WhaddayaNuts! writes:
Is there another fashion disaster that dare not speak its name? Of course there is! Tracksuits & Shoes (Sweatpants & Dress Shoes)!
We hear you.
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Even worse than the whole socks/sandals combination.
We hear you Sean.
Is there another fashion disaster that dare not speak its name?
An avant garde line of jackets by London College of Fashion student Chan Si Leong, who sez:
A small mens collection which makes use of series of hand movement especially hug to express how the (dis) connection between people to people and the loneliness by my experience. Some keywords have become the main points of my collection. “Hugs”, “Communication”, “Interesting”, “Fun”, “flourishing”, “a bit implication of sex”, “comfort”, “to be protected”, “to be surrounded”, ‘to cherish” “warmth”, “memory”, “happiness”, “childhood”, “lifetime”, ”Let go”, etc.
Oh yeah, sure, scoff all you like.
Deep down, you know you’re already wearing the pink one.
(Pix: Sara Pista)
i-D magazine writes:
“Respect your elders: Simone Rocha pays tribute to her Irish and Chinese grandmothers.”
Not in those ‘barely there’ wellies, we won’t, young missy.
Fair play though.
Shane Garvey writes:
Discovered this article in Spotlight magazine (1963) while researching an aspect of Irish social history… Some things haven’t changed.
True story. Karl still busts out the mumu for ‘Casual Friday’.
In the mid-1960s controversial Irish nun order The Sisters of Mercy commissioned Sybil Connolly to design new habits and what have you for their 30,000 members.
Several designs were contemplated, including this waist-nipping ensemble (above), which the order considered “too stylish”.
The sisters settled on this compromise.
Set off with gunmetal mesh stockings and cuban heeled pumps, the outfit’s skirt length was a daring 12-14 inches off the ground (depending on height of nun).
“I had thought in terms of 10 inches,” said Syblil, “but they didn’t want to take half measures.”
The designer remarked that it was the older nuns who wanted a more radical break from their all-enveloping, Rome-endorsed Burka.
“They [younger nuns] felt they had married into the church and wanted to keep their wedding dresses,” she said.
Good times.
Quotes via Montreal Gazette, November 25, 1965
Thanks Sibling of Daedalus
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
Following on from your John Rocha post earlier this week I thought readers might be interested in hearing about an earlier Irish designer, Digby Morton (above, with model).Digby was born in Dublin in 1906 (his father and grandfather were both accountants at Guinness) and studied at the Dublin School of Art before leaving for London in the 1930s
His beautifully cut designs feature in many iconic fashion photographs of the 40s, 50s and 60s, such as the famous Beaton ‘Fashion is Indestructible’ pic below showing a model in Digby Utility Suit and Victory Roll treading daintily over the debris of a London bomb site.
A Digby was a great investment because of its durability, agelessness, versatility and (thanks to the quality materials and excellent cut) its ability to look even better on a woman with a few extra pounds; check out this tweed slip below, crying out for a Christina Hendricks to do it justice: matching jacket and alternate top here and here
All was not lost, however, for the slender Digby gel, who had the happy option of padding herself out with furs and fuller skirts. Check out this model in Hyde Park looking a lot more comfortable in this lovely warm skater coat and boots (no round toe patent pigs’ trotters in those days).
And of course his evening dresses were things of beauty and simplicity designed to flatter any form
For those sensibly sceptical of assessing the merits of clothes as worn by very beautiful people, a number of the original Digby outfits sans model can be viewed here: The cut and quality does not disappoint. Modern designers (hi, Mr Rocha!) should take note. More Digby (from the 50s and 60s) below:
An Irish woman from the mid-1600s.
Miserable and scratchy.
Her English counterpart, on the other hand…
Ooh.
Get her, etc.
Should you shop in Oasis.
Sinead Noonan (brunette) and Pippa O’Connor model the Autumn/Winter collection today at St Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
Deirdre Vreeland writes:
Fashion changes from year to year? You’d never know with this Oasis collection, which replicates somewhat unexcitedly what this brand has been doing so successfully for a few years now: safe, wearable, durable, young-but-not-too-young clothes with an early sixties vibe particularly good for petite figures.
The Peter Pan collar (an Oasis staple since September 2011) is sweet but unoriginal. And the grey metallic dress is a reworking of a strapless one from the previous season with a modesty vest and sleeves added.
City shorts are notoriously difficult to wear and the styling of the ones in the first pic. make the wearer look like Lady Mary from Downton Abbey from the waist up and Lady Gaga from the waist down. And ankle boots without tights should be left to those lucky women (rare over the age of consent) who need a bit of extra padding on their legs.
On the positive side, the dresses are eminently wearable, even for those carrying a few extra pounds, and the colour of the Peter Pan dress is a nice nod to next season’s beloved hot pink for those fortunate enough to be able to wear it. And it’s lovely to see a navy tweed coat as an alternative to corpseifying black…
Conclusion: If you were to apply the ‘kill, f**k, marry” test to clothes…
(Leon Farrel/Photocall Ireland)