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So dramatic, this one. 😜 #14thfactory (at The 14th Factory)

Some are born with a critical eye. 👦🏻 🖼 (at The 14th Factory)

Poppy squat. 📷 @chewbaccraphan (at Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve)

🗽💃🏻 (at Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve)

Bill: How do I look? The Bride: You look ready. #killbill (at Kill Bill Church)

🎶 Bang bang, my baby shot me down 🎶 (at Kill Bill Church)

"Don't be a hard rock when you really are a 💎..." The 👩‍🔬 approves of the 🎁. #wdywt #modcloth #instantvintage #cazal (at Chinatown Central Plaza)

#cazal #instantvintage #wdywt #modcloth

Ending an incredible week in Austin with BBQ. Great job team! #vansfamily #livingoffthewall #sxsw #houseofvans #vans (at Austin, Texas)

#vansfamily #houseofvans #sxsw #vans #livingoffthewall

Kicked off my @sxsw 2017 experience with humility, honesty and hope for the future of cancer work. Thank you @vp44. 🙏🏽 . . . #Repost @ohnonotcano ・・・ Former Vice President Joe Biden speaking about the Biden Cancer Initiative earlier today. (at SXSW)

#repost

Thank you @johnkstudios! #renandstimpy #happyhappyjoyjoy (at Pasadena Comic Book and Toy Show)

#renandstimpy #happyhappyjoyjoy

Everyday goals. 👏🏽😂❤️ 2.25.17 #souxgrace (at Los Angeles, California)

#souxgrace

🎶 "All I need in this life of..." 🎶 (at UNION)

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Consider a Military Hem

The above photo (subject redacted) represents one of my pet peeves in the no-break-pants age. I don’t mind a short trouser, but when you start hemming your trousers to no break or highwater levels, the hem at the back of the leg is often left flapping in the breeze. It just hangs out there, like it’s got nothing better to do.

One solution is to hem your trousers on a slant, so the front is higher than the back. The technique is also known as a military hem or guardsmen’s hem, although military tailors have other tricks beyond slanting the hem to get the right, extremely clean effect on uniform trousers.

Image via Alan Flusser’s Dressing the Man

Hemming your trousers with a slight slant allows the front crease to rest at the top of your shoes and the rear crease to end lower on the heel, so it’s not oddly jutting off at the ankle. The effect generally looks quite natural; it won’t look slanted when worn. (There’s also a mod tradition of a stepped hem, where the hem is clearly uneven at the seam, and sometimes even embellished, to allow for a specific trouser break.)

Many alterations tailors will give your trousers a slight slant already, without telling you, but you should be specific if you know you want one. It’s a pretty straightforward alteration for plain hems–it can be a challenge for cuffs. Rather than cut the cuff at an angle (like a ticket pocket), which would be a little ridiculous, some tailors recommend cutting it straight, then adding a small dart to the front leg of the trouser behind the cuff to give the front a little lift. Although I’m a firm believer in DIY and have hemmed my own pants in the past, I’ll leave that one to the pros.

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Reskate

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50 years after its debut, a restored version of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène’s first film Black Girl is now available from the @criterioncollection. Fresh Air critic at-large John Powers says:

“We can all name movies that take place in Africa – from the many adventures of Tarzan to Oscar winning hits like Out of Africa – but these are not movies that actually come out of Africa. They were made by outsiders looking in. In fact, I’d wager that most Westerners have never seen an African story filmed from the inside.

There’s no better way to correct this than Black Girl, the taut, moving, 1966 film that’s widely regarded as the first-ever fiction feature by a black African director. It was written and directed by Ousmane Sembène, a brilliant Senegalese auteur who wasn’t merely the godfather of African cinema but probably the greatest artist it has yet produced. Now out on DVD, Blu-ray, and iTunes streaming in a gorgeous new restoration from Criterion, Sembène’s debut feels as timely today as it did half a century ago.”

Hear the full review.

🔘🔦⚪️ SK8-Hi Transit Line. . . . #vans #3m #underthepalms #strictlywaffles

#strictlywaffles #vans #underthepalms #3m

📸@scdempsey (at Culver City Stairs)

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