#im so confused theres no way favourite colours matter that much right?

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WAIT VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR SINGLETS DO YALLS FAVOURITE COLOURS CHANGE A LOT???? IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR CHANGING RANDOMLY AND SOMETIMES RAPIDLY A SINGLET THING OR IS THIS-

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What if I fakeposted about my ocs. What then

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Me: [after talking about aliens n space for 3 hours] I dunno I just think they’re kinda neat

🌌 cosmicgirlthing follow

Your record is actually four hours

🛸 ang3l-baby

Sometimes I just black out and talk about doctor who a lot too

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💣 emooooeeeekid follow

Ive had girlfriends before which is really weird because I am the most idiotic loser ever. Bitch what do you see in me

🌌 cosmicgirlthing follow

This is true you are very much a loser

🎬 samthehotdog follow

I second this

💣 emooooeeeekid

Listen here you little shits

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I’m very publicly intersex and my favourite thing about this is that I am a high schooler and my classmates get rlly confused all the time and its so funny

🎬 samthehotdog

I like to ask them why they’re so interested in my dick (or lack thereof) and they usually just combust or something

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high schoolers are very invasive an insensitive so I like to give them the funniest answers possible

I once told a kid that when I was born they asked me if I wanted a dick or a vag and I couldn’t decide so they gave me one of those multicolour pens where you click down the things to get the new colour

🎬 samthehotdog

That. Is the best thing I have ever heard

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Theres so many fucking fags at my school I hate this stupid place

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What are you doing on this website

🍊 bowser-jrjrjrjr

Stfu tranny

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I go to OP’s school and I can confirm he is very stupid and mean and nobody with any sense actually likes him

🎬 samthehotdog follow

Lmaooo

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Vent under the cut

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Fuckin got you didn’t I

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Go fuck yourself

💣 emooooeeeekid

Don’t mind if I do

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There’s something wrong with both of you

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>be me

>have a crush on a guy

>guy likes someone else

>other guy is homophobic, used to be my friend but dropped me when I came out

>dont have the heart to tell my crush

Hes gonna get his heart broken either way and like :((( UGHH i just want him to like me

🎬 samthehotdog follow

Oof thats rough pal

🧢 jord-the-trans follow

Yeah Im real sorry abt that Val :(

A little off topic but I didn’t know you had a crush?

💣 emooooeeeekid

Haha nope. No crush here. I dont have any crushes nosireee

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Real subtle mate

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🛸 ang3l-baby follow

Im just gonna make it clear right now if you don’t think that straight aces are lgbt i need you to get the fuck off my blog right now

🌌 cosmicgirlthing follow

are you vagueposting abt your boyfriend’s haters

🛸 ang3l-baby

Die mad

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anonymous asked: wait you have a boyfriend ???

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Actually @:reedinthemarsh isn’t my boyfriend he’s my wife

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When did we get married also when did I transition???

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It’s only a matter of time

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GELP???

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My parents think that me being non-binary might be confusing for my little brothers but I explained it to them once and they immediately understood, said “okay” and then asked me what my 2nd favourite colour was

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URL check

Cosmic: nope

Girl: nope

Thing: sure why not

[simptasia]

Tell me all about LOST all I know is from Dane Cook

that is. such a funny sentence

aw shucks, its tempting, but i don't wanna give ya spoilers. and there are truly things in lost that must be experienced by your own flesh

...yes im aware of what my blog is like

so i guess i'll give a vague spoiler free overview

so. a group of plane crash survivors find themselves on a mysterious island and have to deal with the strange happenings + their weight of their individual traumas

the show is serialized and one ep more or less flows into another, so literally no ep can be skipped (no matter what anybody says) or else you'll miss something

its a large ensemble cast, ranging from the 13 to 20s range, all in all i think theres like 35 main characters

the show follows a flashback structure, each episode dedicated itself to a main plot on the island intercut with flashbacks to one character. we call these centric episodes. eg. this is a jack centric episode. sometimes an ep will have multiple characters have flashbacks in one ep. while this show didn't originate the concept of a large cast or flashback storytelling, it did popularize it in the early 2000s. so a lot of post 2004 shows wanted to be lost so bad and it shows

at first lost was a survival show but they gloss over this very quickly and its more about the weird shit going on. as time goes on, plots and mysteries stack up. this is to create intrigue, as the shows main focus is an endless parade of character studies. with the added bonus of some cool and twisty shit going on too

but because lost had so much plot, over time it got accused of being confusing and convoluted and Not Answering Questions and well. your mileage may vary. but i think its confusing if you watch it too slowly. like, it aired over a 6 year period, no wonder people got confused. its better to watch nowadays, way easier to handle

the genre of lost is: drama mystery action paranormal sci fi romance with a dash of comedy. lost is full of the saddest fucks you'll ever meet but the show contains enough levity and great colouring to make it not a huge misery fest

pretty decent racial diversity. next to no LGBT rep. more women than the average tv show. then and now

the score FUCKS

not a single bad actor in this entire show, the performances on display are fucking outstanding. and every emotion is like up to 11, which is great for my autistic brain

for those of you who find sex scenes to be tedious, i have a bit of trivia for ya: all sex in LOST happens off screen. not a single sex scene to be found. pre sex, yes, post sex, yes. making out, yes. but sex itself? footage not found. i'm neutral on the concept, i just thought that was something to point out

i highly recommend lost to, like, anybody. ever. its a masterpiece of television. even the low points are better than most shows. sometimes i take lost for granted and then i watch any other drama series and im like "oh right, lost is incredibly good"

its my third favourite show. and thats only cuz star trek and doctor who exist, and nobody is beating those fuckers

anyways do you like to see beautiful people cry and scream but it isn't cringe?* well, i've got a show for you! *okay there is some cringe. as a treat. the leading man of this show has the social grace of a cold pancake (affectionate)

thank you for your time

[heliophilial]

𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔 . (a tbz 3rd year anniversary special)

genre :angst ,fluff (more of brotherhood)

group and member involved :the boyz ,all members are involved !

between :the whole group and thebs hello cuties <3

warnings :u may or may not cry but i cried typing this so gluck ig HWUJDF

word count :844 (i didn’t count my notes to thebs and the boys in)

brief description :when all seems dull ,when times are grey ,it is only when we are together that the world gains its colour .theres no one else like you ,no one else like us ,theres really nothing like us .

playlist :literally just nothing like us by justin bieber like a 1 hr loop or smth ,depends on how long u take to read this

before you continue to read also please note that ‘we’ refers to thebs here !!

quiet .peaceful .light snores of the members filled the dorm .the room filled with nothing but darkness .black shade hovering over the members faces .they had just wrapped up a little celebration in the living room with cakes and party poppers to celebrate their 3rd year together not long ago .shortly after wrapping up the party ,they had fallen asleep on the couch ,all lying on one another comfortably .

sangyeon slowly blinked his eyes open .he rubbed his eyes and slowly unwrapped eric's hands from his waist and placed chanhee's legs that were on his lap onto the space of the sofa that he had previously occupied .careful to not wake the members up .

he looked at the members' sleeping forms and smiled ,glad that they were finally able to catch some rest after their packed schedules .he walked to the kitchen to fetch himself a glass of water and at the corner of his eyes ,he spotted a glimmering light .he placed his glass down and approached the light that was so very alluring for some reason .

there on the shelf of where all their awards have been placed on ,laid a book with its contents blinding his eyes with its bright light .he inspected the book for a while before proceeding to open it with caution .

inside the book ,there were sketches of the key moments the members have shared together such as their debut stage ,their first ever music show award as well as their first ever full length album promos .as he flipped to the first page that displayed their first moment together ,there were harsh winds blowing past him and a force from the book pulled him towards the page and right into it .

he looked at the 12 boys on stage ,introducing themselves for the first time to the whole wide world .and he looked at them with pride and honour in his eyes ,the boys' who had no idea what being idols would be like for themselves ,clueless of what the future had in store for them .he looked at them from the bottom of the stage and sucked in a breath ,"wow we've really grown a lot ."he thought .

after they had introduced themselves as a group and individually ,the sight in front of him suddenly pauses and his attention gets diverted to the door to his right .

he walked into the room .

he gets transported to the very first time they cried together ,over the pain ,over the stress ,over the tiredness of it all .

he looked at the 12 boys shedding tears of pain .he swallowed the lump in his throat ,the feelings of helplessness ,confusion ,fear coming washing over him once again as he sees the very moment they broke down .

tears flows down his face ,and that my friends are tears of the caretaker ,the leader ,the person whom the members depend on ,lee sangyeon .

as heavy as the weight he carried ,the tears poured like a fierce and powerful waterfall .

and then the door right next to him yet again invites him to step into yet another memory .

he steps onto the stage of road to kingdom ,and as he looks ahead the ending poses of all their road to kingdom stages are there right in front of him .all the members still and not moving ,just statures .

he walks down the long stretch ,as he looks at the legacy they left behind ,the power and strength ,the confidence from these stages that the members have gained progressively with each stage .

as he finally reaches the other end of the stage ,the screen opens up to when they had their 'the stealer'promotions .where they had their wins .

his smile grew wider and wider as he walked through all the performances they have done for the stealer and all the trophies they have gotten from the era .

and finally he reached another door .a door with a question mark on it .

he opens the door ,to pitch black .

darkness ,just darkness .and the fear in sangyeon grew ,"what does this darkness mean ?what is it gonna be for us ?"

suddenly , the door creaks open to reveal the members one by one .

sangyeon looks up at them and suddenly the fear stops ,hes no longer afraid as he looks into their eyes .

they ran to him and extended their hands out to him .

he proceeds to embrace all the members into a big tight group hug .drops of colour starts to paint the room ,slowly forming a picture showing the many stages they have performed ,every milestone theyve achieved ,the concerts ,every moment with their fans ,every moment together ,every vlives .everything starts out when theyre together .

we opened the door carefully ,proceeding to join our hands together and form a circle surrounding the boys .as we cried tears of joy and pride ,we hugged each other as well and this is when we knew

"theres nothing like us ,theres nothing like you and me ,together through the storm ."

for thebs

thank you for being one of the most caring ,loving ,welcoming and inclusive fandoms ever .to all the thebs all around thw world ,thank you for supporting them and giving them love as well .i love yall <3 lets protect them at all costs ♡

for my beloved boys

hello my loves ❤ik its 12 am in korea already but i still just wanna type this for you !so there's really a lot of things i want to say to you ,im sure many of us have already said whatever im about to say but i will still say it to remind you or to let you know that ,yes ,you do make me feel that way ,you do make me feel those kinds of feelings .

i dont know how ,like no nothing at all can show how grateful i am towards you .i cant tell you how many times there were this year when i just got beaten up (mentally)to the point that i couldnt even have the energy to stand back up and continue life normally .but whenever these times come ,ik i just know even though youre not here physically ,i know you want me to stop crying ,i know you would want me to stop hurting myself and i know you would stay with me even when my walls come crashing down onto me .you made me feel the greatest kind of happiness possible ,i never knew that this feeling was even possible to feel until i met you .

there was never a moment when i regretted stanning you ,supporting you and giving you all my heart and soul ,my energy ,everything .i just want you to know that you are so special ,so wonderful ,so incredibly talented ,so hardworking ,so beautiful ,just the most amazing bunch of people ever .ive never seen people so passionate ,so ready to help ,so genuinely loving and caring towards the people who love them .

i know its hard to be an idol ,and i know that its especially hard to even speak your mind ,speak what you wanna say without having the media chase you down .but i just wanna let you know that we are and will be by your sides forever .no matter what happens ,im sure ,very sure u know that u can run right back into our arms like how uve always welcome us back into urs .u are the people who made me feel the most bizarre feelings ,beyond happiness ,beyond joy ,beyond euphoria ,beyond all the feelings ive ever felt in my whole 16 years of living .

we are so proud of you of how far youve come ,how much youve accomplished .im so so proud ,so so happy to be able to call myself a fan of yours ,a theb ,someone who so dearly supports you .and i really hope you know that .i would wish for there to never be an end to this .for all i know ,im in this shit for life ,forever ,till the end .

im just so happy because of you ,i feel joy ,i see the light in life ,the reasons to live ,so much more prominent to me now because of you .there will come one day ,when we can finally see each other face to face and i can finally shout out to you ,my words of gratitude ,my words of thanks and my words filled with love and affection for you and just see your faces .but till then ,please take good good care of urselves ,rest well and eat well okay !we're always here ,remember !❤

its really been a rocky and crazy ride these 3 years ,you my friend ,are indeed the best character i can ever invite into my story 💜i hope youre sleeping tight ,i love you so much more than words can ever describe .with that ,happy 3 years to my favourites ,my loves ,my bbs ,my shining lights ,my everything ,happy 3 years to the boyz ❤💜💙💛 - berinne

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drunk on school trip AU ∞ taehyung

Taehyung hadn't been very sober when he walked in the room. 

As he (barely) recalled, and his brain was really fuzzy with the booming music from the club still ringing in his ears and alcohol whooshing in his veins in a away that made his head spin and everything in it fuzzy and a little skewered, he’d clumsily swiped his room keycard somewhere on the front of the door, and somehow it slid into its holder, the door had clicked and the ditzy brunnete had stumbled into the dimly lit room. There were two beds, the shared nightstand, the window wall that overlooked brilliantly sparkly nightscape that was currently obscured with heavy cream coloured curtains, its darker tassels hanging loosely at the ends and it all looked the same, just that they were all in the opposite way, like  a mirror image of his original room. The beds were on his right rather than left, and the TV set had been facing the other way as well. 

But then again it might just be the alcohol buzzing in his veins. Either way, Taehyung didn't really truly give two shits. Or one, for that matter. He just wanted to lay his head on the soft, downy and inviting pillow and sleep everything off so he can quickly wake up and suffer through a bad hangover and a self-lecture of how last night was such a bad idea and then do it all over again the next week. He debates doing something, but then blinks and forgets what and settles for yanking his pants off and dropping into bed.

The blanket underneath him curls, then, shrieks in surprise and Taehyung pulls back as hurriedly as his sluggish system allowed, more out of an instinctual reaction than surprise. He sees the dark lump of fabric shift before a crown of darker hair pokes out at the end, the confused and annoyed frown on your face and—

“Who are you?” 

The stranger beats you to the question, and even in the midst of sirens going off in your brain in panic it’s hard to miss the deep, almost dark timbre of his voice, velvety notes of his tone that made him sound alluring. He spoke lowly, slowly, almost slurred as if he was a little drunk or maybe it was just a burglar tactic to get you distracted, although burglars probably don’t come in unmasked and have pretty (albeit almost glassy) eyes and lashes to go with or ask questions like—

“Is that... Bulbasaur?” he squints in the darkness, scrambling closer south to get a better look. 

Belatedly, his question makes you realise your state of dress, or lack thereof. You had planned for an early night (much to Jennie’s disappointment) and you were most comfortable going to bed with minimal clothes, and being roommates even back at the dorm, Jennie was used to it. Sleeping in your undies was nothing to be embarrassed of. Even if it was Pokemon-themed. 

You weren't so sure now. 

“Oh. It is...Bulbasaur, I like Eevee though. Eevee’s- Eevee’s my favourite,” he stumbles through his words, frowning and head almost lolling to one side as he squints at the little cartoon characters printed on your panties. For someone who is drunk, this stranger was quite perceptive about the randomest of things. and with quickly building horror you watch as the stranger lifts a finger and reaches right for your -

THWACK. 

He drops like a dead fly and you stare at the remote control in your hand. Pure dread crawls through your skin, fear swirling and rising like bile in your throat. You considered googling “How to get away with murder”, panicking even more because it sounded like a questionable thing to be in your search history if the police ever get involved and settled on grabbing your phone instead.

[2:33AM] You: namjoon 

[2:33AM] You: NAMJOON 

[2:34AM] joonie: yea

[2:34AM] You: is there a law thign where u can hit ppl inself-defence 

[2:35AM] joonie: what 

[2:35AM] joonie: ?? are you okay? did you kill someone

The text stares at you hauntingly. Do you admit to it? Maybe texting wasn't the best option because screenshots were a thing and now you could've just secured yourself some evidence that could very well land you in jail for 30 years. The sound of something soft draws your attention away from your phone momentarily and discreetly, you detect a small, rough sound that seemed to repeat like- 

[2:37AM] joonie: _________ what the hell happened

[2:38AM] You: nvm hes snoring ??!

[2:38AM] joonie: what? who??

[2:39AM] You: he was drunk n came into my room and i panicked ok and hit his head w the tv control 

[2:40AM] joonie: what the fck ‘

[2:40AM] joonie: a stranger came into ur room?

[2:41AM] You: idk maybe 1 of us but theres so many grps on the trip so i dunno

[2:41AM] You: probably i guess

Lip tucked under your teeth, you hastily snap a quick picture of the boy who’s out like a light at your legs. 

[2:41AM] You: Sent Image_3245.jpg

[2:42AM] joonie: jesus. tae

[2:42AM] You: tae??

[2:43AM] joonie: How did he even end up in ur room our rooms are

[2:44AM] joonie: literally 8 floors apart

[2:44AM] joonie: hang on im going up and getting him 

[2:45AM] You: ur roommate sounds like an idiot

[2:45AM] joonie: i agree

:::::

You see Tae again two weeks after the incident, in the midst of wandering through the Applied Sciences department building in search of that new convenience store that was rumoured to sell mini tubs of Ben & Jerry's. Wednesdays were always unfortunate and you figured you needed some sort of pick-me-up considering you were done with tutorials at four but had the last lecture of the day slotted at all the way at seven. Your friends were kind enough to stay with you for a little bit more than an hour, but as much as you loved them and their company, you didn't want to hold them back. 

It happens when you pass by a pair of boys, seemingly lost in their own chatter and bubbles of chuckles. Wholly unbothered by them or anyone else, you hurry past them, your only mission being to head for the new store at the end of the block but a hand at your shoulder makes you whirl around, and suddenly you’re staring at two boys who are staring right back. The one in a sweatshirt with a cute doodle of the sun looks towards his friend, a little confused and slightly uncomfortable being in the middle of sudden, awkward encounter. You mirror his actions, turning to look at the taller boy, a little perplexed until -

“Miss Pokemon panties?” 

“Wh-,” you feel heat streaking across your cheeks, hands shooting forward to clap a hand over his mouth before anything else. Your mind reels back to the series of events on that night, the pretty... drunk stranger stumbling in your room that turned out to be Namjoon’s friend- 

“Tae?” 

Oh?

Tae makes a muffled sound of pleasant surprise against your palm, which you quickly retract.

“I’ll just? Excuse myself then,” your gaze slides over to the other boy, who quietly tries to make his leave. You’re about to stop him when Tae bids him just about the loudest goodbye that seemed to echo through the hallways, and suddenly it’s just the two of you alone. 

“Sorry,” he blurts before you have the chance to say anything. “For that night.” 

“I was about to apologise for knocking you with the remote first,” you say. 

The grin he flashes you is boxy, endearingly so that you can't help but smile back. 

“I’m Taehyung, by the way. Tae for short, which I guess you already knew from Namjoon,” he sticks out his hand for you to accept, giving yours a light squeeze when you accept.

“_________.”

“I’d much rather call you Miss Pok-”

“Don’t,” you purse your lips in a tight-lipped smile that doesn't quite reach your eyes that are oddly hard, the promise of murder behind them if he so much so dared mentioned that ever again. Taehyung pales a little, silence hanging static in the air before he doubles over, and then backwards in laughter. 

“I’m kidding. Are you on your way to a lecture?” 

“Kinda. It doesn't start until 7,” you say, a hint of sulkiness in your tone that Taehyung doesn’t miss. “I’m looking for that newly opened shop at this block,” you trail off hopefully in case he knew anything about it. 

“Oh! Yes, it’s that way,” he gestures and is already walking towards his own directions, prompting you to follow.  

Quickly, you try stopping him and convince him with an it’s fine, you should just go back with your friend, but Taehyung just holds up a finger as if he’s going to have none of that.

“I think I’d rather much hang out with you instead of going to Mr Lee’s lecture,” he replies with all the nonchalance in the world. 

“You’re going to skip lecture? Look, I appreciate your help, but I can find the ice cream on my own, you can’t miss your lectur-” 

“Ice cream?” his ears prick up at the word, eyes rounding and grin spreading in glee. “You really just convinced me to stay instead of going. Unless. I’m bothering you...?”’ he’s already stopping, ready to leave at your word. 

“No, no, just-,” you splutter. “Are you sure?”

He flashes you that boxy grin, roguish and covertly cheeky and tinged with the promise of mischief that abruptly made you shy away but drawing you in all the same.

“As it is, I would very much like to spend the Eevee-ning together with you.”

[andreialukeny]

In Conversation with Dr. Wongakaew

Sitting at Istituto Marangoni within the dynamic environment of the university I sat down with the creative director, visual artist and stylist Manrutt Wongakaew, for a conversation about his journey in fashion and current affairs.

Born in Bangkok, Thailand he took his first degree in industrial design in architectural school which enabled him to be involved with interior graphic products, ceramics and textile design which he then chose as the subject of his thesis due to his interest in fashion. In 2000 he moved to London and attended CSM for a year for a portfolio preparation in order to become more familiar with the British system on research sketchbooks. With the will of pursuing a more fashion related course Dr.Wongakaew applied to MA Womenswear but as they said no the university suggested to reconsider fashion prints however, as he had done a textile degree previously he didn’t want to have that focus again. At that time he went to Pineapple dance studio at Covent Garden in the evening and one of the teachers recommended and encouraged him to audition for full time training for a dance degree.

I didn’t know anything about the dance world but I wanted to be in London.

She recommended Manrutt to audition at Sudo Centre, after getting the place he graduated from a BA in theatre dance yet he took took the most out of the experience so as he was studying he was also designing the sets, the choreography, the lights and the costumes. Since dancing at the age of 21 was considered late he decided to complete a Masters degree in Contemporary dance. Such led his family to encourage him to do a PhD since everyone in the family has one.

Moving to dance meant to a certain extent leaving the fashion aspects behind in Manrutt’s career yet he found a way to merge these two subject matter. As a result of his journey at this point there was a clear relation between both which was then fused for his Phd where he studied the way textiles perform and move differently depending on the way a model poses or walks. They pose a particular way to show the silhouette of the garment so theres a close relationship between fashion and dance.

Q) What lead you to choose London?

A) I originally thought of Paris, just to be different because my mum and my brother went to America and my sister was here so I wanted to go to Paris. But then I thought the amount of time for me to learn English, and then if I had to do that for French, I couldn’t. My sister had already been here in uk so it was easier having her to show me around.

I think I fell in love with London, I think theres something about the raw energy, the youth culture, the street fashion with the history of punk, the 60’s, theres a lot of vibrant sub-cultures… something rebellious about London. Almost like fuck you fashion attitude that I really admire.

I think Im quite rebellious myself so therefore I’m in tune with those energies.  It’s now been 17 Years in London and i look back and I feel that without London I couldn’t have found my voice and still felt ok being me. So I think there’s something about diversity, freedom and passion.

Q) Have you always known fashion was what you wanted to pursue?

A) I think I have known from a young age. Fashion became my escape, growing up with my family was difficult; my parents are together but theres a lot of conflict within the family and I felt quite alone at those moments. I remember crying myself to sleep every night and what saved me through that was fashion. My first vogue magazine was an American Vogue from 1994 and there was a photo editorial of Peter Lindbergh for John Galliano at Christian Dior, theres a whole series and I remember I kept sketching those figures, all the time. That was my first escapism which brought me from the painful reality into a fantasy world. The trend now is more documentary like and minimalistic in terms of editorial, we don’t look much at what Tim Walker does or the 90’s of the big fantasies, and its my vision to bring those fantasies back to the fashion world. With the whole Gucci movement everyone is into colours and prints and that became a trend but I see it as my path, as my journey, its what I believe in. Because now a days when I look at a magazine it doesn’t transcend me a fantasy world anymore.

It’s my vision to bring what is in my rainbow world to here.

Q) What is fashion for you?

A) Fashion for me is a medium,

Fashion for me is the same as a watercolour for a painter so its a tool to express, to communicate to create to explore

and also of course fashion is a business and thats the challenging part because everything is under the capitalist society. You need to sell, you need to make profit, so the balance between the business and the creativity… that’s the challenge for us when we go into it. When I look at the work now a days its more tailored to commercialisation of fashion, they create things for clients for commercial purposes and sometimes people don’t really care about creativity anymore.

The way that I teach and my practice is I never look at trends, I don’t follow trends, I create something that has my signature and that will last beyond. So sometimes I’m struggling with telling my students to look at trend forecasts and whats going on outside. But its up to us weather we are doing things to only get a job and get rich or do we do things because we love it, my style is my signature. I feel like we are bombarded with images that we can’t digest in one day, so why would I keep exploiting labours and energy to make a shoot that means nothing to me apart from selling products. So if I don’t have impulse to create or say something I’d rather not create anything. Its nearly a fine art approach. Im not saying my thinking is right but it works well for me.

Q) How would you define the role of a stylist?

A) A stylist is like a curator that curates objects, people, clothing, items into the set.  My problem with that is I don’t see myself as a stylist because sometimes when we talk about a stylist people think about someone that brings the garments to dress something. So with our course, Styling and Creative Direction degree I want you to be artists, and it’s an overarching concept, you don’t just dress the model, you need to have a concept, this is what I want to ask, this is how I built my team and this is what I want to convey. So as a stylist you can bring the clothes and just sit back, but in my personal projects I bring in concepts and I develop them. So it become more 360º so I see that as a creative director, I think part of the program here is to teach us to be that and I find it problematic when theres a lot of stylists outside that try to extend their role.

Q)  From observing your work it is obvious that there is a big influence of dance, what other subjects influence you the most in styling and creative direction?

A) It’s always about the society we’re living in and about being human, because if you look at my website most of it is nearly as if they are wearing emotions. You can have a sense of joy, anger, confusion, anxiety, depression.

So fashion for me is a way of showing emotions and to portray how images provoke feelings.

There’s always a social or political sub-text, how fashion treats woman, sustainability, masculinity, pollution so there are all the sub-texts I circulate within my work.

Q) What has been your favourite project and why?

A) I have one, theres a community project I was asked to style and direct a shoot for tower hamlet. They worked with a clothing brand that promotes sustainable fashion by creating clothes from only one piece of cloth.  So they worked with tower hamlet to create a project to train people with learning disability to go back to society. They asked me to come and I turned all these young adults into super heroes for a day, I believe we are all special in our own way and we have a special power; I keep saying that to every school I go to. People who don’t understand this power take it away because they don’t know how to deal with it, they feel threatened and jealous by it. But it’s not about how to control that power but to embrace and celebrate it, so to celebrate who we are. So I gave that power back to these young disabled adults after we dressed them, the brief was to see an honest smile.

Theres a lot of photoshoots with plus size-models and disabled models but what they do is they push the silhouette of high fashion to these models, they are not celebrating who they are as they claim to be.

With this project I asked them what is your special power. They were incredible in front of the camera and then we filmed them again and asked them how did that feel, one of them said “this is the best day of my life” and to see such smiles after performing with my direction was something amazing.

Q) What lead you to be a teacher and how does it impact you?

A) Last summer, I got a Facebook message from a friend of my landlord saying that he had a friend with a summer school and that they were looking for a teacher to teach Introduction to Fashion and Textile Design. He didn’t know anything about the course or the quality of the students but asked me if I was interested.  I got the email on Wednesday night to start teaching Monday morning, in a international school that becomes a boarding school for 2 weeks.

Being there for 2 weeks allowed me to see their progress, and in the afternoons they had activities which I then joined. The struggle that I had been through with the industry for the last three years, I then passed that on to the young generation who are still looking for their identity. They want to be cool for school, they want to conform, they want to fit in, but of course theres also other people who don’t fit in, when I was in school i didn’t really fit in.

Teaching allowed me to be a nurturing parent to them and respond to what they needed rather than ‘this is what you need to learn’. If a student doesn’t want to learn there’s no point, I think it becomes mostly about listening to what they really want and finding a brief to tailor to that.

I remember for the final project, the brief said they had to do a dress out of paper, and I would ask people “if there was one thing that you could change in the world what it would be”; so that was the inspiration of the collection. I got a dress inspired by global warming, deforestation, terrorism, everything made of found objects and paper and it was unbelievable. Some of my fashion networks were surprised and that really ignited a fire in me. Because I really don’t like academia and I resisted that for a long time, but I really enjoy teaching. After summer last year I really wanted to do more, giving talks about fashion, identity, being human, community outside academic because I feel like I learn from school but I learn a lot from life, I feel like its my duty to bring that here to the university.

Q) What advice would you give to upcoming stylists?

A) Be yourself, be brave, be bold and be you. I think thats what is unique about us, our background, our experiences, no one can take away from us. Something for me is I never do safe because the markets are over crowded. How can we stand out?

If we do something safe it’s not going to get noticed but if I put something over the top but its not quite me thats not me either.

So my recommendation is to reach in, absorb what’s going on outside in terms of references and style and what’s going on in the society, what we believe in. Put that in a box shake it and that’s it, that’s you.

Moving into more serious matters….

Q) Fashion is increasingly in line with political and social change, movements and perspectives how do you view this?

A) Absolutely fashion is an art form so what art does is challenge, question, destabilise what’s going on in the world, so I think fashion is one medium to reflect that and I would value the content on this context over formal aesthetics.

Q) Condé Nast International has recently announced the code of conduct that protects models, do you think this will make a relevant change to what has come to be a big issue in the industry?

A) I find that in UK we have to do something for the sake of being politically correct but the subjects of racism, sexism, agism are all engrained in the society and specially fashion, so with the law to protect but the people still believing in those judgments things go underground.

 I would believe it’s not about implementing the law but individuals to stand on their feet and say “these are my boundaries, these are my fees, of course you give me exposure but I cant pay my rent with exposure”. 

So once we all sand up for ourselves that will create a community and a ricochet. We can enforce laws but we have to protect ourselves by being ourselves and say no.

Q) In a world that is more cosmopolitan than ever do you think the fashion industry is doing enough to embrace this diversity and what do you think still needs to be done?

A) Not enough at all, I see diversity as a way os us informing one and other to live all together so it’s not about fighting about our rights. I see it as a way to embrace and celebrate the differences, but it has become a marketing tool for many brands that don’t really care about diversity on the first place. It’s still pretty much dominated by white middle-upper class culture. To challenge that I see is to destabilise these boxes and showcase how we can appreciate and live with one and other.

Q) With online being the new reality and paper magazines being in decline how do you feel this reflects on the role of a creative director?

A) Theres a change in the media platforms but I still feel that something tangible, something old school print will come back. I will keep prints I like but I can live without these Instagram images and online magazines. And there are tones of them I can’t digest. I’m not going to print it but if I see an editorial I like I’m going to keep it, if I’m in the magazine i’ll keep it, not only the digital form. I think the fashion system is evolving, part of it is declining but it’s also allowing people like us to create a community to go back to old school, something tangible, something to exchange, something non-digital I think is on the way back. 

Of course technology will carry on, Instagram, Gigi Hadid, the “you have to have x followers to walk my show” will carry on, let them be but I’m doing this.

Q) Social Media (especially Instagram) has been a indispensable medium by brands and even individuals in a professional matter but it is known that in a few years Virtual reality, 3D printing etc will be a big part of our daily life, are you curious about these changes and how do you think it will impact fashion?

A) Technology and 3D printing are tools that are there to help us but we don’t need to use them. What about the craftsmanship for building a prototype? When I come to school some students hate to draw, they can’t even draw, but they are brilliant at photoshop. 

For me I’m really favoured of skills, of course times are changing but I think there’s something tangible in skills and something machines cannot do. 

So we blame the next generations that we all look at the screen all the time, but then when I question it... when we teach them we make them look at the screen, looking for references, doing it digitally, so we have to change that.

Q) Fashion is one of the most polluting industries and numbers show there has been a decline of used clothes. Do you think people are not aware of the situation or is there a lack of interest in finding eco-solutions?

A) I think people are aware, others just don’t care. Human beings are lead to greed, corruption and consumption but not all of them... some of us want to make the difference.

Q) What is your view on brands and how they balance their creativity and the business aspect, are they becoming less genuine and merely business lead?

A) They are but we don’t have to accept it. We can choose people who we want to work with, grow with and become our community. Some people want to play games and climb the ladders, but that system is falling down. 

So I want to encourage everyone to be entrepreneurial , to find what they really like, what they believe in and find how a way to turn that into their practice. And my question is how can we make that profitable and sustainable? 

We might not need thousands of pounds to live, but as long as we have certain things covered I think that’s enough for me. So with this thats going on in the fashion world let them be but by being truthful and honest about ourselves it will allow other people to do the same and come together building something that is actually supportive and nurturing and this lack of genuineness will continue but we can change our perception and how we interact with one and other, be honest and be real!

All Images sourced by Dr. Manrutt Wongakaew’s official website: www.manrutt.com