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Why fashion, and why now

An early editorial note on the magazine’s choice of subject.

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Full English translation is pending. The Chinese original follows, with an English catalogue title and summary above.

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总有人以一种本身已说明问题的客气问我:一本中法刊物,何以将版面交付于衣物。这一问预设了某种等级——严肃的题目归于一侧,时尚归于另一侧。

然而衣物早在我们之前便已裁断。它决定谁有资格穿着、它许诺什么、它令人相信什么;它是两种文化彼此触碰却互不交谈的第一道边界。在巴黎与上海之间,这片疆域稠密得罕见:转译、图像,以及那些足以变现的误会。

为何是此刻?并非题目新鲜——它从来不曾新鲜。而是叙事从未流转得如此迅疾,迅疾到足以稀释来处。在飞驰之物上从容落笔,我以为,是一本刊物如今仅存的本分。

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