double denim cont.

So i ended up trying double denim out the other day, and was pretty happy with my look. I'm always a bit hesitant about stepping out of the house with something thats a little bit risky on. but as the day wore on I felt a lot more comfortable in it, which was probably due to the fact that i didn't have people pointing and laughing, like i had expected.

On a semi-related note. my mate euge and I were studying in the library today (wow that sounds epicly gay even writing that) when a living, breathing, afro combing fashion faux pas walked in. Now when i say this, i'm not usually one who is a prick about people's fashion sense. but this was bad.

He was the personification of unfashionable; same shade stone wash double-denim, jeans with joggers, a ranga-afro that moulds into a red beard, and a back pack. To top it all off, he walked around the study room, literally nurturing his luscious orange fro' with an afro comb that you would expect to see in a ghetto barber shop. (which we took much joy in laughing our arses off at)

But the thing about this kid (who we named Rangzilla) was, even though he literally probably broke every fashion no-no ever, he was comfortable. He almost had a strut about him. You could see it in the way he walked around, and the way he was combing his hair he thought he was the coolest motherfucker out. He is most likely oblivious to the 'rules' that he is breaking, but the fact was; he thought he was the coolest kid on the block....and for that i pay him massive kudos. it really had me questioning, what is cool? and i came to the conclusion, cool is what you make it...if you truly think something is cool, then to you, it is.

It really illustrates my point that, even though some people think you look like shit (even if it is most people who have any idea about what looks good), you can still feel like a million bucks. and that like what is cool;

fashion is in the eye of the beholder.

good on ya mum

so, I didn't really start this blog at the opportune time; heading into exams and what not. So I'm going to use that shitty excuse for my lack of blogging.

but i do have an update

I happened to score some particularly rad sunglasses out of my mother's cupboard about 3 weeks ago. I have been looking for a pair of round framed sunglasses for a while, and i didn't overly want to do the whole Ray Ban Clubmaster thing, because they're fast starting to turn into what the Wayfarer did about 2 years ago. I'm not saying that they're not cool, but you know once you find a 'knock off' copy of your sunnies in Cotton On, its time to do something different.

So I went and told my mum about these Tom Ford sunnies I had seen (which were bound to be about $600)

when she said that she would probably have a couple of old pairs of round framed glasses around from ages ago (it just so happens that mum was a bit of a mad bitch back in 80s/90s). So out she pulls these two little beauties. (please excuse my wanky photobooth pictures)

very happy with that little haul. she never ceases to amaze me that woman.

double denim...fashion faux pas?

ahhh...hmmm.

The 80s was an epic era for fashion. there were things back then that can now only be described as horrendous fashion crimes...perms, leg warmers, mullets and one of the ugliest of all; double denim.

Whilst there has been a bit of a resurgence in the mullet in our "muzza" community of late, the rest of these 80s fashion statements are as ridiculous as George Michael's heterosexuality.

However, flipping through the gossip rags recently, I've noticed a few celebrities having their own crack at bringing back denim-on-denim! Whilst to a lot of people denim-on-denim is the ultimate fashion no-no, when its done well, it can look very, very cool.

Becks does everything well...not really surpised

It featured quite heavily in Dolce and Gabbana's recent Spring/Summer 2010 show.

The main piece of advice that i drew from the D&G show was that at least one of the pieces in your "double denim" has to be distressed and/or faded. The jeans in the first image are another quite recent statement that i really enjoy; panelling. I love the panelling work and repairs that a lot of denim brands are now putting on their jeans to step away from your run of the mill abrasions and rips that every man and his dog has done.

Personally, I haven't quite had a crack at denim-on-denim, but after rifling through my wardrobe, I'm going to have a crack at it. I'll probably do it they way most people do it, light coloured denim shirt (most people going the light wash chambray shirt) and a pair of indigo/rinse skinny or slim leg jeans. But the key to the darker jean is the necessity for the cuff on the bottom...it just shows that you're doing it all on purpose and not fortuitously.

perfect example of the light denim/chambray shirt and darker denim, but in this she's rocking a pair of boyfriend-esque style jeans, i dig it.

Credit: The Sartorialist

again, the light coloured shirt and almost selvedge/raw denim jeans with a cuff on the bottom

ACHTUNG: All being said the photos shown here are people who either know what they're doing or are professionally styled (excluding JT and Britney of course), so if you're going to try double denim, make sure you know what you're doing, because if you don't hit the nail on the head youre going to look like a rodeo hand....and not a cool one.

Fashion is such a broad concept. Everyone has a different idea about what's fashionable and what's not. The current generation has taken things to new levels, in days of old there was a generic fashion and generic idea of what was 'in' and what was not. But today, the things that some people think look like shit, others will think is amazing. From boho to rockabilly to heroin chic (or a mixture of the three), the possibilities are endless to what you want to do with your 'look.'

what's fashionable is in the eye of the beholder, and thats sorta the basis for my blog. as much as i would like to say that im going to be writing a fashion blog...it will probably turn into a blog about the things that inspire me in not only my fashion but also my life. fashion is the way i express myself, and even though i model myself on things that i see and am inspired by, isn't that really what art is all about, copying other cool stuff you see?

anyway, here goes nothing