LA*SURFPUNK THE MEN'S STORE

ON TREND: WANT IT NOW

2013-03-24T20:46:00.001-07:00

THE FUR IS FLYING:

DISCLAIMER: Rules and dressing-to-your-gender NEVER apply to the gays.

With that said, we have been foaming at the mouth (call us, rabid for fur) over these Celine fur accessories for Spring-Summer 2013. They are women's. Which presents some problems: too narrow and never a size in the double digits to fit our flat-footed feet. TRUST or we would buy them. Not really!! They're made with fur. Since we are veggie and animal-friendly, that goes against everything we believe in. So......

And besides, Celine does not have a men's line nor can we wait for another retailer to offer it to the male consumer. (Everything you see in Womenswear usually takes 6 months to a year to wash over to the men's side. Same colors, silhouettes, ideas).

Well, we ain't waiting a year.

Thus, we have dusted off our old Abercrombie & Fitch (Mountain Pond) footwear from 2004. AND, they are made with faux-fur, which fits our animal/veggie-friendly ethics anyway!!!

We will be featuring our footwear with everything that Celine has offered in the S/S 2013 campaign. A/F faux-fur sandal with: a). black "leather" trousers b). black silk-satin pants c). natural linen canvas trousers d). white charmeuse trousers

Side note: Most of these easy, breezy aforementioned trousers (some with drawstrings) can be found on the cheap at stores like H&M, Club Monaco, TopShop.

In addition, we will feature the shoes with denim, and, with our bermuda/walking shorts.

Who knew Abercrombie was so far ahhhhhhhhhead with this trend.... a SOLID 9 years ahead!!!! Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

TIp: For those of you that NOW want a pair of these A/F faux-fur "Mountain Pond" flip flops-- from 2004-- so you too can follow our lead and this trend, may we recommend a secondary market for acquiring said shoes, like Ebay!!

CELINE SHOES, SPRING/SUMMER 2013:

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH "MOUNTAIN POND" FAUX FUR SHOE (circa. 2004):

Fabulous, darling

VINTAGE RALPH LAUREN

2012-12-13T18:42:00.003-08:00

TIME CAPSULE:

From our personal Ralph Lauren clothing archive.

Ralph Lauren rugby circa. (from around)1979 to 1981.

Sherbet colors: Lime; pink; blue, white

Fabulous, darling

FASHION'S NIGHT OUT

2012-09-06T17:45:00.003-07:00

BEAUTIFUL THINGS COME IN 3'S:

A trio of beautiful men at the Rugby store for Fashion's Night Out.

Fabulous, darling

FASHION'S NIGHT OUT

2012-09-06T17:14:00.002-07:00

Darren Criss surfaces at Fashion's Night Out at one of our favorite emporiums in the world, Saks Fifth Avenue!!

Fabulous, darling

FASHION'S NIGHT OUT

2012-09-06T16:57:00.003-07:00

Ryan Lochte and Dwayne Wade surface with and for Ms. Wintour's Fashion's Night Out.

Fabulous, darling

FASHION'S NIGHT OUT

2012-09-06T16:41:00.004-07:00

GRACE US:

Grace Coddington out for Fashion's Night Out.

The Creative Director at VOGUE commands a seat at the Balenciaga store.

She is autographing totes that feature her self-illustrated drawings of her cat Pumpkin.

WE L♥VE MS. CODDINGTON!!

Fabulous, darling

FASHION'S NIGHT OUT

2012-09-06T16:30:00.006-07:00

Anna arrives at Fashion's Night Out 2012, her brainchild.

Fabulous, darling

THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE

2012-08-09T08:37:00.002-07:00

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We love this time of year!!!! Fall.

It's here!!! The most anticipated and coveted issue, VOGUE September 2012.

Hmmmm, what do we think??

From now until the end of September, we will be flipping the pages of THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE in one continuous loop. Studying the ads and the editorials with an eagle eye.

Fabulous, darling

RING OUR BELL

2012-07-14T20:14:00.002-07:00

Whilst perusing our August Vanity Fair, we came across the new Prada Men's Fall/Winter 2012 campaign.

Call us enchanted.

Call us engaged.

We love Ms. Prada's selections: Gary Oldham, Garrett Hedlund, Willem Dafoe and Jamie Bell (as shown below).

Ciao Bello!!

Fabulous, darling

COKE-TURE

2012-07-14T20:11:00.001-07:00

Of course, these skinny bitches in the fashion industry pick the Diet Coke can to overhaul.

Jean Paul-Gaultier reinterprets the iconic red can in his vision.

Fabulous, darling

PASSINGS: VIDAL SASSOON

2012-05-09T14:03:00.001-07:00

If you don't look good, we don't look good. -- Vidal Sassoon

Iconic hair dresser Vidal Sassoon perished in Bel-Air, California.

Mr. Sassoon was 84.

Mr. Sassoon revolutionized the sixties and was a zeitgeist with his signature bob and 5-point haircut.

In 1954, he opened his first salon in London. "I gave myself five years. If I couldn't change anything, I was out of there."

"When I first came into hair, women were coming in and you'd place a hat on their hair and you'd dress their hair around it," Sassoon said. "We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in."

He eventually opened a New York salon. In 1973, his hair-care products debuted to the trade. A couple of years later, he moved to Los Angeles, and by 1980, he even briefly had his own American television talk show. It was quite a life for a poor boy from London's East End.

We JUST watched the documentary, Vidal Sassoon The Movie , last week about Mr. Sassoon. We highly recommend seeing it.

And by the way, that is fashion icon Ms. Grace Coddington in the above image. Mr. Sassoon trimmed the VOGUE Creative Director with one of his iconic cuts in the 1960s.

Fabulous, darling

STRIKE A POSE

2012-05-09T06:56:00.003-07:00

And, that is why it is called superMODEL!!

LindER serves a pose on a platter!!

To pontificate on how much we love LindER, it would be understatements.

Her and Naomi: FIERCE!

And...what?

Fabulous, darling

ROCK LOBSTER

2012-05-07T18:58:00.003-07:00

B-1 OF A KIND:

Ms. Wintour is rocking this Prada gown made only for the VOGUE editrix.

Fabulous, darling

MET EXPRESS

2012-05-07T18:48:00.005-07:00

PERFORMING ARTISTS:

Jamie Cakes arrives with Marina Abramovic at the Met Gala.

Our cutie is in Gucci Made to Measure.

James Franco

Fabulous, darling

FOR CRISS SAKE

2012-05-07T18:34:00.003-07:00

MUSICAL THEATER:

Adorable Darren Criss hams it up with William Norwich at the Met Gala.

Criss clothed in Calvin Klein.

Fabulous, darling

LET'S SAY GRACE

2012-05-07T16:03:00.003-07:00

THE CAT'S MEOW:

The fashion force that is Grace Coddington surfaces at the Met Gala. The fashion icon purrs to William Norwich.

Ms. Coddington in Prada.

Fabulous, darling

GLAD WE MET

2012-05-07T15:43:00.003-07:00

SPECIAL ORDER:

At the Met Gala moments ago, Anna chats with William Norwich.

Anna in Prada, designed only for the EIC.

Fabulous, darling

MET LIFE

2012-05-07T13:52:00.007-07:00

Tonight's the night!!

What are you wearing?

Fabulous, darling

SEPARATED AND SEARCHING FOR EACH OTHER

2012-02-22T17:12:00.001-08:00

Violet, Dowager Countess smirks just like Anna Wintour.

Fabulous, darling

SUITS WITH FLARE

2012-02-07T12:35:00.001-08:00

We are SO digging these suits with the flared pants leg.

We love that full look in a trouser.

As one walks, the pants look as if it is sweeping the sidewalk. Love it!!

So fresh-looking after a decade of stove-pipe suit leg openings (talking to you H&M!!)!

This is from an editorial Elle Men China.

The model is Diego Miguel.

If any of our readers can read Chinese, please tell us who designed the two suits. The credits are listed in the photo. We think the suit credit would be the first listed, but we are unsure. Feel free to leave feedback in our comment section.

Fabulous, darling

ENERGIE FOUNDER PERISHES, 56

2011-12-19T16:18:00.000-08:00

Miss Sixty/Energie/Killah founder Wicky Hassan has perished at the age of 56.

Born in Tripoli, Hassan arrived to the open arms of Rome with his family in the late 1960s. Thousands of Libyan Jews were forced out of the country during the Six Day War, Hassan and family were among those who fled.

Hassan was from a family of drapers.

Edited for clarity:

[Hassan started] selling clothes at flea markets, Romans, and finally managed to open the first store. We owe the first imports of which have become cult brands like Timberland, Levi's and All Star to him. His insights are revealed and success grows right up to the opening of a store in the prestigious Via del Corso.

His first line of clothing, Energie, and in 1988, following 3 years after Miss Sixty: the first born and will be low-waisted trousers suffered a resounding success.

Sixty soon became a group that added over the years Killah and Murphy & Nye Refrigewear.

via gay.it

Fabulous, darling

WINDOW DRESSING

2011-12-15T23:17:00.001-08:00

The Kaiser featured at Printemps.

Fabulous, darling

VOGUE PUTS 120-YEAR HISTORY ONLINE

2011-12-12T10:05:00.000-08:00

Gather those coins.

It will cost nearly $1600 to subscribe to VOGUE's digital archive.

View the magazine from the very start (1892) to now.

CBS profiles VOGUE with soundbites from Anna Wintour:

Fabulous, darling

COLOR NOT CONTAINED

2011-12-05T18:57:00.000-08:00

We likey.

Duct tape in fun,festive colors. Not in that drab, predictable gun-metal gray.

Available at The Container Store. At $4.99, one can buy more than one!!

Now, what can we tape??

Fabulous, darling

WHAT A T-EASE

2011-12-02T14:18:00.000-08:00

We're really digging these new T's from New Look for S/S 2012.

Fabulous, darling