Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Fashion

“I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, 

the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. 

They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - 

all I hope for in my clothes.” 
― Yves Saint-Laurent

“My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. 
My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.” 

― Yohji Yamamoto

“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.” 
― Lillian Hellman

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Midweek Motif ~ Fashion

Where do each of us intersect with fashion:  haute couture or ready-to-wear? new or used clothing? shoes? hats? jewelry? eyeglass-ware?  bags?  cars?  elsewhere? nowhere?

As designer, photographer, perveyer, buyer or audience?

Do you have a favorite designer?

Your Challenge:  Write a poem that explores fashion in your unique way.

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from Old Magazine Articles

Couture by Mark Doty, 1953

1.

Peony silks,

            in wax-light:

                        that petal-sheen,

gold or apricot or rose

            candled into-

                        what to call it,

lumina, aurora, aureole?

            About gowns,

                        the Old Masters,

were they ever wrong?

            This penitent Magdalen’s

                        wrapped in a yellow

. . . .  (Read the rest HERE at poets.org.)

For a Daughter Who Leaves by Janice Mirikitani

“More than gems in my comb box shaped by the

God of the Sea, I prize you, my daughter. . .”

Lady Otomo, 8th century, Japan

A woman weaves

her daughter’s wedding

slippers that will carry

her steps into a new life.

The mother weeps alone

into her jeweled sewing box

slips red thread

around its spool,

her daughter’s first silk jacket

the same she used to stitch

embroidered with turtles

that would bring luck, long life.

. . . .   (read the rest HERE at poets.org.)

For those who are new to Poets United:  

1. Post your new fashion poem on your site, and then link it here.
2. If you use a picture include its link.  
3. Share only original and new work written for this challenge. 
4. Leave a comment here.
5. Visit and comment on our poems.

(Our next Midweek Motif is the role of humor in our lives.)

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