softgrey and the city...

the here and after...

2012-01-24T22:07:00.000-05:00

*from the soundtrack of the film PINA by Wim Wenders...

edible art...mimi's first meme...

2012-01-16T06:25:00.007-05:00

Rothko inspired cookies by Mimi O Chun...

*lemon flavoured...in case you were wondering...

ka-pow...pre-fall 2012

2012-01-09T13:41:00.002-05:00

3.1 phillip lim
*the must-have piece of the season so far...

*images from modaoperandi.com

argh...pt 2...

2011-12-17T16:21:00.001-05:00


shot in DUMBO- Brooklyn, NYC

fashion...

2011-12-15T21:56:00.000-05:00

...is fantastic...*

how to become lady gaga...

2011-12-13T12:51:00.002-05:00

Photo: Hedi Slimane

1984: Madonna had just performed for the first time on American Bandstand when Dick Clark asked, “What are your dreams- what’s next?” Madonna smirked coyly and replied, “To rule the world.”
By all accounts, Lady Gaga is the new Madonna. No, wait… Gaga is the new Grace Jones. No, wait…Gaga is the new…well, whatever you like, really. But there is no question that she has at least taken some cues from these female pop icons who paved the way and basically wrote the book on how to rule the pop and fashion worlds simultaneously.

The very first step is: Get a great look. And the very best way to do this is to go directly to the source. Find the right fashion people to work with and create that look and then hire an actual fashion photographer to shoot your album/cd covers. The list of fashion photographers with whom Madonna has worked over the years includes such industry giants as Mario Testino, the late Herb Ritts and the very brilliant Steven Meisel. Grace Jones worked regularly with Jean Paul Goude, who also happened to be her boyfriend, creating some of the first ever music videos, which were, in essence, short art films. These ladies set the bar and, they set it HIGH.

Gaga’s first choice of photographer is an interesting one. Hedi Slimane is responsible for the lovely, iconic black and white portait of the singer peeking out from behind the collar of a slick patent coat, among others. Fashionphiles will recognize this name instantly. Hedi Slimane is not just any old photographer, but an actual, bona-fide, in-the-flesh fashion designer turned photographer. Slimane was originally appointed to design the Yves Saint Laurent menswear collection when YSL himself stepped down. Subsequently, Tom Ford took over at YSL and ousted Slimane.

Photo: Hedi Slimane

Not down for long, Slimane was soon hired to design menswear at Christian Dior. Under his brilliant creative direction, the new look of Dior Homme revolutionized men’s fashion, and instantly became the most coveted menswear brand in the entire universe - with bands like Franz Ferdinand sporting his signature skinny suits on stage and in music videos and Hollywood starlets like Nicole Kidman modeling a slimmed down version of said suit in the pages of American Vogue. Dior Homme was simply the epitome of COOL. And so was Slimane himself. At one point, Karl Lagerfeld even proclaimed that the reason he had been motivated to lose so much weight was in order to be able to wear Dior Homme.
The legions of fans became a clan, the clan became a cult, and the cult grew, until all that really existed in the world of men’s fashion was Dior Homme by Hedi Slimane. The world has Slimane to thank for the whole skinny jeans phenomenon and post-grunge/neo-grunge aesthetic. Essentially, the whole hipster scene evolved out of the Dior Homme look. Slimane’s work has helped to define a generation of young men. Defining the look of a pop star would be a piece of cake in comparison.

Photo: Hedi Slimane

Check! We've got a great fashion photographer on board. Now we need access to all the greatest fashions of the world. Who can get us access to everything and pick out the coolest, most interesting fashions…even having pieces made, if necessary?
Enter Nicola Formichetti, fashion stylist extraordinaire.
Born to a Japanese father and an Italian mother, and usually referred to as Nic by his associates, Formichetti is the man behind the curtain pulling it all together. Some of Nic’s prior projects have been runway shows for Gareth Pugh, cashmere ‘monsters’ for Uniqlo, and he is a regular contributor to V Man, i-D mag, and creative director of Dazed and Confused. A very busy man, he also works regularly on shoots with Hedi Slimane (quelle coincidence, no?).

Vogue Japan- styled by Nicola Formichetti

Thanks to Formichetti, Lady Gaga’s wardrobe is full of pieces from major fashion houses, as well as up and coming or little known designers, ranging from Prada, Margiela, and the late, great McQueen, to people who push the boundaries like Gareth Pugh, French designer Romain Kremer, and hat designer Nasir Mazhar. Going even beyond the album cover, they work together on editorial shoots for magazines, on music videos, live performances, and wardrobe for award shows and public appearances.
Acccording to an interview with the UK Times, the two “fell in love”, as he puts it. “I became part of Haus of Gaga, the group of creative people around her. Together, we create her outfits for everything. We come up with tour ideas and music videos. We just shot the Bad Romance video. I put all the fashion credits on my blog, then Gaga twitters about it. It’s like a living fashion magazine.”

And that, my friends, is how to become Lady Gaga.

it's everything...

2011-12-11T18:44:00.001-05:00

*yes, it's everything...

Photo: Martin Bone

what does a fashion stylist do?...

2011-12-06T12:36:00.001-05:00

according to Suzy Menkes...

Stylist: "a slippery description that can mean fashion coordinator, image director, gofer at photo shoots or, more recently, a person who reinvents a brand or repositions a designer's direction on the runway."

*i think image director is the one that best suits the really top stylists...

streetstyle...how to wear sweat pants...

2011-11-30T22:37:00.001-05:00

*this is how i wear mine...

grey wool/satin knit pants by sacai
dk navy tropical wool cutaway blazer by yohji yamamoto
wht rayon t shirt-?
blk sheer striped u-nk t shirt by 51inc
slvr shell lapel pin by mina perhonen
brushed slvr handcuff bracelet by helmut lang (old school)
blk suede ankle boots-? purchased on 8th street

art attack...nick cave...

2011-11-01T02:52:00.002-04:00

Exhibition:

Nick Cave: For Now

Chelsea, New York 2011

lightbox...

2011-10-28T13:38:00.002-04:00

Calvin Klein store window
Madison Avenue, NYC

hope...

2011-10-22T19:08:00.000-04:00

HOPE F/W 11.12
by Ringstrand Soderberg
Stockholm, Sweden

Market Collection

Smart Collection

Main Collection

HOPE website

streetstyle...what to wear to a rock concert...

2011-10-05T22:59:00.000-04:00

light grey XL t-shirt- j.crew...
dk grey t-shirt- target plus size dept...
skinny knit tuxedo pants- jonathan saunders for target (living in these)...
motorcycle boots- TAO for comme des garcons...

*boot detail here

music...

2011-09-21T23:59:00.001-04:00

*makes everything better...

who is edward enninful...?...

2011-09-15T19:04:00.020-04:00

A conversation with W Magazine's new fashion director...
*excerpt of my interview from 2009...

Edward Enninful talks about models, styling, working for Anna Wintour...
and being able to transcend...

W Mag... ph: Steven Meisel

Having been an editor at i-D by the tender age of 17, at the time of this interview Enninful had achieved the styling trifecta - working for i-D, American and Italian Vogue magazines...
*wishing him all the best in his new position at W magazine...

Softgrey: You’ve had quite an amazing career.

Edward Enninful: Thank you. I don’t know how, but somehow I managed it! (laughs)

SG: And you started very young. That’s kind of remarkable. Do you think that could happen now?

EE: You know, I ask myself this question all the time… and I ask (other) people. I think that I started at a very different time. I think that when I started, fashion in England wasn’t as international as it is now. You know, we had two magazines that we worked for and I was sort of head of one. We had a thriving music industry where we made money- because we didn’t do advertising back then, we did pop stars/musicians. So we made money, and then that money was spent on your editorials. Things were kind of a little more innocent then. I think if I started now---to be fashion editor of a magazine at 17---it would probably be…No, it would be very difficult. Things are a little more commercial and I think it’s a little more cut throat today. And Conde Nast is such a juggernaut now. Back then there were British Vogue and American Vogue and a few others. Now there’s every kind of Vogue, in every kind of country. So it was a very different time.

"I think, somehow, I’ve retained a personal kind of voice."

SG: I was actually looking at some of your earlier work for i-D. I’m wondering what you think about your own work. Has it evolved? Has it changed as well, along with the market?

EE: Oh my god! I think more than anything that’s probably what’s kept me going. Because when I started off at i-D, things were very avant-garde, you know? Very based around second-hand clothes, and the (flea) markets, and not commercial. So, with the trajectory of my career---now I work at American Vogue--- it’s almost like going from one extreme to another. And then there’s Italian Vogue. But I think somehow I’ve retained a personal kind of voice. You know, the woman that I always aspire to - it’s always a cool girl…from London...from Portobello! Somehow in my work, it’s always a girl like Kate Moss. Like, even when I’m styling it’s like…'Oh - how would that girl wear this or that…?'

Kate Moss

rapture...

2011-09-13T01:11:00.002-04:00

*spotted Emanuelle Alt and Mario Sorrenti at the Blondie show...

Debbie Harry 1988

she's got legs...

2011-09-12T01:34:00.000-04:00

she knows how to use them...

Round-the-Clock hosiery ad : 1987

*song by zz top

how to wear fur...

2011-09-10T05:58:00.002-04:00

Gianfranco Ferre ad by Albert Watson: 1989

symmetry...

2011-09-09T14:38:00.002-04:00

"perfect symmetry is ugly…i always want to destroy symmetry..."

*Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons

DIY... menswear...

2011-09-08T00:04:00.002-04:00

recycled t-shirt jacket designed by cris easter

*aka purechris...

style icon...chrissie...

2011-09-07T16:26:00.003-04:00

*chrissie hynde turns 60 yrs old today~!

art attack...robert longo...

2011-09-01T00:03:00.000-04:00

Robert Longo : Men in the Cities, 1979

robertlongo.com

what i'd wear today...

2011-08-31T01:44:00.000-04:00

Y-3 fall 2011

adidas.com

if i could get my hands on chrissie hynde...

2011-08-30T22:27:00.003-04:00

*this is how i would dress her...

blk leather coat
blk wool sweater
blk leather button front mini -all by chanel
motorcycle boots- yohji yamamoto


blk pony cropped jkt- adrienne landau wht tuxedo shirt- ? blk suede laced front pant- alexander mcqueen

dk navy waxed cotton and gabardine coat- costume national
raw denim mini w/folded hem- Y-3
shoes- stella mccartney

what's better?...

2011-08-25T01:08:00.001-04:00

is it better to chase rainbows - a la dorothy...
or to tilt at windmills - a la don quixote>?

or in the words of the bard aka shakespeare...
'to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing, end them'...

hard to say...
but the latter was definitely considered insane while the first was only labeled a dreamer...

still...
i think i have my eye on a couple of windmills right now...

*oops...there she goes again* ...

what's an idea worth?...

2011-08-23T13:41:00.004-04:00

The creative role of a fashion stylist...

Brand strategy…brand management…

This is a concept that many companies outside the fashion industry are starting to look at more closely. In this overcrowded, oversaturated marketplace, every brand is looking for an edge, either to reposition themselves or to establish their identity. Companies currently exploring this notion range widely, from Johnson and Johnson to major hotel chains and a great many fledgling Internet companies.

Gucci ad campaign-styled by Carine Roitfeld

Fashion companies have long employed stylists in this role, because in fashion, obviously, image is everything. The best stylists are highly regarded for their vision, razor sharp instincts and their ability to filter information, zeroing in on the best of the best. In a sense, they are styling the brand; carefully putting together all the pieces of the puzzle into one strong, cohesive statement in order to set the brand apart from everything else on the market. It is not just a matter of putting together a 'cute look', but about considering all the factors as to why a certain look works for that particular brand at that particular moment in the world. It's about merchandising a collection in the best way to maximize sales volume. It's about knowing the difference between how something looks in person and how it will photograph for the ads and the web. It's about understanding the retail experience at the point of sale, both online and in store. It's certainly about creating an image- but ultimately- it's about selling clothes. Lots and lots and lots of clothes...

What all well-respected professional fashion stylists possess are great instincts, a strong vision and creative new ideas, coupled with years of experience -
*it's all about the 'EYE'...

Ms. Carine Roitfeld

One very famous example of this is Carine Roitfeld, former editor-in-chief of French Vogue. Ms. Roitfeld is largely credited by fashion insiders with the enormous success of the Gucci brand under Tom Ford. As the stylist for all the runway shows and provocative ad campaigns and as the ‘muse’ for the collections (she has been quoted as saying that a number of garments in the early collections came straight out of her personal wardrobe/closet), there is no question that she had a major impact on the image (and the product) of that brand.

Ironically, at a time when many companies outside the fashion industry are finally beginning to recognize the value of this creative role, so many fashion companies appear to have lost sight of it. With a great many brands having been purchased in recent years by business-minded people (often with no fashion-related experience), many of them now seem focused only on the bottom line. It’s almost as if they cannot comprehend the value of a stylist’s work, because it’s not something which can easily be measured and plugged into a calculator.

Which leads to the question: What's an idea worth?

The exact figure remains elusive. Truthfully, an idea is something ephemeral and difficult to quantify. However, whatever that figure is determined to be, one can be sure it is a necessary part of the price of success.

you ARE a fashion geek!...

2011-08-22T19:32:00.002-04:00

here are the answers to the quiz!...(see post below)
*how did you do?...

1. Alber Elbaz; YSL womenswear
(bonus: He left because Gucci group bought YSL and Tom Ford wanted to design YSL womenswear himself)

2. Riccardo Tischi
(bonus: Alexander McQueen)

3. Patrick Robinson
(bonus: Todd Oldham)

4. Raf Simons

5. Rochas, Nina Ricci and Theory (in that order)

are you a fashion geek?...

2011-08-19T13:38:00.025-04:00

Michael Caine

Once upon a time...

there were science and math geeks, identifiable by their pocket protectors, heavy black glasses and their ability to tell you the square root of the hypotenuse without batting

an eyelash.

That was then and this is now-

these days we have a relatively new  phenomenon...  
the fashion geek! 

These are people so devoted to [AKA-obsessed with] fashion, they can take one look at an article of clothing and instantly identify the designer, the season and possibly even name the model who wore it down the runway. This may not sound like much, but with runway shows twice a year in 4 major cities [three times if you count couture and even more if you count menswear and resort], this is no small feat. These are people who take their fashion quite seriously, thank you! They follow the careers of their favourite designers the way some might follow that of a pop idol, eagerly awaiting the upcoming collections as one would a new release from a favourite artist. And while many of these fashion frenzied folk will never own any of these garments [let's face it- how many of us have an occasion to wear a couture gown?], they follow the shows with an almost religious fervor.

There is, of course, a subcategory to this phenomenon - the model geek...
These are the folks who can tell you how many shows a girl has done in each city each season, how many ad campaigns she is appearing in, and list all of her vital statistics, including her age, where she is from and even whether or not she is a smoker!

So, are you a fashion geek? Here are some clues.

If you can answer three or more of these questions correctly, you might be a fashion geek, in which case, you would be in some seriously stylish company!

Take the QUIZ...

**answers posted here**

1. Who is currently the designer for Lanvin and what job did he have before this one?
[bonus points if you can tell why he left his last job]

2. Who is the current designer for the House of Givenchy?
[bonus: which British designer resigned from this position because he did not want to work for a corporate giant?]

3. What designer was recently removed as the creative director for the Gap?
[bonus points if you can name who was appointed creative director for Old Navy]

4. Who is currently the designer for Jil Sander?

5. Designer Olivier Theyskens has designed for three labels, besides his own - name them.

Olivier Theyskens photographed by Karl Lagerfeld

collage...

2011-08-17T16:54:00.000-04:00

*this is a test...

colour...

2011-08-16T14:02:00.008-04:00

madras s/s 2011

*i just like this print...

images from totokaelo

work in progress...

2011-08-15T14:04:00.003-04:00

red light... green light...

2011-07-25T14:13:00.000-04:00

i always said that driving in nyc is like playing a video game...

nyc traffic gets worse every day due to the very silly bike lanes and laws that are flagrantly ignored...
everyone needs to watch this...and pass it on...

3-Way Street from ronconcocacola on Vimeo.

neon...

2011-07-20T19:13:00.006-04:00

*even the glasses!!!...this is impressive...

location, location, location...

2011-07-19T18:21:00.002-04:00

FORMAT _ Esther Perbandt S/S 2012 from Cristian Straub on Vimeo.

mermaid shoes...

2011-07-04T22:11:00.001-04:00

i wanted some animal print shoes...

but found these 'seaweed-y' flats instead...

*meow*

escalate...

2011-06-29T18:20:00.004-04:00

"we're riding on the escalator of life...
we're shopping in the human mall..."

*song by robert hazard

you should...

2011-06-23T22:35:00.002-04:00

follow me...

;-)

tell me about it...stud....

2011-06-18T00:12:00.000-04:00

TAO boots...
TAO for comme des garcons A/W 2011...

*detail...

yohji yamamoto...

2011-06-17T23:23:00.002-04:00

the man himself...

Yohji: Making Waves...

2011-06-16T16:54:00.008-04:00

Wapping Power Station, Wapping Wall,
London ENGLAND...2011

"i'm nobody! who are you?...

2011-06-09T09:24:00.002-04:00

are you nobody, too?...

Then there's a pair of us--don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!"

poem by Emily Dickinson

*and all the more relevant today...
in a world where Andy Warhol's prediction that in the future "everyone will be on TV" and have "15 minutes of fame"...has most definitely come true...
how dreary to be 'somebody'...
how true...

let nothing stand in your way...

2011-05-16T22:57:00.000-04:00

destroy everything you touch...

2011-05-11T20:05:00.000-04:00

savage beauty...

2011-05-04T14:20:00.000-04:00

Alexander McQueen at the Met, May 2011

wonderful life...

2011-05-04T14:11:00.002-04:00

***spandau ballet, some boy band and robert palmer rolled into one...

some fun...

2011-04-30T10:54:00.003-04:00

*lurex socks by mercibeaucoup

You Should Date An Illiterate Girl « Thought Catalog

2011-04-25T08:18:00.001-04:00

don't date a girl who reads...

*this breaks my heart...
click below to read if you are ready for a good cry...

You Should Date An Illiterate Girl « Thought Catalog

merci...

2011-04-24T20:15:00.000-04:00

i almost forgot i have these 'flatforms' from mercibeaucoup...!
how excited am i to wear these this summer?!?...
yattah!...

hang on, keep trying...

2011-04-22T12:10:00.002-04:00

from the Sunday Telegraph Fashion Spring-Summer 2011

i already have the moon...

2011-04-13T22:07:00.006-04:00

and some of the stars...*what i need is the sun...

how beautiful...
moshikasitara sabaku umi no soko - perhaps a desert or an abyss
kokowa ima kitto - now this must be
sekai no ichiban hate - the ends of the earth
rakuda nimo sakana nimo narenaikara - since I cannot be a camel nor a fish
tokidoki iki no shikata o wasureru - sometimes I forget how to breathe

you brought the light...make me feel i'm alive...
*thank you runner

art attack..cont'd...

2011-03-30T20:53:00.000-04:00

Tara Donovan Untitled 2011 (mylar and hot glue)

the Pace Gallery

Chelsea, NY

mediterraneo...

2011-03-26T15:25:00.000-04:00

*insalata...
baby arugula, chopped tomato, chopped kalamata olives, chick peas, crumbled blue cheese, finely chopped red onion...drizzled w. balsamic vinaigrette...

art attack...mermaids on mott st...

2011-03-23T22:02:00.004-04:00

mermaid sticker on a fence...

  ART ATTACK...army of one...

*bring on the revolution... 

locks fastened to the fence...

streetstyle ... yumi ...

2011-03-20T02:32:00.002-04:00

*skirt by AMF - a movable feast

fooled ya!...

it's really me, softie~

but it's a very yumi look...

well...it's a very AMF look...

*which i guess is really the both of us...

because i cannot be there...

2011-03-20T01:56:00.000-04:00

*i've asked the moon to watch over watashi chisai oujisama...

*xxx...

streetstyle... softie...

2011-03-08T07:57:00.000-05:00

black cashmere cardi w. snaps by TSE SAY

assymmetrical wool plaid skirt by Agnes b.

grey wool ribbed scarf from a friend

black leather booties w. sheepskin trim and brass nails on heels by Jean-Michel Cazabat

streetstyle... laika...

2011-03-07T14:18:00.000-05:00

the lovely miss laika...

top by af vandervoorst
bottoms by comme des garcons
booties by maison martin margiela

*sorry there wasn't enough light to get better details...
top has a red cross stitched at the back of the neck...
pants are pinstripe with a grey waist...
shoes have holes and writing...
is there a belt?...i don't know...

the refugee...

2011-03-01T02:00:00.000-05:00

i was in the jil sander store this weekend...
*my friend leo was visiting from london and we were shopping in soho...

i heard some drums playing on the stereo...
i heard the singer...
i knew it was from the 80's but couldn't place the song at first...
then i heard the end vocal...
and i knew it couldn't be anyone but bono...

a very underrated...
and almost forgotten, U2 song...
*i am now obsessed with it...

"War, War...
She's a refugee...
her mama say one day... she's gonna live in America..."

THE belt...

2011-02-24T03:37:00.000-05:00

Burberry F/W 2011

a little bit of sole...

2011-02-15T14:52:00.000-05:00

G star booties

trendy...

2011-02-15T14:50:00.000-05:00

*is a trap...

peeps...

2011-01-28T10:49:00.003-05:00

Oliver Peoples 2010 Campaign: 'Les enfants sennuient le dimanche (The children are bored on Sundays)

*Shirley Manson and Elijah Wood star...

brown bagging it...

2011-01-27T16:16:00.001-05:00

leather shopping tote by Proenza Schouler

image via lagarconne.com

shiny shiny...

2011-01-26T13:10:00.000-05:00

*in the mood for a little sparkle...

boots by Veronique Branquinho

sweet dreams...

2011-01-18T22:01:00.001-05:00

*too charming for words...

by Kirsten Lepore

the future is now...

2011-01-18T02:01:00.001-05:00

Gareth Pugh Pitti Immagine #79 2011

With a collection inspired by religious iconography and Florentine opulence, Gareth Pugh made his Italian fashion debut at Pitti Immagine #79. Showcasing his clothes via a unique fashion film, created with Ruth Hogben and projected onto the ceiling of a 14th-century church, Pugh melded the grand traditions and art of this ancient city with his own hyper-modern fashion vision

from showstudio.com

meow...

2011-01-07T19:38:00.000-05:00

something for the weekend...

2011-01-02T15:30:00.001-05:00

my fave look of the season from one of my favourite labels...

*i love the socks...but i am just loving socks right now in general...
it's a thing...

sacai s/s 2011

black BLACK baby...

2011-01-01T15:39:00.001-05:00

my friend Lisa (a brilliant fashion illustrator) was visiting NYC and stopped by the CDG BLACK pop up shop...
of course, they HAD to get some snaps of this red-headed Rei for their blog...

BLACK CDG blog

Lisa Gellert

culottes...

2010-12-30T15:42:00.000-05:00


DVF pre fall 2011

image from style.com

eye...eye...eye...

2010-12-28T23:28:00.001-05:00

The Eyes of Laura Mars : 1978
i never cared much for this film...
but her wardrobe~OH...her wardrobe...!!!
all the silk pussy bow blouses...the chic hats...the tweedy capes...
the kick pleat skirts and the CULOTTES~~!
i LOVE the culottes...xxx

argh!...

2010-12-24T15:45:00.000-05:00

rock and roll...

2010-12-10T11:01:00.000-05:00

Lost Art

once you pop...

2010-12-09T01:22:00.000-05:00

*you can't stop...

Pringle of Scotland pre-fall 2011

personal style...limi yamamoto...

2010-12-07T21:40:00.005-05:00

style really doesn't get more personal than designing the very clothes that you want to wear...

limi yamamoto of limi feu

HOW COOL IS THIS WOMAN >>>

she's like a japanese Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde and Debbie Harry all rolled into one...

*she's a rockstar...

http://www.limifeu.com/

Brandon Flowers - Crossfire

2010-12-07T21:29:00.001-05:00

*lovely use of straps and rope in this video...

remember socks?...

2010-12-07T21:23:00.002-05:00

it is stunningly and strikingly time to start wearing socks again...

never in my life have i been so enamoured of my own socks...
cosy little covers for my feet...
i want them all to be super soft and warm and fluffy...
*mmm...just like heaven...

superstar...

2010-12-02T10:50:00.000-05:00

safety pin by sunaokuwahara f/w 10.11

legwarmers...

2010-12-01T19:15:00.002-05:00

that don't look like rejects from a dance recital...

*leather straps!...

LIMI feu
F/W 09.10

buckle down...

2010-12-01T12:18:00.001-05:00

LIMI feu F/W 09.10

happy feet...

2010-11-24T12:22:00.000-05:00

jeffrey campbell booties...

agita...

2010-11-04T14:35:00.000-04:00

Agita: Heartburn, acid indigestion, an upset stomach or, by extension, a general feeling of upset. The word is Italian-American slang derived from the Italian "agitare" meaning "to agitate."

** does this sound familiar???...
ah...then you must work in the fashion industry...

yes, please...

2010-10-09T00:01:00.005-04:00

***LOVE this!...

Ports 1961 S/S 2011 New York

hijiki...

2010-10-08T23:24:00.002-04:00

uniform-ity...

2010-10-01T17:54:00.011-04:00

cathy horyn said this look has

"the neat self-sufficiency of a uniform."...

Lanvin S/S 2011 Paris

*if that's the case then, sign me up...!

-love the brown/cocoa belt with the blue/teal dress...
-the flats sandals with ankle straps make it effortlessly cool...

*yep...this is my kind of uniform...

case in point...

2010-09-30T17:45:00.002-04:00

'twilight of the ice nymphs'…yumi eto...

stylist...allegra colletti
photographer...denis horan
model...saskia slaaf

allegra directs...

"On dancing feet with ribbons flying..."

and...

saskia moves like a dream...

*dance training pays off...

witness...the future of fashion...

2010-09-29T14:44:00.021-04:00

Gareth Pugh did not show this season...
he did this instead...

innovative use of video...
never seen it done this well before...ground breaking work...

Gareth Pugh S/S 2011 Collection - Director: Ruth Hogben from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.

*also calls into question what it means to be a model...
it seems, in some cases, dancers would be more appropriate to showcase the clothing...

i walk alone...

2010-09-23T21:54:00.007-04:00

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone...
-Goethe

this quote was brought to my attention by tFS member castorpollux and i cannot thank him enough for these lovely words...
tFS member runner also said some words to this effect in a message to me some time ago...
words i have never forgotten...

*sometimes it's good to know we're not alone in our solitude...

summer's yves...

2010-09-23T15:52:00.005-04:00

the spring shows are not yet over...we haven't even reached paris yet...
however, it seems more than one designer has got paris on their mind...
several major brands have heavily mined the YSL archives...
and not in a subtle way either...

off the top of my head-
Marc Jacobs
Gucci
Fendi
Tom Ford-*not a big surprise here- Halston and Yves have always been Tom's favourite places to 'find inspiration'

it feels like fashion is in some sort of weird 70's YSL time warp...
once all the shows are done, it will be fun to put together all the 'inspired' looks and see if it's possible to recreate an entire YSL collection using the work of other designers from this season...

*methinks this will be a good exercise in fashion history...

and so on...

2010-09-23T07:30:00.000-04:00

and so on...and so on...
the toggle trend continues...

Margaret Howell S/S 2011

volumptuous...

2010-09-20T02:17:00.000-04:00

if you try to google that word...

this is what you get...

Did you mean: voluptuous Top 2 results shown

can we please get this clear?...
volumptuous is NOT a word...
the word is voluptuous...there is no 'm' in that word...

*now will someone please give kim kardashian the news?!?!...
because i am starting to hear other dimwitted wannabees say it now as well...
and no one ever corrects them...
please...
let's stop the madness...

can you judge a person by what they wear...?

2010-09-20T01:51:00.002-04:00

*just a theory...

perhaps...
the more insecure the woman...the higher the platform...???...

word association...

2010-09-19T13:00:00.009-04:00

*flocked type...

A DETACHER
S/S 2011 invite
http://adetacher.com/

but in a nice way...

2010-09-15T11:33:00.004-04:00

from wwd.com interview with actress Greta Gerwig...

WWD: Who do you think is crazier: indie cinema people or fashion people?

G.G.: I know more about the crazy cinema people. But I think fashion people and anyone who’s an artist of any kind, there’s a deep hole in them they keep trying to get other people to fill. You’re only around people who have the same hole, so then everyone’s just standing around waiting for people to validate them, so it’s kind of a lot narcissism and neediness. But in a nice way.

*oh yeah...really nice...
LOL...

j'adore...

2010-09-04T16:42:00.003-04:00

kitten - ish...

2010-08-28T14:42:00.001-04:00

rainy day gear...

2010-08-25T15:19:00.000-04:00

*seems to consist of a green military jkt with drawstring...
very blue faded jns or green cargo pants
and some sort of luggage coloured shoe...and bag...

even the guys are doing it...

here kitty kitty...

2010-08-23T17:51:00.001-04:00

people got problems...

2010-08-20T13:06:00.003-04:00

*once upon a time i knew a guy who worked at the YSL boutique on 57th Street...
the following is from a story he told a group of us...

some girl was in the store looking at lipsticks...
they cost more than she thought they should so she said something like...
people be paying that for a lipstick?
people got problems!

now...whenever i see someone being ridiculous in any way...
i just think to myself...

*people got problems...

everything french...

2010-08-18T16:06:00.002-04:00

is inherently sexy...