What's new copycat?

Shock. That's what I felt when I first saw a picture of a blonde wearing a Meadham Kirchoff dress with Burberry Prorsum ankle boots in Paris. If you remember my post from a couple of days ago, that's exactly what Yasmin Sewell had worn in London two week earlier. I had a little giggle as I went to Yasmin's twitter and saw she had tweeted about it at the beginning of the month : "So I wear a meadham kirchoff dress with burberry boots to LFW, and some chic[k] wears the exact same outfit to PFW...what's that about?". It's funny how no one can get away with stuff like this anymore, all thanks to the internet. However, I have to say the poor girl didn't even stand a chance in the first place. To begin with, not only she isn't Yasmin (which is to say a lot) but she also doesn't have her fantastic hair. Concerning the outfit, Sewell managed to pull off a sophisticated take on that juxtaposition of fragile and tough I've mentioned so much lately. She looks cool and classy. Alas, the blonde girl was neither. Not only she decided to bare most of her body but she also added socks (to shearling boots!). Add in the polka dots from the dress and you get a homeless clown from Shoreditch.

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[Pictures: MrNewton.com]

M vs. M

If you regularly check soVIPzone you know I am quite fond of comparing womens and menswear. I think it has something to do with the fact that women's clothes are always the main focus in fashion and we are somehow alienated. So I'm constantly trying to prove that we deserve our share of attention too. And this is yet another reason to support that. Isn't it fascinating that Marc Jacobs has done exactly the same for men and trousers in FW10 as Miuccia Prada did for women in SS09? I do think so. Now, whether we'll see any men actually wearing this double leg or not is a different question.

[Picture credits: Style.com, GQ.com]

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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.

[Picture credit: Style.com & GQ.com]

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to be or not to be... a MAN

Everyone knows fashion is more of a women's world, there is no wonder about that. But how unfair is it that only because of that overlook-able fact we men must wait around for a year in order to get those trends in our sizes. Whether you are looking for gladiators, a boho look, new hippy or neon you might as well wear last year's clothes with wit and find a good amount of patience. Then, of course you can be lucky enough to be a pocket-size guy with extraordinarily small feet so as to find your beloved item among a pile of unwanted womenswear. Something which seems highly unlikely all the same. However, we shall not be fully disappointed as Milan fashion week is well on the move, showcasing what seem to be the innovative ways of transporting S/S'08 womenswear onto the male side of fashion. Upset as that fact could make us, it can also be taken as a better way of approaching the now super fresh trends. Designers have time to let their ideas mature and experiment with them for some months. And it looks like that is precisely what has occurred. S/S'09 offers all we could wish for specifically adapted for us —oh what an honour.

Balmain's new hippy comes via Gucci for next summer.

It's also Gucci that brings in Prada's graphic fantasy and colours.

Hermès oriental touch is courtesy of Asia-lover Giorgio Armani.

Neon as seen in Blumarine can also be found at Salvatore Ferragamo and Calvin Klein Collection for next summer.

Cropped tops for men are introduced by Prada, just like Jil Sander did.

In this case, Etro uses their own trends and patterns for their womenswear'08 and menswear'09 for the summer season.

[Pictures credit: Style.com]

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UPDATE: I have just changed the header, it needed some refreshing. What do you think?