Eventfulness
February 24th, 2007 by MrLuxuryFashionGuruYipes, we’ve had a pretty full day.
Surprise news from two friends. Pretty surprising news – surprising enough that I felt glum and drained for a bit.
A surprise comment, much more pleasant of a surprise, although it made me feel a little bad too – this is why it’s easier to lavish praise than to give criticism, I think. I’ll have to deal with it some other time though.
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Almost all of my afternoon, evening and night was spent struggling with just one fiddly aspect of my dataset. I feel like I just worked on a very hard, very long Ec problem set, and I’m *still* not done. What’s particularly frustrating is that the cumulative 30+ hours that has been spent on just this single, very simple indicator will probably translate into an overlooked line in my thesis: “Data for per capita GDP measured in constant 2000 US$ was compiled for the respective country years (see details in Appendix II, Section b)”.
Arghgh. Never mind that of course the countries I’m working with have terribly patchy, approximate or non-existant economic/demography/weather time-series data. And that the different sources I’ve had to reconstruct my data from have used non-equivalent reporting choices and naming conventions. Plus of course I’m not exactly an expert on how to interpret and manipulate PPP, constant/current LCU and deflators to get exactly what I want. Trust me, it was a lot harder than it seems. More accurately, it remains a lot harder than it seems – I’m not even done because I simply cannot get the figures for Afghanistan to look plausible so I’m clearly doing something wrong.
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Meanwhile, in a much happier place (relative to where I am with work), Milan fashion week continues. I haven’t had much of a chance to look through the collections, and womenswear is so impossible to keep abreast of anyway. Based on what I’ve seen so far, I’m impressed at how Miuccia Prada translated the vision she presented at her menswear show into womenswear, given how difficult that vision was (I especially remember the ultra-fuzzy, slightly boxy, enveloping sweaters and coats). And Cavalli really surprised me with the direction he’s taking, further and further away from what he’s known for – I’ll have to look at the collection again to decide whether I prefer the new restrained and lady-like classicism to his more theatrical, super-glamorous previous work. And Dolce & Gabbana! Oh! It was pretty much everything we’ve come to expect from that runway – super-strong, aggressively sexy, stunningly iconographic ensembles and dresses. In contrast, the Gucci womenswear seemed much more subdued, and at first glance appeared to be missing some of the confidence of the menswear.
Time for bed.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am
I love Italian style, especially in shoes and accessories! Have never been to Milan but this post inspires me to go.
June 23rd, 2011 at 9:48 am
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