MAY STYLE UPDATE

Looking for Spring that will never come...

My own personal style is pretty much all over the place right now, maybe because so is the weather. It's come to a point where its a 'chuck- on- anything- you - can - find- out of the- wardrobe and - GO!', because final year deadlines take no prisoners! Here's a little summary of pieces and styles i'm going for in May, rain or no rain. Trend or no trend.

A couple of snaps of some recent spendatures. I haven't bought much just lately as I put myself on a spending ban, didn't last long hence the two new jumpers and pair of boots. I have been looking for some taupe/beige boots cowboy style for a while, going to team them with some vintage Levis and a long spaghetti strap top when the sun eventually arrives. Until then, its lightly knitted oversize jumpers in spring pastels all the way!

 Might be a easy come easy go trend, yet i'm obsessed with the neon yellow/lime that has been gracing the glossies for a while now.

                     Transparency and Monochrome, the two combined is classic, simple and sophisticated.

ADA KOKOSAR: IMPECCABLE

I have been conducting a hell of a lot of research on Italian style for my final university project (scary, yes!) but the most beautiful part about it is that I get to look at style like this all day...

The first few images represent Italian Stylist Ada Kokosar, and an example of her iconic work. The male outfits represent Luca Rubinacci, an Italian style icon. Whilst working on a project for design led and tailored brand Reiss I have become more accustomed to males dressing with utmost consideration in tailored suits. Of course, I still like to see guys dressed like they have just walked out of a 1990's grunge indie gig (please no chinos!) however I'm more than happy to see guys who take pride in dressing Italian smart once every so often. 

NEWSPENDATURES:

A little post on some items i've purchased in the last few weeks. I'm refraining myself from spending too much just lately, so these posts will be very rare indeed.

The first tee may seem a crazy spend, cats + neon print + geek glasses= should never work, but it caught my eye, and can be worn as a comfy dress.

GLAMOUR KILLS. NO REGRETS. DREAM ON, DREAMER.
what a slogan to have on a label. makes me want to keep it.

1. Urban Outfitters Male- £10.00 (sale)
2. Urban Outfitters- Glamour Kills Label
3. H and M- £30.00 Metallic Silver Pleated Skirt
4. Topshop- £12.00 Leopard Crop Tee
5. Zara - £20.00 Metallic Clutch
6. Zara- £20.00 Long Dark Grey Jersey Dress

EARTHYINSPIREDME:

So, this is a complete contrast to the previous post. And by contrast I mean, CONTRAST.
Forget metallic, vivid turquoise, purple hue feathers and 80's brash, earthy and neutral STYLIST Cassandra Kellogg also sets the inspiration for my personal style.

I believe that you can mix and mingle inspiration from any type of style. Gone are the days where you are a certain style (a hippy, a goth, alternative) and that is it, your branded. To be individual, fresh, and unique in 2012 you have to just wear whatever you like, how you like; whether it's on trend or not.


Your personal style also reflects the way you have your home. Stylelikeu.com promotes this, as when interviewing different creatives they photograph the unique qualities that the creative has in their home. In Cassandra's home you can certainly tell that she fills every last drop of her personal space with elements that inspire and are true to her...

As for Cassandra's personal style, I just love the pairing of dainty white dresses with boyish grunge boots.

In the interview Cassandra says  

"I've always been the only girl allowed to play with the boys. I think my way of staying a girl, is dressing feminine"

STYLEIADMIRE:

ANGEL CLOUTHIER:
A DJ living in L.A who takes inspiration from 80's and 90's swimwear. Her key pieces are watercolour wrap dresses and vintage 70's wedges!

Just to look at her style you need sunglasses. But that's why I love it.

METALLICS. HIPPY TREND. TIE DYE. FESTIVAL. FEATHERS.

images taken from stylelikeu.com

freedom of expression through personal style

MOSCHINOME

Courtesy of Garage.com again I found these graphical images of the Moschino AW12 collection.

A delightful and courageous mix of bold chunks of colour, thick gold hoops, stripes and leather biker jackets. The added bow headscarves give a sense of a hybrid of different era's that could have potentially been used as reference and inspiration.

Yet, what caught my eye the most was the way in which the snapshots had been placed. In a fashion of cut and paste, graphical cut outs showing a different view of the runway.

SO MUCH BETTER THAN JUST SEEING A FULL BODY SHOT. CREATIVE.