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I LOOKED AT THE SUN THROUGH FILTERS
November 14, 2009
We hope to keep this winter’s drear away by evoking the warm, breezy, fuzziness of the better bits & pieces of the euro-lounge revival of the mid-90s, ushered in most interestingly by the era’s darlings, Stereolab (think 1996’s Emperor Tomato Ketchup). Stateside, the sartorial mood continues to hover between fuzzy-faced grunge revival and the Americana traditionalists (not that we don’t love boutiques like Odin or lines by Rag & Bone—we do, but it’s starting to get stuffy in here!). While the boys continue to play dress-up with the detritus of nu-rave tribal and grunge for the first time around, and the men continue to beat the trad thoroughbred horse to death, sipping classic cocktails, and watching Mad Men in their Thom Browne, we have our sites set on something, well a bit more colorful, a bit less pensive, a bit more euro, a bit more high-fi. The mid-90s was an era much more optimistic than the recession-shrouded present. There was the feeling that an intelligent technology was going to change the world in brilliant ways, and it was! Stereolab’s sci-fi, day-glow tinted point of view was all right for the times, and the fashions. We are starting to see nods here & there to the era—Marni’s Spring 2010 line with those round, space-age sunglasses and Dries Van Noten with the amorphous post-op-art prints, and even a little bit with Marc Jacobs with the mylar and polka dot sportiness of his latest collection. At any rate, it’s a mood we hope to feel and see more of! Cull your inspiration from Stereolab’s 1996 video for their single Fluorescences. Annitian tri-colour sweater (wok-store.com), acetate sunglasses by Marni, Philip Lim Box T-Shirt (Refinery 29 Shops), wool trousers (Uniqlo), blue border shoes by Lanvin (colette.fr), Arne & Carlos scarf (via Alogha Rag), and Flouro ski beanie (Topman). To be vacuous. To be infinite.
November 16th, 2009 at 3:34 am
I love the glasses.
November 16th, 2009 at 10:49 am
oui! marni always makes us weak in the knees.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Love the collection especially the sweater!
February 7th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Check out vivienne westwood man 2010 collection, there is a fantastice monochrome tshirt that would fit into the picture on this post perfectly