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This is the closest the fediverse is going to get to a photo of me.

If I follow you it's because I think you're cool and post cool things.

"The kimono’s cameo roles in western culture – eroticised on screen in Memoirs of a Geisha, or watered down into a sort of ornamental waitress uniform – are only fragments of its many lives on the streets of modern Japan."
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The kimono – from costume to catwalk

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/01/kimono-catwalk-fashion-japan

#fashion #Japan #kimono

This article is a bit waffly, but the welcoming sentiment is clear for all to see.

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Beauty and the bloke: why more men are wearing makeup

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/feb/23/beauty-and-the-bloke-why-more-men-are-chooisng-to-wear-makeup-warpaint

#fashion #makeup #MensMakeup #MaleBeauty

Why yes, I DID download a torrent containing twelve albums by the one and only Roger Whittaker.

The nature of male friendships can be summed up by that one scene in Grease when Zuko and Kenickie are outside the school shop with the rest of the T-Birds and start playfully slapping each others shoulders in a teaseful way.

The slaps become progressively more aggressive until both guys are tightly hugging each other.

Quickly realising this they pull apart and, avoiding eye contact with each other, act all cool like the event ever occured and no physical affection exists between them.

'There's no demographic': founder of men's make-up brand War Paint declares victory
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/23/theres-no-demographic-founder-of-mens-make-up-brand-war-paint-declares-victory

#makeup

The best money I've ever spent was $25 for the used Kobo e-reader I read public domain books from Project Gutenberg on.

Alessandro Michele lifts the veil on the magic of Gucci

https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/gucci-milan-fashion-week-686791

#fashion #Gucci

Harajuku Girl in Oversized Patent Leather Coat by Japanese Brand Saint Maria, Skinny Jeans & Boots

http://tokyofashion.com/harajuku-oversized-patent-leather-coat-japanese-brand-saint-maria/

#fashion #TokyoFashion

TFW company comes over and you have to hide away all the things you enjoy but would definitely invite awkward questions and/or incite gossip about you.

OK, who's the joker that made Firefox have reverse-colour text by default in the last update?

'One in four cowboys were black'. The Yee Haw Agenda's founder on the politics of cowboy style
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/feb/21/one-in-four-cowboys-were-black-the-yee-haw-agendas-founder-on-the-politics-of-cowboy-style via @wallabag

#fashion #YeeHawAgenda

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If they had succeeded, the wide, open, diverse and inclusive web we have today would not exist.

Enjoy the best web experience on a simple, fast and secure web browser.

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"Electric cars are environmentally friendly!"

- A do-gooder who has no idea how many tonnes of greenhouse gases go into constructing and maintaining each lane-mile of road.

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