Issey Myake is famous for those pleated fabrics that dominate his collections. I always think they just forgot to iron the garment, but it’s actually on purpose. This season, the pleats were toned down and folded in an origami sort of way. Pretty innovative! The first three photos are quite …
Read More »Fashionable Fencing
I went snooping around the internet for fashion inspired by the Ritchie-Rich sport of Fencing. I really like fencing, but not because I’m a snob, but because you get to wear the coolest outfit while poking the crap out of your opponent. I kinda like that. Plus, it’s like the …
Read More »Funky Socks by Ashi Dashi
Check out these cool socks from Ashi Dashi ! Starting from the top – Back to School socks, hot dog, cigarette, intestines, meat , corn and oak tree socks. These are socks to wear at a slumber party or to the airport! I think my favorite out of the bunch is …
Read More »Charlie Le Mindu- Fall 2011-Punk Rock Granny
If Jesse James , Lady Gaga, and the window valence from my German aunt’s house stumbled upon each other in a dark, Eastern European alley, this is exactly what would have been barfed out. Hair extraordinaire Charlie Le Mindu used pearls, lace, gas masks, military hats and a humungous fake bird …
Read More »Central Saint Martins- Fall 2011- WTF- Part 2,594
Jenny Postle Pierong Wu Myrza De Muynck Shaun Samson Raffele Ascione Viktor Smedinge ——————————————————————————————————————————————— So, Central Saint Martins in England showed their student fashion shows and here are what those wacky kids came up. I totally sound like that one old man that yells at the neighborhood kids to get …
Read More »Alvaro Villarrubia Stunning Photography
You may have seen Photographer Alvaro Villarrubia ‘s work in Swatch and Levi’s campaigns and also fashion magazines like Elle. I really like his work and how it’s so clean and streamlined. The fashion choices are pretty awesome, too. My favorite has to be the lady dripping in rhinestones! I’m a …
Read More »Iris Van Herpen – Spring Couture 2011- The Future looks Metal
Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen unveiled a Spring 2011 couture collection that puts some of the most famous designers to shame. This is the same designer I blogged about a while back with those cool shoes. The first outfit reminds me of a ram, like a steel ram…. so cool. You …
Read More »Fam Irvoll- Fall 2011-Cute!
Oslo designer Fam Irvoll is one of my favorites since she specializes in the whimsical and tongue-in- cheek. Her stuff also super colorful and fun. My favorite has to be the fourth dress-you guessed it! Because of the BOWS!!! The freakiest has to be the second photo with the ‘twins’ on …
Read More »Chocolate Couture
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! It’s a great thing I wasn’t there because I would have quietly stalked each model and broken off a piece of chocolate each time they weren’t looking. By the time they would get to the runway, nothing would be left! See, cake I could pass on if it was …
Read More »Louis Vuitton- Fall 2011- Auspiciously Austere
Wonderful silhouettes at Louis Vuitton’s Fall 2011 show… it was the 1960’s meets equestrian military meets high-class hooker. LOVE IT! What I love most are the peter pan collars. I just bought a peter pan collar not too long ago that can be worn over anything, so I’m definitely going …
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