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Apparently it's fashion preview time in the world of couture. Seeing as ask_aboutcoffee has retired from fashion blogging, I thought it was time I stepped up and pretended to be a snob.

It started with Valet making a 2011 forecast. Guys, do not listen to Valet. Even if they are right, they are so wrong. Well, they're right about some things, like wing tips, henleys, and a self-imposed ban on skinny jeans, but wrong about almost everything else. White jeans are dreadful. Full stop.

The rest of this post is almost entirely about guys named Tom. I didn't do that on purpose, it just happened.

God, Tom Ford, I just...aviators and pastels? Seriously? The suit cuts are okay and the saddle shoes are fine, and that one black suit with the patterned grey shirt is excellent, but...pastels and aviators.

Fall previews are going on this coming week in Milan and Paris. Stay classy, Thom Browne, inventer of the mysterious disembodied belt.

I was going to say I can't wait to see what Galliano has going, because his wild stabs at fashion usually entertain more in the mockery, but actually his Spring/Summer 2011 preview is unusually sane if you ignore the ANGRY CHARLIE CHAPLINS. I mean, there's still guys modeling what appear to be bondage harem pants, but I'd wear some of those coats.

If you really want to know a great way to think about fashion and style, check out what Tom Sachs has to say on the matter. Tom Sachs is awesome; he once Prada-branded a toilet and built a giant Weeping Hello Kitty sculpture.

Or you could check out the White Collar Style Gallery. But only if you're really into Thomas Pink.

Comments

[momebie.livejournal.com]

All I know about fashion is that the White Collar gallery made me smile. ♥

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Peter's a big fan of Brooks Brothers, tell you what. :D

[martinius.livejournal.com]

Re:Valet, I never trust anyone making never statements. Er, that is, some guys (and girls, and the rest, but we're talking mens fashion, right?) can make anything look good. It's like, I have stuff I never wear because I look silly in it, but my sister or my friends might look awesome in the same thing. So, yeah, I agree, I think.

Although, white jeans are very difficult. Should not be worn by us mortals.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I want to make a note of everything on their 'never list' and keep track of how long it takes before it's in style again. I give skinny ties five years.

[martinius.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too! And I like skinny ties, but that is perhaps not something one admits to in polite company...

[carmy-w.livejournal.com]

And those pastel suits have cutaway coats, too....strange.
They look like someone did a week long marathon of Miami Vice.

[quean-of-swords.livejournal.com]

I just love that BOW TIES are in the forecast.

[itcamefromjapan.livejournal.com]

Of course they are! They're COOL. :D

[eccentrikita.livejournal.com]

...that's unusually sane? o__0

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

For Galliano, sadly, yes.

[oaktree89.livejournal.com]

I had to look at that belt for a Long Time before i figured out what was happening with that (what is happening there??).

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

It looks like a belt & trousers version of a sock & sock garter.

[oaktree89.livejournal.com]

It's horrible :D

[of-polyhymnia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Even after inspecting it, I really thought it was a white belt over kind of high pants, and couldn't figure out what was so strange about that in the world of fashion. But now I see it's true bizarreness!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I'm genuinely not sure. Sometimes I think the pants are suspended from the belt, sometimes I think there's a white belt on black pants. It's like an optical illusion. Nobody knows.

[oaktree89.livejournal.com]

It is truly a Great Mystery.

[moonpupy.livejournal.com]

White jeans are dreadful.

I must disagree. But only when they are on 16 year old flat belly males with tans, fresh off the beaches of Southern California. Oh, baby.

[toyniffler.livejournal.com]

Sweet lord! My eyes! I may never see again! The pastels, they burns us....aaaa

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

You can have your men's fashion previews. I'm hanging back, flipping through the Pre-Fall and making a drinking game out of how many different insults can be made about the Chanel show on the twenty-fifth.

Aw, I love Galliano. He's always amusing.

Oh, Tom Ford. I'm - I'm trying to be positive, but I look at it and all I can think of: did he design this line to be worn exclusively by Justin Beiber and the boys of Glee?

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I do have a secret passion for CRAZY GALLIANO. Especially when he trots out his hugely-branded undies. :D

[calliope-jones.livejournal.com]

I just can't deal. The mocking that has commenced.
Tom Ford... the cut of the suits is decent, but the hems too high and what is with those shirts. And those tuxes? Seriously?
Galliano... Caused me pain. I could not look away from the faux Chaplin to even notice the clothes.

The thing I love about the White Collar style is that it's classic. And classy. No fads in sight.

[firynze.livejournal.com]

Thom Browne is also He of the Inexplicably Short Pants. I've never quite understood that.

Angry Charlie Chaplin frightens me.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I forgot about the short pants. Oh Thom Browne.

[firynze.livejournal.com]

Oh, Thom Browne. Why do you hate ankles? The ankles don't deserve to be exposed to the cold and the elements like that, not when one is wearing an otherwise-smart suit.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

... his Spring/Summer 2011 preview is unusually sane if you ignore the ANGRY CHARLIE CHAPLINS.

It might be less flamboyant than most couture designers, but my first impression while watching it was that this is what it looks like when people mock couture. And while I am a big fan of the 20s and am pleased to see clothes influenced by them in any modern designer's collection, you know what looks even better? Actual clothes from the 20s. None of this 'I'm going to make it new by throwing some extra ties on it and spoiling the fit' business. Classic. C'mon, is it so hard to do?

Of course, the way the models walked the catwalk like petulant teenage boys who didn't want to be there probably didn't help ...

P.S. I met someone before the holidays who, intentionally or not, was totally rocking the Neal Caffrey. And then I realised everything I know about White Collar I know from reading your blog. Which turns out to be quite a bit!

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

That's downright restrained, for Galliano. Usually he's the most outrageous of the bunch. I call him CRAZY JOHN GALLIANO for a reason :D

You probably get a lot of White Collar info from my blog because I natter ceaselessly about it :D

[beyondthesunset.livejournal.com]

Why must models never look like they are happy, or, god forbid, having fun?

The worst example I can recall was a bridal catalog featuring women who had apparently been trapped in wedding veils and were trying desperately to escape. Yes, desperation - that's just the look one wants in a bride!

[lavinialavender.livejournal.com]

Six years of reading your journal and I never knew you were that opinionated and knowledgeable of fashion. *blinks in surprise*

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a recent development. I didn't get into it until I had AAC start doing fashion posts. And I don't really follow a lot of fashion blogs -- I did, but they're mostly pretentious and boring. I just know who to google for when I want to share the outrageous and hideous :D

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

1. THERE IS A WHITE COLLAR STYLE GALLERY. how did i not know this.

2. that galliano show is so deliciously mental. i want to have tea with galliano and lagerfeld. it would be like hanging out with aliens.

[alibi-factory.livejournal.com]

Camouflage only works if you're in the army or if you're, idk, a grime dj.

(To be fair, my main exposure to fashion is hitting up highsnobiety.com to hnng at the sneakers and bags and get super-confused by everything else. High fashion just makes me lol.)

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If you were in London, the Royal Shakespeare Company is having a rummage sale: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-12198859

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Aw, this is why it sucks I don't live in London. :D

[debitha.livejournal.com]

So it seems that Paul Smith is to blame for most of the appalling shirts and ties in Company Man, except for the blue amoeba tie which is from Zegna.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

Peter's red striped shirt is okay, it's just his tie that turns everything into a hideous mess. :D But yeah, the guy who runs the company has that horrible yellow-checked shirt on, there's no excusing that thing.