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Matte's Where It's At

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Vince sequin top

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Pamela Love red jewelry

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Black bangle

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Nixon crystal jewelry

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Maison Martin Margiela brass jewelry

299 - farfetch.com

FOSSIL rose watch

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Button jewelry

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Nixon The Time Teller P Watch

$42 - tobi.com

Ellis Faas 'E103′ Creamy Eyes

23 - liberty.co.uk

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Nixon Timeteller PU Matte Black

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Reproductor MP4 Apple iPod Classic Negro de 160 GB – Sonido Portátil -…

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32ct Matte Burgundy Shatterproof Christmas Ball Ornaments 3.25″…

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I want to talk about matte stuff. Meaning, no shine.

matte

1 [mat] Show IPA adjective, noun, verb,mat·ted, mat·ting. adjective

1.having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.

But I don't want to talk, because I wrote this long post a couple of weeks ago and now I can't find it and that it really frustrating. But the point was this. Technology drives fashion. You can't DO matte black until you can MAKE matte black. So what happens is that usually, the factory figures out how to do something, they show designers and designers implement it.
Designers no longer drive the overall aesthetic.
In this case, everything in the known universe is going matte black and zippers and rivets have just caught up. Why haven't fabrics? Because the technology isn't there. If it was, it'd be in the stores already.
For me, the greatest missed opportunity in fashion right now is matte chenille and velour/velvet.
Matte satin — also not a bad idea. But I'm not seeing it.