Fashion

Narciso Rodriguez - Resort 2018

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Source: Vogue.com

Source: Vogue.com

Some artists say that only beauty will save the world and I tend to agree. But it must be beauty in every sense of the word. The beauty of humility, honour, truth, and for the purposes of this post, a bit of style for measure.

I love this collection. The team at Narciso Rodriguez have an amazing interpretation of femininity that I think the world needs to experience more of. More grace. More sparkle. More magic.

 

 

TSE - Spring 2017

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SOURCE: Vogue.com

SOURCE: Vogue.com

I know. It's the requisite Fashion Week post featuring Alana Zimmer. But I really like what TSE has done this season in spite of every girl and her so-called besty craving floral print rompers and sandals designed by the same people who make cat toys for a living.

Femininity need not be overly minimalistic or excessively adorned with flowers. Just a bit of contouring, mascara, natural light, and a good night's rest! The stylists and designers put a lot of love and grace in this look and it really stands out from all the noise coming from the first day of NYFW.

Illesteva - Spring 2016

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SHOP: Illesteva

SHOP: Illesteva

Hang up your wool coats and beanies because it's that time of year where you get to spend a stupid amount money on sunglasses! Enter Illesteva, my favourite label that's a little bit daring and crazy, all made in the Italian spirit. 

So they're bringing in a new set of fantastic handmade frames for Spring. Two stand out. There's the Leonard Mask, which are equally ridiculous and awesome, and the Porto Cervo, because all the cool kids wear round lenses.

MA-1 Flight Jacket

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I wanted to pay a little tribute today to Lizzie Garrett Mettler, author of the blog formerly known as Tomboy Style and owner of the online store currently known as The Reed, with a tomboy style post of my own.

Last night I went on a little hunt for an M65 field jacket. Eventually, that led me to Alpha Industries, one of the original contractors for the U.S. Army who decided to start selling the same jackets for civvies. 

Then I came across their version of the MA-1 Flight Jacket, now sized for women. It looks fantastic and I just had to share it.

A little history: The MA-1 was first delivered to Air Force and Navy pilots at the start of the 1950's. They needed something that could wick away moisture as they scrambled to the cockpit and keep them warm at higher altitudes. It also has a reversible orange side to signal a rescue from a mission gone bad or a party gone lame.

Most importantly, they needed it to look cool. Because we can't have them fighting commie MiG-23s looking anything less than ace. Cue Kenny Loggins.


Sass & Bide - Fall 2016

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SHOP: Sass & Bide

SHOP: Sass & Bide

It's hard to be oneself. Mostly because of the fact that to be oneself requires you to know yourself.

'Nosce te ipsum', as the Romans used to say. (Though to be fair they probably copied it from the Ancient Greeks. If you know your art history, you'd know they pulled that kind of copycat crap all the time!)

But the girl who wears Sass & Bide doesn't have that problem because she figured out who she is a long time ago. She's the smart one that knows her shit and handed in a perfect paper before the exam was even halfway through.

Yeah, she's a bit of a show-off, but hey, you gotta work what you got.

 

Tod's - Spring 2016

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Despite rising unemployment, a deeply fragile banking system, and widespread corruption in all its branches of government, Milan Fashion Week aims to prove that if Italy can do one thing right these days, it's that it can always dress to the fucking nines.

I actually thought Tod's was a British label because it's, well, a British name. So I was super happy to see their latest collections and realize, nope, they're definitely Italian. They've taken the best elements of European fashion during the 70's — the colours, the fabrics, and the confidence — but with a spaghetti western theme and that rocking slim fit of the 2010's.

Maybe they have learned a thing or two from austerity after all.