So much fresh meat on the Zara website. Don't mind me whilst I drool over these shoes.
The right step forward
So much fresh meat on the Zara website. Don't mind me whilst I drool over these shoes.
Hands up for O.C.
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| Opening Ceremony Fall 14- Images curtesy of Vogue.com |
Raise your hands if you want to get your grubby mitts on that oversized ruffle enlarged fingerprint top... Do I get two if I raise both?!
I think opening Ceremony were trying make their mark on the catwalk this Fall and I guess what better way to do this than to send your fingerprint storming down the catwalk and leaving its DNA on each admiring front row viewer.
Even though oversized fingerprints and raised hands were the talking point of this collection OC didn't fail in creating an inspiring display of garment shapes. Combining fabrics, textures, color and print OC supplied a good playful collection for a sophisticated young audience.
High five OC, a show "stop right now, thank you very much" (as the spice girls would say with hand actions) ing collection.
"Happy Valentines day from the Internet"
Check out googles homepage and if you don't feel try up about being single after listening to all the heart warming stories… just wait until the last line from google, nothing like 'the internet' being the only person to wish you Happy Valentines day.
The iPad
Granted I'm a bit late to the party but I'm sitting here on my new iPad air and oh how I feel even more connected to the cyber world already! Deciding whether to type with two thumbs or one finger is something I'm yet to decide on and that's the most taxing part of this set up process, apple do do a good job making life easy for us techno dummies. I'm ready for my apple housepod and time transporter now please.
Peter Pilotto for Target
So Peter Pilotto is launching a collection for Target available in stores this Sunday … thoughts?!
When I envisage Target, I do not and have never envisaged myself wanting a collection shown in there. I mean you have to be very confident about your brand name to be able to hold face in a store like that. The English brand is following in the footsteps of Jason Wu and Phillip Lim (amongst others) who have apparently already launched collections for the billion dollar company. Yes I mention the money because thats probably the sole reason why the designers do this- I mean that aren't doing it for the street credibility are they? Don't you think it greatly decreases the brand strength, who wants to be walking around in an Peter Pilotto dress they have spent half a year saving up for when the trashy American standing next to you on the subway has the exact same thing for $30… Exactly not me.
That being said when I saw the images of the upcoming collection I was very impressed and I do like the prints and the style they have created, so I will be going to take a look at the collection on Sunday and if the fabrics don't feel like they are going to break after the first wash then maybe, just maybe, I might splash out on a purchase. I never thought I would buy a statement piece of clothing from Target in my lifetime but theres a first for everything I guess.
Gemma Kahng
New York Fashion Week 2014.
Last night I attended Gemma Khang's presentation of her Fall 2014 collection at Rox Gallery. My friend has been acting as her right hand women helping put together this demanding fashion collection so she invited a group of us along to witness all the hard work. The details and shapes of the garments were stunning and a credit to both designer and design assistant. Inspirational shapes, intricate detailing, fur, leather and opacity were shown in a variety of different formations with attention drawing from everything including the lace tights and dark grecian hear wear.
Tell me a New Yorker who doesn't die over a strict color palette of Black and White…. exactly, so as you can imagine this collection went down a storm with the NY attendees. With fur, leather and length being a reoccurring theme on models AND viewers the collection showed a fashion forward, edgy and dramatic start to New York's Fall '14 collections.
Really?
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| Seriously American Apparel in an email ?! |
Recently every time I get an email from American Apparel I find myself with my curser hovering over my 'delete email' button because yes I open my emails at work … doesn't everyone ?! Therefore WHY does American Apparel insist on sending emails which are borderline pornographic and so inappropriate for 9 am eyes.
Sex sells I know but I think American Apparel are getting slightly confused as to whether they are supplying clothing for the respectable, fashionable young female… or the girl standing on the street corner at 3am in the morning flashing to passing cars. Their emails feel like they should come with an X rating- talk about easy access material for young boys with certain blocked websties by their parents.
These e-blasts are not catching my attention for the right reason and if they keep going the way they are going I can tell you the unsubscribe push is coming in a couple of emails time… I wonder if there has been a recent new hiring in the advertising department maybe… a male figure in a dead end marriage springs to mind.
A powerful force
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| Images curtsy of George Elder for Four Pins |
I don't know what it is about a male frame draped in certain clothing that makes me go weak at the knees. I am attempting to describe in text the feeling I get when a well dressed man walks past me on the street without sounding like a complete nutcase but I can't seem to manage it. It's like I fall in love for that moment with the clothing, I mean yes it helps if I find the man in the clothing attractive (maybe he is sporting a beard?!) but it's not the face or the personality that's selling it to me- it's the fabric items of clothing... Is that weird?
So its that time of year again in NY (oh dear)- Fashion week. But not only fashion week its fashion week in the Winter. This just adds fuel to the fire. Not only will male frames be draped appropriately in luxurious fabric in perfect silhouettes, but hats are being worn with glasses and scarves with tailored suits…. HELP ME.
I realise in this post I sound like a deranged singleton but I really can't help it, is it my hormones?… probably or do I have a superior desire for menswear thats at risk of making itself known the next time a Wang clad male walks past me in the street.
ADVICE FOR MEN- You may not be able to change the shape and look of your face (sorry) BUT you can buy yourself a Pea coat. It's most definitely the most important item of your wardrobe this Winter- and if your pennies stretch buy yourself a beanie hat to make the ladies hearts sing a bit more.
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