Archives
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Style Profile…Alessandra Colombo, Milano
Job?
Fashion designer
Best Sartorial advice from your parents?
When I was twelve my mother took me to get my first custom made jacket and shoes ? she gave me the essential basis of a perfect wardrobe
Style Icons?
Loulou de la Falaise, Frida Kahlo, the Gainsbourg-Birkin family.
Describe your personal style
It?s usually quite androgynous with super feminine touches.
Personal Style quirk
I always buy trousers (with creases) at least two sizes bigger than my size – in order to style them my own way.
Favorite designers
Forever and ever: Monsieur Yves Saint Laurent
Most underrated item in menswear/womenswear?
The hat; we should all wear a hat more often!
Your next “must have” purchase?
A vintage yellow gold Rolex chronograph
Favorite Book?
Alice in Wonderland
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Ok, While We’re At It, I Love This Jacket Too, Paris
Thursday, November 19, 2009
On the Street….Javier of Just One, Madrid
So I found a really great shop in Madrid yesterday called Just One.
Cesare Attolini, Tom Ford, Edward Green, the shop is full of classic labels but bought and displayed in a very cool way. I’m still learning about the shop but it will definitely be a very good reason for me to make Madrid a more common stop on my trips to Europe.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Sartorialist in Spain
Here are the details for my book signings in Spain. I hope to meet some of you there!
Madrid
Book Signing
Tuesday Nov 17th
5-8pm
next to Caf
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Sartorialist for Burberry’s Art of the Trench
Monday, November 9, 2009
On the Street….Rodeo Style, Las Vegas
If you’ve read some of my interviews lately for the promotion of my book, it seems everyone wants to know what I never shoot.
My answer is almost always cowboy boots. I don’t know why, I just never see them done in a cool way (and maybe I saw them done in too many bad ways when I was growing up in Indiana).
However, in those same interviews I also say that what I am always looking for is something done in a way I haven’t seen before, i.e. a color combo, pattern mix.
So, this weekend while I was in Vegas to celebrate my Mom’s birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!!) a rodeo broke out.
My sister, who is a part-time cowgirl, pointed out the cowboy boots on one of the bull riders. He was wearing typical boots, but he had wrapped the ankles with a leather strap so they would stay on while he was riding the bull.
Well, that opened the floodgates. Everywhere I looked I saw such cool cowboy style. Notice the guy below with his pressed and creased jeans. My sister pointed out that if he was from Texas his shirt would have been more starched.
For the next three hours Garance and I filled card after card with cowboy cool.
In those same recent interviews I mentioned that in the next year I want to add more “national costume” photos from exotic locations like Peru or India. What I realized while I was shooting is that “The Cowboy” would have to be one of America’s most important national costumes.
Bruce Weber has always championed the idea of backyard photography, and this is my first attempt at sharing an even wider world of style with you.
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Sartorialist for Burberry’s Art of the Trench
Recently I had a chance to work on a great project for Burberry.
Over a several month period I was to shoot 100 different people wearing a Burberry trench or Burberry outerwear.
So, during my trips to Venice or Berlin or Toronto I was constantly looking for subjects while still doing my “regular” job for the blog and GQ.
The results of this project were unveiled today at Burberry’s new website Art of the Trench.
It is a great site that celebrates the heritage and history of the Burberry trench.
I have to admit that this project is probably my favorite collaboration that I have done with any big brand. I was quite flattered by the total freedom and support I was given by the Burberry team. I know how closely they guard their creative output, so to have such freedom was very liberating. Actually, the only thing they kept requesting was more diversity of the subjects, which I was more than happy to try and find.
Here are just a few of my favorite shots from this project.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Style Profile…Amir Toos, NYC
David Bowie, Dennis Hopper & Fred Astaire
Personal style quirk?
Always leave room for assumption!
Favorite designers
Lanvin, Ralph Lauren & Dries Van Noten
Most cherished item?
My vanilla colored vintage motorcycle jacket.
The first thing I look at in another Sartorialist’s outfit…
How he or she has worked with the proportions.
I always break this fashion rule?
Wearing loose fitting DB jackets unbuttoned.
I never break this fashion rule.
I never skip the belt (I am obsessed with them)!
Dress shirt with a tie, without a jacket, in public.
Most underrated item in menswear/womenswear?
The perfect scarf. For a man or woman an ascot (or silk scarf) if styled properly can be the sexiest part of an outfit. For me scarves are essential whether they are knitted in the winter, or lighter in the summer – they create an interesting concept.
Favorite stores?
Bergdorf Goodman & 10 Corso Como.
Favorite vacation spot?
The coast of Maine. When I am there I don’t remember that I live in NYC. It is so tranquil and totally different from my daily life in New York.
Manhattan Public Library
Best stylish movies?
Michelangelo Antonioni’s ?Blow Up,? John Schlesinger?s ?Darling?
Currently reading?
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Monday, November 2, 2009
Shopping Vintage @ Amarcord, Williamsburg, NYC
However, I popped into Amarcord in Williamsburg during the marathon on Sunday (no, I wasn’t running), and I was pleasantly surprised at how beautifully the shop was presented–wonderful color stories and very well-edited. I’ve said it a million times: retail is all about edit and presentation. Vintage stores are not immune to this rule, and if they follow it, they soar over their competition.