I Hate GenericI Hate GenericStyle is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. Articles
boot bravado
2007-10-31 06:40:00 Are you struggling with your image, feeling like people don't take you seriously and often skim right over you? Well "don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon" ? I have the perfect panacea! For only $400 you can fulfill your dream of becoming an urchin vigilante. Just put on these fierce Frye creations and, voilá!, you're Eliza Doolittle-cum-superheroine!You're welcome. More About: Boot , Brava
Tom Sachs
2007-10-29 06:04:00 What do you think of these Tom Sachs creations? He's obviously inspired by fashion, Marcel Duchamp and, um, grotesque objects.
Vogue: Out of Vogue
2007-10-27 09:53:00 I should admit as I commence this screed that I've been going through a serious crisis of faith. As a fashion blogger, it's gauche to acknowledge flagging fidelity to Fashion. (I capitalize it because I'm talking about the institution and business of Fashion.) Here is my confession nonetheless:Lately, reading fashion magazines makes me feel dirty. There is something wholly inauthentic and hypocritical about them. Fashion is expression - not giving a damn, as Gore Vidal so wisely said; but Fashion (with a capital F) is dictated expression (which is hardly expression at all). Magazines are mostly advertisements and pages and pages of nepotism in high gloss.I've read magazines for many years and have even been a subscriber in the past. My beef with magazines arose and then sat stagnant at a liminal phase for sometime, but now I've officially crossed the threshold and am throwing down my gauntlet.Magazines underrepresent people of color in a world where people of color are a... More About: Vogue
The Passion of Tara Subkoff
2007-10-27 09:43:00 The New York Times has an interesting write-up on the new career path of erstwhile Imitation of Christ designer Tara Subkoff. Read it here.I typically like the gist of IOC, so I'm curious to see what happens to it now. Subkoff sure likes to keep the fashion world on its toes. More About: Passion , Passi , The Passion
Marion Cotillard
2007-10-27 06:55:00 Earlier today I was looking at a picture of my grandmother taken in the early 1940s. I was marveling at her hairstyle. She had glossy dark brown hair looped and waved artistically, then strategically molded into an impressive bouffant.French actress Marion Coti llard , best known in the U.S. for playing Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, has a more contemporary version of my grandmother's coif. I'm glad, because it gives me the opportunity to post another picture of a stunning and talented non-blonde. If any of you receive the Sunday New York Times, be sure to read the interview with Cotillard in last week's Style Magazine in which she describes playing the iconic "sparrow." You won't regrette it. More About: Lard
Buy Nothing In One Month
2007-10-26 03:47:00 Just a reminder to all you readers that Buy Nothing Day is coming up in under a month, on November 24th and 25th. More About: Month , Mont
Dubai International Fashion Week
2007-10-25 05:40:00 Designer Rabia Z. from the United Arab Emirates and a modelFrom Pakistani designer Hassan Sheheryar YasinFrom Dubai designer Raakhee RaipancholaSource More About: International , Fashion , Week , Fashion Week
Green With Envy
2007-10-18 19:46:00 Eva Green , my favorite Bond girl, in Vanity Fair. She strikes me as an intelligent woman with gravitas, and, fortunately, Old Hollywood appeal. I get excited when someone breaks through who doesn't look like a generic Orange County girl. Source More About: Envy
Thandie Eye Candy
2007-10-17 07:53:00 Thandie Newton looking incredible in Matthew Williamson.Source More About: Candy , Eye candy , Eye-candy
Plaid on Plaid, Red on Red
2007-10-08 21:48:00 Perpetuating my obsession with red (see here, here and here), I've decided to start pairing red plaids. I never seem to tire of red experimentation. Because I live in the Pacific Northwest (home of Pendleton), I find myself attracted to a somewhat more chic version of the lumberjack look (note rhinestones and excessive eyeliner). Here's what I wore today (red flats on my feet not pictured): More About: Plaid
James Rieck
2007-10-08 04:36:00 I'm enjoying the paintings of James Rieck. Almost photographic and very retro, they could be clippings from a 1960s Bazaar.Danbury II, oil on canvas. 2004A Blaze of Glory, oil on canvas. 2005source
I Couldn't Help But Notice...
2007-10-01 00:04:00 Carrie on the Runway, and Dsquared in MilanPhoto Source More About: Notice
SATC
2007-09-29 06:34:00 I've been seeing a lot of pictures surfacing from the Sex and the City movie, but this is the first Carrie Bradshaw outfit I was excited about. Fabulous, fabulous socks.Source
Vogue India
2007-09-21 16:11:00 The first ever Vogue India hits newsstands today. There are so many stunning Bollywood women, I wonder why Gemma is on at all?Source
Smart Shopping or Ersatz Elegance?
2007-09-04 04:00:00 Smart Shopping or Ersatz Elegance? To be or not to be generic? Read more here. Any opinions? More About: Smart , Legan
Computerized Chloë
2007-09-03 00:38:00 I can't wait to see Chloë Sevigny's new line. Gawker says: "Check out the umlaut! Judging from the analogue angularity of it all, we're looking forward to her early Gameboy fall collection. Who can say no to a Tetris camisole and a deconstructed minimalist Donkey Kong shrug?"Could you say no?
P.S.
2007-08-26 05:48:00 I know I said I wouldn't be blogging, but I have to post an apology to my lovely readers. I just received a notice from Blogger saying I had dozens of unmoderated comments, some of them dating back a few months. In other words, many of you have been thoughtful enough to comment, but your comments have been sitting ignored somewhere in cyberspace. I'm sorry! They're published now! I don't know what happened.At any rate, I'm enjoying the Midwest and spending time with Bison of Unusual Size (but I'm learning that Midwesterners are very particular about just who gets to be called "Midwestern" - it's a sensitive topic).Next week I'm off to Chicago. I've never been before, so if any readers have been to Chicago and have any advice, I'd love to hear it.Love,A
au revoir, adiós, auf Wiedersehen, arrivederci, ?????, adeus, vaarwel
2007-08-17 17:59:00 I'm off to the grand old Midwest and I don't seem to blog whilst I travel (note the huge gap from 9/06-01/07). This time I'm only gone for five weeks. Enjoy the end of summer.Be back in time for Fall fashions. xo, IHGP.S. In the mean time, here's a pretty video to watch (esp. if you like Piet Mondrian).
They Used a Stand-In
2007-08-09 20:04:00 I know that this is supposed to be Gwyneth Paltrow, but I'm pretty sure it's Carmen Kass. What did they do to Gwyneth?Source More About: Stand
Where's Snow White?
2007-08-08 20:59:00 Gemma in Lanvin on i-D, but where's her counterpart? More About: White , Snow , Where , Snow White
Nominally, I'm posting this because Hilary Rhoda l...
2007-08-08 20:40:00 Nominally, I'm posting this because Hilary Rhoda looks uncannily like Ali MacGraw. But do I really need an excuse to post these Matthew Williamson disco ball bracelets?Source More About: Posti , Ally , Nominal , Mina
The Sartorialist got a great picture of Ulla in Ne...
2007-08-07 20:48:00 The Sart orialist got a great picture of Ulla in New York. Her outfit is simple, but by belting her sweater she suddenly looks quite fashionable. More About: Picture , Great , Rial , T A G
Golden Gwyneth On W
2007-08-07 20:21:00 I'm excited to see the new fall magazines. Gwyneth Paltrow nabbed W's cover (for its biggest issue ever). With her hair and makeup, she looks like she was plucked right off of a Versace runway. More About: Golden
Catherine McNeil for Fall
2007-08-07 17:20:00 I like this selection of fall looks, catching some of the season's signatures (high-waisted pencil skirts, statement making hats, unexpected sweaters, great boots, reds), but which would you wear?Costume National - really basic shape but with eye-catching detailing on collar, no accessories, disheveled hair.Giambattista Valli - a little witchy, but very crisp.Louis Vuitton - a lot going on, a burnt palette, comfy, booties, and an artist's tam-o'-shanter -ish hat. More About: Catherine , Cath , Fall , Erin
Polish Street Fashion
2007-08-06 18:58:00 Because my brother is currently in Poland, I thought I'd give a nod to Poli sh Street Fash ion .Follow the link for an abundance of vibrant solids, vibrant patterns, flats, costumey jewelry, pixie bangs and red hair. More About: Street Fashion
Les Colliers Rouge
2007-08-06 01:19:00 Since I'm always looking for more ways to wear red.Vogue Paris More About: Lier , Coll , Collier , Rouge , Collie
So, So Not Generic
2007-08-06 01:06:00 Louis Vuitton has done something no other fashion house has done - they've named a Nobel laureate and former Soviet leader as the face of their luggage campaign. Mikhail Gorbachev, photographed by Annie Leibovitz and appearing beside the Berlin Wall, is replacing Scarlett Johansson this fall. Catherine Deneuve will appear as well. Any thoughts? More About: Generic , Neri
Moda en la calle
2007-08-06 00:50:00 Vogue España's "Moda en la calle": I couldn't help but notice that this pedestrian's dress is awfully similar to the Anna Sui dress I've posted on and am pining for. More About: Calle , La Calle
Australia's Next Top Model
More articles from this author:2007-08-06 00:11:00 Apparently the Australian version of Top Model has a lot more credibility and clout than the original. Unlike the American version, in which "top" models get a short-lived cosmetics deal and a photoshoot in Elle, the Australian winner, Alice Burdeu, has landed a September Vogue cover.Winners from America's Next Top Model usually hit the party circuit for a few months and then fade quickly, unless they can score another fifteen minutes by humiliating themselves on lowest-tier reality shows. Also, on ANTM, neither the contestants nor the winner actually look like top models (like the Gemmas, Darias, Doutzens, Frejas, Stams and Sashas of the world). The contestants look like catalogue models at best, which would be fine if the show was called America's Next Top Catalogue Model.The stunning and versatile Burdeu actually looks like she could do couture runway, land competitive campaigns and do beautiful editorials. (And she's Faye Dunaway's doppegänger, too.)Vogue AustraliaDotspo... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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