Directed by Cass Bird. Inspirations for an idyllic & carefree summer of love and fun; sea spray, dancing by the fire & sleeping on the beach. Living without direction. It's the dream of our generation. Sophomore SS 2010 Lookbook.
Arcade Fire- Wake Up :) I'd heard of Australian label Limedrop long before I stumbled across these images as I'd often found myself swooning over their geek chic last collection but now I'm in love. The new collection sings to me. I really enjoy the mixture of fashion for function and representations of the natural world with names like 'oil slick', 'citrus stripe' and 'ocean cotton'. These final cloud print garments absolutely blow me away. My first fashion memory-a memory of really really wanting/coveting a piece of clothing was at about 10 or 11 and there was this cloud print dress in a shop and I wanted it so badly. I never got it but the memory of wanting it has always stood out for me. What's your first 'fashion memory'?
Do you not think the couldprint stuff looks really, really hideously 80's, in a plain bad way, not ironic?
My first fashion memory is from the age of five; of a puff sleeve, full skirted black velvet and shiny material 80's party dress which I loved so much that I tried to squeeze into it long after I'd grown out of it, and had to scream for my mother to release me on one occasion. It's why I always throw clothes away if they don't fit me any longer now. :) x
Here's an editorial from 160g Magazine that caught my eye shot by Sol Sanchez and starring Milou van Groesen & Sylwia Jansowska. I love the muted colours, the high contrast glow and the dreamy lighting.
So it's that time of year again when my face goes a little like this: And I obsessively save more than half of the pictures of the Burberry Pre-Fall Collection & thank the world at large that Christopher Bailey was born and became a fashion designer. It's genius. I love him season after season. He always gets it right. He can do no wrong in my eyes. Deep v-neck lace shirts and dresses, military jackets with epaulattes and luscious shiny buttons belted at the waist with brown leather, chunky platforms with socks, blood red fur, wide collared aviator jackets, tailored grey trousers and big black tent coats. Perfection. Belt anything military and I'll pretty much take two. The final pairs shots make me wish my boyfriend didn't hate fashion so much. Maybe he wouldn't hate this...No, he still would.
Just realised that I've not done a menswear post in awhile so here's one about the scruffy man. Where I live, especially with college just starting for some people all the boys are groomed and preened to beyond perfection. It's sort of irritating. They look like they obviously take longer to get ready than I do, like half their weight resides in their perfectly styled coifs. It's getting ridiculous. Here's some refreshment: Johnny Depp esque scruffy men. Beards, boots, smoking, bed hair,parkas and second hand goodness. My boy has the same size feet. SCORE. I can steal all of his boots :) These images and all the black & white one below are from a Japanese menswear label called Wizzard. The name alone would have been enough to win me over but then they added the red hair and I was sold. Tyler Riggs for Japanese label SHELL. I really like the hair. Although it does bear a striking resemblance to a certain RPattz. Label on the last one is Jay Nicholas K. I'm so picking up a military issue canvas backpack next time I'm in Camden. Nil Adimiari boots. Niceee. Label is Nice Collective. The white is a nice touch. I think these are the ASOS lookbook. The hat is great. My favourites of the bunch. Photographed by Derek Kettela. It's like a modern day Jesus or something. The beard and the sequinned jacket together are just genius. I like the mixed stripes and textures. It's very creative and probably a little out there for most men.
My name is Jasmin but I've always liked boys with girls' names and names that end in -ie.
I'm an insomniac. I like to stay up late to watch the sky change from blue to black to beige and blue again. I'm a critically indecisive realist whose in love with the little things. I enjoy writing lists and schedules but never stick to them. I want to learn to do a million things like speak Swedish, play guitar, skateboard, hula hoop and play poker. My mind is always turning over a million things but I am a simple girl and I never ask for much. I'm a typical nerd and I'm excited by fashion, photography, books, ideas and theories.
I could pour through books and magazines until my eyes dribbled down my face in a torrent of glitter and sequins. It's true.
I like to paint what I write, write what I think and photograph what I see.
"Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known." Chuck Palahniuk, INVISIBLE MONSTERS
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