Street Style
TrendSpark: The Adventures of a Corporate Hipster
This week Fashion Indie has been very hipster-centric, which living in New York lends itself to that I think.Well, last night, Fashion Indie’s resident editor Rebecca Alexander and I were making our way to Brooklyn (a.k.a. the hipster epicenter) when we came across a new form of hipster…..THE CORPORATE HIPSTER!
How is this possible?
See hipsters work on a fine hypocrisy. The truth is, hipsters are the yuppies of our generation. It takes money to be a hipster! Only the finest deconstructed skinny jeans for todays hipster.
Meet corporate-hipster-man. Reading today’s Wall Street Journal. Rocking a Thom Browne bootleg via the local thrift-store.
Here’s a full shot of the man. Notice the shruken-two sizes too small pants. Rebecca and I couldn’t tell if he was being ironic or just being a hipster?
(And yes that is me in the forefront, not my best photo, I look much better after a hair and makeup team has had their way with me!)
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Agyness Deyn Shits Out Style
Seriously, can she stop setting trends for a few seconds. The shoes are DIY cute, the red tights so worth the look on the faces of the leggings crowd, the tutu style dress and the jean jacket. All apart they’d be a mess, but together this seems to work.
Agree or disagree, indies?
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Last Nights Party - Louis Vuitton In Brooklyn
Marc Jacobs & Friends (should totally be the name of his rumored reality show) partied the night away at the Brooklyn Museum to kick off its new Louis Vuitton-sponsored exhibit on artist Takashi Murakami. Jacobs finally came to his senses and got rid of the blue hair and obnoxious boy candy. His attempt to look cool with a 5AM shadow was truly failed since the dye he used on the doo could help hide his graying face pubes. Better look next time Marky. (P.S. Since you’re on the whole midlife crisis kick, it might be time to retire the green Miami Vice jacket and invest in some minor Botox around the crows feet. Also, the cool kids haven’t been wearing studs since high school.)
Check out more picts after the jump. NOW WITH FUNNIER COMMENTARY!!!
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Street Style: Blue Leggings
I know colored leggings have officially entered our lexicon of acceptable fashion do’s, which is why I love seeing them on the street. The hat, the open toed sandals and the jacket add to the look, pairing two non-complimentary colors (blue and tan) to take a bland white and tan theme and adding a blast to make it jump.
This street style pict was captured by Stylesightings.
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How Tight Do You Like It?
Men in Scandinavia are videotaping themselves wearing an insanely, ball crushing, testicular torturing brand of tight (also see painted on) jeans called Mustang Skinlines and putting them up on YouTube. Umm…you’d think a photo would be sufficient, but these fashion exhibitionists feel the need to give you a full 360 degree live-action video tour of just how tight their jeans are, which is tight, as in is there really anything happening between them legs. We hope this trend never reaches middle America or we may have a new crop of muffin tops hitting the streets.
On a more serious note, isn’t this just a bit excessive? You should be able to let your genitalia hang a bit to prevent damaged cojones, right. I think the only ones who can make this look work are the boys who don’t have much to work with in the twig and berries department, or those who prefer being infertile to being out of style.
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We’re All Different, We’re All The Same
Bubble babe Susie (who refuses to fit in any style tribe) recently posted this retrospective on photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek’s ongoing project ‘Exactitudes’, a project that photographs persons in various ’style tribes’ to show that individuality is, well, dead. Stylish folks that fit together are ask to pose in the same way which eventually makes them all blend together.
So called ’sub-culture’ groups like goths, punks and emos who define themselves as ‘individual’ and ‘different’ end up allying themselves into something that makes them NOT different (big surprise there, I though Pete Wentz wannabes and CBGB devotees were SOOOOO original)
The existing Exactitudes photographs are now on display at Selfridges but the new works on London style will be on display to the public from the 4th April, I believe, with a new book coming out at the end of the exhibition that includes the London pieces.
Asian girls with their designer bags (aka Queens Trashettes)
Cardi-clad, geek-chic boys (aka Opening Ceremony employees)
Scarf-loving, short-haired emo chicks (aka Lower East Side hipsters)
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Chloe Sevigny in Rodarte
Love the look. NO COMPAINTS!!! (I know it’s shocking, but yes it does occasionally happen)
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Fashion WTF?!? Strike a Pose
It is a well known fact that Hipsters like to pose. Each one has their signature look that has been rehearsed and tested in front of their mirrors night after night. Unfortunately, there are times when signature looks backfire, as is the case in the photo above. It may be a good time to quit posing hun, if you do this any more your face might stay like that.
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Who Cares About Your Wear?
A new photo exhibition documents what some of the market’s die hard style aficionados are wearing now.
Pushing the essence of a recent internet phenomenon to its extremes, NYC-based photographer Sidney Lo embarked on creating a visual record of something typically taken for granted in our daily lives– the outfits we wear each and every day.
A new show, called What Are You Wearing Today? originates from the popular Superfuture Supertalk message board. The site features a thread affectionately known as WAYWT which spans thousands of pages containing photographs documenting what Superfuture’s members are wearing each and every day.
What are you wearing today? turns the idea of a public visual record into a personal diary, and reduces the daunting nature of the project- a year’s worth of snapshots- into something altogether more easily understood by even those that have never once stopped to think about the clothes on their back after they’ve thrown them on. The show also evokes elements of yet another niche integral to the Supertalk message board: that of raw, unwashed denim. tying every single photo together is the exact same pair of jeans, which, once dark and full of indigo dye, eventually became a canvas upon which 367 days worth of experience came to light.
Presented in collaboration with Superfuture, and sponsored by iconic Japanese denim shop self edge, what are you wearing today opens on March 27th, on view through April 19th at 721 Broadway. 8th floor, NYC
- Courtesy WeAreTheMarket.com
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Paris Street Fashion
Damn the French. In preparation of our big trip to Paris next week, we’ve been scoping out some street fashion picts from this capital of style. Apparently, my closet is very ill equipped. Check out some more photos from Style Sight after the jump.
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Street Clash - Season 2
Street Clash - The yearly online battle of global street fashion picts is back on the web. Countries from all over the world will compete so be sure to check and vote for your favorites.
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Ellen Page at the Independent Spirit Awards
Fashion Indie is hearts about Juno’s Ellen Page (we’re cooler cause we were hip to her back in her Homeless to Harvard days). Her look at the Independent Spirit Awards, where she won a best actress award, is mantastically chic, which the canuck was able to pull off in Yoshi Yamamoto. We we’re crossing our fingers for an Oscar win, but alas the youngster might have to wait a little longer.
Photo JustJared.com
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Celebrity Style
As I was searching for some praise-worthy street style, I couldn’t help but notice the awesomely bad concoctions instead.
You will rarely catch me talking about what is “in” or “out” of style but leggings are an exception. If they weren’t so convenient I’d organize a bonfire and burn them all.
Cory what happened? Has “well-coordinated” gone “out of style.”
Um. This leaves me speechless.
This outfit minus that scarf would suffice.
Here’s one way to screw up a safe look.
Fortunately there is always a light at the end of the tunnel…
Thank you Ashely and Mary-Kate!
Kate takes the cake. Superb.
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