links for 2008-10-07

• Style.com: Michael Kors Fall 2008 Ready-to-Wear Collection
  Why am I posting on this? Well, as Jason Kottke notes, the collection is inspired by the period-perfect Mad Men. And that obviously cannot go wrong.
  (tags: fashion)
• David Friedman Photography: The Denim Factory
  A look at a Kentucky factory that manufactures distressed jeans. Artists or con artists? I procrastinatorially post, you decide.
  (tags: fashion)
• NYT Interactive: The Measure of a President
  Great graphic from design firm Open NY showing the winning candidates for president since 1896 and their heights and weights. Were John McCain to win, he'd be the shortest president since William McKinley. (via Swissmiss)
  (tags: politics design history 2008)
• DNA India: Controversy over goddess Durga riding an elephant
  The next time I fret about the litigious American society, I will remember that someone in Uttar Pradesh sued over someone showing the goddess Durga riding the wrong animal.
  (tags: india stupidity religion)

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