Sam Lambert and Shaka Maidoh

Sam Lambert and Shaka Maidoh

with the onset of yet another show season two figures consistently deliver the goods with the finest off catwalk style. The inseperable pair Sam Lambert, british artist, and companion Shaka Maidoh are the frequent target of Tommy Ton's camera, GQ's official street style photographer and operator of Jak & Jil.

Their signature look is sharp, grown-up sophistication with that ounce of self aware sartorial satisfaction. Their look is consistent yet far from uniform - with a limited coloure palette they rely on the impeccable clothing cut and neither fails to mount a hat on whenever photographed. With their looks already featuring in GQ's; Milan, Pitti Uomo and Paris FW shots, I hope to see a lot more of these boys before the Parisian circus visit is over.

Burberry Fall/Winter 2010

With Fall/Winter 2010 Milan Fashion week last week. I thought i would wade through the depresing grey jungle of winterware to see if any designer works against winter depression. Few impressed me, stylish monochrome looks were few and far between. Prada offered knitted cardigans deliberately undersized, this style choice however made the models look to have anorexic waists.

Burberry however did not fail to impress. Whilst Christopher Bailey remains at the helm burberry can do no wrong!  Navy, Olive Green and strong browns provide character and warmth to their winter looks. 

Prada disaster first:

Burberry Fall/Winter 2010:

 

 

 

 

The Hedi Slimane Diary

A small selection from the wonderful blog of Hedi Slimane, demonstrating that his sharp eye for detail and beauty can be transferred from the Dior Homme runway to the camera lens.


More Avaialable at The Hedi Slimane Diary.

Viktor & Rolf Exhibition - Barbican London

The Viktor and Rolf Exhibition at the Barbican was fantastic, I knew little about Viktor & Rolf only that my mother said they created some rather odd clothes and had concepts for their shows.

The concepts were all very different from the 'Russian Doll' Haute Couture Collection of Fall / Winter 1999/2000 Collection which involved a model walking along the catwalk and as she walked on another dress would be layered on top of the one she was wearing building her up giving an effect similar to that of a Russian Doll.



The Atomic Bomb collection was another interesting show, first the models wore the dresses with inflated pockets in them and then again normally. It symbolised a lot and they gave many reasons for it but i just thought it looked interesting.



The Upside Down collection was truely great the models wore the dresses one way up and the following model wore it 'upside down' with models walking in the arms of the dress there movements seeemed very restricted. It was weird how some of the dresses looked just as good upside down.

- P.S.

Jean Paul Gaultier

One of the Few remaining Haute Couture Houses, Jean Paul Gaultiers Spring 2009 Ready to Wear Collection is another beautiful collection with the Pirate theatrical style of clothing that has become attached to JPGs image in recent times.

Gucci Spring 2009 Collection

Another wonderful collection this is a rival only to Burberry 2009 which is my favourite for the season. The other designers D&G, Versace, Armani even Vivienne Westwood whom i usually am a major fan of was disappointing. Moschino had some pieces that were noteworthy but overall Sprin 2009 was a drab collection for most male lines and i haven't paid much attention to the female lines as the first few were dull dull dull. Jil Sander actually scared me with the hideous pieces in her collection.
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