the LANVIN hat. man chapeau. boy topper.

i don't quite know what to make of this:

it was an amazing runway piece.

so when it started popping up in stores,

for sale,

for real,

i was momentarily excited.

RUNWAY TO REALITY.

but.

tried it on.

and thought,

you know,

even at the height of my club-kid

catsuit wearing

eyeliner long haired

days,

i would have hesitated on this one.

what thinks vous?

too much?

just right?

help me here.

the landis is flummoxed.

ampersands : the LANVIN WINGTIP. shit.

i was naive.

in my little shell.

surely lucas ossenjdriver,

the genius behind lanvin's men's line,

would be content torturing me with a nearly endless procession,

season after season,

of covetable "stealth luxe" clothing

and obscene new takes on the trainer.

surely, surely,

he would let me occasionally purchase a shoe,

a small thing,

and then go about my way.

BASTARD!

(pardon my french.)

AMPERSANDS : damn opening ceremony and their boots

in the series of accesories that make life worth living,
the chukka boot as interpreted by opening ceremony.

i have a few pairs.  now i see this.

yes, it is simply black leather.

 

why do i find this insanely, impossibly, dirty sexy?

fur, feathers, and what you didn't see coming this fall :

i love the runways.

in case you couldn't tell by now . . .

the showmanship, the over-the-top expression of a vision,
the clothes, the clothes, the clothes.

and the accessories. 

these are the ampersands that bring it all together.

like this fall's expression:

the gray fur of the lanvin runways

the feathers of the burberry prorsum show

hats at thom browne and lanvin,
valiantly trying to make a comeback beyond the justin timberlake fedora fiasco

ribboning.  interesting.
laced up at thom browne (one of those impractical, yet enchanting moments)
or lace-ups at lanvin.

a new use for glazed alligator.
i know.  you were trying to figure out what to do
with that glazed alligator lying around.
now you know.

now this i can see trending.
the lapel fleur.
you will see it in editorial, probably everywhere.
on the street?
let's keep an eye on the sartorialist.
he loves a lapel accesory . . .

of course, you can go this direction.
i kind of love it.  individually.
all together?
let's just say . . .