ReadySetF a s h i o n

Art We Can Wear

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:06:00 +0000

I recently turned to the philosophy the display of fashion is the art of fashion. That train of thought was immediately cemented with the editorial Touch in the Summer 2014 issue of Dazed Magazine, a beautiful look at Pre-Fall 2014 menswear captured

by legend Jamie Morgan and styled by Robbie Spencer.

Before the onslaught of images of the same garments throughout next months September issues, the Touch story reminds us the unexpected and clumsy can be pretty and graceful. Alone the styles have the potential of coming off as literally from your grandfather's wardrobe. Taking the focus off of the menswear pieces and mixing styles with uncomfortable accessories create a fresh image which

grabs you on a journey of a brightened underground world.

And then there's Binx.

Not only is Binx so f**king nonchalantly cool wearing fur and carrying squid, she isn't afraid of barb wire or broken glass. And her knowing stare lets you know she knows this sh*t isn't for everyone but YOU and her.

Issue: Dazed Summer 2014
Story: Touch
Photographed by Jamie Morgan
Styled by Robbie Spencer
Hair: Raphael Salley
Make Up: Pep Gay
My scanner failed on me this week. These photos are from the Dazed Magazine website.

Prancing Pants

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:54:00 +0000

Here come the shows of the Fall 2014 Haute Couture season. The reviews, critiques and surveys will follow, and Raf Simons collection for Christian Dior could be the one which produces the ultimate variety of opinions.

I may not be ready to delve into a conversation with this post questioning Raf's interpretation of Haute Couture. But I am anxious to announce the one item for fall to seek out is the perfectly tailored, pressed and creased straight-leg pant. Paired with that long overcoat you invested in last winter for the ultimate illusion of long and lean.

This could be the first and only time us mortals will be allowed to relate to the aura of Haute Couture.

Unless Raf has other plans.

We will start up that conversation down the road this fall season as we galantly prance the pavement enjoying the aire of Haute Couture.

Two To Tango

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:35:00 +0000

Someone thought we wouldn't notice all the girls showing up at the Spring 2015 Menswear shows.

Not just in the audience, but on the runway with the boys.

Some runways are using the time to show Resort 2015 Womenswear to coincide with Paris market that begins next week. Other designers are presenting pure menswear looks for females.

Not a bad idea since more girls are viewing the men's shows for style ques. Or not a bad idea to save on show costs for investors.

Either way I am a.ok with the new set up, because sometimes it takes two to tango.

Haider Ackermann

Givenchy

Prada

Kolor

y-3

Sibling

Saint Laurent

Faux Fur Accessories Don't Stop....

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:47:00 +0000

Didn't realize I wanted fur on my feet until these babies from Korean retailer Low Classic.

I am going to this shoe party!

photo cred: Jinyoung Kim

Hello Pre-Fall 2014

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 03:08:00 +0000

What ever it is about pony hair/cowhide/shearling/ that tugs at my heart strings, there is quite the selection of new furry accessories available from 31 Phillip Lim.

My fall shopping list has begun.

Wednesday Medium Boston Satchel

Small East West Depeche Clutch

Small Ryder Springbok Fur Satchel

Elle August 1999:Modern Classics

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 06:06:00 +0000

Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, Ford for Gucci, and Kors for Celine, Narciso, Lang, Yamamoto...

Its been 15 years but these offbeat classics have proved themselves even more exciting than modern.

Issue: Elle August 1999
Story: Modern Classics
Photographed by Anette Aurell
Stylist: Isabel Dupré
Make-Up: Devra Kinery
Hair: Wataru

Ball & Chain Rocks Ribbed Flares

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 16:55:00 +0000

No way you can think of one sweater set without the other.

Janis Joplin performs at the Monterey Pop Festival 1967

Céline FW2014 RTW

Social Media Find of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 28 May 2014 04:02:00 +0000

No matter how devoted I am to the fashion industry, one can only know so much.

So, I am the first to admit when I'm late on a trend or designer or magazine. Usually some form of social media is where I find out how really late I am to the party.

Scrolling Instagram is when I came across Lutz Huelle. Excited to have discovered a 'new' designer and share it with everyone, I was humbled after a quick Google search.

Not only did Huelle work with Martin Margiela during the artisanal years of the 90s, but he established his namesake line in 2000.

Wow, thats 14 years late on ever hearing of him and seeing his beautiful clothes. Not distraught over that at all. Not at all.

Lutz Huelle

Kate Moss.....Corinne Day

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Sun, 11 May 2014 21:03:00 +0000

Corinne Day.....Kate Moss. Intoxicating.

i-D Pre-Spring 2014

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Sun, 04 May 2014 20:19:00 +0000

I don't trift. I don't have anything against it, I just always wanted my closet to make it's own memories, my own stories.

I'll "thrift" my own storage in a heartbeat, and that has been happening a lot lately.

But if I was a serial thrifter i-D magazine captured a splendid mix of vintage and modern pieces in the Pre-Spring '14 issue.

I look forward to when my closet tells this exact story.

Issue: i-D Pre-Spring 2014
Story: Spring is Nature's Way of Saying Let's Party
Photographed by Walter Pfeiffer
Stylist: Jodie Barnes
Hair: Mark Hampton
Make-Up: Petros Petrohilos

Talking With Magazines: ElleUK March 2014

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:35:00 +0000

Well, well, well. Look who it is. Yes, its been a while, a long while.

But without going into the reasons, or excuses, let's begin with the reason I jolted back to life.

The below photo from the March 2014 issue of ElleUK

taken by David Vasiljevic and styled by Natalie Wansbrouhg-Jones. Of all the pages in all the March issues, this was the image jumping off of the paper capturing my attention.

First, altered by an everyday tee, the look is Yang Li, who's life as a designer is young but I am already a committed disciple.

Second, the mix of street and sweet pulls at my heart strings with its reference to the 90s and the Grunge movement I lived through not knowing it was just a moment.

I found myself analyzing the image long after the magazine had been closed and placed in its proper stack among stacks of magazines. The elements of the image still whispering to me each time I opened my closet. It might sound silly, but I can't be the only person who has conversations with magazine images. Maybe if I am, then my own blog might be the best place to further the discussion.

ElleUK: Do you admire the designer or stylist for recycling the idea of mixing casual and delicate details?

RSF: The designer. I sense Yang Li influenced Natalie Wansbrough-Jones. It is not the exact runway look, but the military jacket/silk skirt combo mirrors the essence of the entire collection. A collection creating a runway dream sequence by balancing street wear with romantic fabrics. Li's update on grunge is androgynous and graceful. I didn't know this is how I actually wanted to look back in the 90s until I came across Yang Li. Grunge for me was straight up wearing my dad's hand-me-downs. Or in some cases I just took what I wanted from his closet. This look is not from my dad's closet.
I love the location Wansbrough-Jones scouted for the photograph. Li's clothes were ultimately meant for the street, and the setting highlights the practicality of wearing a floor length skirt for day.

ElleUK: What element will inspire your closet?
RSF: Proportion. Pairing insanely oversize shirt/jacket with the delicate oversize pleated skirt counts as a double whammy! Instead of balancing the silhouette with a skinny jean or shrunken blazer, just wear it all big and baggy.

ElleUK: Is there a particular image that comes to mind first?
RSF: Sharon Stone. One, because of her Gap tee/Valentino skirt combo at the 1996 Oscars. Which was the first example of mixing high fashion with low fashion to creep out of glossies and hit mainstream America. Two, because of one of my favorite Elle covers from December 2000 with Stone wearing Galliano for Dior. The cover brings me back to a time when Elle was deep into creating desire for fashion, travel and lifestyle.

ElleUK: Does the image represent the past, present, or future?

RSF: Present. Having a past reference to Yang Li's modern look in ElleUK pop into my head as soon as I saw it, for me is exciting. It created a conversation I have been craving to build on during my break from blogging.

Today the fashion cycle works more like hitting the refresh button. Frankly, nothing is new in fashion. Fashion is moving too fast for anything to appear new. Coming to this realization saved Readysetfashion.com. I had to let go of the guilt I felt for calling out the source of a designer or stylist or photographer on the blog. Today we have the tools at our fingertips to search the past for that image we know we saw already. References are posted everywhere from Pinterest and Instgram to museums and library archives not just on Readysetfashion.com.
The connections I and others find between the past and present could be the next wave of discussion in blogging. Where street style represents the "Golden Era" of fashion blogs, the awareness of why current fashions are in vogue is ready to take precedence. Even if that's not the case, you will find a logic for it here.

So let's go. Ready. Set. Fashion.

Harper's Bazaar August 2013 VS. Vogue March 1995

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:42:00 +0000

The years of either editorial don't mean a thing.

Lady-like is never out of style.

Mix beautifuly tailored clothes with movie-picture glamour and you'll wake up ready to cinch your waist, arch your brows

and rock a flare like you just don't care.

Issue: Harper's Bazaar August 2013
Story: Ladylike Looks
Photographed by Gregory Harris
Styled by Tony Irvine
Make-Up: Yadim
Hair: Anthony Turner

VS.

Issue: Vogue March 1995
Story: Portrait of a Lady (not in it's entirety)
Photographed by Steven Meisel
Styled by Grace Coddington
Make-Up: Laura Mercier
Hair: Garren

P.S. McMenamy with Meisel and Coddington win this one. Simply ageless.

rsf.22

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:56:00 +0000

I will never love a pair of gingham pants as much as my J. Peterman wide-leg chinos.

Perfect leg + perfect pleats = the perfect summer pant.

pant, J. Peterman (vintage)/shoe, nike (japan only)

Bert Stern 1929-2013

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 06:25:00 +0000

Yes, you really were this iconic.

Bert Stern for Vogue, 1962

(this image from Vogue September 1982)

Antonio Marras Resort 2014

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 03:43:00 +0000

Antionio Marras adds his illustrations to the 2014 Resort presentation, and in turn makes me want everything.

images from Style.com

Resort 2014 Love Child

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:42:00 +0000

Galliano for Dior Fall/Winter 1999

meets

Balenciaga Fall/Winter 2006

The love child...The Row Resort 2014 sweater/skirt set.

The Calm Before the Storm

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:02:00 +0000

After a designer's splashy runway show, I usually look back at their pre-collection as the calmer more retail friendly predecessor.

And maybe because Resort collections have been established long before the pre-fall market, I find them chalk full of ideas and silhouettes a designer pushes further in a Spring/Summer collection.

This Resort season I was especially tickled by Giambattista Valli's collection.

Valli's crisp whites and refined florals are reminiscent of quite possibly my favorite fashion ad campaign of the 90s.

The 1995 Spring/Summer Gucci ad campaign.

One year into his appointment as Creative Director, Tom Ford bought in Carine Roitfeld and Mario Testino to bring to life his vision of the new house of Gucci.

Luxurious scarves and frame bags mixed with skin and sensuality helped introduce the new house to the old establishment.

It was subtle. It was a sigh, it was an oooo, an ahhhh.

And what followed the 1995 Spring/Summer collection came out of nowhere.

The Fall Collection hit our senses hard.

Ford's iconic runway assault of lush velvets, low-rise stove-pipe pants, unbuttoned power blouses, and electric color which single-handily reintroduced glamour back to the 90s.

At the end we couldn't catch our breath. We were drowning.

We see the signs when we look back at that year, and we should have seen it coming.

Valli's Haute Couture collection is next. Will the breath of fresh air of the Resort collection prove to be the calm before the storm. We can only wait and see.

Christy 18 Years Later

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +0000

If aging means this, then I'm not waiting!

Christy Turlington Harper's Bazaar February 1995.

Photographed by Peter Lindbergh

Fast forward to Harper's Bazaar June/July 2013
photographed by Daniel Jackson.

The Ultimate

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:34:00 +0000

Ursina Gysi, my style icon and obsession.
See and read more at I Love You Magazine.
And follow me follow her on my Ursina Pinterest page.

Harper's Bazaar March 1999 TwISTeD w/ Summer 2013 RTW Collections

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:28:00 +0000

Have you been shopping for summer yet? I have.

I noticed one of two things while shopping.

Either I already had pieces relevant to this summer's trends or I'm attracted to garments I could only afford to admire back in the day.

We must be at that point in the fashion cycle when trends are recycled and reinterpreted.

When I came across the Stark editorial from Bazaar March 1999, I knew I found the prefect pages to compare the present day runway looks.

See if you agree.

Cerruti Arte/Proenza Scholder

Stella McCartney/Giorgio Armani

Balenciaga/Comme des Garçons

Calvin Klein/Antonio Berardi

Strenesse-Gabriele Strehle/Roland Mouret

Balenciaga/Chanel

Donna Karan/Jil Sander

Simone Rocha/A.F. Vandervorst

Stark editorial photographed by Craig McDean and styled by Brana Wolf.
All runway photos from Style.com

Harper's Bazaar November 1996 VS. Vogue April 2013

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Sat, 11 May 2013 03:51:00 +0000

A study more than a rivalry.

Both editorials photographed by Demarchelier and styled by Goodman.

Each starred the supermodel of the season.

Both simple. Both graphic.

And both prove easy and fresh resort looks really are timeless.

Issue: Harper's Bazaar November 1996
Story: On Course for Resort
Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Stylist: Tonne Goodman
Hair: Didier Malige
Make Up: Dick Page

VS.

Issue: Vogue April 2013
Story: Smooth Sailing (not in it's entirety)
Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Stylist: Tonne Goodman
Hair: Jimmy Paul
Make Up: Christian McCulloch

rsf.21

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:56:00 +0000

Jun Kaneko's Tanuki instalation opens in Millennium Park in a couple weeks, but I introduced myself to the creatures of mischief a little early.

cut & sew men's button down/ y-3, shorts/ jordan 28s/ comme des garçons, bag

photos by @thingsthatguydoes

rsf.20

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:38:00 +0000

Dove right into mixing prints with this Mark McNairy/Heather Grey Wall tee and Julien David cardigan.

Regular mix master.

SOEN May 2013

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:22:00 +0000

Nonchalant pattern mixing skills.

I will always be on an eternal search for this specific talent.

A talent I was reminded I will never possess when I came across the below editorial.

Issue: May 2013 SOEN
Story: Standard Pattern Border & Stripe Dot Check
Photographed by Jiro Konami
Stylist: Mitsuru Kurosawa
Hair & Make Up: Yoshikazu Miyamoto

Pitch Perfect

noreply@blogger.com (readysetfashion) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:06:00 +0000

The mix of elements is perfect.

Hair and make up.

Sexy and minimalism.

Girly and androgyny.

Denim and heels.

Issue: Harper's Bazaar May 1995
Story: Shrink Fit
Photographed by Craig McDean
Stylist: no credit given
Hair: Eugene Souleiman
Make Up: Pat McGrath