Is David Bowie’s Style Choices Alive and Well? Ian Brown has the Answer.
Edited by Saynt
It’s hard to pinpoint which style group in the 70′s is best to remember. Is it the disco, sequined polyester fest that was the life around Studio 54 or was more about the sartorial choices that rock and roll legends like David Bowie made that ruled the decade. One of our fave bloggers Ian Brown of Blindman’s Cirus asks the question and comes up with some answers of his own. Check out his commentary below and which designer today seems to be influenced by yesteryears rocking greats.
“The era was one of excess. Diane Vreeland’s Vogue was drenched with now-poorly aged editorials, and fashion took a strange turn. The shameful sartorial choices of the era are so awkwardly linked however with some of the best of rock and roll.
David Bowie through the years was no consistent style maven. His stage persona was draped in camp gesture. Still, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Pictured above is Bowie back in the glam days with guitarist Mick Ronson wearing an unfortunate windsor knot. Bowie looks fucking rad in the photo. Check out that jacket. Its pretty badass, though the wingspan of his lapels is ridiculous he’s definitely ready for a proper space quest in that get up.
Seeing it immediately revived the memory of this SS09 Tim Hamilton blazer that I’ve been lusting after. I love the Op-art quality of the converging panels on the back. Somehow it looks better without the broad lapels and embellished piping. It’s like an Ellsworth Kelly. Very sharp.”
Image courtesy of The Contributing Editor photograph by Mick Rock
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It’s about time us ladies got some male reciprocation! These days, it seems as if more and more female designers have been creating men’s collections for their stock of designs. New York men’s designer Tim Hamilton recently reversed the one-way street and decided to design a small branch of women’s pieces, inspired by his ever fashionable mother. The petit collection is more than just Hamilton’s mens line, with tapered contours and room for boobs and hips. We can expect, as Style.com so nicely put it, “a small selection of looks that range from a Grecian gown that echoes the architectural lines of Josef Hoffman to sharp-shouldered jackets paired with jodhpur-esque pants.” There you have it ladies, something to look forward to in Fall 2009! Until then, we can just anticipate the samples which will be released at the end of February!
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