Accidental Icon: Rescue Me
res·cue verb 1. save (someone) from a dangerous or distressing situation. noun 1. an act of saving or being saved from danger or distress. In this post I am well protected and hidden within the supple and luminous drape of a Yamamoto silk coat. Hidden inside my coat...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Odditory Fashion and Commerce Artisanal Hats Made With Love Refinery29, Dazed and i-D Battle for Millenials Winning the CFDA Fund Isn’t Everything Fashion Designers The Russian Designer Addressing Teen Depression 14 Shows from Martin Margiela Musee...
Accidental Icon: Details Blessed by Black
One of the biggest reasons I appreciate Flor Serani, the Creative Director of BlackBlessed, is how smart she is and her very interesting sense of humor. The name of the shirt I am wearing in this photo is the Asylum shirt. I love everything about the shirt, what it's...
Accidental Icon: Feeling Blessed by Black
“Black is more than a color to me, it’s a vision. People that wear this color feel blessed by a certain aesthetic. ” — Flor Serani Perhaps it is the fall, perhaps it has something to do with mood and attitude but I have re-committed more than ever to...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Diane Pernet on the Evolution of the Fashion Film Fashion and Commerce CEO Revives Brand Alongside His 91 Year Old Mother Rick Owens: What is He Selling and Why are We Buying? Fashion Designers How New Designers are Re-Defining the Look of the Modern...
Accidental Icon: Details Making a Mark
One of the key elements for me when I "situatedly create" with a designer is how the clothes move and what they feel like to the touch. It is important for me how my clothes express themselves when I wear them, I like to hear their...
Accidental Icon: Making a Mark
Whatever and whoever we touch we leave a part of us. What we leave can be the microscopic traces of oils and epithelial cells that contain our DNA or something greater. We also take something away, perhaps a strand of hair or something more. We experience thousands of...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Photo:@mobiujin Fashion and Art Dries Van Noten Designs for the Ballet Documenting the Work of McQueen’s Mad Hatter Fashion and Commerce How to Make the Most Money Selling on Consignment What Made in America Looks Like Today Fashion Designers Alber Elbaz Leaving...
Accidental Icon: Details Miyake, the Wind and Me
Today I am moving so fast, I wish I was dancing with the wind like I did on Sunday. Moving from task to task, appointment to appointment, email to email, text to text, home to doctor, doctor to work it is almost hard to catch my breath. In this...
Accidental Icon: Miyake, the Wind and Me
One of the challenges of style blogging is finding inspiration for writing and photography that does not become repetitive and boring. My usual method for generating new ideas is through collaboration and conversation with others. However, for various reasons having...
Accidental Icon Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art The New York Illustrator Behind Miu Miu’s Spooky Prints An Ode to Black Tights Fashion and Commerce Raf Simons is Leaving Dior The Rise of the Chief People Officer All Fashion Network for Apple TV Fashion Designers Rei Kawakubo Maria Grazia Chiuri and...
Accidental Icon: Details Who Wears the Pants?
So for those of you who have followed me for awhile you know about my level of discomfort with having my photo taken and my tendency for being frozen in the same pose and facial expression. Since I have never taken modeling lessons this is...
Accidental Icon: Who Wears the Pants?
Finally after dragging it's heels, Fall has arrived. I have been waiting for that moment when I could wear my black leather jacket and my lace-up boots. The cool crisp air pumps me up and I feel the excitement of something ending and the patient winter wait for...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Paris Fashion Week Illustrated Five of Fashion’s Favorite Artists Fashion and Commerce Three Designers Turning Ten What Role Do Fashion Runways Play in the Age of Internet? Should Fashion Be Politically Correct? Fashion Designers Behno Sustainable...
Accidental Icon Details: In the Aftermath of Terror
I always consider the aftermath of terror a kind of free zone. One where I don't have to do any work, where I can eat whatever I want and generally just relish in the glorious release of the tension and anxiety leaving my body and the luxury of a quiet mind. In the...
Accidental Icon: The Pleasures of Terror
One of the things I most appreciate about being the "Accidental Icon" is the way that it has forced me to go way outside my comfort zone, take new risks and put myself on the line. Whether that line is the mark a photographer gives me when I am working with someone...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art The Art History You Might Have Missed at Paris Fashion Week Fashion and Commerce Fashion Drives New Denim Momentum Technology On and Off the Runway During Fashion Week Fashion Designers Getting Technical With Noir Kei Ninimiya Love This Designer, First...
Accidental Icon: Details Women on the Move
Accidental Icon Wears: Black cotton victorian style shirt: Ohne Tittel, Skinny Jeans: AG Jeans, Black ruffled coat: Issey Miyake, Black Platform Boots, Vagabond Shoes, Vintage Earrings: Swan Celluloid Earrings. Sometimes life seems to feel like an aerial show or being...