the entire fashion issue is delicious, including interviews with the likes of nicola formichetti, hussein chalayan and vice fave gaahl whose never ceases to amaze. little did i know that his ex-boyfriend has a clothing line. nor did i know he likes men - or, as he specifies, the male sex in their late teens, before they have lost their inquisitiveness. or something like that. he's also a vehement opposer of sweatpants. me too.
anyways, the piece that really stood out was a photo essay by jen osbourne, a harm-reduction worker from van city who spends much of her time in the downtown eastside. her photos depict people from the area in before and after shots as the individuals doll themselves up for their nightly routines, be it dumpster diving, panhandling, prostitution or whatever they do - usually a way to get drugs. it's beautiful, and sad, and disturbing, and distressing, and human. and it makes you think, which is what is should do.
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