I can think of no better sonic accompaniment to an issue about fashion week than a song called, “Thin Today.” Appropriately bizarre, it builds from a gentle, engineered female voice through a layer of rattly vocal-percussion pairing, then to blunt walls of harmonized vocals and, ultimately, utter chaos. Maybe the more succinct way to put it is like if a dark Dusen Dusen bedspread exploded into a song. Whatever; you want to listen.

Just in time for fashion week, Burberry has announced that they will 1. no longer use fur (great, fine), and 2. stop burning their excess (WHAT?). Yeah– to sustain their “brand value” and avoid ever going on sale, they’ve been incinerating unsold merchandise, including leather bags, for years. But under a new CEO they’re sorry, and will be better. To the several other brands that still burn excess: please stop.

Christian Siriano hit the runway in a tee shirt that read, “I’m Voting for Cynthia,” with Cynthia Nixon predictably in his front row. Jeremy Scott‘s tee shirt said, “Tell Your Senator No on Kavanaugh.” Pyer Moss set his show to a gospel choir at the Weeksville Heritage Center, and one of his shirts read, “Stop calling 911 on the culture”. Is it the year of the statement or the year of the tee shirt? Either way, it’s Ralph Lauren who’s getting the most love.

Very limited tee shirts available on their website. More to come, hopefully.