Japanese killer brand COMME DES GARÇONS, their PLAY line to be specific, have teamed up with Chuck Taylor producer CONVERSE to just like that print the ever popular heart-face logo on two shoe classics of the brand.
We think: That’s alright. After all, overall logos are cool as hell, COMME DES GARÇONS is anyway – and CONVERSE is semi-cool. The outcome is a solid shoe line and with the instant cuteness of the heart motives you can probably impress a few high school grads. Go for it! (more…)
Now and then we receive emails related to particular outfits. We’re being asked what we’re wearing in a certain photo, where it can be bought, or sometimes we’re just being insulted. We like that.
In the past few weeks however, our inbox was filling increasingly with emails regarding a specific look. Why exactly that outfit has caused such a stir and interest is beyond me. I have no explanation for it. It is: very strange. Oh well.
Anyway: I am going to reveal now what I was wearing on the 25th of April in Las Vegas, the city of gamblers, drinkers, and newlyweds:
My friend, stylist and BOYS BOYS BOYS founder Yves Hanke allowed me a look into his humongous private archive of suits from the 1970s and 1980s right before my departure to the US. He dug out this crème-colored straightforward suit, no frills. It must be among the coolest things I have seen in fashion as of yet.
The suit is by the brand MIAMI VICE, it’s equipped with a simple zipper instead of buttons, no revers, no pockets – and pants with the arguably best cut in the entire world. What’s more, it felt like a second, generously cut skin.
Should I ever end up in the unpleasant situation of having to wear suits on a regular basis, I will have dozens tailored following this example. That’s already set in stone.
To complement the suit I didn’t wear much else than a necklace from my mom, a white t-shirt, RAY BAN glasses, a black hair clip, Champagne, brown leather loafers by Philip von Mollenkott, a slight sunburn from L.A. – and at some point down the road – a golden ring.
We think twinning is awesome. The other day in Mallorca David and I exclusively wore twin looks – and caused overly enthusiastic reactions among the British (more so) and German (not so much) tourists.
Latest VERSUS VERSACE addition J.W. Anderson also goes for twinning. The Londoner whom we appreciate a lot here at Dandy Diary is combining the partner look with the signature prints of mother VERSACE. To be honest we’d expected a little more from him. After all, what we’re getting to see here for Spring/Summer this year seems all too familiar. (more…)
The last few days we shot for a new project in Mallorca that’s why there wasn’t so much going on here. You’ll be able to see the result of our “Special Mission” in a few weeks.
I used the time during a break to climb a mountain in my new Henrik Vibskov twin set. I felt a little bit like climbing legend Reinhold Messner, well without the beard, but with toes.
To complement Vibskovs designes I am wearing VANS shoes and cap:
After a winter break roughly lasting 3 years, Judgement Day is back. That’s the show where people who are not exactly involved with fashion have a go at assessing it anyway.
During Poland Fashion Week we visited a Sunday mass in Lódz to ask the Catholic community for their opinion on my outfit.
Their verdict was surprisingly merciful. Except for an old lady who thought she could clearly recognize a swastika on my chest, people were open-minded.
For the new episode of Judgement Day I am wearing an ADIDAS basketball jersey, wideleg-pants and jacket by WEEKDAY, shoes by SONGZIO, vintage sunglasses, a Jewish hat and a kippah. A crazy mix of Orthodox Jewish and American sportswear.
The outfit was already featured in our category Look du Jour.
The name says it all: BBC BLACK, the new line of men’s fashion merger BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB is being kept in black entirely.
References from the military affinity of designer Mark McNairy are still recognizable of course. It’s easy to imagine face of the brand Pharrell Williams running around in a complete look by BBC BLACK. It’s all very strict and coherent, even if very unsurprising at the same time. Black streetwear with a military touch, it’s as simple as that.
Anyway: We do think the stuff is very decent and are already looking forward to the upcoming 1st of May riots next year.
Last weekend I made an attempt at trend sport “Planespotting”.
Planespotters spend their days sitting on high risers in close proximity to airports to watch the planes flying over their heads. Sometimes they also take a photo.
Since I wanted to impress the other planespotters on the roof of a parking garage I put on my highly professional MA-1 flight jacket by ALPHA INDUSTRIES, paired with a LEVI’S 501, DOCS, and a white polo shirt by FRED PERRY.
Images: Nives Meloni
FAZ editor Kerstin Susanne König was facing the tough challenge of finding out what it’s like to be a male model, attempting to catch sentiments among the young- and not so young models – and according to her report, it’s not all that much sunshine and happiness.
The majority of the interviewed guys work for little money or none, sometimes paying their own travel expenses – and on top of that the much higher paid, female counterparts call them either boring or too much.
Poor, beautiful, boring male models.
You can read the entire piece over at the colleagues’ website of the FAZ.
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CEO Mike Jeffries just recently explained to a journalist why he doesn’t offer XL and XXL sizes for women: He simply doesn’t want fat chicks to wear his brand.
Jeffries, winner of the honorable “Dandy of the Week” award really said this:
“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids. Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely. Those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla. You don’t alienate anybody, but you don’t excite anybody, either.”
We think that whole ”cool and popular kids” thing totally makes sense – would like to recommend dear Mike a so-called reality check at this point though, because our studies show:
Girls and boys wearing ABERCROMBIE & FITCH might not be among the fattest among their peers but that really doesn’t make them cool either. Quite the opposite. They are: “totally vanilla”, as we’d just put it. They just don’t excite anyone.
Sorry, we hate breaking it to you Mike.
Summer is almost here which makes me want to attract a few girls so I spent months contemplating what my new signature scent should be.
Art collective LOVEGANG fortunately took that crucial decision out of my hands. Because those guys put a scent out there that you can do no wrong with. I now take a daily bath in it.
Why the hell those five lovers decided to declare war to all DOUGLAS outlets in this world they explain as follows:
“The LOVEGANG perfume is an Independent Art of Perfume Project. A declaration to the monopolization of designer scents and a love declaration to each individual sharing our values and LOVEGAND spirit!”
We think that’s fantastic, the scent is an aphrodisiac, and the bottle design with the silver lid is ridiculous as well – and now we’re screaming at the top of our lungs: Buy now, you smelly bastards!
P.S.: You can purchase the Lovegang perfume in Hamburg, for example at Stoffsüchtig and of course everywhere on the web.
