Fashion will never be the same again

Yesterday I recieved a text message from a very close menswear designer friend of mine. It read ..."P, Hussien Chalayan has just thrown shit on every single designer in the world. This guy is the mf'in king for life. Please pls check out his Spring 2007 runway." If you have not logged on to Style.com and viewed the Hussein Chalayan show then you are really missing out. I give it about 6 years before we start to see this technology mass produced in clothing. He is an absolute brillant designer. Thank you Hussien for teaching us that there are still more ways in which to cut a peice of cloth.

Keep'in Up

The other night I was out at a listening party when I spotted this girl with what I consider to be the perfect pair of sneakers. I am not a huge fan of sneakers because they are often too bulky or ultra flimsy and girly. Keep is a brazilan made brand of footwear that gets it just right. Based in LA this shoe company is cranking out styles like "The Nuss" and "The Ramos", two toned treats that look delightful with the "we're here for life..and will never die" skinny jeans. Paired with big volume skirts and puff sleeve jackets and flirty little tights these fun little sneakers add egde to tailored peices. These shoes will replace my converse this Spring.

A Non Grey Area

Black and white is poppping up in all the fashion magazines as the once again "it combination" to wear throughout the fall. Worn in a feminine old-fashioned style or with a crisp mod twist, this combination is big on the streets as fashionistas make it there own. Taking it even a step further are the major use of primary colors in general. As oversized polkadots finally make a much needed exit they are replaced with red and black buffalo plaids, royal blue houndstooth, navy and yellow geometric shapes, and deep violets. As grudge and early 90's reinvent themselves street kids take a non-literal approach to this trend by mixing these patterns in unusual ways (plaid layered over plaid and various color combinations of houndstooth) paired with metallic and floresent footwear. As brands such as TUK creep there way into main stream fashion much like their skinny jean counterparts we look forward to seeing them in even brighter colors and more eye popping prints.

Too Hot to Trot

The other night I was invited to a Japanese dinner party for a friend of a friend's friend who is soon returning to Japan. To be surrounded by effortlessly amazing fashion, great food, and some of the tiniest cameras and electronics that I have ever seen was expected. But when few of the couples allowed their children to tag along to the fancy soiree, never before had I seen such a fashionable group of babies and toddlers in one place. There were assymetrical mohawks, huge bleached tipped afro's, camo fatigues, and cartoon grafetti trousers. Babies sporting the "hipster sag" with denim that showed off their patterned boxers underneath. It was a refreshing change from the boring JCrew and Gap babies that often accompany a even more fashionless set of parents. Creativity is a timeless expression that one is never too young to express.

Analysis of A Halloween Costume

Dressing for Halloween is an interesting phenomenon that has mutated a bit, over the years and spanning the continents. Halloween costumes began some time ago in the UK as traditional monsters and demons which were appropriate for the pagan origins of Hallowe’en. Leave it to America to take it a step further and capitalize on the fact that Halloween has transitioned into an opportunity to express whatever Inner Self one didn’t have the means or the courage to express the other 365 days of the year. Why be a boring Ghost when you can be a Race Car Driver, or a Elfin Princess, or a version of whatever Pop Culture Icon is the flavor that month. OR you can go the other route and plan your disguise based on whatever props you happen to own. Regardless of how it comes to fruition, the end result costume is sure to have some sexual connotation. The Girl who dresses up as the Sexy Monster, or the Dude who dresses up as the Dashing Gangster. Because as we know, Violence is Power and Power is Sexy.

Backstage at the Downtown Doll Premiere Fashion Show

Hot pink high waisted skinny trousers, layers of ruffled plaid and bandana fabric, geometric and animal printed tops, and every color pair of tights or leggings imaginable anxiously bounced around backstage at the Downtown Doll premiere fashion show. With makeup inspired by the bloaks of Stanley Kubrick's 1971 "A Clockwork Orange" (if you have not seen this movie...tisk, tisk, tisk) and skirts so tight that a glass of champange was the only appropiate appertizer, a room full of musians, artists, designers, fashionistas, and tastemakers awaited to grace downtown Brooklyn with the arrival of Downtown Doll. View the entire show soon on Downtowndoll.com