Androgynous

The boundaries between men and women clothes are starting to be blurry. It's great how fashion is starting to free us from these limitations.


Las fronteras entre la ropa femenina y masculina son cada vez más borrosas. Me parece genial que la moda finalmente nos libere de estas limitaciones.

 androgynous cover

  Agyness Deyn

 Anja Rubik for Numero

 Burberry Prorsum AW11

Givenchy Ad Campaign

  Peruvian blogger Adriana Seminario (Photo borrowed from her blog: The Androgyny)

 Prada Ad Campaign

 Proenza Schouler

 Vogue China editorial

 

 Vivienne Westwood AW11

Ladrón de Guevara (Peruvian designer Diego Labrin)

In Defense of white socks

I have heard so many times that white socks are a fashion don't but I don't believe that we can limit fashion like that. Fashion is pure expression and art, it's not made out of rules supposedly fashion experts dictate. I love it when people gets out of that box, and starts expressing themselves with their own creativity. and when I say people, I mean everyone, people in the streets, fashion designers, stylists, everyone has the right to mix and match in a way that they feel comfortable. And I love white socks. Pure personality my friends! 

He escuchado tantas veces que usar medias blancas es un fashion don't, pero yo no creo que podamos limitar la moda así de fácil. La moda es pura expresión y arte, no está hecha en base a reglas que los supuestos expertos de la moda dictan. Me encanta que las personas se salgan de esos parámetros y comienzan a expresarse con su propia creatividad. Y cuando digo personas me refiero a todos, diseñadores, estilistas, personas en la calle, todos tienen derecho a combinar y mezclar de manera que se sientan cómodos con su estilo. Y yo adoro las medias blancas. Pura personalidad amigos míos!

I know that they are kinda hard to combine, but when you do it right, they add up personality and brightness to an outfit.

Sé que son un poco difíciles de combinar, pero cuando lo haces bien, suman personalidad e iluminan un outfit.

I want to start with some looks from normal people. I can't tell you enough how much I adore to browse through Lookbook and see what's hot with real people. Ok so first the girls:

Quiero comenzar con los looks de la gente real. No se imaginan lo mucho que adoro pasear por Lookbook y ver lo que la gente real usa (a diferencia de las modelos en las revistas). Primero las chicas:

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Now the guys..did anyone say guys shouldn't wear white socks out of the gym? look at this!

Ahora los chicos....alguien dijo que los hombres no deben usar medias blancas fuera del gimnasio? Chequeen esto!

The king of Pop and of white socks! He inspires me so much. Michael for sure had style!

El rey del pop y de las medias blancas! Michael me inspira mucho, no hay duda de que tenía estilo.

Harper's Bazaar published an editorial with Agyness Deyn honoring Michael. See how awesome the white socks look?

Harper's Bazaar publicó un editorial con Agyness Deyn honrando a Michael. Miren que geniales se ven las medias blancas aquí!

Marc Jacobs

Erin Wasson x RVCA

Erin Wasson

What do you guys think? Love it or hate it? And more than that...do you think there really are fashion don'ts?

Qué opinan? Lo aman o lo odian? Y ucho más que eso...creen que realmente existen los fashion don'ts?

Marching Order | The military inspired trend [Part2]

As promised, this is the second part of the post about the Oh so flattering! military trend. Outside the runway and the pages of the fashion magazines, we can see that this trend is very easy to use and that it looks really amazing. 

Starting from the celebrities, the use of military green and the idea of emphasizing the shoulders is very present. Olivia Palermo applies this trend in a more obvious way, combining a commando style green jacket with black leggings, black over-the-knee leather boots and a large leather purse. Victoria Beckham leaves the green for the pants (rolled up) and matches it with a grey tank, light grey shoes and a navy blazer with structured shoulders. I like this look a lot more than Olivia's one, it looks casual and stylish at the same time. Carine Roitfeld applies this trend to a classic look, using those amazing shoes as twist.

I don't know if I have told you this before, but I've been obsessed with fashion bloggers for a while now. Living in Lima, Peru; where it's kind of difficult to find a lot of people on the streets that are fashionable and care about their style (fortunately, this is changing), it just feels so great to look at fashion bloggers from all over the world with their beautiful outfits and sharp sense of style. These perfect creatures somehow manage to stay stylish at all times, and I don't know how they do it.  Anyway, I featured here some of my favorite bloggers rocking the military trend.

Andy, from Style Scrapbook (my favorite blog, by the way), is wearing a really cool DIY*. Inspired by the Balmain jacket, she added some shoulder pads, trims and buttons  to a normal denim jacket and voilà! the perfect military jacket. She matched it with an asymmetric dress and really cool clogs. 


Denni, from The Chic Muse, had a more dramatic interpretation of the trend, matching the olive military coat with leather pants and boots. 


Trang, from Behind the Seams, combined a commando style jacket with a bubble skirt, who says the military trend can't look cute and feminine?

Do you guys like the military trend? Are you using it? I want to know :D

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* DIY: do it yourself

Marching Order | The military inspired trend [Part1]

The military inspired trend has been with us for several seasons now. But I can't help it, I love it so much. There's something about the structured silhouette and the oversized shoulders that makes everyone look so good.  For FW 2010 this trend is much more sophisticated than the last seasons and we can see an evolution of the trend in Burberry, with structured jackets and draped skirts, or in John Galliano, with a more chaotic/ludic use of the gallons and medals. I specially loved  the oversized shoulders and the ragged shirts on Balmain; and the less literal interpretation of the trend on Haider Ackermann.

I will be posting a sequel of this post later with pictures of celebrities and fashion bloggers applying this trend to their outfits.

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