Fashion for All: November 2009

Louboutin you Stud, you!

It's all over the fashion world right now. Studs. And I don't mean of the model variety. Women's bags, belts and heels swiftly made it's way onto the interest of menswear too. First we spotted the Rollerball Loafer (although this website sells a ladies version?) and then Givenchy showed us a Greek Gladiator styled version.

What I've noticed in print media and the blogosphere is the new presence of the stud on virtually anything imaginable. I'm not surprised either, and wouldn't be if I started seeing young fashion students sticking them on their gear. I know I would.

Carlos of My fabulous Bag has not only the above photographed shoe but the Python skin we mentioned before. And my friend over at 00o00 Blog often shows sneakers produced by shoe giant Christian Louboutin. So then the question is where is it available? When stars like Mika and Pharell Williams (the white studded high-tops) are wearing them out and about it's only a matter of time until it's available to the rest of us.

Dsquared Uomo SS2010 Preview

Here is but a preview of what's to come in the SS10 range from Dean and Dan. I've always been a fan of their denim. How they get it to look the way it does I don't know-- and how one affords to buy a few pairs, well... who cares. They're distressed in the right place and all the bits and bobs are just enough! I wish Diesel would start making the ice wash as shown above. I've been quite bored with their denim-designs of late.

Don't forget to swing by the Dsqaured Online Store for some shopping. If you're like South Africa who don't have a Dsquared store at your disposal, then this store is perfect for you.

The wide-leg Returns

It had to happen some time. We all thought it was the coolest thing to happen to fashion since Madonna’s cone-bra but what goes up must come down, and alas the skinny jean look is now officially done.

But worry not dear Fashionisto’s-- it doesn’t mean you can’t wear them anymore, it’s just not the it-fit of the last few years. I guess it couldn’t last forever cough *adam lambert* cough.

I personally can’t stand to have the sprayed on look anymore, I guess it’s just not worth the discomfort. And seeing every other kid trying to pull it off and failing dismally- Blue skinny jean boy with Afghan scarf I’m talking to you!-- makes me want to toss the look altogether.

Diesel hinted at it, Dsquared and D&G played with it and Gaultier walked his models up and down the runway showing us that we haven’t forgotten about the wide-leg fit of the ninetees. It’s just not worn with tie-dye and moppy wet hair- so don’t get too excited.

Brad from Streetpeeper shows us one option- I like his Bottega Venetta pants but perhaps a harder denim would be better? Come 2010 you'll see this everywhere! Just wait...

Real androgyny: man or woman?

Just take a look please. This person is a woman or a man?

Men in black outfit and high heels

William in Balenciaga high heels on street

Men in high heels and suits

Juan Carlos Alarcón and Luis Fernández in red high heels.
Originaly posted at Eluniversal

Luke Idham in high heels

model: luke idham
hair and makeup: soraya
wardrobe: reize
photoprocessing: fadlirahman :D
Flickr set

Men in heels slaves to fashion

This pics are from Siberfi Flickr sets

Randy in high heels and jeans

Men in heels stopping traffic

"Stylists Victor Blanco and Aldo Bologna stopping the traffic after the PORTS 1961 show.
New York Fashion Week"
View originally post at Freakchick

Victor Blanco at Oshum club opening with bcbg Max Azria booties

Nice booties Victor!

The Woman As Sexual Object

"What is it that makes a woman? Or for that matter a man? Gender is often argued to be a social construction, free of the constraints of biological sex, with the result being that the term ‘woman’ may just as easily be applied to a feminine male subject as it is to a female one. This project seeks to highlight how, through imagery, notions of an essential gender are created and normalised in our society. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in pinup imagery, in which the gender performances of the subjects/objects portrayed are exaggerated to such a degree as to produce images of hyperfemininity/masculinity. Men become towering blocks of muscle, whilst women become overtly sexualised and impossibly curvy. By appropriating this style of image making I am seeking to produce images that draw attention to the constructed gender portrayals not only in these images, but in all mass media imagery.

Does the sultry temptress in the pinup images have to be female? I would argue no, and thus these images are not only used to highlight how the feminine gender is often portrayed (the homemaker, the cook, the sexual object) but also that gender roles are entirely mutable. Within this project a male subject inhabits the feminine role in the photographic image, thus calling in to question the rigidity of socially accepted notions of the gender binary: not only do these images seek to challenge representations of the feminine gender but also those of the male subject.

Images made for my final year degree show at London South Bank University "
The Woman As Sexual Object originaly posted by Digisnapr

Louis Vuitton Journey Awards

"A journey is experience. It is where the character is shaped. The journey is life itself" This coming from the press release of the Louis Vuitton Journey Awards where film students the world over were encouraged to submit a film.

This film will serve as an inspiration board for students of the most prestigious international film schools to portray their own version of a story. What I've always known is that our kids are very talented here in South Africa. We were just short-changed when it came to the delivery because we didn't have the know-how or the resources.

But let me just congratulate our young film-makers because of the 15 movies in the final selection 4 South African films have been chosen to compete.

The official Jury will notify the winners this month! They will then attend a special screening and celebration of their winning entries in January of 2010.