label whore

Lil' Kim and David La Chapelle really put the whore in label whore. A long time ago someone told me never to wear labels across your chest because they're just free advertising; someone should pay you. I've remembered that and stuck to it (with the exception of a bad Coach bucket hat phase in middle school, uh.. what? I didn't say that, did you?), but it seems like you never see a fashion blog with out dress credits. 

On one hand, the designers deserve some credit, on the other hand who the hell cares that your white v-neck shirt is predictably American Apparel? 

Credit in fashion is a contemptuous debate due largely in part to the namesake of this blog, trickle across. Trickle across is the idea that fashion moves so quickly now, ideas spreading, inspiration from all over, globalization, mass production- who the heck knows whether credit should be given to the top of the chain, the designers, or the bottom, street culture?