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July 13, 2006
Deja Vu
Nowadays, I get a lot of deja vu when I read Urban, the weekly fashion and beauty supplement of The Straits Times. It seems like there's a lot of recycled news from Women's Wear Daily.
It just got worse in the July 13 issue. Under the section Ask Lionel, a reader wrote in saying that he's planning to invest in a pair of designer jeans and would like to know what brand to buy.
Lionel Seah wrote:
"Most premium brands use Japanese, Italian, or American denim. There's also Zimbabwean denim, which is very soft and dyed with organic vegetable pigments.Personally, I prefer buying raw - meaning unwashed - jeans, and breaking them in myself. The more you wear them, the better the fade is.
But don't just stick to blue jeans. There are some great grey jeans around right now.
Oh, and avoid excessive embroidery which is so Ah Lian/Ah Beng-esque. There's nothing less sexy than a guy with a dragon or some nonsense sewn on his back pocket."
Just a few days ago, I read an article on Style.com entitled Ask An Expert. The fashion tip dished out by Brian Kaneda, the denim buyer of Ron Herman goes like this:
Most premium brands use Japanese, Italian, or American denim. There's also Zimbabwean denim, which is great. It's very soft and it's dyed with organic vegetable pigments. There are differences, but really, it's apples and oranges—one isn't better than the others. Fit and quality are more important than the country the denim comes from.When choosing a wash, ask yourself, Does it look authentic? If a wash is really unique or realistically beat-up looking, great, but it's best when you buy raw—meaning unwashed—jeans, and break them in yourself. The more you wear them, the better the fade is, and they become an expression of their owner.
Don't just stick to blue jeans. There are some great gray jeans around right now.
Avoid anything with excessive embroidery. There's nothing less sexy than a guy with a dragon or some nonsense sewn on his back pocket.
Hmm...Urban...not too stylish.
Posted by loganw at July 13, 2006 04:50 PM
Comments
Its hard to see plagerism here... although the substance of the advice is similar, the delivery and the prose is different.
Maybe thats why Lionel is no longer doing that column.. its now May or some woman.
Posted by: Anonymous at August 1, 2006 01:44 AM
ohmy. he just copied, edit a few darn words and tata! credit to himself. they had since changed the section to Ask May. Goodbye Lionel!
Posted by: Amanda at August 1, 2006 02:50 AM
busted!~~
bleh
nothing new...sadly..sigh
Posted by: illicitus at August 1, 2006 04:53 AM
how.. how unbecoming of st urban.
Posted by: chuwen at August 1, 2006 11:14 AM
ok i think the news is okay to be recycled because the latest fashion news are the same anyway. news is news.
but regarding the ask lionel query, that was pretty bad.
Posted by: mj at August 1, 2006 01:02 PM
outright plagiarism!!
Posted by: sy at August 1, 2006 05:44 PM
Oh my, how blatant is the plagiarism!
Posted by: marina at August 2, 2006 01:13 AM
Wow, that's outright plagarism. Horrible.
Posted by: Alvin at August 3, 2006 03:07 AM
