So fashion.
Mixing High and Low
Photo Credit: The Sartorialist, Janie in Milan
“I was fascinated by magazines. I scribbled, drew shoes, picked clothes out for my mom. She really encouraged me. She bought me my first sewing machine and she’d bring home fresh flowers and say, ‘Draw something for me.’ I’ve always had a very supportive family. There are all these sorts of stereotypes that certain backgrounds – Asian families – want to direct you into certain [careers] but my family has always been, ‘This is where your talent is, let’s go for it.’ And with that I’ve been very lucky.”
-Alexander Wang reveals to Telegraph UK.
Photo credit: The Sartorialist, Kanye in the street, Paris
Resort Collection 2012
A peek at Resort 2012 shows us that resort fashion this year is broken up into three catagories: stark whites, bold colors reminiscent of fall, or a combination of the two using a pattern or color blocking (which is very prominent for Spring/Summer 2011 thanks to Prada.) Whites, blacks, and orangers predominate with splashes of yellow, pink, red, and blue.
3.1 Phillip Lim Resort 2012
Gucci Resort 2012
Givenchy Resort 2012
Suno Resort 2012
Proenza Schouler Resort 2012
Christian Dior Resort 2012
Vionnet Resort 2012
Altuzzara Resort 2012
Marc by Marc Jacobs Resort 2012
” I’d like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they’re wearing what they like and what suits them. It’s not a status thing.” - Marc Jacobs
Photograph by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for the May 2011 CFDA Journal.
Photo credit: The Sartorialist, Rivington St. New York
“I often wonder, sometimes I think the people who buy our clothes live in a parallel universe. Hell, we can’t even afford our clothes.”
-Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler tells Grazia magazine what he thinks of their customers. They are collaborating with Target for an afforable line.
Love the dress
Jessica Chastain wore a gorgeous modern colored dress with vintage lines to the premier of her film “Tree of Life” starring Brad Pitt.
Men’s fashion pop up shop: NYC’s blackout/soccer inspired
In 1977, NYC had a blackout that few could forget. Looting, riots, burning, and chaos. It also happens to be the day that Brazilian soccer player Carlos Alberto Torres flew into NYC with the New York Cosmos, a popular team at the time.
To commemorate the mayhem, Umbro is launching a special collection called “Cosmos for a Blackout.” The items will be sold in a pop up shop in the lower East Side’s Reed Space. On opening night, the store celebrated the opening with a brick thrown through the window.
Torres, who will be in town for the brick-bashing opening, to ask what he most remembered from that dark day. “No showers! I got to my hotel and had to sit in the lobby — it wasn’t until late that evening I could finally get into my room after a long day traveling,” he said with a laugh. But the night life clearly made up for it: “Man we used to go to Studio 54 one night and hear Frank Sinatra at Carnegie Hall the next.”
Photo credit: anonymous, location unknown.
What I love about this photo is the traditional style of the European man. Jacket, creased trousers, and the ever ubiquitous scarf. Add to that the allure of an adorable bicycle and you have yourself a fashionable man. This particular style is making a huge comeback this season, with the difference now being shorter length pants (suit shorts are apparantly all the rage) and slightly more tailored lines.
