Don't Stop the Party.

I don’t usually ‘Blog’ about the events I attend… Not even gatherings with friends. But after the weekend how could I not!

Wait.. Theres more!

FASHION FACE OFF.

I’ve been having a punch-up recently over the best in Menswear’s editorials. Looking through magazines & around the Internet I realized I was always impressed by features of L’Officiel Homme Germany. Looking through the ‘Alphabet Soup’ of photographers & Stylists, a few key contenders kept cropping up.

CONTENDER 1: Way Perry.

Way Perry is the Fashion Director of Man About Town and Menswear Editor of Wonderland magazine. Way has worked with some of the top international photographers including; Mariano Vivanco, Terry Tsiolis, Toyin, David Bailey, Alexi Lubomirski, David Armstrong (Just to name a few).

 

 

CONTENDER 2: LALE AKTAY

 Lale Aktay also a fashion Director. I don’t really know much about Lale Aktay as a person but I appreciate the work he has done especially for L’Officiel Homme Germany. His style is contemporary but fun and meets a brief, he’s worked for FHM & photographers such as Emilio Tini, Koray Birand & Carlotta Manaigo.

 

What do you think?

Harpers Bazaar Russia 15th Anniversary.

 

It’s the super sweet 16^th 15^th anniversary of Harper’s Bazaar Russia.

To celebrate, the magazine has picked the crème de la crème of design to create 15 individual.

Featuring the crafty fashion sketches of Michael Kors, the standard gold-glamour of Versace & a pretty illustration from Karl Lagerfeld of Natasha Poly.

 Each designer stuck to the their usual recipe for success incorporating a little classic piece of them… Missoni went zigzag and Dolce&Gabbana stuck with the beautiful star print of ’11 with a splash of allure from Candice Swanepoel and Alessandra Ambrosio.

Guys, if you know anyone Russian then I suggest a polite text or email as these tasty treats won’t be around for long.

Viktor&Rolf

 

Diane Von Furstenburg

My Favourite - Dolce&Gabbana

Jean Paul-Gaultier

karl Lagerfeld & Chanel

Michael Kors

Missoni

Moschino

Pucci

Ralph Lauren

Roberto Cavalli

Sonia Rykiel

Versace

Antonio Marras

Charming - Armani

Set the scene.

Everything we do is judged on the first 20 seconds of meeting us. They say never judge a book by its cover, but it’s a natural habit & a basic piece of human nature.

Maybe I was being shallow looking through this year’s highlight of the collected works at Fashion weeks from around the globe, I enjoyed many collections but one thing stood out for me.

Like a heavyweight-boxing match, the punchy set designs of Key players such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton & Dolce & Gabbana made knockouts throughout their heats of fashion weeks.

ROUND 1

The Romanticist – Louis Vuitton

Elegant, Parisian & Romantic. The set of Louis Vuitton fashion week show was the perfect homage to a Parisian spring. An assembly of fresh models wearing a collection of budding pastels in Soft lemons, mint greens, lavenders & blush pink completed the cut out floral image. Adoring Peter Pan collars with frilled edges complete knee length dress and Playsuits of Diamond patterns made great companions for shoes with monochrome edging.

ROUND 2

The Imagination – Chanel

We’ve travelled the natural wonders of the world from a good seat at the Chanel Show. We’ve been from Antarctic waters with icebergs, to at high altitude with the runway in a dormant volcano and this seasons adventure was to no less magnificent than its predecessors.

Our runway takes places at the bottom of the sea.

A land of pearl white shells, large coral beds & Florence Welch appearing from a Clam. There is no denying that the imagination and invention of Karl Lagerfeld will always keep him as a heavyweight contender in the industry.

ROUND 3

The Strident – Dolce & Gabbana

Carnival, Macho & Loud. Three words I would use to summarize the catwalk of Dolce&Gabbana ss12 @ Milan Fashion Week.

The boys at Dolce&Gabbana unleashed their Carnival themed runway with its exquisitely bright lights, Large patterned displays with the added touch of the soundtrack ‘Hey Mambo Italino’

The collection exhumed summer sass, Crop tops filled colour filtered throughout as the collection made its way through the tropical bonanza to crochet dresses with OTT embellishments.

A confident runway show indeed and come on! Who doesn’t find confidence sexy..

  

 

Look: 005

 

City Cowboys

Your 5-a-day the woolen way.

So the heatwave has departed & the true face of October shows herself. Her hard grey face of puffy cloud and occasional tears of heavy downpours bring us to the end of our Indian summer & bring us into jumper season.
I've found an amazing article put together by the team at Fantastic Man.
 

Your 5-a-day to explore the autumnal menswear wardrobe.
 

It all begins with Stripes.

Monday, Monday and the week begins with a multi-stripe mohair jumper from MARC by Marc Jacobs from Liberty of London, as a recommend enhance the jumper colours with brown corduroy trousers by MHL by Margaret Howell.

 

Ivory cashmere crew neck jumper speckled with black, red and purple flecks. It is worn with a simple white T-shirt by SUNSPEL.

Peek of your week and your ploughing on towards Friday. Think traditional creamy cable-knit Aran jumper. Originally aimed for the Hard working society & fishermen this jumper from PRINGLE OF SCOTLAND. Fantastic Man recommends a finishing the 'white winter look' with a button down shirt by J.LINDERBERG & a pair of white corduroy trousers by KOSTAS MURKURDIS. 

My favourite look of the week. This boat neck jumper by COS makes the perfect sailing partner with this pale blue shirt by REISS. The jumper is relatively short in length but has a long ribbed waistband. In the image above Fantastic Man would recommend tucking it into SUNSPEL chinos.

Friday, end of the working week and there is no better way to end than with a piece by JIL SANDER. The jumper appears to be doubled but it's just one. FM says "The jumper is slightly cropped and rather straight, but not at all boxy, making it sit just on the waistband of the trouser."

I look forward to more work by the team at Fantastic Man Magazine.

Thank you for the images.