Karl Lagerfeld in an interview said that fashion provides a lot of jobs for people. from the making of the fabrics, to the cutting, sewing, in the manufacturing plants, to the designers, to the producers of the shows, to the sellers, to the buyers. fashion touches everything. fashion he said is also not about being dressed head to toe in one designer, it's about having one expensive piece that you prize, and mixing that with other pieces from h&m for example.

personally, i think we are here on this planet to express ourselves in creative positive ways. not everyone has yet learned how to express anger in a creative way or frustration, which is why we still have wars and kill and have negative things to say.

fashion helps people express who they feel on the inside they are, and may times having something that is like a power object, made well, cost money, you had to save up for it, but when you wear it it's like a medallion that gives you strength and power. can be shoes, can be a jacket, can be a bracelet, can be a watch. sometimes i think we are all decended from the kinights of the round table and we all have our power colors and clothese and armor that makes us feel good.

fashion is so important--otherwise why not all just go back to being mao.

I wonder why many people are hooked up to using fashion magazines during these times of economic recession. It is easily accessible, yes, but do you think you can save money and invest using those fashion ads and periodicals? Fashion magazines are darned popular, helping the fashion industry have far more pull these days than it has seemed to ever have. Granted, it's likely that it has more to do with zealous marketing departments for fashion magazines than actual merit, but some high end periodicals such as the International Herald Tribune runs some fashion ads that seem irresponsible in a recession. For example, Luis Vuitton handbags (small luggage that costs about $1,000) and Rolex and Patek Phillipe watches cost way more than you'll be able to afford with online payday loans. (Casio works just as well, by the way.) It almost seems unfair to allow the existence of fashion magazines when you think about it.

OK, now I can add to the list of reasons to study Haskell for my students:

• mathematical syntax and semantics;
• great job opportunities (see Galois);
• sweeping OSCON like wildfire (see Simon's talk);
• meet French fashion models! :)

Perhaps they'll model some Haskell merchandise from haskell.org?

Merci :) il y a encore beaucoup de travail avant d'arriver au niveau de cette librairie et notamment en ce qui concerne les polices. Je sais pas si j'aurai le courage :) mais je vais essayer.