Wednesday, June 23, 2010

THAT RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP......

                                                     RIHANNA ON THE COVER OF GQ

A MOMENT IN FASHION HISTORY


                                                      HAUTE COUTURE

HAUTE COUTORE IS A PHRASE FROM THE FRENCH MEANING 'HIGH FASHION'. THE TERM HAUTE IN GENERAL MEANS HIGH IN TERMS OF ELEGENCY...OR ROYALTY. COUTORE REFERS TO THE ACTUAL CRAFT OF SEWING, DRESS MAKING, AND DESIGNING. THE HIGH COST OF HAUTE COUTURE GOWNS, AND CLOTHING LEAVES PEOPLE QUESITIONING THE REASONING BEHIND A CHANEL FROCK THAT RETAILS AT $2500 DOLLARS, OR A OSCAR DE LA RENTA GOWN VALUED AT $10,000..

VIRTUALLY EVERY COUTURE PIECE IS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CLIENT PURCHASING IT.  THIS UNIQUE, ONE OF A KIND FEEL EXPLAINS THE HIGH COST. NOT TO MENTION THE EXPENSIVE MATERIALS THAT MAKE UP THESE PIECES. FROM FURS, TO IMPORTED SILKS, TO THE GAUTIEST FURS...HAUTE COUTURE'S JOB IS TO MAKE THE CLIENT THE TALK OF THE SHOW.....AND DOES SO AS SHOWN IN THE BELOW PIECES:


Tuesday, June 22, 2010

****SIMPLISTICSTYL****


THIS IS ME..ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE FLY GUY...I'VE BEEN GIVEN NUMEROUS NICKNAMES IN THE PAST ACKNOWLEDGING MY SENSE OF STYLE....$KID KANYE$,  FASHIONISTO, AND MOST RECENTLY SIMPLISTICSTYL. FASHION HAS ALWAYS BEEN OF HEAVY INTEREST TO ME. FROM THE STREET FASHIONS OF BERLIN, TO THE HAUTE COUTORE GOWNS OF YVES ST. LAURENT...I FIND IT INCREDIBLE HOW THESE ARTIST PUT TOGETHER TIMELESS PIECES INTO MODERN ARTFORM. SOMEDAY I TO WANT TO BE IN THAT DREAM TEAM OF FASHION GREATS.....WITH A LINE THAT EXCUDES FASHION....DRIPS ORIGINALITY....AND OVERALL IS JUST SIMPLE

-SIMPLISTICSTYL

Friday, June 18, 2010

VOGUE.........................................

ICONIC COVER OF VOGUE CIRCA 1950....SHOT BY LEGENDARY FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER IRVING PENN


ONE WORD.......KANYE......ANOTHER STYLISH.....LAST WORD....F.A.S.H.I.O.N.I.S.T.O.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

WORK WEAR......


MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY....NO MATTER WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK....YOU CAN LOOK VERY MUCH HIGH FASHION WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY HIGH COST. THESE 3 LOOKS ARE SIMPLE TO THE CORE, BUT GIVES A NEW APPROACH TO THE EVER SO SIMPLE SLACKS SHIRT & TIE COMBO AT WORK.


1ST LOOK: A NICE WHITE CASUAL SHIRT, WITH BLACK TIE SMALL KNOT, NAVY BLUE TROUSERS, AND PATENT SHOES


2ND LOOK: NAVY BLUE SUIT WITH YELLOW CUMBERBUND, BURGUNDY GRAPHIC T, WITH YELLOW SOCKS AND PATENT SHOE


3RD LOOK: KHAKI COLORED SLACKS WITH OLIVE COLORED SHOES, OVER-SIZED TRAVEL TOTE, TAILORED KHAKI FLARED TRENCH, WITH LIGHT OLIVE COLORED SHIRT.


THESE LOOKS CAN EASILY BE PURCHASED AT STORES LIKE H&M, MACY'S EVEN AMERICAN APPAREL.

PHARELL, MARC, AND KANYE....



PHARELL'S FUNKY YET ENERGETIC FRESH STLYE, MIXED WITH MARC'S HAUTE COUTORE MEETS BUSINESS MAN LOOK, AND KANYE'S HIGH FASHION ESQ LOOK GIVES ME MY MOTIVATION FOR MY LINE I WANT TO START.....THESE MEN ARE MY FAVORITE WHEN IT COMES TO FASHION.....ORIGINALITY IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.....