As apart of my ceremonious return to blogging to my tiny audience (or lack thereof); I have decided to give my report on Harper’s Fall/Winter Trend Report issue. At first I thought it was a lazy attempt to cheat the readers by pasting a bunch of runway photos side by side in value to their destination (ex. Milan, Paris, blah blah…) but… O’Neill did have a point, it generally was a guide to us obvious brain dead readers that can’t go to style.com or open up a Vogue to figure out the runway trends ourselves. Okay, a bit harsh there but the pictures seemed littered everywhere. I although, did enjoy seeing my two favorite labels on the same page (Comme Des Garcons + Christian Lacroix).
So here’s the lowdown: it’s all about funky futuristic prints, the classic white blouse turned modern-chic, big wrap-around coats in bold colors, pants chocked-full of structure and discipline, ankle boots that either get strappy or pointy plus the occasional thigh high (but I’m too scared of looking too working lady-ish and less like lady that works), wooden clogs embellished or leather studded (as seen at Chanel Spring 2010), statement necklaces/ chokers stacked full or metals & ribbon ties, leopard print crazy and of course the famous leather shirt- leather jacket combo (Thank you, Philo for coming back!).
For those of you late (ie. Forever 21 shoppers), It’s about sequined blazers, one pieced suits inspired a la Lady Gaga, black black and more black, power shoulders, studs and gems, ‘crustacean’ leggings (via Swiss dotted or bejeweled), lingerie as outerwear and of course frilly puffy tutus as cocktail dresses. Fun but not responsible shopping, shoot for basics people! And accessorize!!!!!!
Anyways, I just got hired at Gap. I know… a cardinal sin in the industry. Whatevs.
Shopping for work clothes was the worst. I love fall/ winter but Gap seems to suck the fun out of the season’s best by constantly producing the same droll stripy sweaters and lame khaki colored pants. GET WITH PROGRAM GAP AND GET A BRAND IMAGE ALREADY!!!!
I got a frilly shouldered white blouse, draped black cashmere coat, plus I previously had some plain crewnecks laying around my closet. Done. Then I bought a cute classic trench and few gold accessories to style up my work ‘uniform’. Hey, I tried. If I still look like I work for a company that thrives off of child labor and shitty materials, I don’t care, I got a cute slouchy beanie to top it off- cashmere never presents bad quality!
Color of the season: Mimosa Yellow.
My Color of the season: Soft Black (& lamb chop beige, lulz)
Super Weird Topic:
Harper had something fishy lurking among a few pages, in front of stark brown backgrounds was Italy’s famed leather goods from shoes to bags, (cluttered with brands I’ve never heard of because I’m too American and un-cool for my own good). Then I notice something, in tiny print it reads: exclusive promotion. Towards the end of the so far claimed ads, was a bigger ad on Counterfeiting Prevention…from Italian Intellectual Property Rights group. Interesting right? I know counterfeiting is illegal, big fashion crime and on top of it all a sleazy way of stealing designs from real artists like Louis Vuitton and Prada (we’ve seen fake bags, we’ve seen them all c’mon ladies…). But is this too far? I mean, the organization has a network of 14 offices in 10 different countries? Intense? Yes. Keeping designer originality in tact? Yes. Am I slightly perturbed? YES.
