READING REFLECTION | Questioning the authenticity of street style with Jean Baudrillard’s “The Precession of Simulacra” (Week 7)

Week 7 | Baudrillard, Jean. “The Precession of Simulacra.” Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks. Meenakshi Gigi Durham and Douglas M. Kellner. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006. At first, I found it difficult to apply Jean Baudrillard’s “The Precession of Simulacra” to my creative process or to the topics I’m investigating in my MRP. However, I was able to take … Continue reading →

COLLECTION | I’m on Pinterest … Street Style Inspiration for On Black Style

  I’ve started pinning on Pinterest so that I can collect inspirational street style images from around the web. I thought this would be the easiest way to collect and present photographs I like. I’ve selected these photographs for one or all of the following reasons: 1. The subject matter (i.e., the  capture what “black … Continue reading →

THOUGHT PROCESS | Updates, changes and random thoughts on my street style photographs

This post is all over the place which really reflects my mind right now, so yeah. So, I think I finally figured out how I’m going to be taking my street style photographs from here on out. In the past week or so, I’ve been make an effort to find people to photograph on the … Continue reading →

BOOK | Gentlemen of Bacongo by Daniele Tamagni | A look at La Sape and The Sapeurs of the Congo

Excerpts from the pictorial book Gentlemen of Bacongo (2009) by Daniele Tamagni: “The Société des Ambianceurs  et des Personnes Élégantes, otherwise known as La SAPE, is one of the world’s most exclusive clubs. Members have their own code of honour, codes of professional conduct and strict notions of morality.” “In the Congo ‘elegance’ is very … Continue reading →

COLLECTION | Black Style (?) as seen on The Sartorialist

See previous post: Street Style Profile Part 1 | Questioning Authenticity and Street Style See my Pinterest for more inspirational street style photography.  Continue reading →

THOUGHT PROCESS | Questioning Authenticity and Street Style

When it comes to thinking about street style and authenticity, I have more questions than answers. To start, Ted Polhemus explains the concept of authenticity and street style in his book Street Style: From Sidewalk to Catwalk (1994) as such: “The Street is both the stage upon which the drama unfolds and the bottom line … Continue reading →

THOUGHT PROCESS | Thinking about hair, fashion and blackness : The Afro, Natural Hair Blogs and The Coiffure Project

This isn’t directly related to my MRP but I still find it interesting to think about … When I started studying at Ryerson, I became interested in the ways in which individuals use fashion as a tool to construct their personal identity. For me, hair is a fascinating part of fashion and black identity. I really … Continue reading →