There's something very bewitching about Pendleton's Native American patterns.
Have a look at the Levi's Workwear by Pendleton collaboration:
Falling into Opening Ceremony team's radar after making some noise with the "classy hipsters", the textile company famous for its Native American blankets earned its most public stamp of cool with the Pendleton meets Opening Ceremony collection.
I have recently seen a lot of Pendleton scattered in some of my favourite vintage shops in Japan. Very excited to jazz up winter's dark palettes with my Pendleton buys.
He is a masculine boy. His imperfection makes him perfect. He played a soul-less killer and a profound artist. He is most alluring when he is most disconnected. He is fashionable at his plainest.
He is Gaspard Ulliel.
L'Optimum September '10
Dazed and Confused - June '09
GQ Italia - Feb '09
Only a face like that can fashion fall so hard and fast for.
I recently dug into the archives of fashion's "enfant terrible" Jean Paul Gaultier, and learnt what a true fashion pioneer means. Digging into his previous seasons' works, I saw his innovation being re-used on catwalks by some of the most famous designers today.
Here are the examples:
Maison Martin Margiela SS09 disguised model
Jean Paul Gaultier SS04 disguised model
Chanel SS10 Barn Theme with Flirty Play on Florals
Jean Paul Gaultier SS06 Barn Theme with Darker Play on Florals
Miu Miu SS10 Shirt-Collar Necklace
Jean Paul Gaultier SS01 Disengaged Shirt Collar
His collections may not have been picking up the most attention lately and there may have been occasions of recycled looks from the past, but within each season lies an innate Gaultier innovation that is reborn every six months.
I'm sure you are all aware that high fashion bees have been swarming over Victoria's Secret angels. The trend exploded after Adriana Lima was featured in Givenchy's FW09 ad campaign, and hit its peak when we saw VS angels strutting Louis Vuitton's FW10 catwalk followed by a "curves are back" callout from worldwide fashion media. Editors were quick to jump on this trend; their faces and curves have recently graced most of the big fashion publications around the globe.
Check out Love Magazine's latest work with lingerie gals Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros, Julie Orden, and nineties comeback model Claudia Mason.
Katie Grand led the editorial trend not with the this new gig, but with Love Magazine's SS10 issue "Denim Angels" featuring Alessandra, Izabel Goulart, Emily Didonato, and Miranda Kerr.
I enjoy seeing commercial models done up high-fashion style. It puts their versatility to a test. It's fascinating to see stylists and photographers work their creativity to bring new life to these girls' tanned-and-sparkly-with-big-hair super commercial VS images.
I wonder what pure breed high fashion models think of this takeover...
Here are more examples of this phenomenon:
Alessandra Ambrosio and Ana Beatriz Barros for Vogue Nippon Oct '10
Alessandra Ambrosio and Ana Beatriz Barros for Vogue Russia Sept '10
Rosie Huntington Whitely & Alessandra Ambrosio for Love Issue 4
Miranda Kerr for Vogue Spain and Vogue US Sept '10
Miranda Kerr for Jil Sander FW10 Ad Campaign
Miranda Kerr for Prada FW10 Ad Campaign
Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima for Loewe FW10 Ad Campaign
Love his play of colours for SS11, but most of all how much do you love that THUMB GLOVE?!
Still slightly OTT for an everyday social event, but this looks much more fun than the fingerless biker gloves sported by countless celebrities.
