One brown dress, everyday, for a year:

mellowdrama · 20-06-2006

http://www.littlebrowndress.com/

Picked this up on Metafilter. Talk about pushing the limits of fashion!

Hanne · 20-06-2006

I hope it easy to wash and dries fast..

edit: Just read her statement .. I guess it does..

gius · 20-06-2006

hilarious! good luck to the lady
She'll definitely be learning something about layering! And perfect it maybe

PrettyBlueEyes · 20-06-2006

Good luck to her, thank god I don't have to do it

Lauren-W · 20-06-2006

Interesting....I personally couldn't do it. The same dress for a year eek. Good luck to her!

*Eylul* · 20-06-2006

Hmm as i get bored so easily...it would be a nightmare for me!

Congrats to her

Lilliana · 20-06-2006

from her homepage:

Quote:

Is this a feminist thing? Probably. Also an art thing. Also a let's stop wasting time and money thing. But on a feminist note, let's stop agreeing that the best way for women (in particular) to "express themselves" is by purchasing new wardrobe items and putting together daily outfits.

what a great project! As much as I love fashion, I have often wondered how much it is a trap set out by economy making us buy so many new items and give old ones which are still perfectly useable away. On the feminist note, well, that it's overwhelmingly seen as women's interest speaks for it self.
I find it rather hard to defend fashion on a theoretical level, personally I just see it as one of my vices in which I indulge...

shadow · 20-06-2006

La vie est trop courte pour s'habiller triste! (catchphrase from the french make NEWMAN years ago)

softgrey · 20-06-2006

spoilsport...

some of us actually ENJOY fashion and are ALSO pro women's rights...
they are not mutually exclusive..
sounds like she needs to open her mind a bit really...

brian · 20-06-2006

she should've picked a nicer dress. a whole year in a little brown alaia sounds good...

sea of stitches · 20-06-2006

^haha, yes!!! even though i know that defeats the purpose.

i actually read about this via the blog a dress a day. there was some heated debate on there...i have not read it all yet, but some of you might find it interesting? you can find the post here.

snowqueen · 20-06-2006

you know what entered my head was .. how can this dress be practical for all ocasions i mean weddings ?? formals ?? cocktail parties ?? etc.
how anoud would you be if she showed up to your wedding and was in the photos in that dress. surely there are times when she must feel underdressed .. and if she doesnt then she must be truely unique.

I guess shes stressed her point but she seems a bit nieve as doesnt she realise men like fashion as well so this isnt a stand to feminism or whatever.

ok i sound so shallow in this post but ... oh well lol.

In a way i wish that i was that confident in my self that i could wear one horrid old brown dress and nothing else for a year. i admire her for having confidense in fact i guess im slightly jeleous but other then that nothing else.

Plastic'sWife · 20-06-2006

Awesome. I love it when people stand up for something.

sea of stitches · 20-06-2006

okay i actually read all the comments on a dress a day...no debate really...most people agree with the author of the blog. softie sums it up...and i agree.

mellowdrama · 20-06-2006

I just found it entertaining. It's good that people make "statements" like this. One doesn't have to agree with them--else we're all in our little Mao suits--but the high cost and fickleness of fashion will produce reactions such as this. I really love fashion--on other people!--but I'm aware it's just a wrapper. Rather than approaching it as yet-another tired "feminist" issue, perhaps this particular fashion statement could be framed as a question of identity as just a human being, rather than a female being.

Speaking of Alaia, doesn't the designer himself live in black Chinese silk pyjamas?

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snowqueen V.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Gender: femme Posts: 6,319	you know what entered my head was .. how can this dress be practical for all ocasions i mean weddings ?? formals ?? cocktail parties ?? etc. how anoud would you be if she showed up to your wedding and was in the photos in that dress. surely there are times when she must feel underdressed .. and if she doesnt then she must be truely unique. I guess shes stressed her point but she seems a bit nieve as doesnt she realise men like fashion as well so this isnt a stand to feminism or whatever. ok i sound so shallow in this post but ... oh well lol. In a way i wish that i was that confident in my self that i could wear one horrid old brown dress and nothing else for a year. i admire her for having confidense in fact i guess im slightly jeleous but other then that nothing else. __________________ ♥ ♥http://discoverthebeautyinlife.blogspot.com/♥ ♥ ♥ ♥http://pinkpixielilly.tumblr.com/♥ ♥

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mellowdrama 101st monkey airborne Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Francisco Gender: femme Posts: 1,318	I just found it entertaining. It's good that people make "statements" like this. One doesn't have to agree with them--else we're all in our little Mao suits--but the high cost and fickleness of fashion will produce reactions such as this. I really love fashion--on other people!--but I'm aware it's just a wrapper. Rather than approaching it as yet-another tired "feminist" issue, perhaps this particular fashion statement could be framed as a question of identity as just a human being, rather than a female being. Speaking of Alaia, doesn't the designer himself live in black Chinese silk pyjamas? __________________ Pictured above left: her face a mask of stony courage, future Pvt. Eureka Patchouli Jolie-Pitt wins the War on Terror Last edited by mellowdrama; 20-06-2006 at 11:44 AM.

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mellowdrama 101st monkey airborne Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Francisco Gender: femme Posts: 1,318	One brown dress, everyday, for a year: http://www.littlebrowndress.com/ Picked this up on Metafilter. Talk about pushing the limits of fashion! __________________ Pictured above left: her face a mask of stony courage, future Pvt. Eureka Patchouli Jolie-Pitt wins the War on Terror

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Hanne Storm &amp;amp; Sommer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cph Gender: femme Posts: 15,918	I hope it easy to wash and dries fast.. edit: Just read her statement .. I guess it does.. Last edited by Hanne; 20-06-2006 at 01:32 AM.

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gius V.I.P. Join Date: Jan 2006 Gender: homme Posts: 10,163	hilarious! good luck to the lady She'll definitely be learning something about layering! And perfect it maybe

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PrettyBlueEyes front row Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Holland Gender: femme Posts: 209	Good luck to her, thank god I don't have to do it

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Lauren-W rising star Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sydney Gender: femme Posts: 105	Interesting....I personally couldn't do it. The same dress for a year eek. Good luck to her!

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Eylul V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Istanbul Gender: femme Posts: 6,770	Hmm as i get bored so easily...it would be a nightmare for me! Congrats to her

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shadow front row Join Date: Mar 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 345	La vie est trop courte pour s'habiller triste! (catchphrase from the french make NEWMAN years ago)

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softgrey flaunt the imperfection.. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: downtown... Gender: femme Posts: 49,978	spoilsport... some of us actually ENJOY fashion and are ALSO pro women's rights... they are not mutually exclusive.. sounds like she needs to open her mind a bit really... __________________ "It is not money that makes you well dressed: it is understanding." ChristianDior

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brian V.I.P. Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: homme Posts: 14,048	she should've picked a nicer dress. a whole year in a little brown alaia sounds good...

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sea of stitches backstage pass Join Date: May 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 604	^haha, yes!!! even though i know that defeats the purpose. i actually read about this via the blog a dress a day. there was some heated debate on there...i have not read it all yet, but some of you might find it interesting? you can find the post here.