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Get Graphic

My latest piece for VIRAL Fashion is live: 





http://viralfashion.com/viralfashion/mens-fashion/2013/02/11/get-graphic/




Check out the graphic tee trend going strong in Men's Fashion 

Mixed Media Dressing Continues

What Proenza started this season carries on in the Spring 2013 European collections with Dries Van Noten showing a delicious palette of mix and match

Light and airy layers in muted colors seems referential to 90's grunge but still feminine and carefree.

Plus pointed toe shoes march forward as the new heel silhouette.

Dries Goes Escher

You remind me of the babe

What babe? 

The babe with the MC Escher poster in her dorm room

What am I Gonna do With All These Breasts?

The Fall 2012 men's shows heralded a bunch of new directions for us guys these past few weeks, but one that was featured more than a handful of times was an emphasis on double breasted looks

Loose and layered at Raf Simons

Of course references had to be made to the English dandies that nursed this style

                   Burberry Prorsum

                                                                                          Moschino

But there were reinventions specific to 2012 like this single button row at Paul Smith

And clever double breasted inclusions in unexpected places

Like grand desert war influenced capes at Dior

 Drape front double breasted shirting at Dries Van Noten

And Napoleonic but slim cut bike influenced plush velvet vests at Balmain

Double breasted styles are not for everyone. Unless deliberately oversize like the Dior and Raf examples,  Skinny! is the operative word. 

I have a glen plaid double breasted coat I've been wearing for a while that falls beautifully in trend (I love when that happens) although I wonder how many men will cop a feel for double breasted fashions. It's not an easy style to implant without looking like a boob. 

Why Aren't There More Thanksgiving Songs?

 Other than...


"Over the River...

(Dries Van Noten, Spring 2012)

And through the woods..."

(Rodarte optic wood printed silk halter dress with open back, $4656 on sale! at RA, http://shop.ra13.be/designers/rodarte/optic-wood-print-dress)

Chanel Does Not Own the Rights to Every C

(When I first saw these pics, I thought isn't this a Spring show?)

Much has been made of Chanel's Spring 2012 "Under the Sea" affair, but like the many prom committees  before him, Karl didn't have to look too far for this idea. Many other designers were inspired by the ocean real and mythical this Spring season

Christian Siriano created fantastic diaphanous gowns made of sea foam like yards of silk and draped cocktail dresses like shells in brilliant corals.

Dries Van Noten favored dark waters with jagged rocks and city light nights. It was all very gothic and strong. A sense of literally getting swept away in the power of the ocean. 

And as always London Fashion Week designers turned ideas on their head

(Danielle Scutt)                                                                                                                  (Holly Fulton)

I loved British designer Danielle Scutt's netting as an over layer and fellow UK-er Holly Fulton went for graphic corals reinterpreted as landscapes and fringe. 

So while Karl's got Florence Welch in a clam shell

(Oh this pic says so much)

He does not have exclusivity to this sea. 

From Paris with Love: Day 1

This Gareth Pugh contraption has absolutely no place in my closet, but in my dreams I wear it casually to work without a bat of my eye. 

Dries van Noten's hearty mix and match is far more my reality. Lately I've been straying from my usual pastiche of patterns and colors, but when done right, it's still poppin', it's poppin'.

I like this look from Rochas, but even I'd admit that's a pretty spot on costume of 60's housewife. You'd need some hardcore chutzpah to pull that off now. Go for it! But call me over with my camera first. 

Who's That Girl?

Fatima!

Walking the runway of Dries Van Noten's Spring 2012 show today in Paris. Why no wonder she was too busy for the "All Stars"!

Seriously a big coup for someone who wasn't the "Top" pick. Brava, darling.

Work Blog: Guilty of Puns in the First Degree

For my work I wrote a blog post on "Spring Shoe Lineup" full of criminal puns.



Click the link or photo below to go to the original post:


http://roundaboutresale.tumblr.com/post/5015038667/roundabouts-spring-shoe-lineup

Work Blog: Feeling Full

Roundabout blog post I did about full skirts with girly blouses. Sweet and just the right touch of Spring for this Spring preview weather we're getting right now

Click the above Dries Van Noten full skirt photo or the below link to go to the original article I wrote on Roundabout's blog:

http://roundaboutresale.tumblr.com/post/3347664256/feeling-full

Work Blog: Business Batik

For my job as manager of media relations at Roundabout Resale, I created a blog to promote the store and its amazing assortment of designer duds.

I'm kinda proud of this post I pulled together for Batik you can wear everyday/ to work



Click on the Dries Van Noten heel or the below link to go to original article I wrote/ Roundabout's blog

http://roundaboutresale.tumblr.com/post/2670828348/business-batik