<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Designers lament what will happen when there are no seasons]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:21:00 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/1 Noooo, not

the tweed pea coat!

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Noooo, not

the tweed pea coat!

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #2 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:07:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/2 But it is so tiring ...

... to get dressed to go outside when it is cold.  Though I have known and loved many comforting scarves (and I usually absent-mindedly lose them in the subway or at the theatre), and a good flannel shirt can be voluptuous, outer garments for winter do not move me at all.

How lovely, when to take Little Dog out for her walk, all I need to do is slip on a pair of flip-flops!  And how fine, at the end of winter, when the college youths start displaying themselves in T-shirts and shorts!

As for the plural of "metropolis": Just as the plural of "basis" is "bases," and the plural of "oasis" is "oases," so the plural of "metropolis" is "metropoles."  Puh-LEEZE!

Chickens are our cousins! So are fish! So are other sentient animals! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> But it is so tiring ...

... to get dressed to go outside when it is cold.  Though I have known and loved many comforting scarves (and I usually absent-mindedly lose them in the subway or at the theatre), and a good flannel shirt can be voluptuous, outer garments for winter do not move me at all.

How lovely, when to take Little Dog out for her walk, all I need to do is slip on a pair of flip-flops!  And how fine, at the end of winter, when the college youths start displaying themselves in T-shirts and shorts!

As for the plural of "metropolis": Just as the plural of "basis" is "bases," and the plural of "oasis" is "oases," so the plural of "metropolis" is "metropoles."  Puh-LEEZE!

Chickens are our cousins! So are fish! So are other sentient animals! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> Comment #3 by Pangolin http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:26:38 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/3 Blade Runner or Tank Girl?

Those seem to be the climate change seasonal fashion variations.

Blade Runner: For the flash flood season vinyl boots with platform soles to keep you above water will vie with japanese style wooden sandals. A choice of splash proof leggings or ultra long rain cover goes over minimal underlayer to provide comfort and air movemeent in stifling humidity. Top with a de riguer hat that keeps the acid rain from ruining your hair and matching umbrella.

Tank Girl: How to keep skin moist in a land devoid of water? Tank Girl provides the fashion impaired in the drought season with inspiration. When you're cruising the sticks in your intelligent tank looking for water caches coverage, flash, flexibility and durability reign supreme. Layer with colors and accent with leather on heavy wear zones keeps you looking your best when battling water department goons and smoothing relations with mutant allies.

not applicable in african or australia as both garment styles may be required in any given week, fashion reccomendations do not in any way reflect on ability to survive the coming dystopia.

Put the Carbon Back

]]> Blade Runner or Tank Girl?

Those seem to be the climate change seasonal fashion variations.

Blade Runner: For the flash flood season vinyl boots with platform soles to keep you above water will vie with japanese style wooden sandals. A choice of splash proof leggings or ultra long rain cover goes over minimal underlayer to provide comfort and air movemeent in stifling humidity. Top with a de riguer hat that keeps the acid rain from ruining your hair and matching umbrella.

Tank Girl: How to keep skin moist in a land devoid of water? Tank Girl provides the fashion impaired in the drought season with inspiration. When you're cruising the sticks in your intelligent tank looking for water caches coverage, flash, flexibility and durability reign supreme. Layer with colors and accent with leather on heavy wear zones keeps you looking your best when battling water department goons and smoothing relations with mutant allies.

not applicable in african or australia as both garment styles may be required in any given week, fashion reccomendations do not in any way reflect on ability to survive the coming dystopia.

Put the Carbon Back

]]> Comment #4 by PolluteLessDotCom http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:56:14 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/4 Any Change is welcome

What kind of nonsense is this? The opposite is true: Fashion designers will welcome global warming! They welcome ANY change. The role of a stylist or designer is to NEVER allow customers to be satisfied with their current situation. It is much easier to create new styles and more profits if there is change of the environment that you do not have to create first. These are creative people who are very good at making you uncomfortable with what you have/are and find ways to design ANYTHING to be desirable. Did you forget the "slum"-look a while ago? It was fashionable to use "styling" elements of poverty. It will be fashionable to use styling elements of a changed environment or elements based on fears about the future.

If you really want to think this way: Huge NEW markets will develop. Northern people will be developed to appreciate clothing appropriate to the temperatures incorporating traditional elements that remind them of their winterly past. The climate may change, but there is money in this. Change is good! People like to think they do the right thing and will buy what they are told is beneficial (whether it is or not) or in fashion (if that is what they worry about). Designers are trained to discover and nurture a sense of style in anyone, and if there really is none, will advertise it into being.

I dare say that MOST "green" products already on the market are based on fashion and perception rather than real environmental benefit or at least less damage. If you are concerned about style, looks, fashion, status, what other people think of your belongings and appearance, etc. you will not stop or even slow down pollution levels. You are hanging with the wrong crowd.

We have basically what we NEED. North Americans most certainly have more than they need. Anything you still buy is what you WANT. Most likely not buying it is better.

Karsten
http://www.polluteless.com

]]> Any Change is welcome

What kind of nonsense is this? The opposite is true: Fashion designers will welcome global warming! They welcome ANY change. The role of a stylist or designer is to NEVER allow customers to be satisfied with their current situation. It is much easier to create new styles and more profits if there is change of the environment that you do not have to create first. These are creative people who are very good at making you uncomfortable with what you have/are and find ways to design ANYTHING to be desirable. Did you forget the "slum"-look a while ago? It was fashionable to use "styling" elements of poverty. It will be fashionable to use styling elements of a changed environment or elements based on fears about the future.

If you really want to think this way: Huge NEW markets will develop. Northern people will be developed to appreciate clothing appropriate to the temperatures incorporating traditional elements that remind them of their winterly past. The climate may change, but there is money in this. Change is good! People like to think they do the right thing and will buy what they are told is beneficial (whether it is or not) or in fashion (if that is what they worry about). Designers are trained to discover and nurture a sense of style in anyone, and if there really is none, will advertise it into being.

I dare say that MOST "green" products already on the market are based on fashion and perception rather than real environmental benefit or at least less damage. If you are concerned about style, looks, fashion, status, what other people think of your belongings and appearance, etc. you will not stop or even slow down pollution levels. You are hanging with the wrong crowd.

We have basically what we NEED. North Americans most certainly have more than they need. Anything you still buy is what you WANT. Most likely not buying it is better.

Karsten
http://www.polluteless.com

]]> Comment #5 by TicaMarie http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:41:51 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/5 What will the Japanese sheep do?

This "nonsense" I believe is, ah...satire?  Humour?

The Japanese seem to be taking this into consideration with their new "Cool Biz" line, which is lightweight business suits and other (ahem) garments to accommodate the rising temps in business offices.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1402 ...

So maybe instead if wishing the pea coat a forever farewell, it could be a "see you in a new breathable fabric?"  Dang it, I'm depressing myself.


]]> What will the Japanese sheep do?

This "nonsense" I believe is, ah...satire?  Humour?

The Japanese seem to be taking this into consideration with their new "Cool Biz" line, which is lightweight business suits and other (ahem) garments to accommodate the rising temps in business offices.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1402 ...

So maybe instead if wishing the pea coat a forever farewell, it could be a "see you in a new breathable fabric?"  Dang it, I'm depressing myself.


]]> Comment #6 by Roz Cummins http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/ Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:44:33 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/fashion-victim-of-climate-change/6 Take heart!

Isn't one of the alternate theories of Global Warming that the vast quantitites of fresh water entering the ocean as polar ice melts will screw up the Gulf Stream, thus plunging Northen Europe into a mini ice-age? Cheer up!

]]> Take heart!

Isn't one of the alternate theories of Global Warming that the vast quantitites of fresh water entering the ocean as polar ice melts will screw up the Gulf Stream, thus plunging Northen Europe into a mini ice-age? Cheer up!

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