud).
Her comment about Punk is spot on. I've been a punk rocker for decades. Now that our culture is thoroughly dominated by the Left, the idea that Green Day and their ilk are rebellious punks is laughable. In reality, they're a bunch of low IQ asshats with a fetish for communism, dreaming of turning their Malibu mansions into the new Politburo. They want to sacrifice YOUR rights as long as they get to stay rich. As I said, I'm a punk, a natural rebel. The MOST radical thing I can be is what I am: a Christian, a Libertarian, and a married father of 3, with a mohawk..Haircut notwithstanding, my choices in life put me in direct opposition the dominant forces in our nation, and yes, that includes both of the spineless idiots currently running for president. People who are born dissenters, those that face the mob and flip it off, are the best chance we have of truly making America great again.
Good job Free Press, once again, and good job Ms. Velez.
“We live in a time when everything is possible and nothing is allowed.”
“There is a henhouse of fashion editors who gate-keep and are still living their Sex and the City ‘best life,’ who moved to New York to pursue their dream of being a snob.”
But those clothes? Anyone else thinking of the Emperor’s new fashion designer?
I read the whole thing and I don’t understand what makes her edgy or more substantive than any of the designers she criticizes.
What’s the difference between putting a model onstage in a pussy hat vs. referencing Scarlet O’Hara to get a rise out of people? It seems like she just engages in cheap provocation without any deeper thought behind it, exactly like the braindead Red Scare girls, whose entire schtick is to say vaguely offensive stuff for laughs while couching it in irony. If she wanted to truly be different than the designers she loathes, she could just make nice clothes that women actually want to wear.
Also, I have a hard time seeing this woman as a brave truthteller or a woman of the people when she’s a hipster who lives in Brooklyn with her European husband and she’s proudly spending down her (hard working) mother’s retirement on this inane posturing.
Post-woke? I would call it recycled old west whore house chic. Watch any old Clint Eastwood movie. Wait for the saloon scene where the upstairs is the whore house. All of the women have this hair and are wearing these clothes (except for the piece that looks like a draped sheet). I’m an old fashioned dude, so sticking with Audrey Hepburn in the little black dress, and my beautiful 76 year old wife in anything she wears.
Oh, there's so much to like about this woman. I enthusuastically agree with all the other comment call-outs. The MKE roots and a single mom ship captain is an inadvertent offense to the sensibilities of the mummified Anna Wintour. "Moved to New York to be a snob." So perfect. The Midwest throws its middle finger up to the holier-than-thou Manhattanites.
As one who knows absolutely nothing about fashion ( Orvis and long defunct Rocky Mountain Featherbed are/were chic enough for me) this article really excites me. I live in the California of New England where our ‘progressive’ one-party legislature is almost as crazy as Sacramento. So I empathize with EV who comes from the great heartland a region so reviled by the bi-coastal elites. Anyone in whatever sphere who is pushing back against the toxic nonsense of ‘wokeness’ gets my wholehearted support. As an unapologetic masculine guy I guess I won’t be purchasing her fashions but I sure do wish her the greatest of success.
Maybe I just don’t “get” high fashion, but I don’t see how her actual work (as opposed to her personal views) is particularly groundbreaking, iconoclastic, or new. The art needs to be able to stand on its own merits, separate from the artist. Take away her outspoken statements and the controversy over them, and…what’s so interesting, anyway? What’s so new or shocking or thought-provoking about her designs? I’m not seeing it.
And if she’s so “post-beauty” in her ideals then why are all her models conventionally attractive, and if the mainstream fashion industry is so “woke,” why have models remained - with a few token exceptions - dangerously thin with all the same body types? What exactly is “post-woke” about Velez’s designs - the fact that she’s using traditionally feminine silhouettes and antebellum-style hoop skirts? I hate to break it to you, but Batsheva Hay and The Vampire’s Wife brought back the FLDS-style prairie dress years ago and made it fashion. Any major city’s Fashion Week in any year will show you plenty of ultra-feminine looks, or styles inspired from eras that were seen as more conservative. That’s what fashion is: recycling eras of history with modifications.
Velez takes herself and her industry too seriously. There has been no real change in the fashion industry for a long time, and her work is not nearly as rebellious as she thinks. But fashion runs on self-obsessed, self-important nonsense. She’s the opposite side of the same coin as those SATC types she denigrates.
I thought the clothes would be preppy button downs or grace kelly gowns very much not hyper-sexualizing the female form. So that part of the designer's "rebellion" was a head-scratcher. The philosophy though, I can get with that. Choice quotes. Sell t-shirts for the peasants at TJ Maxx and I'm yours.
What an extraordinary quote, "We live in a time in which everything is possible and nothing is allowed." Truth & poetry.
For all that talk, I do wish there was more beauty to the actual clothes.
I love this! Modern SteamPunk overtones. And agreed, “We live in a time in which everything is possible and nothing is allowed” wins Quote of the Year. I keep hearing my progressive peeps say we are “regressing, going backwards, everything is going to hell” while I see nothing but forward thinking movements. Nowadays “progressivism” is an extraordinarily regressive movement disguised by gaslit groupthink. I agree; rebel my dear! And revel in your achievements. I’m 55 years old and I see through the BS misogyny of so many things being sold as “progressive”. I applaud your independence and wish you the greatest of luck!
In the article, “What’s exciting is to create a postmodern fashion brand, a post-woke fashion brand, a post-beauty fashion brand. And right now, it’s rubbing up against some really sensitive walls,” Velez told me later over the phone.“
Yet, in some ways Velez is just like the rest of the clothes designers she denigrates, showing off clothes that are more an exhibition of indulgent self expression that speak to an incestuous circle rather than an ideal of beauty that individuals might want to purchase and wear in their own lives.
It's good to see a young person go her own way but I have to say that her attitude of "“I have nothing to lose, but also nothing to gain,” and "I am “prepared to lose everything.” would have been SERIOUSLY problematic for me as a parent who invested her retirement savings into their kids endeavors.
That said, I do like her rebellious attitude toward the status quo (The Sex and the City dig had me laughing out loud).
Good luck to her.
There’s fashion, and then there’s costumes for parties.
Her comment about Punk is spot on. I've been a punk rocker for decades. Now that our culture is thoroughly dominated by the Left, the idea that Green Day and their ilk are rebellious punks is laughable. In reality, they're a bunch of low IQ asshats with a fetish for communism, dreaming of turning their Malibu mansions into the new Politburo. They want to sacrifice YOUR rights as long as they get to stay rich. As I said, I'm a punk, a natural rebel. The MOST radical thing I can be is what I am: a Christian, a Libertarian, and a married father of 3, with a mohawk..Haircut notwithstanding, my choices in life put me in direct opposition the dominant forces in our nation, and yes, that includes both of the spineless idiots currently running for president. People who are born dissenters, those that face the mob and flip it off, are the best chance we have of truly making America great again.
Good job Free Press, once again, and good job Ms. Velez.
The two best quotes from the article for me:
“We live in a time when everything is possible and nothing is allowed.”
“There is a henhouse of fashion editors who gate-keep and are still living their Sex and the City ‘best life,’ who moved to New York to pursue their dream of being a snob.”
But those clothes? Anyone else thinking of the Emperor’s new fashion designer?
I read the whole thing and I don’t understand what makes her edgy or more substantive than any of the designers she criticizes.
What’s the difference between putting a model onstage in a pussy hat vs. referencing Scarlet O’Hara to get a rise out of people? It seems like she just engages in cheap provocation without any deeper thought behind it, exactly like the braindead Red Scare girls, whose entire schtick is to say vaguely offensive stuff for laughs while couching it in irony. If she wanted to truly be different than the designers she loathes, she could just make nice clothes that women actually want to wear.
Also, I have a hard time seeing this woman as a brave truthteller or a woman of the people when she’s a hipster who lives in Brooklyn with her European husband and she’s proudly spending down her (hard working) mother’s retirement on this inane posturing.
Post-woke? I would call it recycled old west whore house chic. Watch any old Clint Eastwood movie. Wait for the saloon scene where the upstairs is the whore house. All of the women have this hair and are wearing these clothes (except for the piece that looks like a draped sheet). I’m an old fashioned dude, so sticking with Audrey Hepburn in the little black dress, and my beautiful 76 year old wife in anything she wears.
Oh, there's so much to like about this woman. I enthusuastically agree with all the other comment call-outs. The MKE roots and a single mom ship captain is an inadvertent offense to the sensibilities of the mummified Anna Wintour. "Moved to New York to be a snob." So perfect. The Midwest throws its middle finger up to the holier-than-thou Manhattanites.
As one who knows absolutely nothing about fashion ( Orvis and long defunct Rocky Mountain Featherbed are/were chic enough for me) this article really excites me. I live in the California of New England where our ‘progressive’ one-party legislature is almost as crazy as Sacramento. So I empathize with EV who comes from the great heartland a region so reviled by the bi-coastal elites. Anyone in whatever sphere who is pushing back against the toxic nonsense of ‘wokeness’ gets my wholehearted support. As an unapologetic masculine guy I guess I won’t be purchasing her fashions but I sure do wish her the greatest of success.
this was more old west brothel vs. fiddle dee dee Gone With the Wind. if you’re going to be offensive at least do the theme right.
Love her philosophy. Don’t love the clothing.
Maybe I just don’t “get” high fashion, but I don’t see how her actual work (as opposed to her personal views) is particularly groundbreaking, iconoclastic, or new. The art needs to be able to stand on its own merits, separate from the artist. Take away her outspoken statements and the controversy over them, and…what’s so interesting, anyway? What’s so new or shocking or thought-provoking about her designs? I’m not seeing it.
And if she’s so “post-beauty” in her ideals then why are all her models conventionally attractive, and if the mainstream fashion industry is so “woke,” why have models remained - with a few token exceptions - dangerously thin with all the same body types? What exactly is “post-woke” about Velez’s designs - the fact that she’s using traditionally feminine silhouettes and antebellum-style hoop skirts? I hate to break it to you, but Batsheva Hay and The Vampire’s Wife brought back the FLDS-style prairie dress years ago and made it fashion. Any major city’s Fashion Week in any year will show you plenty of ultra-feminine looks, or styles inspired from eras that were seen as more conservative. That’s what fashion is: recycling eras of history with modifications.
Velez takes herself and her industry too seriously. There has been no real change in the fashion industry for a long time, and her work is not nearly as rebellious as she thinks. But fashion runs on self-obsessed, self-important nonsense. She’s the opposite side of the same coin as those SATC types she denigrates.
I thought the clothes would be preppy button downs or grace kelly gowns very much not hyper-sexualizing the female form. So that part of the designer's "rebellion" was a head-scratcher. The philosophy though, I can get with that. Choice quotes. Sell t-shirts for the peasants at TJ Maxx and I'm yours.