One of my favorite Swedish brand, Tiger of Sweden, has been around for long enough to perfect the men’s suit and tailoring into fashionable and affordable streetwear clothes for men and women. The Spring/Summer collection is the perfection of elegant juxtapositions of surprising colors and prints. Any Tiger of Sweden items look sharp incorporating modern/minimal shapes and a rock’n'roll twist. The collection is largely dominated with blue hues for men and red for women. I love stripes and I am pretty excited to see a come back in a fashionably manner on the men’s collection. The styling in the ad campaign shot by Oscar Spendrup is quite excellent. I think the white trouser and double-button jacket, with striped shirt underneath is a classic yet really elegant ensemble. In the collection for women, I see a lot of printed separate outfits including shiny sleek fabrics. Specially like the sexy floral printed dress above and the mini-short suits. Definitely a great line for the dapper guy and an elegant jet-set woman.
If you are done with skin tight leggings, I’ll probably give you another one last reason to try something that will get your skinny dream back on. The Australian label Black Milk creates some funky and shiny skin-tight leggings, that will visually catch everyone’s attention. The sprayed ones are awesome, they will make you fly to the Moon.
Yesterday, watching this amazing team of male aerobic dancers performing back in 1987 just made my day. I am a terrible dancer, but come on! Who would not want to have the balls to make these hot push-ups…at least back in the 80’s. Anyway, what a coincidence I found this Etsy list of items that reminded me of the movie Flashdance. Perfect your gym attire with a vintage spandex body suit, your yoga wrap and a pair of leg warmers all packed in an old-school neon sports bag.
Just discovered this exceptional vintage shop on Etsy. If you like classic and fabulous vintage items, this is your one-stop store. Marie’s collection of impressive shoes and accessories is like virtually going in a fashion museum with Jean Seberg. Don’t forget to take advantage of the great sales Marie offers, you can find pretty things for under $20. Marie also has her own diary blog that you can find here.
For more than 20 years now, Maison Martin Margiela has valued creative authenticity and modernism with pure handcrafting. Transforming the materials into eco-conscious and sophisticated wearable items has been the precept of the fashion house. And I hope the house’s image won’t fade after Margiela walked away last Fall.
If you love MMM, exclusively available at Yoox.com, the latest Maison Martin Margiela Artisanal collection is on sale with a bunch of amazing, or extraordinary would be a better qualifier, clothes in the spirit of the 100% handcrafting signature. All the dresses, jackets and accessories are ridiculously innovative, specially like the mummy-jacket and the disco ball top which is made of small mirror tiles, all glued on an open-back top lined in black leather. Price tag is certainly not for everyone’s wallet, but you can still dream on one of these jackets.
An exclusive video of inside the Maison Martin Margiela’s atelier and produced for Yoox.com is available for your eyes only:
Romantic and dreamy promenade on the South Californian seaside, this is what Pendleton is promising us with Opening Ceremony in this exclusive collaboration. Weaving the American spirit, the line is composed of innovative plaid items and native Indian inspired patterns. The highlight of the collection is the jacket wearable as a backpack when you feel the heat is up. The women items are absolutely brilliant and feminine, the bohemian vibe in plaid-style is so well played and the fabrics look so comfortable. On the men’s side, despite the plaid shirt and short over-patterned, all look great – jacket and short would be to try this summer but a mistake to wear on top of a another plaid shirt. Thanks for this summery break, looking forward to see it in the stores (in a few months according to their site).
The Mulleavy sisters finally made the highly expected move to menswear and it occupied the headlines of the day. Opening Ceremony has the extreme privilege to sell some of the mohair “ragged” knits that would remind you the old punk days. The sweaters look mostly unconventional probably too edgy for the fashionisto you are and it’s certainly not Humberto who can pull that sweater off, but who knows… The first four items from Rodarte Men are available at Opening Ceremony now in case you are interested, but will need a bit of motivation in these times since each retails at $2,760.
I know this sounds like a late notice, but never too late The dapper guys from FineAndDandyShop.com released in October their 2009 lookbook of dandy accessories on their one-year anniversary. A while ago I introduced you to this wonderful store that collects and sells gems for the best dressed men only. Don’t forget to read through their superb blog.
It would have been a perfect gift for a size 8 friend. Those circa 80’s white ankle boots are stunning. Too bad it’s gone… Check persephone’s vintage shop on Etsy for other cool stuffs.
Jil Sander returns with a second collection of +J by UNIQLO in spring 2010.The upcoming collection feels in harmony with the designer’s genre – simple and minimalistic – the jackets in this lookbook give a fresh perspective on this new collection with motions.
"I'm a man living on a fashion runway. Not a professional fashion editor neither in the industry, this blog is my diary of self-indulgence in pursuit of a dream." - Kevin
The dapper guys from FineAndDandyShop.com released in October their 
