"One day, I received an SMS from a friend in New York — she was in a taxi on the way to court to face her arsehole ex-husband, and she said to me ‘Alber, I am wearing a Lanvin dress, and I feel so protected.’ That to me was the biggest compliment I ever received. To have a 500 gram piece of silk make her feel protected — that made me very happy indeed"

Alber Elbaz

#slutwalk appropriate. i rarely miss being a fashion editor, but a little bit, today. this story is too good. 

1 Oct 2011 / Reblogged from aminatou with 10 notes / slutwalk alber elbaz 

fwd: slut walk

  • HS: email from my mother. dying.
  • "Hi Holly, What do you think about the slut walk? I think I might go tomorrow."
  • MM: A++++, amazing, perfect. I do want to go to slut walk.
  • RD: I’m flying back to Tokyo tomorrow, but will wear leggings and a crop top (aka my usual plane outfit) in solidarity.
  • HS: you are??? when will you be back again?
  • i'll be en route to cape may where i will be a bridesmaid on sunday. is that kind of the opposite of a slut walk?
  • MM: You can wear some trashy underwear at the very least. If you weren't in a relationship, I would advise hooking up with a random wedding guest as well.
  • RD: Heading there to pack up my stuff and cover Japan Fashion Week/Tokyo Designers Week. I’ll be back mid-November! We can have a four person slut walk then.
  • KJ: do not think i am not going to tumblr this conversation.

"while many participants at the DC march i participated in wore jeans and sneakers, the women who stood out the most were rape survivors wearing the clothes they had been assaulted in—from pajamas to thigh-high boots—carrying signs that said, “this is what i was wearing when i was raped."

SlutWalk NYC: “What to Wear to SlutWalk” by Salamishah Tillet for The Nation

 i have read a lot about slutwalk, but i have never read this. pretty amazing.  

29 Sep 2011 / Reblogged from slutwalknyc with 20 notes / slutwalk