the clue in the cupcake
Though the fashion show gift bag is more often absentmindedly pillaged and left for dead rather than studied for clues to a designer’s inspirations, sometimes a look into the semiotics of swag can be rewarding. Take the cupcake-shaped soap in yesterday’s Andy & Debb bags. No random offering, it was the symbolic key to the [...]
andy and debb’s u.s. debut
The employees of McDonald’s in South Korea might just be the best-dressed fast-food workers in the world. Why? Because they’re clothed by Andy and Debb, a.k.a. Andy Kim and Debbie Yoon, one of the country’s most sought-after labels. But you don’t have to dress like a cutie-pie hamburger flipper to appreciate this married couple’s work. [...]

