All-Black Is The New Black

I am very into black clothes and all-black outfits at the moment. I like that it feels so simple and almost like an uniform because it is reduced to just one single non-colour – hence the cut, shape and texture of the fabric start playing an even bigger role. At least half of my wardrobe consists of mainly black clothes now. I am trying to get more into blogging-mode again as I have been neglecting this very blog for far too long and only kept updating my Instagram. I was even thinking about giving up on blogging for good. Here is a selection of black clothes to start with.

1. Maison Martin Margiela 14 Men's Coated Replica Duffle Coat // 2. Neil Barrett Bonded-Jersey Crew Neck Sweatshirt // 3. Nanamica Cycling Pack // 4. Yang Li Men's Triple Welted Sole Derby Shoes // 5. Comme des Garçons Very Black Line Document Holder // 6. Acne Canada Scarf // 7. Adidas Originals Campus 80's // 8. Weekday Ilex Tee // 9. COS Elasticated Waist Trousers

The In Crowd

Photographs by Tyrone Lebon and styling by Sara Moonves

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas! I saw this editorial for T Magazine a few months ago and recently came across it again on the blog from AS/H Magazine (which is quite lovely and you should all have a look here). I am totally in love with the styling. The combination with the sneakers and those platform shoes is brilliant. Good mix of street and luxe. I also like the way it is photographed.

Spring 2012 Fashion Show Impressions

All photographs © Pari Dukovic

I stumbled upon the cover of the Spring Fashion Issue of New York Magazine and was immediately captured by the style of the photograph and wanted to find out who shot it. Then I came across these backstage impressions of the Spring 2012 fashion shows by the same photographer, Pari Dukovic. He is shooting traditionally with 35mm film and seems to be someone you should look out for in future publications. Check out his website for more of his work.

Venetia Scott

Do you know Venetia Scott? Not only is she quite well-known as a stylist in the fashion industry but she's also a really good photographer. She's been styling the Marc Jacobs ad campaigns from the beginning with Juergen Teller (working with him a lot in the early days and they were a couple at one point and have a child together). Her photographs are immediately recognizable among the flood of fashion editorials. She's regularly photographing ad campaigns for A.P.C. and Margaret Howell and editorials for various magazines. As with Juergen Teller, she only does an assignment if she has complete control over the process and the way of dealing with it. I guess that's how you can maintain that distinctive look and stay true to yourself.

All photographs by Venetia Scott

Go-Sees by Juergen Teller

I recently made myself an early christmas present and purchased this book from a reseller on amazon.com. Go-Sees by Juergen Teller was published back in 1999 by Scalo (doesn't exist anymore unfortunately but was one of the big art book publishers back then) and printed by Steidl (very popular art book publisher today). The book contains lots of portraits of young girls by Juergen Teller that visited him in his atelier in London during the late 90s to present themselves in hope to maybe get the photographer's attention for a consideration in the future. Those visits are called go-sees in the fashion industry. As more and more agency called Teller if they could send some models to his atelier, he told them not to just send the ones the agencies thought were interesting or pretty but to simply send all of the girls they have. So the book presents a really nice demographic study of models in London back in the late 90s.

© Juergen Teller and Scalo

Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2011 Ad Campaign

I wasn't aware that Miu Miu had such a beautiful ad campaign this season. Hailee Steinfeld was photographed by Bruce Weber and she somehow fits really well despite her young age. It seems to become normal to use very young actresses for ad campaigns (think Marc Jacobs). I don't mind as long as the outcome is as pleasing as this one and it's not sexually offensive.

Streetstyle Selection #14

1 by Glamcanyon, 2-5 by StockholmStreetStyle, 6-9 by The Sartorialist, 10 by Styleclicker, 11 by Vogue.it, 12 by Hel-Looks

Colourful Socks

Image Source: Mr Porter Facebook Page

I have been neglecting colourful socks for way too long and only recently have I discovered what a pretty nice touch the right choice of the right coloured socks add to an already complete outfit.

Little Dutch Girl

Lara Stone photographed by Angelo Pennetta for New York Times T Style Magazine Travel Fall 2011 (via TFS)