"haha my name is emma. i will totally take a picture with the book...it will be keeping me company on my 12 hour flight to geneva tomorrow. i hate flying so i will be keeping myself entertained by reading and goofing around with my camera heh…"
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Drooling Isn't Pretty left a comment for Clint Catalyst"i dont have a facebook, thus the typo :P
but find me on twitter! http://twitter.com/droolnotpretty
i'm reading cotton mouth kisses right now. thanks for the link, im obsessed with dazed!
and san francisco is one of my favorite cities ever...but…"
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- Single, Gay
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- Writer/Blogger, Other
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- Clint Catalyst [dot] com
- Current Position
- www.twitter.com/clintcatalyst ; profile.to/clintcatalyst ; http://www.myspace.com/clintcatalyst
- Website
- http://www.clintcatalyst.com
- Favorite Designers
- Mugler (circa the '80s-'90s haute couture heyday), Mother of London, Skin.Graft, Rei & Junya of Comme des Garçons, Elmer Ave, Gareth Pugh, Alexander McQueen
- What Connects You to the Fashion Industry?
- A general grasp of the concept that "fashion" and "style" are wildly disparate. Oftentimes fashion is the most accurate barometer of a political climate, its social mores--societal norms, customs, virtues or values. That's why fashion is fleeting: the Industrial Revolution, Dior's "New Look" in response to the end of WWII, HippieModPunkPost-PunkMaximalistLogomaniaExcessiveCommandingAndDemandingMinimalist.. highly significant moments in the human condition's interminable umbilical cord.
Style, however? When it's done well? Style saunters by society's prevailing customs, trends and etiquette with an awareness—and an individual flair. Personal style asserts itself fearlessly, though this by no means declares it an affront: take the visionary style of Isabella Blow, who herself was always a vision; the incendiary self obsession of Comtesse di Castiglione; the body-as-canvas approach of Leigh Bowery; the new-before-there-was-a-"New Romantic" style of Steve Strange.
Then there's styles of writing: Burroughs, cummings, Faulkner—as well as contemporaries of the Neo-Narrative: Dodie Bellamy, Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper.
Styles of architecture, styles of painting...rather than continue rattling on, why don't I leave it at this: Merely an opinion, yes—but mine is that one's personal style has the ability to change history, the world as we know it.
Fashion is the "trickle down" of these disruptive moments. A single individual has the power to change consumer buying power, to define that 'Jackie O' archetype that's endlessly replicated, as is the 'Audrey Hepburn,' the 'Dita von Teese,' the 'Anna Wintour'...
And whether in literature, music, painting, sculpture, architecture, philosophy: it's a symbiotic relationship that requires keen observers to take note.
Part of what makes me a fashion person is that astute sense of observation by someone like Valerie Steele; another part, a dash of the mischievous Rochester who—through his dress and writing—could never cease going beyond the boundaries, the established parameters; and a pinch, perhaps, of Wilde's ostentatious presentation and inimitable wit.
But more than anything? What makes me a 'fashion' person is a statement I won't make myself. If by chance you ever hear someone describe ______ as "that's so Clint!"?
Then that. There.
I'm not delusional enough to think I've created a wrinkle in our timeline:
Let alone the resplendent slash I esteem...
I want to burn burn burn down the night, grasp its inkiness by my fingertips,
Polish the stars.
- Reasons for Joining
- Looking to Network, I Want to Contribute, Looking for Inspiration, Because—as exhausting as my nom de plume has proven itself over the years—I've come to face the truth: my function is that of a 'catalyst.' The more engaged I am in something; the more intense the reaction.
Hear me out: It's not always "good"... but it's good that it always isn't.
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ATTN: FASHION FIENDS IN L.A.! Designer JARED GOLD vs. Visual Artist JOSHUA PETKER Runway Event 07/30/09
Anecdote for those who might actually give an F?
I just spent over two hours in the Event section of this site site clackin' out the following info with each. and. every. name. hyper-linked...
If a 'Preview' section exists there, MY dumb ass didn't see it. ~*sigh*~
Crossing my claws (and popping a klonnie, ngl) before I give a try at this, my second attempt...…
Posted on July 24, 2009 at 12:30am — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 1:57pm on January 2, 2010,
Paulina Takisha-London Augusto said… - i wanna say To U MY DEAR cliiiint thanks FoR DA comment
..I love uR STYLE..and wat U DO..
happy New YEAR (late) LOL..
i wiish U LUCK ANd hapiness..!!!!
kiiisss.by takisha-london..
- At 2:56am on December 30, 2009, Drooling Isn't Pretty said…
- haha my name is emma. i will totally take a picture with the book...it will be keeping me company on my 12 hour flight to geneva tomorrow. i hate flying so i will be keeping myself entertained by reading and goofing around with my camera heh heh.
i got a tad bit bored with san francisco...but i think its just because i grew up here, i know i will miss it soon and will start looking for "excuses" to visit :P
i added your blog to my blogroll that i just started ;)
- At 11:51pm on December 29, 2009, Drooling Isn't Pretty said…
- i dont have a facebook, thus the typo :P
but find me on twitter! http://twitter.com/droolnotpretty
i'm reading cotton mouth kisses right now. thanks for the link, im obsessed with dazed!
and san francisco is one of my favorite cities ever...but im actually moving to london now. i will miss sf!!! do you ever visit san francisco nowadays?
- At 9:40pm on December 13, 2009, Drooling Isn't Pretty said…
- ah, technology! tis a wonderful/horrible thing. it can swallow up a day :)
thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog, its an honor!
i am obsessed with cinema and fashion and you have been an inspiration for me...i am always looking for people who can combine the two in new and interesting ways.
- At 3:17pm on December 13, 2009, Drooling Isn't Pretty said…
- thank you for the add, i love your pics ;) i deleted the ridiculousness that was that spammy comment...haha thanks.
cheers,
http://droolingisntpretty.wordpress.com/
- At 10:43am on July 23, 2009,
Momatella said…
- I am the Britney Spears of the keyboard-DAMN! blob meant to be "blog".
(Or maybe blob was more accurate?)
intellisexuality- not "lalala"- I think I am going crazy, slowly-mayhaps it is the yellow wallpaper?
btw I am so beyond puking at all the Mormon Church adds on non-religious, cool sites! Maybe they add them whilst checking out satanic sites they need to "save" us from . . .
- At 10:27am on July 23, 2009,
- Gawd! Why do I try to blob when I am bleary=eyed? I just noticed both typos, and I think I'm beyond any chance of edit--and you tactfully just spelled it correctly and gave me a kudo, as well!
Maybe tags is incorrect comp. vocab.--I was googling fashion designers, and I also like to check out cult and/or indie stuff-usually movies. And I came across this. I really wasn't expecting much--so it was a delightful shock.
I make most of my computerland discoveries that way--including finally figuring out how to delete (dilute?-evil laugh) bookmarks. New computer--still Mac but 6 years' difference in programming. (Instruction book? More like "You are here"-Period.")
btw Did you see the trailer for Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"? Opens Mar. 5th, 2010. I cannot even speak--you just have to see it.
- At 7:56am on July 22, 2009, Paulina Takisha-London Augusto said…
- i love ur piics CLiNt
- At 7:48am on July 22, 2009,
- A woman has her mysteries--you know that "clint, a cult of his own"--I may have a lot more to learn, but when the tags McQueen, Galliano & Westwood come up--I'm there like a housewife to soap operas!
Thank you, luv, for some nice word slangin' in my direction lately! I am just on one long fantasia about you, me, alone, with pens, fine papieri and books=intellisexualality!
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