Favorite Pic of the Day for September 5th

I am still in the middle of a blog vacation, but thought I would pop back in to wish you all a great long weekend! Weather is perfect where I am! Hope the fires in California are soon under control!

Secondly wanted to share some recent work of two favorites. Photographer Michael Thomas recently spent time on Fire Island photographing everyone's favorite Philip Fusco! Michael has been generous in sharing some of their great work together! Here is one of the most recent shots Michael has shared. Check out Michael's site HERE and his blog HERE:

Also, did not want to wait to share some of Simon, photographed by the great Hans Fahrmeyer. Check out more of Han's work with Simon below.

See you all soon!

Let's go Dutch

I have been an admirer of Dutch fashion designers and brands for a long time. I must say, I love the Dutch for their fashion forward way of thinking.



Every fashion week, new designers come up with subversive ideas, clothes which are generally transformed in works of art. Not necessarily being practical pieces but most certainly, works of originality, true craftsmanship and a feast for the eyes.



The latest Amsterdam fashion week, happened about a month ago and certainly wasn't disappointing.

One of the designers, the former ARTEZ academy student Iris Van Herpen, sums up all of the above.



Iris, has been displaying her work on Amsterdam fashion week for a couple of years. For every collection she tries and test new materials. In her Summer collection for example, she used the finest woven wire mesh to create amazing metallic floaty dresses. The wire used was finer than a strand of hair and it was hand woven to create this beautiful illusion.



After coming across a such avant-garde work, I was so eager to see the Winter collection, which was inspired by mummification(!) but not in a scary way at all.

Quite the opposite, you will surely be stunned by it.



This time around she came up with the most intricate designs using leather. The structure given by new leather, which still hard, it's amazing. It's playful with it's shape and intricate with it's detailing.



Here a quick view:




















It's also interesting to think how some of those pieces would look after being worn for a long time. The leather would get soft and pretty much adapt itself to the wearer shape. As always with leather, in my opinion, the most worn it gets the nicest it looks.



So, Iris Van Herpen is definitely a name to remember, I shall be sharing her work with you in future, because it's so unique and extraordinary.



Further info at www.irisvanherpen.com



See you tomorrow with some street style at Portobello, and thanks so much for all the support and kind messages.



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