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Marco de Vincenzo details

2.28.2015


well, ain't these just delightful? The texture and optical play of this collection is impossible to resist with over-dyed denim, lurex rainbows and some sheer lace paired with matte studs on wool. These sunglasses add to the retro, fun, Peter Max-ified cuts and shapes (Vogue went so far as to use the term hallucinatory, which I'm completely on board with since it implies wonder).

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Today's Forecast Includes Wind // Shades of Blue

2.24.2015

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Vintage denim jumpsuit and sweater, American Apparel coat, Repetto flats, Foley & Corinna backpack 

Yes folks, it was time to break out some color and a textured sweater, however the wind proved to make my afternoon walk a little more challenging and razorblade-y.

Let's talk about the color blue for a moment while my coffee sputters away on my stovetop (99¢ store mokapots are convenient, albeit a little messy).

Ask me what color these shoes are and I'd say they're cerulean. Now, don't and start quoting The Devil Wears Prada just yet because cerulean is actually quite a broad color term. A color that falls under the description of cerulean just means that it falls between blue and cyan. It's kind of more of a descriptor of a blue rather than an actual color (unless you're Pantone, then it's quite a powdery blue)- I wasn't sure, now we both know.

Now, let's talk about color and language.
If you speak English. There's one word for blue. It's "blue". It's what you say when you're asked what color a clear sky is if you're not a graphic designer or a painter or an illustrator or a photographer or a color psychologist.  We have this concept of a "true" blue because we only have one word for it. If you're Russian, there is red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, and violet. There is goluboy and siniy. Why this distinction exists lies within trade routes and historical happenstance and important objects associated with shades of blue like paints and minerals and religious art and landscapes, etc.

 The point I'm getting at is that because that distinction exists, Russian speakers can quickly notice and distinguish incredibly subtle differences between shades of blue faster and more accurately than a non-Russian speaker (Thank you, Stanford University). It's something I learned when I was studying aesthetics, and I'm sure a lot of you art history students and writers out there might be aware of this fact already, but hey, ain't that cool?
Just think about this the next time you don't know a word for something. You should find it, memorize its subtleties, and then make your friends' eyes roll when you start correcting them all the time.

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A Light Attached to a Violin Bow, 1952

2.23.2015






 Gjon Mili captured violinist Jascha Heifetz playing in his studio in 1952. They attached a light to the end of Heiftetz's violin bow, and look some long exposures.


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L/i/n/e/s

2.21.2015

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Men's American Apparel sweater, Isabel Marant Étoile dress (thanks, Jess!), Lafayette 148 turtleneck sweater (℅)vintage boots, Joy Gryson satchel (℅)

My lovely friend Jess handed me this Étoile dress a few weeks ago while she was cleaning out her closet. It just wasn't her cup of tea anymore since it's a bit of a challenging shape; what I've managed to hide under my layers upon layers of sweaters is the dress' angled button-up design with a mock neck and long panels that tie at the front. Well, I'll just show you what it looks like: here. It's sexy and fun to wear, but it can make your boobs look a little weird. Left the tie panels open here to make it look more like an extra-long shirt peeking out from under this AA striped number.

We'll see how it goes once this weather improves.

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Edström & Itkes for Purple Magazine

2.18.2015











Purple Magazine Spring 15 “Masculin Féminin” | by Anders Edström and Naomi Itkes 


I love this editorial shot on high speed film. Shoutouts to painterly grain.

 Fashion as a business is so reliant on the notions of gender in clothing construction to play on consumers' dreams to achieve an image goal through the sartorial semiotics (sorry, alliteration is lame but so am I). We've been seeing gender as a pliable creative resource for years for women in fashion (masculinity and sharp lines for power-play in the 80's, numerous notions of a "tomboy" from the suffragette movement on, etc), but now what's happening is a play on femininity for men that isn't just an update on dandyism or whatever. Even further, styling for women has been combining the utility and line of masculine tailoring with the unapologetic sensuality of more playful women's clothes- like we see here.

Sheer and shiny pieces, body-hugging tops, and curved lines are sensual, while tailored, utility-piqued accents provide so much of an offset balance that these photographs seem to beautifully see-saw, making you take a closer look at f/m styling. I love that 6th image.

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Double Scarf

2.16.2015

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VPL coat, vintage scarves, boots and sweater, Asos jeans, Ray Ban 3447 sunglasses

Doubled the silky scarves, 'cause it's stupid cold out here. Like, I don't even know why I bothered to go out and shoot myself wearing something- because as soon as I got back into my apartment, I dove under my duvet and just contemplated dinner.

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Portrait'd by Isaac of Breaking Fad

2.14.2015



shirt via Etsy, vintage skirt

Hung out with Isaac for a spell last week for his portrait series. 



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Cropped // Flared

2.12.2015

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Vintage overalls and denim jacket (both from work), vintage boots and- oh wait, everything is vintage..

Cropped flares: everyone who is me is doing 'em.


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Snow Fell

2.01.2015

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Calypso duster via Bib+Tuck (℅), American Apparel coat, UO overalls, Seychelles boots (℅), vintage turtleneck & hat, Joy Gryson bag (℅)

Layers, varied and warm.


 

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