Milan Fashion Week SPring 2023 MFW SS23 Runway Trends, Womenswear, Menswear

Milan Fashion Week Spring 2023 Milan Fashion Week is more substantive than NYFW and LFW while covering the same trends and extending some from the Fall collections. With the exception of Bluemarine, I’d say it is still rather underwhelming and unremarkable. There isn’t anything from the looks I find to be stand-out among the mass-appeal…

Mens Fall 2022

Men’s Fall 2022 is the most exciting season for menswear since the dandy movement years ago– as menswear has remained unchanged for well over a century, it’s high time we have at least a fraction of the options our female counterparts have in fashion. It’s about time menswear shed the basic-bitch mold it cast itself…

Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall 2022

Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall 2022 was seemingly a send-off to the late Virgil Abloh, with veiled caps and bucket-hats: Abloh’s designs sought to subvert fashion and its gender bias, as made evident by the kilts and men’s skirts. The standout looks and pieces from the collection include the Damier suit, aforementioned veiled hats, prints, signature chains,…

Balmain Ballets

Olivier Rousteing designed costumes for the Paris Opéra, and British Vogue gave us an amuse bouche- an expected sparkly embellished pair of tights paired with an ornate baroque jacket and draped sleeveless wrap top.  I feel like the tights are the only thing that differentiate the look from just being something off the runway.  Perhaps…

Nordstrom Haul: MAC Enchanted Eve, TopMan, Clinique…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqY0_WNyAzw&w=560&h=315] My Nordstrom Haul: I bought a Top Man Hooded Knit Cape and Wide Brim Hat- getting ready for the Spring/Summer 2016 Boho Chic 70’s Trend; a Mac Enchanted Eve Mineralize Brush Set; Sole Society Fold-Over Tote Bag; and Clinique All About Eyes Concealer, which  I bought to deal with puffiness as it works for both…

Rick Owens SS16: Fashion Comedy

How do you get attention for ugly clothes that lack design, taste, construction and execution value? You show penises, strap people to one another…it’s fashion slap-stick hunty bunty junior.  Rick Owens is a joke.