What really catches the eye are the incredible colour combinations used in most of the outfits. Earth tones mixed with candy pinks and greens in a perfectly unique balance.
Catwalk images from vogue.co.uk
29 June 2011
Colour Study
Acne's simple and functional designs have a touch of 70's taste for SS 12.
What really catches the eye are the incredible colour combinations used in most of the outfits. Earth tones mixed with candy pinks and greens in a perfectly unique balance.
Catwalk images from vogue.co.uk
What really catches the eye are the incredible colour combinations used in most of the outfits. Earth tones mixed with candy pinks and greens in a perfectly unique balance.
Catwalk images from vogue.co.uk
27 June 2011
Minimalist
There's something fascinating about minimalism in fashion.
There's a very fine line between boring and sublime when it comes to stripping down a look to its core.
It's suddenly all about forms and textures, it's about proportions and details.
An exercise in perfection.
Original images from vogue.co.uk
There's a very fine line between boring and sublime when it comes to stripping down a look to its core.
It's suddenly all about forms and textures, it's about proportions and details.
An exercise in perfection.
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| Dior Homme, YSL, Dior Homme |
25 June 2011
Symmetry
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| Givenchy SS12 |
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| Givenchy SS12 |
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| Givenchy SS12 |
Video stills from various films @ SHOWstudio by Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben
Catwalk images from vogue.co.uk
24 June 2011
MILAN SS12 Fashion Shows: Jil Sander and Prada
I must admit, I'm not particularly impressed by the shows so far. It's mostly about Menswear rather than Men's Fashion and the slight change in proportions and jacket lapels is really not enough to keep me excited.
BUT, I have to say, I loved Prada and Jil Sander for opposite reasons and here's why.
Raf Simons goes austere, he creates a collection dominated by black and leaves to accessories and a few chunky knits the task to provide a touch of colour.
I absolutely love the conceptual silhouette and the accessories, and I love the fact that this collection rides the wave of the big trend of the gender-irrelevant fashion that's been going on for a few seasons now.
At Prada the golf-inspired preppy look is a mix and match of colours and patterns.
A very loud collection with colourful prints and macro-sized tie patterns that take over jackets and coats.
Now, the Prada look is really not my cup of tea, but let's give merit where merit is due.
Most of us go crazy in the morning simply trying to create an acceptable colour combination between pants and tops, so I can see how mixing and matching such different prints and patterns requires an incredible eye.
Miuccia is telling us to be daring, not to be afraid to wear an illustrated print alongside a micro pattern or checked trousers. She does it perfectly creating some sort of balance in every outfit, she makes it look right.
BUT, I have to say, I loved Prada and Jil Sander for opposite reasons and here's why.
Raf Simons goes austere, he creates a collection dominated by black and leaves to accessories and a few chunky knits the task to provide a touch of colour.
I absolutely love the conceptual silhouette and the accessories, and I love the fact that this collection rides the wave of the big trend of the gender-irrelevant fashion that's been going on for a few seasons now.
At Prada the golf-inspired preppy look is a mix and match of colours and patterns.
A very loud collection with colourful prints and macro-sized tie patterns that take over jackets and coats.
Now, the Prada look is really not my cup of tea, but let's give merit where merit is due.
Most of us go crazy in the morning simply trying to create an acceptable colour combination between pants and tops, so I can see how mixing and matching such different prints and patterns requires an incredible eye.
Miuccia is telling us to be daring, not to be afraid to wear an illustrated print alongside a micro pattern or checked trousers. She does it perfectly creating some sort of balance in every outfit, she makes it look right.
(All original images from vogue.co.uk edited by me)
20 June 2011
HEDI SLIMANE
Because I needed a starting point and I couldn't think of a better one than my favourite photograph.
So here comes my first post.
It's about a man that as a designer changed men's fashion radically.
His androgynous and slender silhouette started a revolution in the way men dress and represent themselves, a wave most designers had to ride after him in order to keep up with the change Slimane had started.
Minimalism, black and white, youth, these were the main ingredients of his collections.
Then, at the top of his design career, he quit. In July 2007 he left Dior after 7 years and decided to focus on another passion: photography.
He brings his very strong and precise vision to his pictures the same way he imposed it in his collections: in black and white very sharp images.
And since an image says a thousand words, I'll let them speak.
His website is a very inspired visual diary.
So, to go back to the start, I'll close this post with a quote from an interview he did for syle.com
"…And by “fashion,” I mean men’s fashion at the same level as women’s. This is what I always pursued during my design years, defending the idea of men’s fashion rather than men’s wear."
All images from hedislimane.com
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| Vogue Hommes International SS 08 |
So here comes my first post.
It's about a man that as a designer changed men's fashion radically.
His androgynous and slender silhouette started a revolution in the way men dress and represent themselves, a wave most designers had to ride after him in order to keep up with the change Slimane had started.
Minimalism, black and white, youth, these were the main ingredients of his collections.
Then, at the top of his design career, he quit. In July 2007 he left Dior after 7 years and decided to focus on another passion: photography.
He brings his very strong and precise vision to his pictures the same way he imposed it in his collections: in black and white very sharp images.
And since an image says a thousand words, I'll let them speak.
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| hedislimane.com |
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| hedislimane.com |
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| AnOther Man June 09 |
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| hedislimane.com |
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| hedislimane.com |
His website is a very inspired visual diary.
So, to go back to the start, I'll close this post with a quote from an interview he did for syle.com
"…And by “fashion,” I mean men’s fashion at the same level as women’s. This is what I always pursued during my design years, defending the idea of men’s fashion rather than men’s wear."
All images from hedislimane.com
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