Honest to Goodness Punk

For the last few months I've been wallowing in my favorite punk and surf punk bands again (Black Flag, Agent Orange, Cro-Mags), dusting them off after years of neglect.  And then I read about the Met's  Punk-Chaos-to-Couture event.  Serendipitous a wee bit.  Everyone's celebrating the punk past...
From NYMag there are some great photos in this slide show of music scene photos by Janette Beckman.  

Doesn't Adam Ant (r) look amazing?  Head-to-toe leather w/ cowboy talls + kilt; love.  So many designers have riffed on this look ever since the early 80s haven't they?

And this has to be the coolest biker jacket I've ever seen, shown on a bloke called Eddie (center) from Tenpole Tudor:

More London Fashion Week

The best trench Burberry offered, IMO

Christopher Kane had a great show!  It looks like investment funds are paying off.  'Always had a week spot for him because he designs for his sister:-)

 Satiny camo.  Love!

He showed several versions of this beautiful passementerie technique. 

Here a print, there a print, everywhere a print, print

I haven't had the time to look at all of the shows from NYFW still.  Ergh. I did check a couple of favorite designers from London Fashion Week however.  Two of my favorite print-crazy folk - Peter Pilotto and Mary Katrantzou - did not disappoint.
Peter Pilotto:

 Baseball stitching!

 Such flattering diagonal lines.

All of these prints are just mesmerizing and I love how they visually sculpt the body.




















Mary Katrantzou:

 Ms. Katrantzou was less about boldly colorful print this season and more about silhouette and the overall effect was stunning.  The column dress is fantastic and I'm crazy about the grey print peeking out of the filmy white over layer.  The Blade Runneresque dress below is perfectly futuristic.

5" and up - new fave blog

5 Inch

This is my new favorite blog!  She's a lovely Finn studying fashion in London and has a terrific eye for photography and is just plain fun to read.  Don't you love the vicarious life liveable through blog following?  ADDICTED