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  1. Form-not-Norm-alism
    Sunday 31st December, 2023
    Attitudes

  2. Solaced
    Sunday 31st December, 2023
    Corsets

  3. Modelling III
    Thursday 28th December, 2023
    Caps, Jackets, Shirts, Dresses, Clothing photos

  4. Modelling II
    Tuesday 26th December, 2023
    Caps, Shirts, Waistcoats, Skirts, Clothing photos

  5. Modelling
    Monday 25th December, 2023
    Caps, Shirts, Waistcoats, Corsets, Skirts, Clothing photos

  6. An Outfit You Could Wear in Sainsbury's and Get Only Admiration
    Monday 18th December, 2023
    Automated fashion design, Clothing photos, Corsets

  7. Multimodal AI Language Models and Corsets
    Saturday 16th December, 2023
    Automated fashion design, Clothing photos, Corsets

  8. Red Jacket with Chains
    Friday 16th August, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets

  9. Red Frogged Reversible Cropped Jacket
    Monday 12th August, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Reversibles

  10. Intense Blue and Chocolate Reversible Silk Chinese Jacket
    Friday 9 August, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Reversibles, Silk

  11. Blue and Gold Reversible Silk Chinese Jacket
    ? 2nd August, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Reversibles, Silk

  12. Pink Cropped Velvet Jacket with Appliquéd Flowers
    Monday 5 August 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Velvet

  13. Short Blue Velvet Cape
    Monday 29 July, 2019
    Capes, Clothing photos, Velvet

  14. Cranston-Pickle Pink
    ? 28 July, 2019
    Colour analysis, Miscellaneous

  15. Vintage Labels
    Friday 26 July, 2019
    Labels

  16. Ossie Clark Sparkly Klimt Top
    ? 15 July, 2019
    Clothing photos, Labels

  17. Kuku Silver-Stripe Bolero Jacket
    ? 12 July, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels

  18. Tracery Bolero Jacket
    ? 8 July, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels

  19. The Security Guard's Hand
    ? 5 July, 2019
    Miscellaneous

  20. Nina Boutique Silk Striped Top
    ? 24 June, 2019
    Clothing photos, Labels

  21. Wolvercote Horticultural Summer Colours
    Monday 24 June, 2019
    Seasonal colours, Summer colours

  22. Mallow
    Friday 21 June, 2019
    Seasonal colours, Summer colours

  23. Oxfordshire Reuses
    Sunday 16 June, 2019
    Clothing photos, Green things

  24. Style By EWM Plum Velvet Embroidered Jacket
    Friday 14 June, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Velvet

  25. Chocolate Velvet Moroccan Top with Cream Embroidery
    Monday 10 June, 2019
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Velvet

  26. Ship-Street Psychedelic
    ? 22nd July, 2019
    Style transfer

  27. Decolouring Ferragamo
    ? 20th July, 2019
    Style transfer

  28. Ship-Street Salvatore
    ? 19th July 2019
    Style transfer

  29. Orange-Red and Yellow Roses
    Sunday 9 June, 2019
    Seasonal colours, Summer colours

  30. Elegance Summer Jacket
    ? 7 June, 2019
    Jackets, Clothing photos

  31. Peach Rose
    Thursday 6 June, 2019
    Seasonal colours, Summer colours

  32. Frank Usher Pink Silk Top
    ? 3 June, 2019
    Clothing photos, Silk

  33. Wytham Pink Rose
    Saturday 1 June, 2019
    Seasonal colours, Summer colours

  34. Martin Amis, an Exquisite Velvet Fop
    Friday 31 May, 2019
    Attitudes, Capes, Hats, Velvet

  35. Wow! Embroidered Velvet Shirt
    Monday 13 May, 2019
    Clothing photos, Labels, Velvet

  36. Soft Green Velvet Jacket
    Friday 10 May, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Velvet

  37. Velvet Evening Bag
    Monday 6 May, 2019
    Bags, Clothing photos, Velvet

  38. Astra Cigarette Bag
    ? 26th April, 2019
    Bags, Clothing photos

  39. Embroidered Indian Bag
    ? 15th April, 2019
    Bags, Clothing photos

  40. Multicoloured Satchel Bag
    ? 12th April, 2019
    Bags, Clothing photos

  41. Pages from the Oxford Book of Tourists
    Monday 15 April, 2019
    Attitudes

  42. In or Out?
    ? 12th April, 2019
    Brexit clothing

  43. Jacques Vert Multicoloured Top
    ? 8 April, 2019
    Clothing photos

  44. Green Flower-Embroidered Velvet Top
    ? 5th April, 2019
    Clothing photos, Seasonal colours, Spring colours

  45. "Oh My God. He's Dressed Like a Europe Flag!"
    Monday 25 March, 2019
    Brexit clothing, Clothing photos, Hats

  46. More Spring Colours
    ? 1st April, 2019
    Seasonal colours, Spring colours

  47. Spring
    ? 21 March, 2019
    Miscellaneous, Seasonal colours, Spring colours

  48. Pink Regency Velvet Coat
    Friday 8 March, 2019
    Clothing photos, Coats, Velvet

  49. Purple Velvet Coat
    Monday 4 March, 2019
    Clothing photos, Coats, Velvet

  50. Mărțișor, μάρτης, мартинка, мартеница
    Friday 1 March, 2019
    Clothing photos, Martenitsa

  51. Splendid Ankle Length Gold Embroidered Velvet Coat
    ? 25th February, 2019
    Clothing photos, Velvet

  52. Navy Blue Embroidered Velvet Coat
    ? 22nd February 2019
    Clothing photos, Coats, Velvet

  53. Splendid Red and Turquoise Kimono Coat
    ? 18 February, 2019
    Clothing photos, Coats

  54. Hunkpapa Red Tailcoat
    ? 15th February, 2019
    Clothing photos

  55. Blue Heavy Cotton Sarouel
    12th February, 2019
    Sarouel / harem pants, Clothing photos

  56. Maroon Embroidered Turkish Cape
    Friday 8 February, 2019
    Capes, Clothing photos, Velvet

  57. Klaus Rheiner Orange Velvet Jacket
    Monday 28th January, 2019
    Jackets, Clothing photos, Labels, Velvet

  58. Purple Velvet Jacket
    Friday 25th January, 2019
    Jackets, Clothing photos, Velvet

  59. Ravi Sehgal Bright Red Velvet Jacket
    Monday 21st January, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels, Velvet

  60. His Lordship Bright Green Velvet Jacket
    Friday 18th January, 2019
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels, Velvet

  61. The Pod/Piccalilli Effect
    Monday 14th January, 2019
    Semantics of style

  62. Connotation and Denotation: Would You Wear a Saliva Tree?
    Friday 11th January, 2019
    Semantics of style

  63. Assertive, Rigid, Rude, Sad, Unattractive, and Coarse: I Chose My Font Well for Mrs May's Speech
    Monday 7th January, 2019
    Semantics of style

  64. Fun, Environmentally Friendly, and Food for the Senses
    Friday 4th January, 2019
    Miscellaneous

  65. Real Girls Don't Wear Trousers
    Monday 31st December, 2018
    Attitudes, Cartoons

  66. The Power of Colour
    Friday 28th December, 2018
    Attitudes

  67. Pavement Pleasure
    Monday 24th December, 2018
    Attitudes, Clothing photos

  68. Vaisto High-Waisted Sarouel
    Friday 21st December, 2018
    Sarouel / harem pants

  69. Greek Costume at the Benaki
    Monday 17th December, 2018
    Sarouel / harem pants, Traditional Greek costume, Vraka

  70. Hose, With Doublet: 17th-Century Men's Dress Patterns 1600-1630
    Friday 14th December, 2018
    Historical costume

  71. Box Pleats for Warmth
    Monday 10th December, 2018
    Kilts, Pleats, Vraka

  72. Vraka
    Friday 7th December, 2018
    Sarouel / harem pants, Traditional Greek costume, Vraka

  73. Use the Wayback Machine!
    Monday 3rd December, 2018
    Blog meta

  74. Citizen of Nowhere on a Brexit Farewell Tour
    Friday 30th November, 2018
    Brexit clothing

  75. Colormind II
    Monday 26th November, 2018
    Colour analysis, Colour-scheme generators, Machine learning

  76. Designing Handbags with pix2pix
    Friday 23rd November, 2018
    Automated fashion design, Machine learning

  77. Primark and the Spectrum Suckers IV: Brown Needs Purple?
    Monday 19th November, 2018
    Colour analysis, Colour-scheme generators, Machine learning

  78. Colormind
    Monday 19th November, 2018
    Colour analysis, Colour-scheme generators, Machine learning

  79. Primark and the Spectrum Suckers III: Four Browns, Two Greys, and a Black
    Friday 16th November, 2018
    Attitudes, Colour analysis

  80. Colour Quantisation
    Friday 16th November, 2018
    Colour analysis

  81. MISSING???

    Colour analysis

  82. Visualising Clothing Colours as a 3D Cloud of Points II
    Monday 12th November, 2018
    Attitudes, Colour analysis

  83. Colourful Cowboys with Green and Purple
    Monday 5th November, 2018
    Colour combinations, Illustrations

  84. Placeholder: the Hackers and Hardware Freaks of Borin Van Loon
    Friday 2nd November, 2018
    Cartoons, Illustrations

  85. Green and Purple
    Friday 26th October, 2018
    Colour combinations

  86. Purple Satin Sarouel
    Monday 22nd October, 2018
    Clothing photos, Sarouel / harem pants

  87. Orange Satin Sarouel
    Thursday 18th October, 2018
    Clothing photos, Sarouel / harem pants

  88. Silver Silk-Velvet Sarouel
    Monday 15th October, 2018
    Clothing photos, Sarouel / harem pants, Velvet

  89. Silver Silk-Velvet Jacket: Dress Reform and the Leg-of-Mutton Sleeve
    Friday 12th October, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Velvet

  90. Seasickness Between Two Shelves at Zara, and Buttons in the Mucous Membranes
    Thursday 11th October, 2018
    Miscellaneous

  91. Dress Reform, Architecture, and Modernism
    Tuesday 9th October, 2018
    Attitudes

  92. The little black dress is the solution. But what's the problem?
    Monday 1st October, 2018
    Attitudes

  93. Chromophilia in Oxford
    Friday 28th September, 2018
    Attitudes, Clothing photos

  94. The Brightest Thing She's Wearing Is Her Bag: Chromophobia in Oxford
    Friday 28th September, 2018
    Attitudes

  95. Flowered Ballerina Top
    Monday 24th September, 2018
    Clothing photos

  96. Emerald-Green Kimono, Much Loved
    Friday 21st September, 2018
    Clothing photos, Kimonos

  97. Blue Paisley Kimono, Much Loved
    Monday 17th September, 2018
    Clothing photos, Kimonos, Silk

  98. 天宝工 TianBaoGong Peacock Kimono
    Friday 14th September, 2018
    Clothing photos, Kimonos, Labels

  99. Gallery Updates
    Monday 10th September, 2018
    Blog meta, Gallery

  100. Short Rations
    Friday 7th September, 2018
    Austerity, Cartoons

  101. Style Transfer: Does Deep Learning Understand Art Deeply?
    Friday 31st August, 2018
    Machine learning, Style transfer

  102. Using Style Transfer to Design Clothes
    Monday 27th August, 2018
    Automated fashion design, Machine learning, Style transfer

  103. Austerity Patchwork
    Friday 24th August, 2018
    Austerity, Cartoons

  104. Style Transfer: a Summary
    Tuesday 21st August, 2018
    Machine learning, Style transfer

  105. Style Transfer
    Monday 20th August, 2018
    Machine learning, Style transfer

  106. Homage to Picasso: Scarlet, Blue, Intense and Bold
    Monday 13th August, 2018
    Yves Saint Laurent

  107. Flowered Earth-Toned Kimono Top
    Friday 10th August, 2018
    Clothing photos, Kimonos

  108. Eastex Liberty-Print Shirt
    Monday 6th August, 2018
    Clothing photos, Labels, Shirts

  109. Heather Valley Delphinium Purple-Blend Shirt
    Friday 3rd August, 2018
    Clothing photos, Labels, Shirts

  110. Real Men Don't Wear Lace
    Monday 30th July, 2018
    Attitudes, Cartoons

  111. Knitted Flowers on White
    Friday 27th July, 2018
    Clothing photos

  112. More Embroidered Flowers
    Monday 23rd July, 2018
    Clothing photos

  113. If Only Prince Charles Had Given Him Permission
    Friday 20th July, 2018
    Attitudes

  114. Wallis Brightly Striped Linen Blazer
    Monday 16th July, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels

  115. Variations on a Theme of Black and Gold
    Friday 13th July, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets

  116. Black and Gold Brocade
    Friday 13th July, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets

  117. Gallery
    Monday 9th July, 2018
    Blog meta, Gallery

  118. The Decorative Impulse
    Sunday 8th July, 2018
    Attitudes

  119. The Buttons on the Other Side
    Saturday 7th July, 2018
    Attitudes, Buttons, Grayson Perry

  120. We Were Promised Jetcars
    Friday 6th July, 2018
    Attitudes

  121. Neck or Nothing
    Thursday 5th July, 2018
    Attitudes

  122. Jake Velvet Paisley Gold and Black
    Monday 2nd July, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels, Velvet

  123. A Dulux Challenge
    Friday 29th June, 2018
    Attitudes, Clothing photos

  124. Agnès b. Blue with Yellow Bubbles
    Monday 25th June, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels

  125. Chinese Green
    Friday 22nd June, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Silk

  126. Can You Identify These Buttons?
    Wednesday 20th June, 2018
    Buttons, Capes, Clothing photos

  127. Бжоһєд Cyrillic Silver-Grey Top
    Monday 18th June, 2018
    Clothing photos

  128. Benetti Purple-Blue Blend
    Friday 15th June, 2018
    Clothing photos, Shirts

  129. Anna Murphy, Shake My Hand
    Monday 11th June, 2018
    Attitudes

  130. Chinese Blue
    Friday 8th June, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Silk

  131. Woven 1960s Flowers
    Monday 4th June, 2018
    clothing photos

  132. Four Embroidered 1980s Flowers
    Friday 1st June, 2018
    Clothing photos

  133. Scarlet Satin Devil-Dice
    Monday 28th May, 2018
    Clothing photos

  134. Arrow Vogue Print
    Friday 25th May, 2018
    Clothing photos, Labels

  135. Gaydar Blip
    Monday 21st May, 2018
    Attitudes

  136. Westgate Drab
    Friday 18th May, 2018
    Attitudes

  137. Primark and the Spectrum Suckers
    Friday 18th May, 2018
    Attitudes

  138. Falabella Velvet Indigo
    Monday 14th May, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Labels, Velvet

  139. Colorpoint Roman Aliens
    Friday 11th May, 2018
    Labels, Shirts, Silk

  140. Black and Gold Silk
    Monday 7th May, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Silk

  141. Artesania Pop Wuh Embroidered Foliage and Flower
    Friday 4th May, 2018
    Clothing photos, Waistcoats

  142. May Morning: the Coloured and the Odd
    Tuesday 1st May, 2018
    Clothing photos

  143. Jaeger Russian Red
    Monday 30th April, 2018
    Clothing photos, Coats

  144. Antique Velvet and the Nihilistic Sewer
    Friday 27th April, 2018
    Attitudes, Velvet

  145. Oakland Velvet Fruit and Flower
    Monday 23rd April, 2018
    Clothing photos, Labels, Velvet, Waistcoats

  146. Fosby Velvet Glow
    Friday 20th April, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Velvet

  147. What Is It Like To Be A Bat?
    Monday 16th April, 2018
    Attitudes

  148. What Does He See In it?
    Friday 13th April, 2018
    Attitudes

  149. Pink Silk
    Monday 9th April, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Silk

  150. Chinese Red and Moroccan Green
    Friday 6th April, 2018
    Clothing photos, Colour combinations, Moroccan clothing

  151. Chinese Red
    Monday 2nd April, 2018
    Clothing photos, Jackets, Reversibles, Silk

  152. Kardashian Type Two-and-a-Half Civilisation
    Friday 30th March, 2018
    Attitudes

  153. Pavement Pain
    Monday 26th March, 2018
    Attitudes

  154. Pavement Pleasure
    Friday 23rd March, 2018
    Attitudes

  155. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Scarlet
    Monday 19th March, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Velvet

  156. Moroccan Embroidery
    Friday 16th March, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing

  157. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Garnet
    Monday 12th March, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Velvet

  158. Shorts from the Sahara
    Friday 9th March, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi

  159. A Strange Moroccan Fabric
    Monday 5th March, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi

  160. мартеница
    Thursday 1st March, 2018
    Clothing photos, Mărțișor / mártis / martinka / mаrtenitsa

  161. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Maroon
    Monday 26th February, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi, Velvet

  162. You Can Carry It Off
    Friday 23rd February, 2018
    Attitudes

  163. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Purple
    Monday 19th February, 2018
    Clothing photos, Colour combinations, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi

  164. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Turquoise
    Friday 16th February, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing

  165. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Chocolate
    Monday 12th February, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing

  166. Dress Code
    Friday 9th February, 2018
    Attitudes, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi, Sarouel / harem pants

  167. Sarouel
    Monday 5th February, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi, Sarouel / harem pants

  168. Saaibestrijding
    Friday 2nd February, 2018
    Clothing photos

  169. The Sullen Boredom of Jeans
    Monday 29th January, 2018
    ?

  170. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Silver
    Friday 26th January, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi, Velvet

  171. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Orange
    Monday 22nd January, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi, Velvet

  172. Qandrissi
    Friday 19th January, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi

  173. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Green
    Monday 15th January, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Qandrissi, Velvet

  174. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Violet
    Friday 12th January, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Velvet

  175. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Blue
    Monday 8th January, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Velvet

  176. Morocco Brought Me Colour: Pink
    Friday 5th January, 2018
    Clothing photos, Moroccan clothing, Velvet

  177. Morocco Taught Him Colour
    Monday 1st January, 2018
    Moroccan clothing, Yves Saint Laurent