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Lust List: Bright Scarves
One of the reasons I'm so fascinated by color is that it can have such a powerful influence on one's mood. There has been a significant amount of research on the impact of distinct hues, but color as a...
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JAU Label's Fashion Galaxy
JAU Label launched only last year, but designer Jessica Au has already garnered much attention for her East London-based brand's conceptual aesthetic. Straying fashion's oft-consuming need for...
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Best Foot Forward
There seems to be a gap in our overflowing fashion emporiums. While our feet receive a myriad of sculptural blessings, which arch them infinitely upwards in a perhaps unnatural form of contortions,...
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Into the Color Chasm
I recently stumbled upon the work of Antwerp-born graphic designer and mixed-media artist Jonathan Lichtfeld on Tumblr. While Photoshop has come to evoke negative connotations in the fashion world for...
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"Hug Me" by Si Chan
Macao-based designer Si Chan got a little handsy with his latest collection, wittily titled "Hug Me." His small men's collection explores series of hand movements as an expression of different...
View ArticleA New Year of Color
Although I'm a bit late to the party, I would like to impart some commentary on the turning of the new year. This transition is distinct in that it is a universal time for people to decide on a new...
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Weave Me Alone
I love to collect handicrafts throughout my travels. This instance of souvenir shopping supports craftsmanship in a world becoming increasingly consumed by factory work. Forgo the tourist traps of...
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Christian Dior Spring 2013 Couture
Relative newcomer to the house of Christian Dior, Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons showed the Spring 2013 Haute Couture show amongst a set of vibrant green foliage. In this fashion garden, the first...
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Where Light and Dark Meet
Couture week transports us to a time of elegance. As much as we would hope to remain in such a saccharine fantasy, we cannot. We return to wintertime, with its brooding color palettes and gothic...
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Graffiti Makes Its Marc
Born and raised in New York City, I have long been a fan of street art, although it is often rather commonplace for my jaded urban eyes. The best examples, however, let creativity run rampant. Despite...
View ArticleThoughts on Fashion Week
I've been thinking a lot about fashion week in the midst of busy days. Whilst I've experienced phases of guilt for being so behind on the shows, it's not as if it were just a blip on my radar.If you're...
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Candy Land
I recently looked back at the sweets-centric fashion editorial, entitled "Candy Land", in New York Magazine's spring fashion issue. Teenage actress Elle Fanning plays both model and muse for artist...
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When Fashion Danced: Stephen Burrows
“Clothes should be fun and easy to move in. To me, they’re like toys for adults to play with.” So said fashion designer Stephen Burrows, whose dance-ready designs are memorialized in an exhibition at...
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May Inspiration
Clockwise from top left: Street style photograph by Tommy Ton; Lilacs photograph, source unknown; Louise Amstrup Fall 2013, photo by Susie Lau for Style Bubble; Details March 2013, photographed by...
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Shoetopia
My mother lived the majority of her life disinterested in fashion, until my sudden enthrallment with shopping and fashion magazines forced her into a relationship with trends, designers and fancy...
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The Statement Sweatshirt
The fashion world has had its eye on the sweatshirt silhouette for some time now, but given the sudden drop of temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast, it seems especially appropriate to consider...
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Prada's Rainbow Warriors
Image via fashionologie.comFashion advertisements are often quite focused and direct: one to three models whose outfits show a concise snapshot of the collection from whence they came. While flipping...
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Chanel Resort 2015
It is clear that Chanel revels in the power of the spectacle. When reading reviews for Karl Lagerfeld's latest and greatest show, it is often the show's magnificent locale that occupies the opening...
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MIUNIKU
Designers have shown a recent penchant for busy prints: ones that keep the eye occupied with multitudes of vibrant colors contained within complex, multidimensional patterns. The Spring 2014 runway...
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Links à la Mode: Style Secrets Revealed
Style Secrets RevealedThere are so many "secrets" in the style industry. It's all smoke and mirrors, or so they say. We're here to put an end to that. As bloggers, we like to share those secrets often...
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