the spring / summer 2013 schedule is 24 hours away from the finish line and so who better than the legendary dame vivienne westwood to put things into perspective. enjoy these bonafide WORDS OF WISDOM.

i have always been far more enthralled by the marketing / advertising side of fashion than by the clothes themselves and in admitting that, has everyone seen the latest debacle to hit paris fashion week? score an update by reading THIS. crikey! for the record, i am very much pro-cathy horyn (ny times fashion critic), she tells it like it is and anyone with half a brain amid the fashion industry will tell you she knows what’s up. period. incidentally this shot below of hedi slimane was taken last year in L.A and hours within posting it i was contacted by slimane’s peeps and asked to replace the photo with an image of him to be provided by his office. #daft.

this graphic design is from a t-shirt design worn by adam horowitz upon the cover of spin in 1998. when i first landed in paris i bought the magazine and pinned the cover to my wall. fourteen years later it remains not only an inspiration but also a lesson in ethics of how i choose to live my life. respect.

celine just showed their latest collection at paris fashion week and check this out: mink shoes. um, is phoebe philo on crack? we’re living in the year 2012, animals don’t need to be tortured for their skins. anyone who honestly thinks this is luxury is clearly brain dead. boycott celine. viva stella mccartney!!