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. . . grow a pair.Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-40347442725907148232011-02-20T13:56:00.000-08:002011-02-20T13:56:00.500-08:00RUNWAY RUNDOWN : focus on fall collections, RICK OWENS 11<div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">yes to everything.</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the cowls, the cutaways, the draping.</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the palette, the gloves, the glowering.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">take any individual piece,</div><div style="text-align: center;">mix with what you own,</div><div style="text-align: center;">done.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">take the whole look,</div><div style="text-align: center;">realize how current cutting edge can feel.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">done.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajD5wLMKDWZ0JzF5fGJ3Y7HJI6rPa3YcEb0TENZw21HjfB55jI9Heugn7WYn77Hylmt7HVpEeVSzaIeXyHwhJY6ZtfJ-uVV9toFuY9aUDLyhcRqTQDFswuLyQpqwvujXR9yZ7bXhQLuuh/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-20+at+9.17.28+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajD5wLMKDWZ0JzF5fGJ3Y7HJI6rPa3YcEb0TENZw21HjfB55jI9Heugn7WYn77Hylmt7HVpEeVSzaIeXyHwhJY6ZtfJ-uVV9toFuY9aUDLyhcRqTQDFswuLyQpqwvujXR9yZ7bXhQLuuh/s640/Screen+shot+2011-01-20+at+9.17.28+PM.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475804119418006268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-23024082187559612452010-03-09T11:26:00.001-08:002010-03-09T11:26:55.042-08:00ABOUT THE END : ALEXANDER MCQUEEN<div style="text-align: center;">i duplicate this posting on both my blogs today<br />
-</div><div style="text-align: center;">i have been waiting quite some time to write this,</div><div style="text-align: center;">probably for a sign, for some palpable shift in emotional state,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or event,</div><div style="text-align: center;">that will let me know it is time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">finally,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to talk about why i am so stricken by the death of a fashion designer i never knew in person.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">we are all inspired by people we don't know.</div><div style="text-align: center;">artists, musicians,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we all seek out masters and innovators</div><div style="text-align: center;">and draw from their intense burn to fuel our own searches,</div><div style="text-align: center;">our own creations.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">from the time he began his career,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i followed mcqueen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">there was something otherworldly in his work,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i believe his work went far beyond his clothing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">while that was inexplicably beautiful,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it often had a quality to it that seemed almost</div><div style="text-align: center;">if not out of "place",</div><div style="text-align: center;">out of time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">i would visit the new york flagship when it first opened</div><div style="text-align: center;">and peruse the racks of clothing, for men and for women,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the intricate embroideries on simple dark coats,</div><div style="text-align: center;">pickings of gold leaves and bird wings,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dense applications, ornate musings.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">i could not afford the whimsy of those coats and wings,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but i could wander the store, a molded white vision,</div><div style="text-align: center;">that to this day removes you from the streets of new york</div><div style="text-align: center;">and places you squarely in some sterile, gorgeous laboratory</div><div style="text-align: center;">where hand carved wooden busts rotate slowly,</div><div style="text-align: center;">draped in the season's finest dreams.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">to be honest, it was in viewing the runway shows that i felt closest to the mind of mcqueen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">he never wasted a space or the time he asked of you with simplicity.</div><div style="text-align: center;">he challenged your eyes and your ears with huge glass boxes filled with moths</div><div style="text-align: center;">that revealed corpulent bodies, swathed in tulle;</div><div style="text-align: center;">he ran robots up and down runways,</div><div style="text-align: center;">at times spray painting model's white gowns as you watched,</div><div style="text-align: center;">at times filming them live as they walked and streaming to the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;">he haunted the runways with live wolves,</div><div style="text-align: center;">battered his models with wind tunnels,</div><div style="text-align: center;">ran them in circles in homage to movies about dance marathons,</div><div style="text-align: center;">set them as enormous chess pieces on a living board,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and ended once with kate moss floating mid stage,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a hologram,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and angel,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a ghost.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/6895957">Alexander McQueen: Iconic Moments</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1868469">Jean Hürxkens</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
- </div><div style="text-align: center;">the divine and the damned were recurrent themes for him,</div><div style="text-align: center;">whether the clothing took on delicate decay,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or stripped itself down to raw flesh and edge,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there was always something transcendent about the ideas,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and about the way it made the women move.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">to see his runways was to be invited into his mind,</div><div style="text-align: center;">then left out the back door,</div><div style="text-align: center;">stumbling into the light of the mundane.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">i think this is why i personally hungered for mcqueen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">there was none of the camp of galliano,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with the overt homoeroticism and the retreading of themes;</div><div style="text-align: center;">none of the anger of owens,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the dispassionate shifting from season to season of many of the other greats.</div><div style="text-align: center;">there was one apparent vision,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one love,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one mind.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">suicide is a topic of fear for people,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a topic of judgement,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a topic of confusion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but i don't think life, or how it ends, </div><div style="text-align: center;">is ever as simple as an equation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">there is nothing simple about death,</div><div style="text-align: center;">any more than there is about life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">so when a mind, or a soul, whatever you wish to place upon the discussion,</div><div style="text-align: center;">takes itself out of the passage of time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">chooses to leave,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i feel searing personal loss first,</div><div style="text-align: center;">perhaps a form of loneliness,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a certain desire to regain that momentary sense of comeraderie</div><div style="text-align: center;">that i imagined and fed upon</div><div style="text-align: center;">for years.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">mcqueen's funeral was a small one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">familial, somber,</div><div style="text-align: center;">barely an echo in the world's news.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the few pictures i saw told me that i was not completely alone</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my sense of loneliness.</div><div style="text-align: center;">if lee alexander mcqueen had suffered too much personal loss to continue,</div><div style="text-align: center;">he would have been most pleased to see how his inner circle chose to honor him.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkDvT3tWwpvvHO4c5Rz7l_JwxeeCz3CX00CJTiruisNc4PxZQ35S-F4t21mjOj3f0dsTq3DhmTVZFCtq2WgOcweeEt77UMzHSGNLm2n3ifnxUMl4hkleTzLYEfasaur6oicrkVwEC6LBs/s1600-h/article-1253724-0876E885000005DC-28_233x368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkDvT3tWwpvvHO4c5Rz7l_JwxeeCz3CX00CJTiruisNc4PxZQ35S-F4t21mjOj3f0dsTq3DhmTVZFCtq2WgOcweeEt77UMzHSGNLm2n3ifnxUMl4hkleTzLYEfasaur6oicrkVwEC6LBs/s400/article-1253724-0876E885000005DC-28_233x368.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's kind of amazing.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">rick's early adopters were women who understood how to take his more extreme work,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">mix it into their wardrobes,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and use the edge to individuate, not isolate, themselves.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">now, with his work in fur,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">there's a "ball it up and go" quality that his leathers had,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">yet a luxe quality that is new.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's modern, yet old world.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">huh.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">realize i just wallowed in the fur and leather end of his line,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">while there is so much more to it.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but i think there is a subversion to working proudly in the medium<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">that speaks to him clearly as a personality.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">these are pieces not for show,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but to be handled,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">worn,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">taken out to challenge the environment and the world.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">plus,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i loves me some fuzzy pretty things.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I KNOW!<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-6207616874649304532009-10-20T06:28:00.000-07:002009-10-20T06:28:00.189-07:00RICK OWENS : a tone poem to the men's line for fall<div style="text-align: center;">rick is one of those designers whose wares are best seen on the human body.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">actually, best WORN personally,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">you have to understand how the clothing moves yet fits like armor,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">is sculpted, even in his tees and knits,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">to absorb you and support you at the same time.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">his new york store puts out a beautiful online lookbook every season,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i thought it would be nice to share the beauty.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">even the casting is on point.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">tonally it is neither too edgy, too poetic, or trying too hard.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it, much like his work,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">simply IS.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-32789714986725594532009-10-16T03:57:00.000-07:002009-10-16T03:57:00.304-07:00IF I WERE A GIRL : a silhouette emerges from RICK OWENS, CHRISTOPHE DECARNIN, AND IRIS STRUBEGGER<div style="text-align: center;">wrapping up this cross-gender shopping excursion for the week,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i really was hit by three images more than any other<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">that are influencing my personal style.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the first was from the BALMAIN runway,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the designer, christophe decarnin, took his bow.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0dSyfMGjI/AAAAAAAAVFs/0Bo4CtunNY8/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-02+at+12.47.11+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0dSyfMGjI/AAAAAAAAVFs/0Bo4CtunNY8/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-02+at+12.47.11+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i've come to realize that the designers who really own their personal visions<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">are also the ones who dress, regardless of gender,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">true to that vision.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so, decarnin's denim and shrunken leather and boots all were twisted versions<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">of what he shows for women.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">they reminded me of my college years,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">when adorned pants and jackets were objects of lust and late night sewing sessions<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(thank you karen for the rose covered jeans and tequila)<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the sexy freedom of the unwashed torn jean.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the next was,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">of course,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my personal god,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">rick owens:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i mean, talk about owning an aesthetic.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i would live in his clothing if i could,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the pieces i have are worn on every set i walk onto,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and feel like armor and elitism and nonchalance and edge<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">rolled into lambskin and sheer cotton.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">plus, love the hair and big guns, big boy.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0dYjUTDZI/AAAAAAAAVF8/xUvEuya95XE/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-05+at+11.45.26+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0dYjUTDZI/AAAAAAAAVF8/xUvEuya95XE/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-05+at+11.45.26+AM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then, this exit by the model of the moment,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">iris strubegger.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was lean, it was givenchy, it was sleek,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and barring the sandals,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">was something i would wear every day.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">plus, the evangelista tribute hair rocks.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">of course all that sleekness warred with my more elaborate tendencies,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">as this moment in the dries van noten show showed.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">no place to wear it,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but would wear it to the grocery store if i owned it.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">there you have it.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">party in balmain,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">shoot in rick owens,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">groceries in dries.<br />
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</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-17866958384983682272009-10-15T08:03:00.000-07:002009-10-15T08:03:00.169-07:00IF I WERE A GIRL : CHANEL, of all things . . .<div style="text-align: center;">chanel has long struggled with the fact that it is viewed as an "older" brand,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">suitable for a certain chic woman of a certain age<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a certain income to afford it.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this spring show we saw a lighter,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">younger,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">insouicant chanel.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and thanks to kaiser karl,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a host of ideas about how to make fashion,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">true, high end fashion,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">desirable even as it is wearable.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">not an easy feat.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but, here is what i would buy from chanel:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CP-73WNI/AAAAAAAAVE4/OV9ohSqApj0/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.14.13+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CP-73WNI/AAAAAAAAVE4/OV9ohSqApj0/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.14.13+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this cardigan is so cool, i'd wear it even as a boy.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">seriously, karl, gimme.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CSnt6CYI/AAAAAAAAVFA/pzg4afdrg4k/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.15.41+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CSnt6CYI/AAAAAAAAVFA/pzg4afdrg4k/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.15.41+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ditto for the leather topper.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">makes the dress younger,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">makes the patterned tights cooler.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mRbIGE8oiZ2Zf0u01kgtCplvCPWmNhCYqbLX4v_oxXUSjNcW070HzXvsXTvUpTsD53kO9ttrA6RZ2z8FBYgG7gZ_lPG59MlKte24tP9dlDxeMFU6qzczb8Yg-ti5Rdg1vy44_HQdJ5w/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.16.03+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mRbIGE8oiZ2Zf0u01kgtCplvCPWmNhCYqbLX4v_oxXUSjNcW070HzXvsXTvUpTsD53kO9ttrA6RZ2z8FBYgG7gZ_lPG59MlKte24tP9dlDxeMFU6qzczb8Yg-ti5Rdg1vy44_HQdJ5w/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.16.03+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i don't know. i love a slouchy pant and a tiny jacket.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">even a tiny tweedy fey jacket.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CXl25MfI/AAAAAAAAVFQ/C-B-tlMrCS8/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.16.28+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CXl25MfI/AAAAAAAAVFQ/C-B-tlMrCS8/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.16.28+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CaKxQFiI/AAAAAAAAVFY/Hb1CH1im9NY/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.16.51+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0CaKxQFiI/AAAAAAAAVFY/Hb1CH1im9NY/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.16.51+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">then there was the whole bell skirt thing.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i liked.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i began to see how the layers of texture and craftsmanship<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">made all the neutrals interesting.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0Ccl2HKxI/AAAAAAAAVFg/QtXXi1Bz6KM/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.17.30+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0Ccl2HKxI/AAAAAAAAVFg/QtXXi1Bz6KM/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-07+at+12.17.30+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this, it's like a post modern punk chanel girl<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">out to run this town tonight.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">rihanna, take note.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">guys,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">take these notes:<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1) neutrals, again, better with texture and details. think nubby and linen and texture.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2) black balances and grounds everything here.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3) a little bejeweled wheat hair adornment really helps kick an outfit up a level.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-49105013173851191902009-10-14T07:58:00.000-07:002009-10-14T07:58:00.665-07:00IF I WERE A GIRL : meet HAIDER ACKERMAN.<div style="text-align: center;">this guy,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">haider,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">he kind of rocks.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">he's a little bit lanvin,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a little bit rick owens,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and for me to say that is like a blessing from the pope in red shoes on a sunday.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">he followed the military/safari theme that popped up,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but kept it light, sensual, and sexy.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i'd buy these:<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi-Xvf1KT3nRSajtKrMvRliACJPIh5MqYpa5rP7EI63f0qJgtrozaBP4kS2dHWQlFrdQWlE6gBRg3QBu3fsxNOWJUimVovJHKzwTnY9DJB7S1eYmcJTkZ2alfwtENUZlHxriml4uNmC4/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.12.02+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi-Xvf1KT3nRSajtKrMvRliACJPIh5MqYpa5rP7EI63f0qJgtrozaBP4kS2dHWQlFrdQWlE6gBRg3QBu3fsxNOWJUimVovJHKzwTnY9DJB7S1eYmcJTkZ2alfwtENUZlHxriml4uNmC4/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.12.02+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">military meets the Met<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0Bh5dTf-I/AAAAAAAAVEg/6WrptsOfZs8/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.14.09+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0Bh5dTf-I/AAAAAAAAVEg/6WrptsOfZs8/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.14.09+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a little halston meets a little dust<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0BkFIEZVI/AAAAAAAAVEo/Y1GI8xiKhJE/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.15.03+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0BkFIEZVI/AAAAAAAAVEo/Y1GI8xiKhJE/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.15.03+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">reminds me a little of early dries (van noten. google it.)<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">looks like you could wear it to bed.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0BmieIhCI/AAAAAAAAVEw/XFLMnFxST2U/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.15.24+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ss0BmieIhCI/AAAAAAAAVEw/XFLMnFxST2U/s400/Screen+shot+2009-10-03+at+8.15.24+PM.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ok, i'd wear this just for you guys.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">because you've been so nice.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">watch this man to go on to impressive things.<br />
</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-50104057246073255402009-10-13T08:47:00.000-07:002009-10-13T08:47:00.847-07:00IF I WERE A GIRL : CELINE, and why it matters again.<div style="text-align: center;">follow me here.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">there is a designer named phoebe philo.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">she used to design under stella mccartney (yes, THAT mccartney)<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">at a label called chloe.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">big success. launched stella into her own line.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">then phoebe took over and a funny thing happened.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">chloe got even better.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">then one thing led to another, she left to raise her child.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">women mourned.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">who would make the cool, but goes with everything clothing they loved.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">now, phoebe is back,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">at a label called celine (CHUH-LEAN).<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and in her first collection, she nailed every spring trend,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and made it work in a way women will want to wear,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">not just look at on blogs.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is your label to understand spring,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is what I would buy from celine<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">were i a girl:<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-hHUtQeI/AAAAAAAAVDo/dpbh1Vs96oA/s1600-h/celine01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-hHUtQeI/AAAAAAAAVDo/dpbh1Vs96oA/s400/celine01.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this opening look combines leather, black (the spring secondary color), short, minimal.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's a home run.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-il5vvNI/AAAAAAAAVDw/0zqqqJn9QnU/s1600-h/celine03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-il5vvNI/AAAAAAAAVDw/0zqqqJn9QnU/s400/celine03.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">no, she (i) won't wear it like this.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the white shirt is timeless and amazing,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the skirt is too cool (leather trim. sigh.)<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">worn with a tee, it's perfect.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qMEt77nNv-bPvTzcF_YoyIrQxL5BHFrKs_UDp5-lHo3aySaoYbgjbWEb_vN2AqbVTbzrKtjTZ6KSLuqhKQsvKWwQfGerhrHdRJxohyAH1tdX1Z18cPRmNEUMkiGrrfvB4kKQUUgbZVQ/s1600-h/celine15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qMEt77nNv-bPvTzcF_YoyIrQxL5BHFrKs_UDp5-lHo3aySaoYbgjbWEb_vN2AqbVTbzrKtjTZ6KSLuqhKQsvKWwQfGerhrHdRJxohyAH1tdX1Z18cPRmNEUMkiGrrfvB4kKQUUgbZVQ/s400/celine15.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the lacquered black mattelasse (dimensional pattern) coat<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">will last until you wear it out.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-mBx1feI/AAAAAAAAVEA/xrBiGk1CPwQ/s1600-h/celine18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-mBx1feI/AAAAAAAAVEA/xrBiGk1CPwQ/s400/celine18.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">same with the dress.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMeoWSDSfoAdopaNd-TVFO_70FhvLw1bJsscNRw87gpeCf0yETzbLVHhOODtSUQ8MuLrLeTVAQ8almhwWYiuSS3E4OE-Rk62zBlfgaUP6AJ3MaxhVbJs0XWqP5W7TkmP3AnoLQ_AT8JU/s1600-h/celine25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMeoWSDSfoAdopaNd-TVFO_70FhvLw1bJsscNRw87gpeCf0yETzbLVHhOODtSUQ8MuLrLeTVAQ8almhwWYiuSS3E4OE-Rk62zBlfgaUP6AJ3MaxhVbJs0XWqP5W7TkmP3AnoLQ_AT8JU/s400/celine25.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a little fashion forward,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but every woman wants a piece in their wardrobe<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">that makes their girlfriends go<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"damn. that's cool. and she pulls it off."<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">guys should learn from this.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-ou7wbEI/AAAAAAAAVEQ/6owKR4FKixE/s1600-h/celine34.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/Ssz-ou7wbEI/AAAAAAAAVEQ/6owKR4FKixE/s400/celine34.JPG" /></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and, done.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">guys,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">learn from this the following things:<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1) black and white and beige are best when teamed with unexpected texture, color, or silhouette.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2) one strange piece sets the others in your closet into contrast, and elevates opinion of you.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3) phoebe philo is fun to say out loud.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-24969666050719095602009-10-12T08:36:00.000-07:002009-10-12T08:36:00.653-07:00IF I WERE A GIRL : shut up, you know what i mean . . .<div style="text-align: center;">not to belabor an obvious fact,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but paris fashion week just wrapped up,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my inner fashion whore kind of went rampant this season.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">often i have bemoaned the fact that men's fashion is so torpid and stale,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and tim has thanked god that i'm not a woman,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(for obvious reasons, yes),<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">because the budget for shoes alone would screw us in a month.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">looking at spring was fascinating though.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">you saw designers struggling across a spectrum on how to SELL,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and how to EXPRESS.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but sticking with the point of this blog,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">here's what we can learn from women:<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1) stick to the neutrals this spring.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the runways were awash with neutral colors, with more beige than a sandstorm,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and with black used as an "accent" more than as a statement.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and when it wasn't beige, it was gray.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">retailers are going to struggle with this, as sales floors will look horrid in a wave of beige,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">even if it is on trend.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">look for "new neutrals" in every editorial spread.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">dread it.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but wear it.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2) the classics made a comeback.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">chanel was hugely youthful and inspirational.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ysl carved out modernism and pushed forward.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">phoebe philo was back at celine, and nailed it.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the old guard proved why they are timeless.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3) lindsay lohan is not a designer.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">enough said.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4) for women, short is the new long. still.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">5) on the beauty front, natural looking makeup is IN. eyebrows are OUT.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i have no idea. you figure that one out on your own.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">6) the label to name drop if you want to appear in the know,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">or at least turn a woman's head,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">is BALMAIN.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">think dusty military looks with chain mail accents,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">everything skin tight, battered, and sexy.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">from there, it's GIVENCHY,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">for black and white, geometric prints, and sophisticated draping.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">bu for the truly elite,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's still LANVIN.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a show that pushed the most beautiful dresses and accessories<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">into another stratosphere with beading, beading, and color.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the next few days, i'm shopping the girl's side of the aisle,<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">to keep you and your eye on guard<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">for when your girlfriend sits down and expects a compliment this spring.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-82948950470403899972009-08-21T05:55:00.000-07:002009-08-21T05:55:00.436-07:00some tips on dressing for yourself (margiela, panerai, hermes. . . it's not cheap, kids) -<div style="text-align: center;">i'm probably as sick as you are with all the "self-help" guru crap out there for men.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">seriously, who gives a fuck about how to tie a windsor knot</div><div style="text-align: center;">(i can google that, thank you.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">or whether denim is officially "over"</div><div style="text-align: center;">(yes. but not dead.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">or why men CAN use a face cream and still be men</div><div style="text-align: center;">(someone shoot me. or ryan seacrest.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">how about we just have some fun with this,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and not be afraid.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">for instance,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i dress for myself</div><div style="text-align: center;">(obvious, landis)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and here's what i'm licking up these days:</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRiZa88p2I/AAAAAAAAUqE/6HZ4ho3MS4s/s1600-h/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRiZa88p2I/AAAAAAAAUqE/6HZ4ho3MS4s/s400/13.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">this martin margiela cardigan. the ONLY sweater i need this fall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i have a navy one from last year, it's flawless, </div><div style="text-align: center;">part blazer, all knit,</div><div style="text-align: center;">compliment magnet,</div><div style="text-align: center;">thoughtless fashion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">the pants rock too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRiiJWp2zI/AAAAAAAAUqM/dTzpX5waKcM/s1600-h/pan249_34view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRiiJWp2zI/AAAAAAAAUqM/dTzpX5waKcM/s400/pan249_34view.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT9nvIenfmrngQ0VjCOb2fI6GAwKOQZ21LVHmASSNMmhkVle6FzWlpcrsm4Y1VR0XCXCA-1oxL3yreOaADhtNXMU7bP8Jahcpy4HlFwjV8pzD8y2pfMJiE2FJjH5Obo1zBm5atuH9ZLE/s1600-h/pan249_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT9nvIenfmrngQ0VjCOb2fI6GAwKOQZ21LVHmASSNMmhkVle6FzWlpcrsm4Y1VR0XCXCA-1oxL3yreOaADhtNXMU7bP8Jahcpy4HlFwjV8pzD8y2pfMJiE2FJjH5Obo1zBm5atuH9ZLE/s400/pan249_back.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">someday if i make crazy cash</div><div style="text-align: center;">(that i don't sink into investments, property, or stupidly expensive sweaters)</div><div style="text-align: center;">i will buy this limited edition panerai.</div><div style="text-align: center;">the "california" dial speaks to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it says</div><div style="text-align: center;">"your life is less without me".</div><div style="text-align: center;">i never said fashion was kind.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGoP2BPM9wp1feh2cPwDQPpeIVGWz_k1bKGyyMXVpvkyLxjAJgk1Vk70SXz2gfUcNN1CCU-gI5fcqgcaAKx-aQjuaxBYt_BbRGM7bLOB5pgrOKkUCBqWVfaBx6HQI-qSchdXH3FtwhnI/s1600-h/hermes2003_01.JPG.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGoP2BPM9wp1feh2cPwDQPpeIVGWz_k1bKGyyMXVpvkyLxjAJgk1Vk70SXz2gfUcNN1CCU-gI5fcqgcaAKx-aQjuaxBYt_BbRGM7bLOB5pgrOKkUCBqWVfaBx6HQI-qSchdXH3FtwhnI/s400/hermes2003_01.JPG.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">anything hermes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">they are having a moment again in menswear.</div><div style="text-align: center;">watch for the resurgence.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRinyuXZJI/AAAAAAAAUqc/v67dzrT_Twc/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRinyuXZJI/AAAAAAAAUqc/v67dzrT_Twc/s400/Picture+1.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">alright, this scarf, losange, in particular.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i wouldn't call it a steal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it would complete me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRi-0kMacI/AAAAAAAAUqs/PicMvpJk4vM/s1600-h/all%2Bblack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRi-0kMacI/AAAAAAAAUqs/PicMvpJk4vM/s400/all%2Bblack.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">coveting the attitude of this guy in richard haines' sketch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">though richard is a friend,</div><div style="text-align: center;">he has yet to send me this attitude.</div><div style="text-align: center;">pity.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRjLX7pZfI/AAAAAAAAUq0/iR5rWXhStpc/s1600-h/Lanvin+Fall+Winter+2009+2010+Mens+Backstage+Pictures+%28102%29_JPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRjLX7pZfI/AAAAAAAAUq0/iR5rWXhStpc/s400/Lanvin+Fall+Winter+2009+2010+Mens+Backstage+Pictures+%28102%29_JPG.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">this delicious lanvin suit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i have no place to wear such a colored suit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but for this suit,</div><div style="text-align: center;">i will create an event.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">see?</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">wasn't that more fun than reading about why you should wear stripes this fall?</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">you are welcome.</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-68863393719349788132009-08-20T02:21:00.000-07:002009-08-20T02:21:00.313-07:00what we can learn from women - anna della russo<div style="text-align: center;">this is an "icons of style" post in the making,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but anna is first, in a field where fashion is critical to her survival.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">not husband hunting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">not envy-inducing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">she is the fashion director of Vogue Nippon, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and they take their fashion deadly seriously.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">still,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we can learn from her that a fearless approach to fashion,</div><div style="text-align: center;">that wearing what one loves</div><div style="text-align: center;">(here's the key with anna)</div><div style="text-align: center;">WHEN</div><div style="text-align: center;">one wants to wear it . . .</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRn4sYkeyI/AAAAAAAAUrU/JNKQd9r9XGM/s1600-h/annadellorusso11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRn4sYkeyI/AAAAAAAAUrU/JNKQd9r9XGM/s400/annadellorusso11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRn0eF6XLI/AAAAAAAAUrM/l16Lg7vFz8Q/s1600-h/annadellorusso3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRn0eF6XLI/AAAAAAAAUrM/l16Lg7vFz8Q/s400/annadellorusso3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">well darlings, that makes all the difference in the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">(bright red lanvin coctail dress, mid-day, paris fashion week.)</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-69142956810692800772009-08-19T05:26:00.000-07:002009-08-19T05:26:00.389-07:00florals? for spring? shocker.<div style="text-align: center;">while florals for spring </div><div style="text-align: center;">are as predictable as a magazine cover stating:</div><div style="text-align: center;">WHITE IS BACK,</div><div style="text-align: center;">what's happened in menswear with florals for next spring is rather interesting:</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfXB_vcNFmkTKiMVbj74wV3rh6fsdk7rGJSM0Gtnov3nHgKRNnInTeRfn_b8S8XTtBb28aQfd3jkORn7zoGCd4JNuROkQDLwyDY4xjOuJRAa_Ih8aI3P64LMaFgnFEUIwht9ENSNkxG0/s1600-h/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfXB_vcNFmkTKiMVbj74wV3rh6fsdk7rGJSM0Gtnov3nHgKRNnInTeRfn_b8S8XTtBb28aQfd3jkORn7zoGCd4JNuROkQDLwyDY4xjOuJRAa_Ih8aI3P64LMaFgnFEUIwht9ENSNkxG0/s400/23.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRbIRxXv4I/AAAAAAAAUoc/98N4AlUNJCE/s1600-h/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRbIRxXv4I/AAAAAAAAUoc/98N4AlUNJCE/s400/21.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRbKrg6h9I/AAAAAAAAUos/0X-AcbTBnmg/s1600-h/27m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRbKrg6h9I/AAAAAAAAUos/0X-AcbTBnmg/s400/27m.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">now, granted, </div><div style="text-align: center;">these are martin margiela and alexis mabille,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the addition of crochet to leather or sneakers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and lace cut out of cloth and left raw,</div><div style="text-align: center;">somehow,</div><div style="text-align: center;">somehow,</div><div style="text-align: center;">makes florals seem tenable again.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">of course you didn't believe me about legging under shorts, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and look where that left you on the sartorial "know how" scale.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-48422228103526438912009-08-18T05:16:00.000-07:002009-08-18T05:16:00.586-07:00DU JOUR -<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tx0trahyphenhyphenOnpW0N8WKce7JOgKK-TJHQUYEIfs65l_aoCSqXqR3uMeRoRasn0siV0T9Ae1iQTohi0O0F5TzBAq9CkdmvAvOkJKFXBkQeCe0SSeFK6ib_9GS6rbOG8G1BYtm5WZT1vpr48/s1600-h/62009Simone405Web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tx0trahyphenhyphenOnpW0N8WKce7JOgKK-TJHQUYEIfs65l_aoCSqXqR3uMeRoRasn0siV0T9Ae1iQTohi0O0F5TzBAq9CkdmvAvOkJKFXBkQeCe0SSeFK6ib_9GS6rbOG8G1BYtm5WZT1vpr48/s400/62009Simone405Web.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">we should seek to age with grace, </div><div style="text-align: center;">our style appropriate but youthful,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and our vices firmly intact.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-55801846850917999882009-08-17T05:18:00.000-07:002009-08-17T05:18:00.553-07:00underfoot, fabien baron -<div style="text-align: center;">design in a man's life should be omnipresent.</div><div style="text-align: center;">every detail counts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">so while we often explore clothing here,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we're going to talk about rugs now.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">fabien baron is a legendary graphic designer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">calvin klein ads?</div><div style="text-align: center;">him</div><div style="text-align: center;">perfume bottles?</div><div style="text-align: center;">him</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bazaar magazine under liz tilberis?</div><div style="text-align: center;">him</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">so when he designs rugs, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you have to expect that perfect blend of minimal flourish,</div><div style="text-align: center;">maximum impact,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and sensitive color palette.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZgcM9fnI/AAAAAAAAUn0/zuu5CsQXQu0/s1600-h/FabianBaronN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZgcM9fnI/AAAAAAAAUn0/zuu5CsQXQu0/s400/FabianBaronN.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZiKFmk5I/AAAAAAAAUn8/drYEVUL_7lA/s1600-h/FabianBaronO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZiKFmk5I/AAAAAAAAUn8/drYEVUL_7lA/s400/FabianBaronO.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZlOLhaVI/AAAAAAAAUoE/xl09dAisI9c/s1600-h/FabianBaronI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZlOLhaVI/AAAAAAAAUoE/xl09dAisI9c/s400/FabianBaronI.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZqApx_VI/AAAAAAAAUoM/BLT0gsrbFVE/s1600-h/FabianBaronH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRZqApx_VI/AAAAAAAAUoM/BLT0gsrbFVE/s400/FabianBaronH.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the gradations are achieved from gradual addition or subtraction of hundreds of tones,</div><div style="text-align: center;">not dyeing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">stunning.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">we have only been able to afford one great rug in our home,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it makes all the difference in the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it somehow adds motion and life to an otherwise calm collection of furnishings:</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRaAlFG2_I/AAAAAAAAUoU/PseKZomdKnM/s1600-h/P1000120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRaAlFG2_I/AAAAAAAAUoU/PseKZomdKnM/s400/P1000120.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-59810828543765259922009-08-13T11:13:00.000-07:002009-08-13T11:13:21.934-07:00behind the scenes at Lanvin -<div style="text-align: center;">from "the selby",</div><div style="text-align: center;">a great site where a photographer gets to glimpse inside fashion cognocenti's homes,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the lanvin men's studios:</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRWt-w8f0I/AAAAAAAAUm8/2_qj8HUR-Sc/s1600-h/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRWt-w8f0I/AAAAAAAAUm8/2_qj8HUR-Sc/s400/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17633.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IECGJsLECNdVWAsKQgEhlsrZB0gnDcjJEoYL8u3BZ6aN4T_tluIQs1tcc5eEEiUZ6Fftcl1-F-DMSMS189vr4RdclRUruiGjvu9WnQJGmNX_8C_7BI4X90Hq9vLM_IZb2QGdddxXYPI/s1600-h/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IECGJsLECNdVWAsKQgEhlsrZB0gnDcjJEoYL8u3BZ6aN4T_tluIQs1tcc5eEEiUZ6Fftcl1-F-DMSMS189vr4RdclRUruiGjvu9WnQJGmNX_8C_7BI4X90Hq9vLM_IZb2QGdddxXYPI/s400/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17637.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUVgJkBLg86J3_ZxckfIhQoX36u9QuvchJWibJEyuWFmtNyu9EEcmhNnMwHDgfgI-ATTADK9WKP0dvNhMp-6H2ZVsjuWHijxfu6AGJfEB3aQs6UCZvsGkaISdhMeKBeqB6VosmvhXrdM/s1600-h/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17670.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUVgJkBLg86J3_ZxckfIhQoX36u9QuvchJWibJEyuWFmtNyu9EEcmhNnMwHDgfgI-ATTADK9WKP0dvNhMp-6H2ZVsjuWHijxfu6AGJfEB3aQs6UCZvsGkaISdhMeKBeqB6VosmvhXrdM/s400/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17670.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW0T2VglI/AAAAAAAAUnU/nhoXhIGDx-E/s1600-h/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW0T2VglI/AAAAAAAAUnU/nhoXhIGDx-E/s400/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17672.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW2qLP2qI/AAAAAAAAUnc/dmsyPl0xLUw/s1600-h/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW2qLP2qI/AAAAAAAAUnc/dmsyPl0xLUw/s400/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17681.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW3obcJyI/AAAAAAAAUnk/2bRu3Jymnv0/s1600-h/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17648-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW3obcJyI/AAAAAAAAUnk/2bRu3Jymnv0/s400/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17648-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW5HbSNZI/AAAAAAAAUns/3QFshTGAD7U/s1600-h/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SoRW5HbSNZI/AAAAAAAAUns/3QFshTGAD7U/s400/10_15_08_Lucas_Ossendrijver17671.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love the spool of grosgrain ribbon</div><div style="text-align: center;">(a lanvin signature trim)</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the wall of shoes makes me a little light headed every time i see it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">men need to love their shoes like this more.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's one of the few forms of expression we are truly allowed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">lucas always looks so composed and disheveled.</div><div style="text-align: center;">that is an art.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the last trainers are ridiculous.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i would not wear them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i would FRAME them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-43120923986939585032009-07-20T05:33:00.000-07:002009-07-20T05:33:00.174-07:00THIS NOT THAT : hermes men's spring 10<div style="text-align: center;">what i would buy from hermes for spring:</div><div style="text-align: center;">(since you asked)</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFgFBFN4I/AAAAAAAAUTc/u9dQxjJ7g9s/s1600-h/Picture+13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFgFBFN4I/AAAAAAAAUTc/u9dQxjJ7g9s/s400/Picture+13.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the new belt</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkGkqBlTNI/AAAAAAAAUUE/pZgFsWP6HgE/s1600-h/00020m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkGkqBlTNI/AAAAAAAAUUE/pZgFsWP6HgE/s400/00020m.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">belts don't normally do it for me. this one did.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFi22DBYI/AAAAAAAAUTk/fYi4Wwgfw88/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFi22DBYI/AAAAAAAAUTk/fYi4Wwgfw88/s400/Picture+14.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the sheer scarf, and the boatneck sweater.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkGpR9_8dI/AAAAAAAAUUU/MoPKUHEA78I/s1600-h/00220m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkGpR9_8dI/AAAAAAAAUUU/MoPKUHEA78I/s400/00220m.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">while there will be interpretations of this out there,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there will not be the quality or attention to detail and texture.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFmCH3BtI/AAAAAAAAUTs/ZL53cDAPIPA/s1600-h/Picture+15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFmCH3BtI/AAAAAAAAUTs/ZL53cDAPIPA/s400/Picture+15.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the pale leather trench.</div><div style="text-align: center;">you know. for those nights that call for a pale leather trench.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFo0NSNKI/AAAAAAAAUT0/-oL4sq6WDFI/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFo0NSNKI/AAAAAAAAUT0/-oL4sq6WDFI/s400/Picture+20.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the printed short short.</div><div style="text-align: center;">because it's an hermes print. </div><div style="text-align: center;">and i have killer legs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFriTlBKI/AAAAAAAAUT8/R6NSeBahiFA/s1600-h/Picture+21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkFriTlBKI/AAAAAAAAUT8/R6NSeBahiFA/s400/Picture+21.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the oddly cut, crotch enhancing trouser.</div><div style="text-align: center;">don't know what veronique is doing to her pantaloons,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it's working for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-55106218229264105442009-07-20T05:01:00.000-07:002009-07-20T05:01:00.216-07:00DU JOUR : birthday edition<div style="text-align: center;">i was born this date, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the day the men landed on the moon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9dFFnNOTZwigi1hpMOgix4NgbYCRcpBSUcEKBqWIliIGMNSuYPNynsSAiqnhlH_Fq1PTqyBtnC3cntsqhDeGBHCffiJB4HGl_POYYU_NAOlEZD0oqkEwbB82bPO7ppf7XqPqh6X-saE/s1600-h/poster1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9dFFnNOTZwigi1hpMOgix4NgbYCRcpBSUcEKBqWIliIGMNSuYPNynsSAiqnhlH_Fq1PTqyBtnC3cntsqhDeGBHCffiJB4HGl_POYYU_NAOlEZD0oqkEwbB82bPO7ppf7XqPqh6X-saE/s400/poster1.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SmNEfJwGDwI/AAAAAAAAUdk/CUgJZtiYzvI/s1600-h/poster2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SmNEfJwGDwI/AAAAAAAAUdk/CUgJZtiYzvI/s400/poster2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD86LEqQhySf2qwf2EVV5XHfv7OxqctyQnV7l1sEc3Ax2mAkkgbe-65ZFhsyJ1gBSvZpOig-kxENokMwHQOiNSkGLrPMLG5VyhcIMo18wuZAfj2n8nBWuTJmIU6woqi0gip09Fsh55Nvo/s1600-h/poster3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD86LEqQhySf2qwf2EVV5XHfv7OxqctyQnV7l1sEc3Ax2mAkkgbe-65ZFhsyJ1gBSvZpOig-kxENokMwHQOiNSkGLrPMLG5VyhcIMo18wuZAfj2n8nBWuTJmIU6woqi0gip09Fsh55Nvo/s400/poster3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">beautiful work by paul lee,</div><div style="text-align: center;">graphic designer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">sings to me.</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-16704532379078442392009-07-17T02:48:00.000-07:002009-07-17T02:48:00.651-07:00THIS NOT THAT : julius men's spring 10<div style="text-align: center;">while i often wax rhapsodic about the more experimental designers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this shopping trip will show you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even the edgiest</div><div style="text-align: center;">are wearable.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">from julius' eye popping runway:</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkJCBHNkqI/AAAAAAAAUUk/IyrGJiEjPSE/s1600-h/Picture+23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkJCBHNkqI/AAAAAAAAUUk/IyrGJiEjPSE/s400/Picture+23.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">this vest.</div><div style="text-align: center;">perfect with dark, slim denim, a workboot, aviators.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkJEdvWXSI/AAAAAAAAUUs/FC4sKoTC5yM/s1600-h/Picture+26.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkJEdvWXSI/AAAAAAAAUUs/FC4sKoTC5yM/s400/Picture+26.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">this leather jacket.</div><div style="text-align: center;">if i have to explain how to wear a leather jacket,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you really should be on another site.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkJJLm0aqI/AAAAAAAAUU8/fWF_BvTwJOA/s1600-h/Picture+25.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkJJLm0aqI/AAAAAAAAUU8/fWF_BvTwJOA/s400/Picture+25.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">these pants/leggings.</div><div style="text-align: center;">while not lohan myself,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a navy shirt, a camel blazer, and hightops, </div><div style="text-align: center;">modern and soooo comfortable.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL0zgsPoR94-OWaW-wb_dh7c-Kl3fi7G5uLWWtadm6e5CFz-6o6Upd9BT3KYj3im-2uLMeKWN141J2m_otQQ5zpugWjfOMHN3W6MgoIS4_sQJDeCw5HZOo4En8JkgwiBCPmQ-rckcHJg/s1600-h/Picture+28.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL0zgsPoR94-OWaW-wb_dh7c-Kl3fi7G5uLWWtadm6e5CFz-6o6Upd9BT3KYj3im-2uLMeKWN141J2m_otQQ5zpugWjfOMHN3W6MgoIS4_sQJDeCw5HZOo4En8JkgwiBCPmQ-rckcHJg/s400/Picture+28.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">this jacket.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the crown.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i'm not explaining the crown.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's personal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(a steel and pearl crown!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-35997956324743905082009-07-17T01:54:00.000-07:002009-07-17T01:54:00.202-07:00DU JOUR : a daily dose of beauty and inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkKR0jF38I/AAAAAAAAUVE/JDOjh9qp7gI/s1600-h/89a7e176aea616c29362fe889fa5e34fa17e0850_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3dwrb5rTrT0/SlkKR0jF38I/AAAAAAAAUVE/JDOjh9qp7gI/s400/89a7e176aea616c29362fe889fa5e34fa17e0850_m.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">great book covers </div><div style="text-align: center;">are great inspiration.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-78849573557516606512009-07-16T01:44:00.000-07:002009-07-16T01:44:00.951-07:00DU JOUR : a daily dose of beauty and inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagai2IXjr0lkn_pxgbsLBXrlyaB2HyvxpnM1HTiAjeiu2cibsO9j3Gifyu0rxofGnfHNZikp0gpRcMePjCUXUTOJwHXmoc4ghT80_Ujpr6GdPZHWeq9vBqfehsj3pRE9sLaLPDTl0z24/s1600-h/23afc72678b7d89ad31e5144b403487dc139872a_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagai2IXjr0lkn_pxgbsLBXrlyaB2HyvxpnM1HTiAjeiu2cibsO9j3Gifyu0rxofGnfHNZikp0gpRcMePjCUXUTOJwHXmoc4ghT80_Ujpr6GdPZHWeq9vBqfehsj3pRE9sLaLPDTl0z24/s400/23afc72678b7d89ad31e5144b403487dc139872a_m.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">sometimes,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a concept car</div><div style="text-align: center;">is more than a concept.</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div><div style="text-align: center;">sometimes it sets the mind racing along the lines of:</div><div style="text-align: center;">what would the sight through green glass be like?</div><div style="text-align: center;">how would the car sound?</div><div style="text-align: center;">how would this FEEL under my touch?</div><div style="text-align: center;">-</div>Landishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531344685442973997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311847428116896110.post-28685107053974445432009-07-15T05:03:00.000-07:002009-07-15T05:03:00.302-07:00DU JOUR : a daily dose of beauty and inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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from the key show of the season, BOTTEGA VENETA:<br />
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unquestionably, something RED.<br />
tomas meier did a whole run of red, primarily in a bold tomato tone,<br />
that looks so fresh suddenly, particularly for summer.<br />
i would take:<br />
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the flap pocketed pant<br />
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the laser cut leather blazer<br />
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and of course, the signature red suit.<br />
go big or go home.<br />
then:<br />
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the odd and insane intrecciato "confetti" leather bag<br />
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the vivid cerulean alligator tote<br />
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this little green combo (sexy/army/summer)<br />
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a pair of these delicious luxe sweatpants to pair with a blazer<br />
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these printed pants. not really "me", but then again, so "me".<br />
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this flawless re-invention of the navy blazer.<br />
peak shoulders, nipped waist, flared hips.<br />
watch the shoulder to start appearing everywhere within the year.<br />
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what we learn from this shopping excursion?<br />
the color palette is a new look at masculine,<br />
a fusion of the femininity of lanvin and something more agressive.<br />
watch for it to start emerging everywhere, quickly.<br />
also,<br />
a strong commitment to the ongoing mesh of casual and formal,<br />
but re-interpreted in skins and wovens.<br />
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oh,<br />
and the return, big time, of the penny loafer.<br />
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