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June 19, 2009

Ascot Eccentric: 'Tis the Season of Hats {The Look}


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Royal Ascot is one of the best world-famous venues to contemplate people parading alongside the race tracks and to spot eccentric hats. The same woman, I realized afterwards I made my picks, is wearing two different over-the-top bibis as the French say. On the left, a bowl of strawberries on a bed of clover, how insanely logical is that? On the right, something like a pink flamingo deconstructed in blue and sifted through a paper shredder. Evocative, oh yes.

If you are afraid to commit a sartorial faux-pas, just check the Royal Ascot Dress Code Images that explain what is "acceptable" and what is "unsuitable".  

You can see more hat images here

November 6, 2008

Sartorial Politics of the Obamas Praised {The Look}

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Barack Obama was elected to be the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday and while no propositions were put forth regarding his program for the future of American fashion design and the importance of a styled look as one of the cements that may help unite a nation, designers are now obviously elated by the election's outcome.

And that is not just because they are thinking of social reform right now. That is because Michelle Obama is anticipated to become a fashion icon for women in the US, and probably in the world too, while reactivating hopefully a Kennedy-era type social life in Washington D.C...

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September 13, 2008

Bags Are So Out, Shoes Are So In {The Look}

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I loved this reportage by photographer Bill Cunningham of the New York Times where he discusses and shows all the incredible shoe styles seen on the street. He detects "without the shadow of a doubt" a trend of bags disappearing as main focal points while the shoes and legs take center stage. At least in the moments where they are wearing them, the ladies who wear the spectacular heels are well-advised to let them shine by calling less attention to other accessories...

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June 26, 2008

Nagi Noda's Wild Hair Hats at Colette •• {Look of the Day} {Beautiful Strolls & Must-See Addresses}

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Nagi Noda's very peculiar outlook on hats and hair and the possibility to conflate them makes you think of a surrealist's tea cup seemingly made out of fur. The artist also parades a whole series of animal shapes on top of your head where usually these hunting trophies are exhibited above a mantlepiece. Marie-Antoinette would have probably felt intrigued by these high-coiffure fashion statements....

 

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Luncheon in Fur by Meret Oppenheim, 1936, MET 

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