ORGANIC JAGO VANS

I spend a lot of time on menswear fashion sites simply because guys have dope shit. It's like there's more of an emphasis on using hyper-futuristic fabrics or epic prints or impeccable tailoring - or maybe I just find the fabrics, prints and tailoring for men more appealing. 

So aside from my organic cotton t-shirt from &Other Stories this is guys' clothes. 

If you ever have a minute in Shoreditch, find the A Child of a Jago store (re: jeans). It's just an exciting little experience, roll through. I'm wearing these in a 30/32 (too big but idgaf). Although they do have a womenswear section too, there was still that bias - sometimes I need that menswear nonchalance!

With a waterproof coating, cotton twill fabric, thick durable laces, don't be surprised to find me wearing these daily... Still wishing Oki-Ni carried all their shoes in a size 6, without doubt, it would be the 365/24/7 hotspot for shoes. 

PASTEL SEXY

In my artsy days, I loved working with colour pastels. It was so easy to blend colours and create images in seconds - not literally, that shit took time. They were like the step-up from colouring pencils, but they were the step-up, adding texture to images was a breeze: I can't tell you how many flowers I coloured. But then there was the irritating smudge... Your hand is resting in that area with blue blended into dark green, you move your hand upwards and suddenly the area where the pink and the white and turquoise is, is ruined. Fuck you pastels: I know it was my fault, but still, fuck you... No, I still haven't learnt my lesson.

There has always been something alluring about pastel colours. Something demure and understated that was also distinctly noticeable and always evoked a similar sort of feeling. And now it's everywhere, so we'll discuss.

Ingvild Abrahamsen

I spent a few hours gawping at this design, probably because it ticked all the fabric lustlist boxes that made me enter my computer screen and feeeel this beauty. This is the kind of grown up use of pastels that is so big-kid friendly that little-kids have to love it too. We're presented with an emphatically homme friendly silhouette in beige tones and powder blue. Don't forget the dolphins giving the black a dose of life and reminding me that I still haven't swam with dolphins... I was actually spurred to write this post by an email from ASOS about the Ariel Sweatshirt, isn't it darling...

This is the part where I explain to you how much more I love menswear because no matter how boring or basic or exciting it is, it will always have the air of the revolutionary, men and fashion? Computer says no. I'm talking shit now.

Shaun Samson

I really liked the Shaun Samson swag. I imagined a hoodlum rolling around in pink and I realised this must all be the influence of Cam'ron. The organza and glitter suggests a delicateness that's juxtaposed by the tailored shapes, I mean these are essentially super fancy dress shirts. (Speaking of glitter, my RihRih rant is on my Tumblr, it comes from a good place in my heart.) 

CREPE CITY 10

Crepe City 10 coming up with drool worthy flawless sneakers on the floors of the Old Truman Brewery. VIP for the March 29th showcase is sold out but arrive on the day with some comfy cash and fulfil your sneaky desires - I found that 6s and 7s were in short supply at Crepe City 8 so be warned!

AW14 LC:M

Jimi Hendrix was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, but what do I know about him? His infamous Woodstock performance could be summed up for me with two phrases: “sex face” and “energy”. The energy was excellent but it was a pity I couldn’t relate to the audience who peacefully sat in the electric atmosphere swaying: maybe I was confused by the lack of mobile phones, digital cameras, iPads etc, waving in the air during the performance.

Kanye West’s repetition that “we the new rockstars” has undoubtedly left me pondering on the style and aesthetics of rock’n’roll. The sentiments of sex face and energy was splashed across LC:M. 

Mens fashion week was saturated with the roll: political messages, passion and punk particularly caught my eye. 

Everything in Menswear seems 85 million times more wearable. Even the most extravagant of prints are complimented but not exaggerated by the tailored garments they sit on, a contrast to womenswear.

Long live menswear.

83 PEGASUS PARIS

Vintage Waterproof Bomber Jacket