http://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-reserve-roastery-chicago-2017-4/#when-you-walk-inside-its-clear-this-isnt-the-average-starbucks-freshly-roasted-beans-sit-in-gleaming-containers-ready-to-be-ground-and-brewed-2 See V&R Chapter 5 for details of Scheler’s ethos of craft. This new Starbucks is not a perfect version of Scheler’s estate but it is at least a distant approximation.
Each year, Loyola’s Committee on Catholic Social Thought hosts a lecture on morals and art and does so under the inspiration of Andy Warhol. Warhol was a daily communicant and was raised in the Byzantine Catholic rite. This year Loyola University Maryland hosts Michael Krom, himself of the Byzantine rite. Professor Krom is a member…
I am a fan of BOF: the news aggregator for fashion events and business. They help my work on this blog/book immensely. It is disappointing to read today the title of an article: “Your Obsession with Zara is Actually Harming the Planet.” The article BOF is linking to is by Livia Firth and does not…
V&R Chapter 3 discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s use of the theory of justice found in the Catholic Social Thought tradition. There, I speak about the “feel good fashion” movement and highlight Zady’s efforts to introduce transparency in production: And Everlane is another example: A news report claims that this year has seen a…
Just finishing up James Laver’s excellent book on the history of clothes. I like his writing very much and hope to make more use of it in future posts.
I have no idea of the precise numbers but I assume almost all clients of haute couture make purchases from monies disbursed from trusts lodged in tax havens. Are tax havens moral? I discuss this question in a bit of detail in an essay soon to be published over at the Law and Liberty…
The Italians do this so well: heritage, business development, and just working conditions. V&R Chapter 5 shows how Brunello Cucinelli matches Scheler’s model for moral business and Bulgari are making a good stab at it, too (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/fashion/jewelry-bulgari.html).
Good article on the Queen’s Prime Minster Theresa May and fashion: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/theresa-may-chooses-lk-bennett-1200-jumper-vogue-shootits-important/ V&R is a fan of Scottish clothes and thinkers.
A first-rate piece on the costume design of Christian Lacroix for Balanchine’s ballet A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream: http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/suzy-menkes-swarovski-maison-hallette-balanchine-christian-lacroix-fashion-was-an-accident# I discuss Huizinga’s thesis that civilisation develops in and through play at V&R Chapter 6. From this article, it seems Lacroix is well aware of this himself.
Surprisingly, the shoe above dates to 1938 and was made by Salvatore Ferragamo. It is featured in an excellent article about the use designers make of the archives in Italian fashion houses (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/fashions-attics). This very much matches Scheler’s estate as a model for business practice: tradition and creativity linked. Please see V&R Chapter 5 for…