Quote of the Week - Versace

Be yourself. Don't be into trends. Decide what you are and what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live.

How to Wear Sequin Shorts for Summer

When I got mine my husband said, 'Those are hilarious.'

Only when worn with a sequin top honey.
Refrain from looking like a disco ball - sequins on the bottom, low key on the top.

stacy reynaud
my vintage sequin chiffon shorts

Tuesday Night Band Practice - Bleach Jersey Tank Top - get it here

BEAYUKMUI - Sequin Chiffon Shorts - get them here

Essential Sequin Skirt - get it here


James Perse Women Narrow Sleeve Boxy Tee- get it here

3.1 PHILLIP LIM - Sequin Foldover Shorts - get them here

Wolford Berlin Body - get it here

vintage Pat Benatar rock t-shirt get it here

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent

1978

6 Men's Spring Summer 2010 Jackets

The side zip jacket that is. OK, so two are sweatshirts.

(l) Tsicko - Fleece Side Zip Hoodie Sweatshirt get it here
(c) Dior Homme - Cotton Jacket get it here
(r) Rick Owens - Denim Shirt Jacket get it here

(l) Rick Owens - Calfskin Nylon Fleece Hoodie Leather Jacket get it here
(c) BR.UNO - Back Skull Print Hoodie Sweatshirt get it here
(r) DIOR HOMME - Fine Cotton Toile Sport Jacket get it here

Tip of the Week - Grooming

Cypress Room at Kennedy School Hotel - Portland, Oregon

At the first tingle of a pimple dab it with a spirit - alcohol that is. The alcohol will dry it out before it takes over. Works for cold sores too.

1983-84 Good Fashion, Music and Nuclear Proliferation

I've been tossing around David J (Bauhaus) and John Lydon (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.) fashionably in my mind lately. Wanting some great shots of Lydon I started pouring through my record collection and came across the 1984 12" World Destruction from Time Zone. Time Zone was a brief hip hop encounter fronted by Afrika Baambaata. Bambaataa brought on Lydon aka Johnny Rotten for the single World Destruction - who some argue was the first rap song.

Growing up in the early 80s I was terrified of nuclear war. All we ever heard about was 'One minute to midnight', nuclear winter, Ronald Reagan, nuclear explosions, nuclear holocaust, nuclear proliferation, nuclear horror, and Mikhail Gorbachev. The 80s were a really happy time. My entire high school was made to sit through a screening of The Day After. My parents were not impressed when I got home. Air raid sirens still make me panic. View the nuclear attack scene for 1983s The Day After here. Read more about the movie here.

I've often wondered if Generation Xers are so bitter because of this time in history.

'I just want to show society what people born after 1960 think about things... We're sick of stupid labels, we're sick of being marginalized in lousy jobs, and we're tired of hearing about ourselves from others' — Douglas Coupland, Boston Globe, 1991

Anyway, help yourself to some fun filled 80s music vids tackling nuclear war.

1984

Time Zone - World Destruction

or here.

Stick around till the end of the vid for some 80s dance steps - including a break dancing mime.

1983
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
or here

Top 8 Men's Spring Summer 2010 Lace-Up Shoes

MOMA - Calfskin Bottalato buy them here

Miharayasuhiro Overdyed buy them here

Preventi Derby buy them here

John Varvatos Bowery Oxford buy them here

Vintage Bowling Shoes from joyelizabethG buy them here

Lidfort buy them here

Vintage Bowling Shoes from jobella buy them here

John Varvatos Murray Wingtip Derby buy them here

Quote of the Week - Christian Dior

Elegance may be audacious but it can never be extravagant because extravagance is bad taste.

Design Lover: Rainaldi's Ptolomeo Wall Bookcase

Ptolomeo Wall

I have 28 years' worth of Vogue and Elle sitting in milk crates in my storage unit. 

How sad is that? 

After having bought a few cheap parquet board bookcases, I wanted to get something sturdy and stylish. The Sapien bookcase by Bruno Rainaldi initially caught my eye, but upon further investigation into this Italian designer's work, I came across the Ptolomeo wall bookcase. 

I prefer this piece. Why? I don't know, I just do. 

Maybe it's the unfinished concrete wall in the photo?

Bruno Rainaldi Sapien Bookcase