With more designers than ever before showing Pre-Fall, we’re awash with update options before the Summer is even out. Perfect, we are in such a mood for a small style [r]evolution. Here’s whats moving us this week, and which direction we’re walking it. Pitter patter.
Current location: London, UK.
Soundscape: Like, so much Dylan. Throw Blood on the Tracks on repeat and be done with it. It’s nearly August, for christsakes.
Obsessions du jour: Capes. Fringe. Mustard, the color. Equal parts plimsole and wedge, but less sold on hybrids between. Velvet, tailored. A good pair of flares, for serious, hemmed properly.
Vibe: Well-to-do boho. 1970’s, in a very shaggable, Robert Redford’s take no shit girlfriend sort of way. Hippy wavelengths, but so very clean. Suede and burnt yellow and denim and ponyskin and sex hair and a short, square mani. A little bit rough and tumble, but thoughtfully constructed. You are of the earth, for sure, but you are also a boss bitch and what Eq girl worth her salt doesn’t understand the value of crisp turnout? None, that’s what. You take your free love with a healthy side of hygiene and a fantastic haircut, and let’s not mince, you know it ain’t free, anyways. What a wise woman you are. Maybe you even write poetry. Look like you do, at any rate.
Mood board:
Ralph Lauren Pre-Fall 2015 // via style.com
Chloe Pre-Fall 2015
Shaggable shag.Robert Redford // via Details
All hail O. Palermo, for she can do no wrong.Via Erin Mcgraw.Pikeur.Babyface forever.Processed with VSCOcam with a6 presetvia Essie.Altuzarra Pre-Fall 2015 // via style.comVia AsosRobert Redford // via Harpers BazaarMax Mara // Queen Gigi Hadid
Altuzarra Pre-Fall 2015 // via style.comRalph Lauren Pre-Fall 2015 // via style.comAshley Goldberg, oil on canvas.Via The Tailored Sportsman.Like dapples.Via stylesnooperdan.Max Mara // Queen Gigi HadidRalph Lauren Pre-Fall 2015 // via style.com
Tell me more, tell me more: Luxury ready-to-wear brand launched in New York by Joseph Altuzarra in 2008, who previously worked freelance with Proenza Schouler and as first assistant to Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci. Massively modern, with a nod to the classics. The perfect marriage of Paris and NY.
Why you care: Gingham, hello. This is obviously your summer workbook. Aren’t you a country girl at heart? Yes. Yes you are. Get your pearls, baby. Classic layering with a sensual, modern vibe; tailored blazers with feminine belting suede as a layering piece. This vibe is screaming for a pair of crisp whites, a sun hat, and a plane ticket to Spruce Meadows Summer Series.
Altuzarra Spring/Summer 2015 // via British Vogue
Get amongst it: Channel your inner Audrey, and then give her a dapple bay 1.30 Jr/Am saintly kick-and-go, a sassy twitter handle, and a pocketful of sugar cubes. Focus on timeless, classic pieces that can be layered (and un-layered) as your day moves through the temperamental YYC seasons.
suede forever // Altuzarra Spring/Summer 2015
Think outside the box, inside the ring. Have you shown in dark breeches yet? Get brave. Get brave now. Sunday wants to feel special, it told us in a dream. Save your whites and go all black errthang on a Thursday, because James Dean would have and maybe you date him, and also because nothing is gonna make your gingham pop more. The Meadows on the Green ain’t even gonna know what hit it. Seriously, where has this summer been your whole life?
schooling life // outfit details 1
Live the dream: You will need a pair of dark breeches (no, not dove grey, put down your comfort zone right now, we can see you). Dark. Navy, Smoke, Emerald, Black. We suggest Cavalleria Toscana. We suggest it in a big way.
Steal absolutely anything of your mothers that is made of yellow gold and crafted circa 1960, but only wear one jewelry item at a time. Huge preference given to earrings.
maybe my mother was a ballerina, so what // Altuzarra Spring/Summer 2015
When it comes to apparel, layer it up, but keep it ladylike and fitted. Knit layers are given extra sass points if kept sheer enough for a second look, but not so sheer that George M. would give it a third. Fit is the difference between forward and unkempt, so keep it tidy.
Altuzarra Spring/Summer 2015 // via British Vogue
Remember where your natural waist it, and belt absolutely everything there. Seriously, belt everything, but under no circumstances are you to fuss with matching said belts to your footwear. Who are you, your grandmother?
Always remember, the more structured the garment, the more feminine the belting [see, blazer + girlish ribbon]. Keep your skirt game tight, (literally: tailor it if you must) on a Sunday night, but long as long, past those knees. You’re the lady of the house, even if you’re renting it for the circuit.
You will need to sort out your ideal classic red (blue undertones, not orange) lipstick shade, if you have not done so already. Matte is preferred for the PM, but a gloss or balm is good for around the grounds.
hello wednesday // outfit details 2
Stripes are to be embraced, even mixed.Buy one suede shirt in caramel or cream and practice in a mirror until you can layer it at least four different ways. Receive bonus points and unlimited sartorial blessings if you can tie it up whimsically without exposing navel (naughty).
sunday classic dates // outfit details 3
Fetch yourself a few good gingham button downs, one in black and white, and on in either crisp blue or blush pink and wear them till friday. When the weekend hits, introduce a striped belt and buffalo-check-lined show shirt to your whites, and take them on a date with a charcoal grey hunt coat. Top it off with a modern take on the velvet helmet, because you ‘get it’. Smile smugly as you all live happily ever after.
outfit details //
1 // breeches Cavalleria Toscana, tee Celine, blazer Altuzarra, sunnies Oliver Peoples, beanie We Are Pop Culture, scarf Dennis Columb, belt Saint Laurent, earrings Tiffany & Co, short boots Parlanti, cell case Ted Baker
2 // breeches Cavalleria Toscana, shirt + crewneck H&M, boots Parlanti, bag Asmar Equestrian, lipcolor NARS, belt Anne Taylor, hat Flora Bella
3 // breeches Pikeur, jacket Cavalleria Toscana, shirt Asmar Equestrian, boots Parlanti, earrings Kate Spade, bet Tome, helmet KEPItalia, phone case Isaac Mizrahi, sunnies Ray Ban
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