[Picture credit: Style.com & GQ.com]
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Showing posts with label Nicholas Ghesquière. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicholas Ghesquière. Show all posts
Monday, January 25
now is then
I was determined to post the Paris Fashion Week menswear highlights tonight but alas my stomach's state of emptiness prevents me from refocusing my attention from food and onto blogging. Instead, you will find this shorter post about one of the aspects that I found more fascinating about the FW10 Dries Van Noten show. I couldn't get the FW07 Balenciaga collection out of my head while looking at these pictures. Coming from Dries, however, I took this obvious reference as a genius twist on Nicolas Ghesquière's FW07 collection rather than as plagiarism —a generosity gesture so men can wear DVN and feel like wearing vintage Balenciaga. All at once. Behold.
Friday, October 9
Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde
Paris is over. Which in my own little world is synonym for another six months of waiting for the next fashion week. Didn't Anna Wintour say fashion was all about looking forward? I listen.
To those of you wondering, I did not get into any of the shows in Paris. But just the sight of Carine, Emmanuelle, Anna and Lily Donaldson contented me. It was just as nice to get back to London and go through every collection that had been showed so close to me yet was so out of reach.
It has been an extraordinary fashion week. It instantly erased some of the boredom from London and Milan from my mind. Alas, Yves Saint Laurent did disappoint me slightly. I could not say it better than the International Herald Tribune when their headlined the review "Straberry fields for never". There's that. Instead of my usual obsession with Pilati's collection Chalayan, Chloé, McCartney, Watanabe and Marant filled my mind. But I am particularly joyful about another of my favourites. Nicolas Ghesquière made me as happy as I can be by refraining from yet another chapter of his sci-fi series and returning to his roots. It was a sort of forward/backward step very much á la Rodarte.
These below, though, are all looks from all fashion weeks picked out by trend. Assymetrical is nothing very new to fashion (e.g. one-shoulder dresses) but this season it seems to be everywhere and in a more brutal attention-catching manner. Hence the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reference. The most outstanding? McQueen, of course. Behold.
As a norm Alber Elbaz produces stunning luxurious pieces. This is the proof of asymmetry being as high fashion as you can get.
Alex (yeah,we're pals) goes to the extreme of asymmetry by creating two-sided dresses that would make the Batman character Harvey two-faces cry with delight.
From left: Dries Van Noten x2, Hussein Chalayan
From left: Balenciaga x2, Givenchy
From left: Valentino x2, Preen
From left: Stella McCartney x2, Zac Posen
[Pictures credit: Style.com]
I'm off.
To those of you wondering, I did not get into any of the shows in Paris. But just the sight of Carine, Emmanuelle, Anna and Lily Donaldson contented me. It was just as nice to get back to London and go through every collection that had been showed so close to me yet was so out of reach.
It has been an extraordinary fashion week. It instantly erased some of the boredom from London and Milan from my mind. Alas, Yves Saint Laurent did disappoint me slightly. I could not say it better than the International Herald Tribune when their headlined the review "Straberry fields for never". There's that. Instead of my usual obsession with Pilati's collection Chalayan, Chloé, McCartney, Watanabe and Marant filled my mind. But I am particularly joyful about another of my favourites. Nicolas Ghesquière made me as happy as I can be by refraining from yet another chapter of his sci-fi series and returning to his roots. It was a sort of forward/backward step very much á la Rodarte.
These below, though, are all looks from all fashion weeks picked out by trend. Assymetrical is nothing very new to fashion (e.g. one-shoulder dresses) but this season it seems to be everywhere and in a more brutal attention-catching manner. Hence the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reference. The most outstanding? McQueen, of course. Behold.
As a norm Alber Elbaz produces stunning luxurious pieces. This is the proof of asymmetry being as high fashion as you can get.
Alex (yeah,we're pals) goes to the extreme of asymmetry by creating two-sided dresses that would make the Batman character Harvey two-faces cry with delight.
From left: Dries Van Noten x2, Hussein Chalayan
From left: Balenciaga x2, Givenchy
From left: Valentino x2, Preen
From left: Stella McCartney x2, Zac Posen[Pictures credit: Style.com]
I'm off.
Thursday, March 5
strokes of grandeur
Nicholas Ghesquière has made it again. After consistently pushing the boundaries of the known during the past few seasons he has made of the last Balenciaga collection a fashion feast where subtle genius seems like too much for the eye to take. There are no more futuristic shafts of sci-fi colours or armour-like silhouettes. Instead, Ghesquière strolls between exquisitely wearable prêt-a-porter and indulgent fashion-forward. Skirts, blouses and dresses in chiffon, silk and velvet are combined with elegant hues like bottle green, black and grey with seductive nude details. My favourite? The blue and green high-neck dress with velvet polka dot and draped skirt.
I'm off.
Wednesday, November 12
it's the way WE roll
It is time to give some credit to those lads out there making an effort and spending some extra minutes in front of the mirror to prove to the incredulous that the male kind can look as dazzling as anyone else, or even more. The trick is to add a final touch of scruffiness to every ensemble so your manhood does not seem jeopardized by your caring for your image.
Model Jamie Dornan and actor Josh Harnett are very aware of the tips above. Simply take out some of the pieces of clothing that are classically worn with a suit —be it the tie, the blazer or the trousers— and substitute them with something more casual. It might look like you just grabbed the first thing at hand but you will look very stylish.
When in winter and dubious stick to dark plain colours. Even though this is pretty basic it works almost every time. A good combination of black, grey and the colours of the leaves over the grass in the park never goes wrong. However, if you feel you are ready for more you may play with texture, cuts and some simple accessorizing —just like the gentlemen above.
No matter what your mates say, there is not a set dress code for any time of the day. Black is very recommendable, nonetheless. Never discard jeans beforehand as they might just be what you need. Mix them up with your really dressed-up blazer and shoes and you got the look. Your other option (only for the über-stylish) is to do it à la Ghesquière —it works every time.
If your date of birth is more than 30 years from 2008 jeans probably do not do it for you. Instead, be creative with the top of your outfit. Blazer are not always compulsory and if you wear one it does not necessarily have to be just over a shirt. Try cardigans and v-neck jumpers as both addition and substitute.
Who said it was boring to be a man? The men above are a clear example of how clean and simple go well with creative and fashionable. Play with layers and experiment with other hues from within the same palettes.
Classics such as the blazer and the tie or the cravat are very much a current fashion. If they seem to dressed-up for daily situations simply dress them down with sneakers and washed denim.
Model Jamie Dornan and actor Josh Harnett are very aware of the tips above. Simply take out some of the pieces of clothing that are classically worn with a suit —be it the tie, the blazer or the trousers— and substitute them with something more casual. It might look like you just grabbed the first thing at hand but you will look very stylish.
When in winter and dubious stick to dark plain colours. Even though this is pretty basic it works almost every time. A good combination of black, grey and the colours of the leaves over the grass in the park never goes wrong. However, if you feel you are ready for more you may play with texture, cuts and some simple accessorizing —just like the gentlemen above.
No matter what your mates say, there is not a set dress code for any time of the day. Black is very recommendable, nonetheless. Never discard jeans beforehand as they might just be what you need. Mix them up with your really dressed-up blazer and shoes and you got the look. Your other option (only for the über-stylish) is to do it à la Ghesquière —it works every time.
If your date of birth is more than 30 years from 2008 jeans probably do not do it for you. Instead, be creative with the top of your outfit. Blazer are not always compulsory and if you wear one it does not necessarily have to be just over a shirt. Try cardigans and v-neck jumpers as both addition and substitute.
Who said it was boring to be a man? The men above are a clear example of how clean and simple go well with creative and fashionable. Play with layers and experiment with other hues from within the same palettes.
Classics such as the blazer and the tie or the cravat are very much a current fashion. If they seem to dressed-up for daily situations simply dress them down with sneakers and washed denim.[Picture credits: Style.com, JustJared & The Sartorialist]
I'm off.
PS. Get ready for the beginning of the Christmas specials. I cannot wait!!
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