Your Style Philosophy

[Patroklus]

there's nothing wrong with taking inspiration from video games, or whatever else someone considers really banal, but you need the wherewithal to figure out what the elements are that appeal to you and discard the silly costuming.

there's also a big difference between having cartoons on your fashion inspo radar, supplemented by like, film and rick owens and really cool looking chairs, and saying, "i wanna cosplay as sephiroth irl"

[Vinet]

^hmmm given the nature of the thoughts our new members are able to deliver, i'd vote for a return to images.

I don't understand the derision. Costume design takes from the same places as fashion. There's history, form, and a statement. The designer still has to think 'what kind of a person is going to wear this?' And I'd much rather the answer be anything but 'a retail 9-5er', which is unfortunately, reality for me. Fashion is a fantasy. And Sephiroth is a bamf.

[Patroklus]

there's a difference between new art being the arc of your career and losing direction, or having none to begin with; how a lot of mass market designers seem to pick themes out of a hat.

rei kawakubo is far from inconsistent, but i have felt pretty cold about the direction ann's label has been moving on the whole.

or a cult leader (i'm looking at you, patroklus..)

i don't know if rick is my cult leader, but he's definitely the designer i care most about and pay most attention to right now, and part of that is because i feel he's going to be the most important in retrospect, for this particular point in time.

[Dane]

I related to the cult leader theory. As shameful as it is these days to say it, If I admire someone's vision, I tend to be a sheep and follow. I won't go as far as accepting all of their vision at times (ie - rick's one-shoulder numbers), but if I have enough in common with a designer to wear an entire outfit by them, I tend to agree with many future ideas (ie - rick's clogs), especially if that designer's work suits my lifestyle and their ideas are broad enough to keep my interest.

[rider]

^ hope i didnt sound like too much of a drama girl but i am a child of the 60's after all...

[rider]

At the same time, if the audience has become accustomed to certain characteristics and attributes of a designer's work, it's really disappointing when they just move on. This is how I feel about Ann's latest work.

so you must not relate to comme at all?

the labels that move me, and shake me to states of literal elation do so by way capturing beauty (dries van noten) and shifting my boundries (comme des garcons).

with Dries, he is the artist on the hill, canvas on an easel, that uses his paint to try to capture the beauty of what he sees...transformed into clothing. his shapes dont change much but most seasons he creates a desire in me, provoked by the way he dangles prints and colors in front of my eyes, that make me feel beautiful.

Rei and Junya, even Tao (with her historical references) are the Darwins of garment design. While Junya uses his skills with patternmaking to push limits, Rei transforms the world of clothing as well, clothing. She doesnt know how to stay still, the mind of a genius that forces the rethinking of concept and theory in through garments.

these two philosophy's (and there are more designers along the same lines) elicit desire and separation of savings because they tap into my core...hippie motivation to shutter conformity and just feel damn good.

[Fuuma]

^hmmm given the nature of the thoughts our new members are able to deliver, i'd vote for a return to images.

[Vanna]

I used to live for clothes and now I just live in them.

[messenoire]

whenever i wear draping layers i like the movement to be as close to imagery like this as possible. sometimes when i walk drenched in black i imagine an inky black smoke trailing behind me and i feel peaceful encased within.

[BSR]

Enough stupid pictures - too easy. This is one of the most interesting threads, so let's see some interesting thoughts.

I dress like my life is a video game, and I'm the main character. I want my clothes to show my story and perspective, set me apart from the rest of the cast/world and for the function of the garment to lend to the form.

i know how you feel, i style myself after sephiroth

^hmmm given the nature of the thoughts our new members are able to deliver, i'd vote for a return to images.

[Dane]

Unless you're confusing this thread with Recent Purchases, how, Dane, are you able to tell what people spend their money on based off of random, tongue-in-cheek pictures sourced from the internet?

Is it something you were born with or is it something you are drinking?

If it's the latter, pour me a glass, will you?. I'd like to experience these visions, too! .
If you can keep a secret: I've this crazy knack for adopting tongue-in-cheek dress philosophies... without having to own the t-shirt.

Bananas, isn't it.

I was speaking of the posts prior to the stupid pictures, of course.

Can you name one thread on this forum that doesn't get a string of stupid pix at one point or another? Comic relief.

[ambrosian]

i know how you feel, i style myself after sephiroth

[Vinet]

I dress like my life is a video game, and I'm the main character. I want my clothes to show my story and perspective, set me apart from the rest of the cast/world and for the function of the garment to lend to the form.

[Faust]

Enough stupid pictures - too easy. This is one of the most interesting threads, so let's see some interesting thoughts.

[interest1]

Unless you're confusing this thread with Recent Purchases, how, Dane, are you able to tell what people spend their money on based off of random, tongue-in-cheek pictures sourced from the internet?

Is it something you were born with or is it something you are drinking?

If it's the latter, pour me a glass, will you?. I'd like to experience these visions, too! .
If you can keep a secret: I've this crazy knack for adopting tongue-in-cheek dress philosophies... without having to own the t-shirt.

Bananas, isn't it.