7T'Z

Campy & flamboyant -- the seventies.

// The image at the bottom is a screenshot of the 2011 Korean film, Sunny. I recommend it. It's really visual.

HEROIN CHIC

Kate Moss
Francisco Lachowski
Simone Nobili
Sky Ferreira

//I really like the heroin chic look. There. I said it. While I don't condone drug use, I can't help but gravitate toward models who look tired and beat up, and wish I appeared similarly, especially when they have those dark lines underneath their eyes. That's my favorite part. Made popular during the 90's by none other than Kate Moss, its lingering influence still pervades the industry. While some argue that the trend is over with the presence of the "sexy era" (e.g. Giselle Bundchen, Adriana Lima) I still believe there is that niche market. Waif-like and frumpy, it connotes familiar (and admittedly tired) buzzwords like edgy, grunge, raw, etc. For me, it brings to mind sheer adolescent madness a la Skins or something. Yes sir. I love it.

P.S. It's weird. I feel like I have a lot to say, but when it comes to actually writing in an actual blog post, it seems so short!

WHITE + LEATHER + MUSCLE

Images via Pelayo Diaz/ Yu Wei Lo/ Ivania Carpio

Putting off all these "potential blog posts" for too long! Now I'm just vomiting them out with as much enthusiasm as I can. I've really been digging the onslaught of people wearing white socks lately. Normally associated with the world of athletics, it seems sport-luxe. A lot of people find it distasteful for that very reason. It's pleasantly jarring. As much as I love the whole printed sock thing going on, this is starting to bring me greater satisfaction. Speaking of white socks, it reminds me of the sock + sandal debates that plague sartorial audiences. To be honest, I do like it. Tres Raf Simons. However, I must admit, I doubt I'd wear it myself. It reminds me far too much of my middle-aged Asian uncles of childhoods past.

Images via Yu Wei Lo/ Pelayo Diaz

Leather shorts. Yeah. This is some murky territory. One wrong Google search and before you know it, you're in the depths of the kinky S&M universe. I don't even know if I like them all that much, but I must since I keep wanting them. I doubt they'd even be flattering. It'd just make me sweaty. In any case, I think one factor that is crucial in leather shorts is length. Traditionally associated with womenswear, I think these look best if they're at least knee length, if not longer. I know its hip to have your shorts mid-thigh and stuff, but when your pair mid-thigh with leather, we're all just gonna start getting uncomfortable.

Images via Inked Magazine/ UNIF

And to bring this post to a close, I'd like to make plain my affection for the muscle tee. I know this isn't for everyone (Tracey), but I find it quintessentially British. Very British, very grunge. Very...tumblr, to say the least. Seldom do I see it here in the States. I must make the distinction, however, between this and the average tank top (or vest if you're in the UK). The muscle tee is a basic t-shirt without the sleeves. It still retains a high neck opening, rather than the roomier cut silhouette of a tank. In terms of aesthetics, I imagine it to look best on the emaciated, gangly, platinum-blonde youths of London. And though I fulfill none of those standards, I still find myself hacking off the sleeves of my tees, donning them while simultaneously sucking in my cheeks in the hopes that I too, can look British grunge. lol.