Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Poetic License: Virginia Woolfe and Sartorial Exploration of Black and White Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season Small Gestures-Beatrix Ost Fashion Rick Owens On Controversy and Adolescence Best Raingear for April Showers Carine Roitfeld is Pairing Up...
Accidental Icon: Details Of An Ordinary Life
So after the initial flurry of excitement and feeling almost like a celebrity, life returns to ordinary. On the agenda is a shopping trip for some new Spring looks, an al fresco lunch because finally the sun has come to the city, and the hunt for a new...
Accidental Icon: An Ordinary Life Becomes A Little Less So
Grey Magazine Spring Issue I.III Photography: Ari Seth Cohen, Styled by Valentina Ilardi Martin, Hair by Melisande Page, Make-up by Allie Smith "Somehow accidentally, while living my ordinary life, people seem to think I am a fashion icon". That was the very first...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Iris Van Herpen Fashion and Commerce The Truth About Handbags Digital Beauty Businesses Aim for Breakthrough Fashion Pradasphere: The Book Vivienne Westwood’s Top 10 Political Moments Unpicking Fashion’s Neo-Nostalgia Prada’s Latest Campaign Film...
Accidental Icon: Details Fringe Please
The star of today’s details post is my Issey Miyake Pleats Please fringe wrap. I have quite a few Pleats Please items in my closet for both artistic and pragmatic reasons. First, they are the lightest clothes you can imagine and literally feel...
Accidental Icon: Spring On the Fringe
I am not one to usually follow trends. In fact, I have been very adamant about not liking all the 70’s references in the last two season’s collections. The references of course make me feel nostalgic, perhaps jolts awake the dozing rebel within,...
Accidental Icon:Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Love, Lust, Life and Death With Comme des Garcons Fashion and Commerce Katie Hillier And Luella Bartley Strike Out On Their Own Fashion The Cut Mini Blog: It’s Vintage Mental Health in Fashion 11 Women Who Are Re-defining Beauty Olya Thonpson Off Duty...
Accidental Icon: Part 2 Mireia Lopez and The Sleeping Beauty of Milo’ Knitwear
As promised, I was lucky enough to have the lovely Mireia Lopez, Founder and Creative Director of Milo' agree to answer some questions about herself and her brand. I also had the opportunity to attend the Milo' trunk show last Friday. In the photo below Mireia and I...
Accidental Icon: Mireia Lopez and The Sleeping Beauty of Milo’ Knitwear
A concept that is related to, but different from, my recurring theme of reinvention is transition. Transition is "the process of changing from one state or condition to another." It is of course one of my favorite locations because it belongs to that class of things...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Why Dior and I Breaks All the Rules Grace Jones Lands Her First Ever Documentary Fashion and Commerce Stella McCartney Speaks About Building a Sustainable Luxury Brand The House That Celine Built Fashion Yohji Yamamoto A/W 2015 Review Maison Martin...
Accidental Icon: Details Pertaining to the Playful Opulence of Victoria Irving
Details: Accidental Icon Wears Taupe Linen Coat: Elm Design, Grey Leggings: Elm Design, Grey Bag: Louis Vuitton, Grey Suede Shoes: Sylvia Fiorentina, Earrings: Vintage 1970's Lucite With a piece that is monochrome, long and voluminous like the linen coat I...
Accidental Icon Loves Wearable Luxe: The Playful Yet Subtle Opulence of Victoria Irving
There are certain days when I have to be out in the world doing rather ordinary things when I want to feel dressed up, elegant and a little glamorous. Those are the days where I will be especially attuned to the drape and movement of a garment; the texture...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life Fashion and Commerce Anne Fontaine: 'These Beautiful Clothes We All Wear Cannot Exist if We Do Not Keep the Balance of Nature' The Trouble With Ready to Wear Fashion and Science The Elegant Universe: Nick Knight and...
Accidental Icon: Details Pertaining to Stylistic Innovation and Craftsmanship
Details: Accidental Icon Wears Black cotton coat: Yohji Yamamoto Whenever I want to feel long and lean I pull this coat from the rack in my closet. It has beautiful lines and a zipper from head to toe. The zipper works in both directions so the bottom zip...
Accidental Icon Loves Black Boots: The Stylistic Innovation and Craftsmanship of The Last Conspiracy
I like nothing better than a beautiful pair of handcrafted black boots to serve as the foundation for constructing my looks. When one favors the designs of Yohji Yamamoto and CDG as I do, shoes and boots must be modern yet comfortable and imbued...
Accidental Icon: Friday Fashion Bibliography
Fashion and Art Preview of “Dior and I” Documentary A Look at the Upcoming Iris Apfel Documentary Fashion and Design The Strength of Japanese Fashion Culture The Dazed History of Alexander McQueen Inside Comme des Garcons Emotional Fall Fashion Show Fashion and...
Accidental Icon: Details Pertaining to The Subtle Beauty of WENQI WU
Detail: Accidental Icon Wears Black Wool Jacket: Jil Sander, Black and White Wool Pinstripe Dress, Comme des Garcons, Black Lace-up Boots, Marsell Today I was feeling romantic and looking for some productive drama in my life. I experimented with my hair...
Accidental Icon Loves Utilitarian Chic: The Subtle Beauty of WENQI WU
I am a fan of a slouchy, easy chic that allows me to walk on the edges of difference. I look for designers that show this sensibility. As you know what connects me to a designer is not only the clothing they make but the story of how they think, attend to...