i don’t look anything like her.

cliches become cliches because of excessive overuse or love. cliches are truth. and black is ground zero for fashion cliches. you can use black as a wardrobe base. or tiny ballerinas leotards. and for all manner of stealth gear- think ninjas and AK47s. you can force yourself to abandon it momentarily, explaining to friends and shopgirls that “oh my god all i wear is black, i have to wear some colour!” you can “reduce” it to funeral gear. OR workout gear! and the ONLY colour of shoes you wear [your 50 plus pairs? your army of shoes? i have such an army]. but it will never go away. sometimes there is nothing cozier, sexier, beautiful & intelligent than layer upon layer of black, covering your body and protecting it from winter and anything else you might fear. or love.

FENDI F/W 08 / ETRO F/W 08. photos style.com. clickclick for bigger pics.

and because i’m not finding perfect examples of this for women, back to menswear, again.

all JULIUS S/S 09. i 1st found Julius through Flickr friend Mafia Hunt. and these pics i think originate from fashionmag.fr.

you know all i really care about is that i can wear piles of black again and not be looked at like some morbid pretentious freak.

i will blatantly copy this look. i even have a new-to-me striped vintage shirt ready to go.

Via The Facehunter.

Details
-favourite vintage eagles t ‘thrifted’ zoinkers ago in tokyo
-amazing thrifted jodhpur jeans, vintage 80s by Boston, tried to show the jodhpury insets and snaps in the details shot
-ebayed 80s Bass flats
-my SWANclothing Moonshine Twins tote

full shot here.

for wardrobe remix and other wardrobe groups on Flickr. full length pic and details in my Flickr photostream.

the Ocean Cloud tote is in my SWANclothing.etsy.com store.

Seeing as I am a tote maker & carrier, and I do do the bag stare [though I am usually checking out hardware… seriously], today’s StyleBubble blog talked to me from the heart of the daily urban fashion “battlefield”.

An excerpt-
“So today, when I got on the tube, sat right down and was stressfully drinking my Americano, I noticed two ladies sitting across from me giving me the oddest looks. Did I have unrubbed moisteriser on my face? Was my hair sticking up? My outfit was a little tame/rushed so nothing to look at there. I then realised they were staring at my bag, an old and faded Vivienne Westwood number. Then as quickly as I caught the stare, they then turned away and exchanged a sort of knowing ‘sneery’ look with each other. I had encountered the Bag Stare…”

In full here.

I left a comment, it’s a bit snarky looking back on it. Sigh…

Thanks again Susie, I am such a fan it is just embarrassing.

this shirt made into a jumper is such a good idea. i have never seen one like it before. the caption says it is vintage, so i guess it is vintage rework.

from The Sartorialist

a HUGE jewellery finding from Etsy that I will incorporate into a tote soon. a fat gold rose and it’s 4” high!

and since i mentioned Minna Parrika yesterday, i thought of these “new” vintage shoes of mine i Ebayed.

by Etienne Aigner. i love them. the openweave sides. all the brogue detailing. the tassles! so kitten. Minna Parikka makes a much more colourful version in skyblue & white.

i’m starting to get the hint that i am a bit girly?

The FaceHunter shoots a nice video too. And since Mexico city is one of my favourite places in the world…

The FaceHunter Show – Mexico City – Part 2

The best part is he shows the MySpace pages of people he talks to and so on and so on and so on…

The FaceHunter Show…

in an outfit for the many & varied Flickr wardrobe groups and for ANOTHER rainy day in Vancouver…

Details
-AA t-shirt
-thrifted vintage men’s tuxedo pants with that satin stripe down the side
-80s vintage sorta cowboy brogues from Ebay
-vintage thrifted cowboy belt from years ago, probably 60s
-thrifted tiny Gap jean jacket
-silver wolf ring from the Rock Shop, a Vancouver landmark
-gold Baby ring from Mexico
-gold eagle earrings from the Rock shop again
-my own SWANclothing Moonshine Twins tote

this outfit is pretty simple i know, but i really like to make outfits from my vintage & thrifted clothes that work well and aren’t necessarily over the top. they are modern & chic. and there are elements which are just really personal to me. things i have owned forever… my tiny jewellery… it also didn’t cost much in total. actually, darn, those shoes were that Ebay bidding nightmare for me… oops.

more in my Flickr stream…