Comments on: You’re wearing that— again?!?

By: gm

gm — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:07:36 +0000

The clothes don’t look too bad – but her hairdo needs to change. Bangs don’t usually suit grown-up desis, but some can get a way with the look.

By: Nidhi

Nidhi — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:30:53 +0000

I agree with several other comments that people are being way too critical/cynical of this project. I would also be curious to see how individuals who bring up sustainability and environmental issues in such vivid details, actually apply some of those things to their life. does lol_wut does not wear plastic, metal, wood anything? A lot of the talk about sustainability is very theoretical and we can go to town arguing it. And sheena, in the first place, didn’t want this to be an experiment ENTIRELY about sustainability or recycling or accessorizing. It has evolved into this interactive project where people send in accessories etc and a great example is the necklace she wore today made by kenyan women. As a blog, her project is already doing a lot of great things including creativity, charity, recycling, inspiring etc.

By: khoofi

khoofi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:50:26 +0000

ongoing tension in fashion discourse between individualization and standardization, the detail (all her accessories that work to distinguish each day from the next) and the uniform (the black dress that serves as her blank canvas).

By the beard hair of the Guru, the calculated insouciance is sublime, but that banana is a slug machang. dont eat.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:43:39 +0000

Hey, just thought I'd mention that I wrote about The Uniform Project at my fashion theory and politics blog Threadbared. I expand on some of the questions asked in these comments to point to the ongoing tension in fashion discourse between individualization and standardization, the detail (all her accessories that work to distinguish each day from the next) and the uniform (the black dress that serves as her blank canvas).

By: ari

ari — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:00:11 +0000

Amazed at the disparaging comments about her…I think the gal’s super cute (including her haircut, which very few can pull off without looking like Johnny Depp’s rendition of Willy Wonka!), but, despite her project’s shortcomings, its value is symbolic in nature. This is a cool, well-intentioned project that more effectively sheds insight into the variations in Indian school garb than it does to encourage sustainability. However…she’s also raised funds that will go a long way in providing school gear for indigent youth!

By: rogan josh

rogan josh — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:50:26 +0000

outweigh the greater good of a community which is only sustainable through civility and courtesy.

not to forget accessorizing with seven copies of the same dress

Welcome back, anna.

By: Nayagan

Nayagan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:48:00 +0000

sm intern,

My criticism is always available to be delivered in-person, with my lovely face proffered for whatever treatment it may deserve.

All expenses, travel and accommodation to be compensated of course.

By: Nilanjana

Nilanjana — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:37:42 +0000

FYI, there was an article in the NYT Magazine on this project.

By: phillygrrl

phillygrrl — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:16:56 +0000

What an awesome idea. I’m jealous. I’d do it, but I’m too afraid of what my co-workers would say. Sigh. Our society doesn’t encourage the kind of simplicity that would benefit the environment.

By: SM Intern

SM Intern — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:59:16 +0000

What, is she made of paper? I'll bet she could take criticism far worse than someone calling her project dumb. If she can't, she shouldn't put herself out there like this.

Just because one can be deliberately rude, obnoxious, negative or incivil does not mean that one should be.

There's a way to level constructive criticism. This blog--and the world-- would be a better place if our readers who comment learned and appreciated that.

Finally, I call bullshit on a few of you. I don't think you'd tell her that this project is dumb or that her haircut is ugly, to her face. Perhaps she is reading this and is exceptionally thick-skinned, and does not care. But I am reading this and I see how corrosive such comments are, how they discourage posting, by both bloggers and commenters, and how the need for a few of you to snark doesn't outweigh the greater good of a community which is only sustainable through civility and courtesy.