Marta's all black look is simply chic. Her wide brim hat, pleated mini skirt, cinched waist, soft fluid blouse and lace-up wedges add texture to her monochromatic look.
Showing posts with label seventies style. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seventies style. Show all posts
Happy Labor Day!
It all started a year ago, when my famously stylish mother-in-law began wearing linen double- breast jackets and wide-leg pantsuits. She is always so ahead of the fashion curve, have you seen the glamorous white, seventies-style suits shown for resort? And it's about time we've gotten rid of the "no white after Labor Day" rule. I'm Jamaican, we wear white all year round. The rule never really sat well with me anyway. You?
From the moment that I saw my mother-in-law in this example of impossible chicness, I decided that I had to follow suit and promptly solicited her for designer details. She informed me that she had them custom made by a friend's husband's tailor. So when my husband started shopping around for a new tailor this Spring, I inserted myself into his sartorial search, called my mother-in-law's sarto (tailor in Italian) and ordered this beauty as a "try-out" piece. It's my first custom-made suit and I am totally in love.
In Italy, some tailors, like our tailor Il Signore Arcieri, still make house visits. The experience is really sweet, they arrive with their clothing swatches and hand write your measurements and suiting specs- it's a wonderful glimpse of the old days.
Signore Arcieri's knowledge of the quality and performance of different fabrics and attention to details (e.g., horn buttons, silk stitching and real pockets vs faux pockets) is quite impressive and reassuring. All I had to do was provide a basic idea of what I was looking for and he took care of the rest. I love my suit so much that I've ordered another one in navy cashmere with white pinstripes. I'll show it to you when it arrives in the fall. For now, Happy Labor Day and be sure to put on some white tomorrow!!!!
From the moment that I saw my mother-in-law in this example of impossible chicness, I decided that I had to follow suit and promptly solicited her for designer details. She informed me that she had them custom made by a friend's husband's tailor. So when my husband started shopping around for a new tailor this Spring, I inserted myself into his sartorial search, called my mother-in-law's sarto (tailor in Italian) and ordered this beauty as a "try-out" piece. It's my first custom-made suit and I am totally in love.
In Italy, some tailors, like our tailor Il Signore Arcieri, still make house visits. The experience is really sweet, they arrive with their clothing swatches and hand write your measurements and suiting specs- it's a wonderful glimpse of the old days.
Signore Arcieri's knowledge of the quality and performance of different fabrics and attention to details (e.g., horn buttons, silk stitching and real pockets vs faux pockets) is quite impressive and reassuring. All I had to do was provide a basic idea of what I was looking for and he took care of the rest. I love my suit so much that I've ordered another one in navy cashmere with white pinstripes. I'll show it to you when it arrives in the fall. For now, Happy Labor Day and be sure to put on some white tomorrow!!!!
Tube Top
Yes, I'm obsessed with fashion's return to the seventies: camel tones, flare pants, structured handbags, platforms and wedges! I can't help it, I always get sooo excited and curious about the styles we will see on the runways and on the streets when we look to past decades for inspiration. So, yes I was thrilled when I bumped into Therese the other day in another seventies favorite: the tube top! She's stunning in red and wears this Filippa K tube with such ease. I myself stay away from tube tops. They always slide down and cause me to fidget. I remember wearing them as a teenager (in the nineties). But back then my appetite for fashion was so viscous that I probably wouldn't have noticed if the tube slipped down and around my ankles.
Vice For Yoox.com: Ballate, Tutto Il Resto È Noia
Recently, the lovely people over at Vice Magazine asked me to contribute to a blog post describing my fashion mood. I was totally flattered when they extended the invitation. Here's the finished collaboration:
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A Stylish Bird • Francisca
Ever meet someone whose energy made you stop and take notice? A wanderer? A free spirit? Someone that you are convinced was here before? Someone with a remarkably pure or innocent soul? But someone who, by the the grace of her previous-life experience, is undeniably sophisticated? And this reins true also for her style which tends to be adventurous, rich from travels and trend neutral?
With the couture shows over and a clear nod to the seventies by its players, a very special person comes to mind. First, and probably always, for her amazing spirit, and more precisely for her seventies-style sensibility. (I say sensibility because, I don't think she has chosen the seventies as her fashion decade-of- choice. I am convinced, rather, that she selects the things that catch her fancy.)
With the couture shows over and a clear nod to the seventies by its players, a very special person comes to mind. First, and probably always, for her amazing spirit, and more precisely for her seventies-style sensibility. (I say sensibility because, I don't think she has chosen the seventies as her fashion decade-of- choice. I am convinced, rather, that she selects the things that catch her fancy.)
This is Francisca, a stylish bird.
An architecture student here in Milan, she travels the world to see famous cities, buildings and interiors. And on her travels, she picks the lovely pieces with which she fills her closets. Above, she wears a Boule de Neige coat; a scarf from Marisa Tassy, a Milanese boutique; a Massimo Dutti sweater; Zara shirt; Missoni skirt; a belt from Biffi, a Milanese boutique; sandals by Comptoir des cotonniers; and a vintage bag. And below, a riding coat thrifted at a charity sale; a skirt found at a market in Portugal; and a vintage scarf and bag.
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