Jul 23
The Japanese Robot Fashion model, HRP-4C, has taken her first walk on the runway. As a bride. Predictably, everyone is like: “How creepy! A robot bride?! The Japanese are crazy and want to marry robots! Let’s never go to war with them again.” I have a slightly more prosaic explanation. My guess is that they …
Jul 22
Style Coalition -. I love this video. It conflates shopping with a social duty. Instead of shopping because you need or want something, it advocates shopping itself as a pass time. It doesn’t matter if you can’t afford it and don’t need it. Shit, you might not even want it. But designers are depending …
Apr 07
pic nicked from here Life as a pattern-seeking egomaniac can lead to paranoia. And I’m willing to entertain the idea that I’m paranoid. I’ll entertain any idea. For an evening or so. After that, they should go home. The ideas I live with already take up enough space, eat all my food and don’t pay …
Mar 21
All of these people are innocent until proven guilty. Their clothes are another story.
Mar 19
LOVE INC. (Runway Show by Andy The-Anh) from Ryan Oakley on Vimeo. Toronto Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009 Andy The-Anh Runway Show Music by Kraftwerk and PiL Vid by Ryan Oakley
Mar 18
I’ve been blogging about robots for a few years now and I’ve seen some dumb ideas. But this fashion model robot has got to be near the very top. For starters, most fashion models aren’t exactly paid for their services. I know you have your big famous ones who make a fortune. And I know …
Mar 12
Just the other day, Bruno, who was a Californian stray but is now a Canadian house-kitty, escaped into the night. Being a mysterious figure and a Sacramento celebrity, I assumed he was embarking on some fantastic adventure. A few hours later, he returned. Upon his white neck was a spot of bright red blood. Offering …
Mar 11
pic nicked from here I have an upcoming appointment with my tailor. Though I am, as usual, giddy as a schoolgirl, my mind has turned to a different type of suit. The used suit. Though I will never call them “vintage” –that’s pretentious bullshit– I have a deep and abiding love of the used suit. …
Mar 06
Clothing: Amie Scott Video: Ryan Oakley Music: “Shrink Wrap” by This Heat Starring: Melisande Leduc and Dave Tom.
Mar 06
I disapprove of all wheeled transport. It’s bad enough to contend with joggers treating our side-walks like a track-field but, when you add wheels to these twits, it makes one feel as if some steampunk, cyborg circus is in town. Whether travelling upon roller-blades, skateboards or bicycles, these people must think they’re a bunch of …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
