Saturday, February 07, 2009

Tinker, Tailor... Beggar-Man, Thief

After some time focused on other aspects of garment-research, the MGRT Research Group was forwarded a link to a wardrobing exercise with some hints of the Guild's dogma.

GRADATION OF WHAT ARE YOU WEARING TODAY

While not completely forgoing commercial concerns (the exercise links to the branded site; DENHAM), it does represent a practical contemporary take on some of the dogma's precepts. Logos are sometimes removed, garments are modified with a degree of brutality associated with the Guild's own attitude, and vintage articles (possibly originally crafted by Guildsmen) are shown particular favor mixed used alongside modern components.

We at the Militant Guild of Rural Tailors Research Group are not sure we approve, but there's some charm in seeing an attempt to adopt some of the Standards & Ethics into a real-world user-based application.