Genetic Denim Spring 2010 Lookbook

Genetic Denim

Duffle Dilema

Summer is right around the corner which means its time to kick the work load and school and travel a bit! With that being said I am on the hunt for the perfect duffle bag! I need one that has a huge opening to where I can throw things in there quickly and hit the road. Nothing too flashy, and I don't need the latest LV bag (blaaaaah) boring! I am so sick of seeing people with their Gucci monogram and Louie bag, yes its classic but not when you got it downtown! So I seen a couple worth considering for myself, and maybe even you! Happy Traveling!

Prada medium brown bag 999


L.A.M.B Eton Duffle Bag 542


Guess 90



McQ

Violette X Dee & Ricky

Don't you sleep on Va$htie! She keeps her hands tied in 50 million projects which brings us to her collab with close friends Dee & Ricky, to keep the lego legacy going they teamed up together to create this lego cross in a black and purple colorway. Personally, I wouldn't wear them only cause I stay away from the trends but I'm sure 45 lucky individuals will rock their lego pieces with pride!! I'm always in it to show love!

violettenewyork

Dear Rodarte,

You never disappoint, no other words are needed.

The idea of a dream state guided the development of the collection in that we imagined a half-sleeping girl, dressing herself in the dark of night and focused on building garments that are neither long or short, made of varying layers. The collection interlaces florals, plaids, embroidery, and prints. We played with transparency and opaqueness in this collection, using a palette with Mexican-American references but without the usual tropes.
via Dazed Digital

Tres Chic

Nanette Lepore
By far one of my favorite Ready to Wear Collections for Fall 2010, the layering the colors, everything about it screams chic! Like a lot of other designers she incorporated velvet, beside that there were tweed, and wool. Using Cherry, Olive, Caramel, Gold, and Cinnamon, a fantastic classy color scheme. Thanks Nanette for now being one of my favorite designers for F|W her line is a cross between downtown and uptown that's how I would describe it, its dressy enough for me to rock without feeling like I'm overly dressed up! I guess this is what my style will emerge to after summer =)

Here's footage of her Spring line for MBFW, again, the colors are refreshing and make you feel so sweet and sensual.

There's no McQueen without McQueen

This morning it was announced that the McQueen brand will go on, and his previously scheduled Fall 2010 show will be presented since most pieces were already finished. Now, many are discussing whether or not this was the right decision, since Lee Alexander McQueen is irreplaceable as a person and designer. My question, since he left a few suicide notes (as per the police report) shouldn’t we be looking at those for an answer? He obviously knew what he was doing, he did make the decision to end his life, leaving the fate of his design legacy in the hands of those around him!

What do you guys think?

via fashionindie

I am not too happy with this decision honestly how many lines went on to be as amazing and memorable once the great designer has left? I think in respect for McQueen they should lay his line to rest. I originally heard that Gucci was going to discontinue to the line, but I guess other plans were made. He had an amazing run with his little time on earth so it should be that line were we look back on classic innovations he created.

How time flies!

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NY Steez

Scott "Kid Cudi" Miscudi was named most stylish New Yorker. I can definitely put my two cents in with agreement, because as noted his style is "simple and classic" which is how I would describe my style, no I'm not saying I'm the most stylish in L.A either lol. Comfort and Fashion coincide for me, I'm not going to be in a pair of the latest heels just because they are the "latest" fuck that. If I can't wear them longer than 3 hours then, no hablo your product! Hence I don't mind that Louboutins are 6,7, bundles and up because I know that I'll be in those bad boys for the night with a smile plastered! Anywho, yeah Cudi states in his Time Out article his inspirations, “I always took [style tips] from my older brother and sister, who wore simple, classic things. But I still layered a lot, and in high school, I was a young young’un, all Phat Farmed–out, wearing Sean John, Ecko, Rocawear and Akademiks. I felt like I needed to buy what was cool, instead of just wearing comfortable shit. Now I feel like my personality is this character, and when you watch a cartoon show, the characters aren’t changing their outfit every 15 seconds. That’s why I wear the same jeans every day."

I have always like Cudi not because he's weird or what not, but because he's real. He doesn't try to be alll hella extra'd out because of who he is. It is what it is in his case, you either hate it or love it. Too many people feel that once they get money they gotta get boujie or hollywood, man do you be yourself regardless the only thing different is you don't have to pay attention to price tags!



More of the article..

Biggest splurge: “I never look at the price; I just look for comfort. Of course, the more it costs, the more comfortable it gets.”

Favorite designers: “I love what [Tomoaki] ‘Nigo’ [Nagao] does with BAPE (bape.com), and what KAWS is doing for Original Fake (original-fake.com). I hated suits until I wore a Calvin Klein; they just fit me. But I don’t know high-end designers and shit; that’s not my world. I dabble though. I like Louis Vuitton accessories, but I’d never wear their clothes. No offense, it’s just not my steeze.”

On launching his own line: “Never. I’m a fan of fashion; I want to be the consumer. I know it’s cliché for artists to have their own brand and shit, but that’s too much stress. No colognes, no perfumes, and if I did, it’d probably be, like, eau de Egyptian musk.”

On sneakers: “I’m into them, but I don’t collect. Hell no, I’d never sleep outside the Nike store. For some shoes?!? I like to get one pair of shoes and wear them till they’re dirty. Besides, I don’t walk—I glide, like butter. Float like a vampire. I’m like Louis Vuitton, but smoother. He wishes he were like me.”

On his HBO character: “His style is just like mine—very fly-casual, a lot of earth tones, nothing too flashy. I even wear my own jeans the whole season!”

On New York style: “Here, people’s style is expressed more through their personality than what’s in at the time. You see all different styles in New York, and that’s what made me want to stay here. I experienced more in the first six years I was here than I did the whole time I was in Cleveland. It’s cool.”

Juliens Biiiirthdayy!

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Rest in Peace

This has really taken me back, for 2 days I wasn't in the best of moods but now I have come around to talk and post about it. Alexander McQueen, definitely one of my favorite designers has come to the end, after the death of his mother the young great designer ended his own. Thursday was the art walk downtown in L.A and SKINGRAFT definitely made an impact with their window display, I had the pleasure of working with them last yr for fashion week, they're great people so it makes it even better!


Great Work:







A plaque is placed in the window designer Alexander McQueen's store in New York, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. McQueen was found dead in his London home Thursday. He was 40 years old. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

R.I.P

-a great, truly in our hearts