Showing posts with label Trends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trends. Show all posts

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Fashion Inspiration: Suburbia, 1976

On a lazy, channel-flipping Sunday, I stumbled upon Dazed and Confused,
one of those films I know I should have seen for the cultural
references. I expected to be entertained, but I never expected to find
fashion inspiration, despite the 70s fashion revival in full swing. The
film chronicles high school students in suburban Texas in May 1976, and
it seems that "1970s suburban youth" is the exact

Friday, February 4, 2011

Legwork

If you know me well, you know that I get a kick out of pushing the
fashion envelope, especially in the office. I consider it a compliment
when a woman in a poly-blend business suit or the commuter's
sneakers-and-stockings combo glares at my leopard Topshop coat or my
flat over-the-knee motorcycle boots while in line for our Pret a Manger
lattes. I believe my rejection of conventional Washington

Sunday, January 23, 2011

London Fashion Week: Pyrenex's Posh Puffers

During this exceptionally cold winter, I've noticed a trend on the
streets of Washington that I find extremely unattractive: the long
black puffer coat. I literally see two or three per day, minimum.
They're not only unflattering on almost every figure, but down-stuffed
nylon also does not pair well with work attire.Angelina Jolie models
the Washington puffer trendI suppose I understand why so