This is a humble plaid galore, as well as a break from the glamorous SS 19 Paris Haute Couture week where bold colors, sequins, embroideries, and tulles are all done in extraordinary cuts and stunning volumes.
The unadorned textile comes in a robust, vivid hand that enhances functionality and supports structure. The matte cotton is gratifyingly full-bodied – one of the key traits I value on such classics like a shirt or a trench coat.
The hot potato of the moment is the deluxe football-uniform-turned-high-street-phenomenon. The stylistic landscape quickly impelled an argument weather to risk half of your monthly rent for a, in my view, rather demographically specific trend.
Sacai has a character that’s peculiarly local and international at the same time. In that sense, the city I live in shares some common ground.
As how most soft textures in unstructured silhouettes associate themselves with feminine elegance, there are indeed other routes we can take with those.
Minimalism, the awkwardly abused fashion term now practically girdles everything that lacks flavor, risks being rumored to be the new dull. It is not. It's captivating. And it takes a few more thoughts than just monochrome shades and basic styles to achieve that.
Among the chic Parisian, quirky British, and the minimal Scandinavian, the last is also my personal go-to. It's the equivalent of sushi in my gastronomic life.
Ruffled through but timely shaped into a slightly masculine silhouette and patterned into the classic vertical stripes, this top helps ease me in.
Stand-up collar, oversized sleeves, slouchy but clean-lined silhouette are no longer privileged; nor is patchwork denim. A modern ensemble is within everyone’s reach.
Nothing ultra trendy or cynical but simply aesthetically long-standing and reassuring, essentials like these Kenneth Cole pieces well tolerate manipulating context and personal identity to the garments, a major feat given the current market outlook where individual languages aspire to shape and be heard.
