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Haiti earthquake help
Dear SZ'ers,
Just like to take a quick moment to post-up a choice of links to send a few bucks or more to help the earthquake rescue and recovery efforts in Haiti. Every little bit helps and the need is definitely urgent as I'm sure you all know...
• AmeriCares: https://secure.americares.org/site/D...campaign=Haiti
• Doctors Without Borders: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86019&id=1...53-r8DsWRx&t=1
• Oxfam America: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85998&id=1...53-r8DsWRx&t=2
• Yéle Haiti: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86026&id=1...53-r8DsWRx&t=3
Thanks for your consideration and help. If you have already done something, please pass this along to others...
Best wishes,
Geoffrey
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Very good idea to post something here. I think we all can afford to spend a small amount of our income on a donation.
For german members: http://www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de/index.php
For european members:https://www.helpdirect.org/
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Right on Geoff...
another site taking donations: http://www.christianaid.org.uk/
There's some great stuff posted in this thread, I look forward to sitting down and giving it a good read. Thanks Mr. Small.
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Originally posted by ledgerBy the way Geoffrey I forgot to say that I really do like the image on the invitation.
Or did he send you one?
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Originally posted by MaxM View PostIs it the actual invitation or just some kind of announcement?
Or did he send you one?
Mr. Small, is this just an announcement letting us know you'll be showing in Paris? Or are folks in this forum invited to come view your collection? I'm assuming the former as it states that it's by appointment only.
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I think that Geoffrey was just posting the invite for your information and to keep you informed as to how the industry works. Unfortunately, it is not possible to open the showroom to the general public (even SZers). Designers, press and buyers all have to be very protective of their work and therefore the showroom is a very protected place. Having said that, the SZers will be represented at many of the showrooms, including Geoffrey's, by Faust, Lowery, Fuuma, DHC, and of course the old hobo, so fear not, I'm sure that you'll get regular updates.
Incidentally, I was thinking of starting a photo blog for you guys to get a little behind the scenes action. If anyone is interested, let me know."I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." — Oscar Wilde
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Thank you for the clarification hobo
Originally posted by hobo View PostIncidentally, I was thinking of starting a photo blog for you guys to get a little behind the scenes action. If anyone is interested, let me know.
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M, would be interested to see this. Will need some text for context. Great if you have the time.
Originally posted by hobo View PostIncidentally, I was thinking of starting a photo blog for you guys to get a little behind the scenes action. If anyone is interested, let me know.Originally posted by eat meIf you can't see the work past the fucking taped seams , cold dye wash or raw hems - perhaps you shouldn't really be looking at all.
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Madness and loneliness of an independent designer 1/3
Dear friends on SZ,
Thanks to everyone for your very kind posts, PM's, and email responses and comments to the 1st fabric story installment (). I am working on the next one, but right now need to deal with the always impossible January schedule of SS2010 production work obligations and creation our new AW2010-11 men's collection which must be completed and in Paris in less than 2 days. Suddenly thought it might be interesting to share on SZ a few of the quick weird thoughts that flash through the mind, an inside look into the madness in the mind of what some of us go through each time we must give birth to a new collection that will be shown in Paris...
The Madness and loneliness
of an independent designer
"Work is done,
and then forgotten,
and so
it lasts forever"
-Lao-Tsu
Wow..
the beautiful images
and posts
that have appeared
recently
on the Yohji thread
at SZ,
the melancholy
of looking again
at the great work
done by one
of the great masters
and groups
of our time,
and how fragile
it can become
once one has lost
his independence...
The painful
fact that he
is not alone
in his fate--
indeed
an entire generation
has already,
or
is on its way
to the same
destiny
Now I
must face
the great void
alone
once again,
the blank abyss
of trying
to find
what
to do
with
the next collection.
And how to earn
the next six months
of work,
survival,
and a place in the arena
The stress,
time pressure,
lack of resources,
insecurity
and
total fear
that one must face
and combat with
each time
to be able
to enter
and merit
a place
in the world's most competitive designer arena.
Paris
The appreciation and gratitude
to still have a chance to do so--
as an independent.
To hold out,
and remain
a person
"owned"
by no one.
No "producers."
no "backers"
no "agents"
no "licensees"
no "distributors"
no trade show "organizers"
no "King" retailer
to tell me what to do,
to dilute,
interfere,
get in the way,
or as in so many cases--
take over
our ability
to do exactly
what our vision,
minds,
hearts
and hands
can and will
achieve,
God willing.
No need
to take part
and be a victim
anymore
of the "system"
that has eaten up
and ruined
an endless string
of the great
and not-so great.
The industrial machine
that uses
the designer
as pawn.
Just God above,
my family whom I love,
and the best clients in the world
to answer to, nothing else...
and commitment
to work our hearts out
and give them
everything we have
inside us
and beyond.
But,
every new season
is the toughest one
we have ever dealt with.
Every new collection
the most challenging.
And this time is no different.
Especially when
you are a real
independent.
The laws
of Paris collection work
remain firm.
We are in a race
to the very end,
the grinding-work
of ideas
and more importantly,
their execution
with only
our minds,
bodies,
hands,
time
and energy
to carry us there
willingly.
We must always
remind ourselves
of the painful truth
"that the last thing in the world
that most people need
is another fashion designer,
and his or her new collection."
True.
We are not doctors
saving people
from immediate pain
or death,
or even a plumber
fixing a toilet
which does not work.
The needs we fill
are generally viewed
as a more latent sort.
So we must constantly
answer the question,
"what are you doing
and proposing
that is so special,
that merits
your very existence?"
Answer the question.
Back to reality.
Back to work.
More decisions.
More work.
Don't get lost though.
Keep your head above it.
Look at it.
Use your eyes
above all else.
Remember,
it's a visual medium
we're in.
It has to look good.
Like it.
Don't like it.
Decide.
Then get it done.
Sketch.
Draft.
Cut.
Stitch.
Stitch more.
Dye.
Wash.
Look.
Finish.
Decide.
Good.
Bad.
Great.
Make it better
or move on.
Next one.
Hurry.
Find the groove.
Gotta find the groove.
Where is the road
taking us to?
Keep digging.
Find the groove.
Damn,
it's 5 in the morning already,
another day
gone.
Gotta sleep
at least a few hours...
where is that groove?
Man, my body
hurts,
tired.
Don't get sick.
Or you're out.
The madness of the whole thing.
No wonder they gave up,
quit,
sold-out,
closed,
gave in,
signed,
whatever
you want
to call it-
every last one of them...
hope they are all ok
and getting more rest
than me today,
and maybe
made themselves
a pot of money.
But that's their story,
not mine.
In New Hampshire as they say,
"live free or die."
That's me
for today...Last edited by Geoffrey B. Small; 01-06-2011, 11:58 AM.
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Madness and loneliness of an independent designer 2/3
Keep digging.
Where is that groove?
The groove is
where the freedom is.
Find the groove and you find the freedom.
Freedom is truth.
Truth is beauty.
Find the beauty
and find the freedom.
At least for one more season...
keep digging.
Find the groove,
I think I can see it...
It's like
stepping out
into the void
you see...
hoping to get to the other side
and find the daylight and the path of
solid soil and ground and trees
But there are no guarantees.
Perhaps, this time you will fall
like Prometheus
reaching for the sun
Vic Chestnutt
you just took your life
and I just heard about you....
"and so all you observers
in your scrutiny, don't count my scars
like tree rings my jigsaw disposition,
its piecemeal properties, are either smoked,
or honey cured, by the panic pure."
Vic Chestnutt
(deceased) Christmas Day 2009
Yeah,
panic pure
I hear you.
RIP
for real
wake up
Stay at it, man
Don't give up now
It ain't over 'till its over
Remember
you gotta get it out
get it out
while you got the chance
the message
Tell 'em
the story
they don't know
they gotta know
what happened
to those people
all of 'em
Louis Slotkin
Mayak,
Chelyabinsk
Lake Karachay,
Prypiat,
Hanford
Trinity
Hiroshima,
Atoll de Mururoa,
Nagasaki,
Savananah
Chernobyl,
Tricastin,
La Hague
Windscale
Sellafield
Three Mile Island
Davis-Besse
Semipalatinsk
Ozyorsk
Chelyabinsk-65
Chelyabinsk-40
The Rutherford building in Manchester
depleted uranium casings
H-bombs
aboard B52's,
and B47's
crashing
accidentally
dropping
bombs
over Spain
over Greenland
over North Carolina
accidentally dropping
nuclear bombs!
that were never recovered
they're out there
nuclear
submarines sinking
satellites crashing
Scorpion
Thresher
Baltic
Northeast Canada
Norway
explosions in nuclear factories
everywhere
Oakridge
China
The Urals
West Gorky
Hanford
Baltic Sea
all the near misses
so many of them
lucky
and all the victims
not so lucky
all those poor people
how they died
on those fateful days
of warning
millions
how they died
fission
radiation
leukemia
cancer
skin dripping off their bones
turning to green jelly
eaten alive
by atomic energy
by neutrons
smashing into dna
cells gone beserk
death
in 15 days
or cancer
in 15 years
or 20
or 25
but it's coming
you've taken your hit
irradiated
marked for death
choose your killer
plutonium
uranium
strontium
cobalt
iodine
caesium
irridium
beryllium
depleted uranium
americium
neptunium
tritium
thorium
pollonium
krypton
xenon
products
of nuclear fission
exploded into the atmosphere
burned into the air
used in the bullets
dumped into the oceans
leaked into the rivers
the lakes
the ground
the soil
the fish
the produce
the meat
the food
we eat
it's everywhere
you can't see it
you can't smell it
it just goes right through you
it's in your body
and it kills you.
he's got cancer
she's got cancer
you've got cancer
i've got cancer
they've got cancer
it's the latest trend
a worldwide epidemic
we've all got cancer
and guess where
it's coming from
439 of them
around the world
104 in America
59 in France
15 in England
17 in Germany
51 in Japan
and now
they want to build more
300 of them
in the next ten years
the first will "fire up"
in 2012
yeah, that's right 2012
in Finland
then Flamanville
10 to 15 of them
in Italy
one right where I live
5 kilometers from Venice
what about the food?
what about the kids?
what about the floods?
what about the earthquakes?
what about the volcanoes?
what about the view?
what about the water?
what about the fabrics?
gotta be dreaming
but no
they are dead serious
and bringing soldiers too
just like their brand name suv's,
sunglasses and jeans
now they think need their
nuclear energy too
great...
take the most beautiful country in the world
and ruin it for eternity
in a decade
but whoa
that's not the end of it
80 more in India
and oh my god,
100 in China...
what about the floods?
what about the earthquakes?
what about the milk?
and lead in the Barbie's?
now these guys are going to handle plutonium....
and then
two or three
each
in another 60
developing and 3rd world nations...
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
the United Arab Emirates
Pakistan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Argentina
Turkey
Vietnam
Albania
Iran
North Korea
you name it
they'll all have one.
Each one
an atom bomb
exploding
"under control"
24 hours a day
just one
human error
or earthquake
or
terrorist act
away
from another
Mayak,
Chernobyl
or worse,
capable of
3-5 megatons
able to kill millions
and render
entire continents
uninhabitable
to humans
for 250,000
years.
Each one
taking,
using,
sending back,
plutonium fuel and waste shipments
all over the planet
by truck,
train,
boat
and ferry.
You may
be passing one
in your car on the freeway right now.
God help us.
God help me
Every collection
may be the last one
the last chance to stay in the arena,
To have a voice.
God help me
tell the story
of the people
of Chernobyl,
of Mayak,
of Hiroshima,
and more
The children
the families
the mothers
the fathers
the liquidators
the hibakusha
all of them
Don't let their
sacrifice be
covered up
Don't let their
pain have been
in vain
Get off your a_ses
Unplug the TV
viral the message
spread it
the truth
get 'em into the voting booth
now
before it's too late
before there are none
forever
Let 'em know
that madness
awaits them
nuclear renaissance
begins in 2010
and it's coming
to where you live.
Wherever you are.
Panic pure
for sure
Hey,
wake up
it's only fashion...
you're just
a designer
shut up and make your frocks
who needs
another one
of you anyway?
Live free or die.
just joking.
in haste,
GeoffreyLast edited by Geoffrey B. Small; 01-06-2011, 12:00 PM.
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Madness and loneliness of an independent designer 3/3
Post script
ps. apologies to anyone for the brevity and haphazardnous of the above. Any reference to names and objects is purely for fictitional purposes of the stressed out and delirious author and does not refer to any actual existing, living or dead individuals or persons or corporations or countries. With respect to all humanity ...
A little girl's doll photographed still laying on a field in the city of Pripyat, 23 years after the explosion of Chernobyl, where 45,000 men, women and children were evacuated suddenly in buses after being told they would need to leave their homes temporarily for a few days on April 29, 1986 as a burning cloud of deadly levels of radioactive nuclear waste rained down over thousands of kilometres of territory around them. No one has ever returned to live there. The abandoned city today is a testament to the safety and real risks of nuclear energy, if you remain more than several hours in the city and anywhere within a vast distance in its countryside, you will still receive a lethal dose of radiation that will kill you within weeks. Yet so few have been informed. And now it is being rammed through as a clean energy solution to global warming. Right. Do we really need 740 of these by 2020?
Related links:
Paul Fusco's story
(magnum photos)
http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/chernobyl
YouTube version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLkD...eature=related
The true battle of Chernobyl uncensored
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...1427276447319#
Italian version (versione italiano):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEG7dSd8tv0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2
Etiempolibresite%2Ecom%2Fforum%2Flofiversion%2Find ex%2Ephp%3Ft5619%2
Ehtml&feature=player_embedded#t=86
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Always love your posts, this did remind me of this video
I am undecided on nuclear power, I see the necessity in our current situation in regards to resources and global warming however the detrimental effects of waste and high risk are quite overwelming.My very simple conclusion on it is that for now it is so depended upon that it seems hard to stop it, however it is clear that it is only a temporary solution.
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I had a pleasure of meeting Geoffrey in Paris. I was utterly blown away by two things:
1) The quality of the materials, from finest overdyed cashmeres to washed Italian silks for the linings, and construction quality.
2) His honest and gentle character.
Very happy to have you here and a personal thanks from me.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
StyleZeitgeist Magazine
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