Drawn home

Drawn home
By Miguel Paolo Celestial
Published in WestEast Magazine 25: Home, Fall 2008

A bed, a chair, and a window. Home is where we rest and where we dream even without mattresses and pillows. It is where our thoughts dwell, where days are measured by shadows, movement by rooms, and resolve by pauses between supper. Home is where the night dwindles, shaking the thick smell of dusk that glistens in our vision. There is no frame for our gaze towards tomorrow; home is wherever hope is nailed to our heart’s rafters.


"Remains of the Day" editorial from GQ Style 7: The Great British Male, Fall/Winter 2008. Photographed by Nathaniel Goldberg, styled by David Bradshaw.

Silk pajamas, Prada



Home. There must be more to it than the yearning for a place or a moment that could seal us off from the hectic demands of life, where we can shut out problems and curl into a long-sought sense of quiet. There must be more to it than the appeal of bearable routine and the safety of predictability. What is it about the concept of home that drives us on journeys just to find it? What makes it the sum of all our goals if not their reason?

Silk pajama top from a selection, Lanvin



At first mention, we think of home as a tin full of tokens we have brought back from our travels. A collection of little things like randomly pocketed pebbles, together with furniture and art, novelties and design pieces. It is a wall where we pin maps of past voyages and plot succeeding conquests, a den stashed with memories to be relived and shared.

Striped cotton pajamas, Ermenegildo Zegna



Home is waking up to smooth out rumpled sheets, clear our minds with coffee or tea, and listen to the first rustlings of the morning. Home is rising beside your loved one. In the evening, it is that glance around your neighborhood right before you turn your back, bolt the gate, and retreat into private living.

Silk pajamas from a selection, Giorgio Armani



Home is the entire length of an afternoon; to it we surrender the loose ends of our days. It is every part of a house and its surroundings as well as any place that our laughter and sighs inhabit. No matter how long and involving our adventures have been, there’s no place quite like it...

Cotton pajamas, Hawes & Curtis



Silk pajamas, Tom Ford

This editorial takes off from Dolce and Gabbana's pajama suits presented for Spring/Summer 2009. Read the full article

Of camels and editorials

From Details. CAMEL COATED: Photographs by Thomas Schenk

Suit and shirt by CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION. Tie by MISSONI. Shoes by CHURCH'S.

Camel hair clothing or camel-colored apparel comprise two editorials, respectively, from the August 2008 issue of Details and the Fall/Winter release of Fantastic Man. Notice the difference not only in the styling and photography, but also in the language of the text.



Jacket by TOMMY HILFIGER. Scarf by APC.



Clothing by POLO RALPH LAUREN. Belt by YVES SAINT LAUREN.



Clothing by BOSS SELECTION. Shoes by CHURCH'S.



MISSONI.



ISAAC MIZRAHI.



GIORGIO ARMANI.



Clothing by VALENTINO. Shoes by CHURCH'S.

Styling by Paul Stura, hair by Johnnie Sapong using Aveda Men, makeup by Charlotte Day for See Management.



From Fantastic Man. CAMEL GALORE: The multi-layered allure of a neck-to-toe camel outfit, edited by Jodie Barnes and photographed by Paul Wetherell.

Who knew there were this many shades of camel? There is so much green in the TOM FORD cashmere camel double-breasted coat to almost slip it off the camel chart. Here, it's worn on top of a brown-ish GIORGIO ARMANI herringbone suit jacket, a more oatmeal POLO RALPH LAUREN camel cashmere poloneck and a reddish camel silk scarf by LANVIN, which is tied here as a cravat. Meanwhile the gold in these POLO RALPH LAUREN camel trousers really shines through.



Wow, look at the orange of those JUNYA WATANABE camel cords! They are part of a look that is more modern man than (its) neighbor (on top). The CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION wool coat is treated with plastic and has a narrower lapel, while the classic camel suit-jacket by LANVIN is of a short length. Underneath, the caramel coloured poloneck is by BOSS BLACK, while the gold CARTIER watch is as close to camel as you can get in a timepiece.


Details only succeeds in one outfit: the one with Polo Ralph Lauren denim. In an effort to tone down the camel hair, the other combinations have only become slack and boring. Fantastic Man conquers the fabric with panache.

This is also what I mean when I said that Fantastic Man is more personal. Though the approach is conceptual - hence the color scheme - it welcomes the reader, while the images from Details appear more like shopfront installations that have the potential to assault passersby.

The absence of the model's personality allows room for the reader to project himself into the clothes, and the accompanying text offers usable information, and yes, even insight.

Wow indeed.

Fetiche

At the time when this blog was not fully devoted to menswear, I posted something entitled The armor of Daphne Guinness. And I quote: She has had made metal pieces for her fingers, hands, and an entire arm based on the armory of the Middle Ages. She has been seen several times wearing thick leather or metal belts that hug her trim figure like old girdles.

Maybe she felt safe with her accouterment, maybe it was her self-expression or defence.

Gilet de smoking en coton granulé et satin, Tom Ford; pantalon de smoking en drap de laine, De Fursac; masque en métal et bracelet de force en cuir et métal, Phylea

'Fetiche', Vogues Hommes International Paris, Printemps-été 2008

Of course, these implements can also serve to mask or change one's identity, to morph it into something else.

Masque museliére en cuir et métal, Rex; veste de smoking et chemise en popeline de coton, Lanvin

To reverse our internal defences and wear them as our armor.

Harnais cage en cuir et métal, Rex; chemise de smoking en popeline de coton, Yves Saint Laurent; veste en laine, Ralph Lauren; pantalon de smoking en drap de laine, De Fursca; bras articulé en métal, Phylea

To totally become somebody else: this has been an obsession since the very first Metamorphosis.

Tour de cou en métal, Phylea

The urge to remove what is human - to make it artficial or render it for an android - this fascination has been explored in many science fiction novels and films.

Veste col châle et pantalon de smoking en drap de laine, Hermès; chemise de smoking en popeline de coton, plastron plissé, Brooks Brothers; ceinture de smoking en soie plissée, Balenciaga par Nicolas Ghesquière; masque bondage en cuir et métal, Rex; fleur en satin, La Droguerie

But many times, like in Frankenstein, the inorganic gives free reign to the bestial.

Gilet de smoking en soie, Maison Martin Margiela; manchette en toile à beurre, Ann Demeulemeester; haut-de-forme en feutre, Lanvin; masque heaume en métal, Phylea

The best we can settle for is a temporary heightening of sensations and emotions in the short event that we pretend to be inhuman.

Veste et pantalon de smoking en satin, Dolce & Gabbana; chemise en popeline de coton, Roberto Cavalli; masque et tour de cou en métal, Phylea

Par Hedi Slimane, Réalisation: Carine Roitfeld

This post is part of a set in reply to a query by Nihaal Faizal from India on the topic of his sketches and on science fiction

GQ Style: Refresher

I know it's June already and legitimately, Manila is in the rainy season. But summer was so short, and anticipation to wear out my shorts, too long!


'Refresher', GQ Style 6 Spring-Summer 2008
Photographed by Clare Shilland, Styled by David Lamb

Cardigan, shirt, tie: all Dunhill; zip-off shorts, Siv Stoldal; shoes, G-Star

Too much word play, I know, but I can't help it. It's been raining elephants and horses the past few days. Even the sun on this lazy Sunday is unsure, if not untrue.


Jacket and vest: both Paul Smith; trousers, Y-3; shoes, Lanvin; sunglasses, Persol

I know the weather can't please everyone. Sometimes, even I am grateful for the cool—enough reason to bring out some jackets.


Shirt and tie: both Alexander McQueen; trousers, YMC; shoes, Tom Ford

And maybe something like this?

I sure miss the good lighting, the warmness of hues that can't help but lift ones spirits.


Jacket, shirt, tie, trousers: all Thom Browne; sunglasses, from a selection: Prada

Summer come back!


Shirt, Dries Van Noten; tie, Hardy Amies London; trousers, Diesel

I'm not yet done playing.


Jacket and shorts: both Marc by Marc Jacobs; shirt and tie: both Hardy Amies London; socks, Falke; hi-tops, Pierre Hardy

Haven't had enough beach time and simply lying in the shade.


Polo shirt, V-neck jumper, trousers: all Ralph Lauren Purple Label; sunglasses, Persol

But if needs must be, I'll settle even for just an hour each day with no clouds in the sky, with the leaves not weighed down by anything.

Too much gloom is unhealthy!


Top, Giorgio Armani

Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2011 collection

Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2011 Collection

Photographers: Steven Meisel and Terry Richardson

Tom Ford's debut womenswear collection is quite mystery. Small fashion show with only one photographer Terry Richardson and 100 attenders. Than a few photos in Harper's Bazaar UK and Vogue. Now Tom Ford's promised film from the show with amazing Karen Elson's song 'Pretty babies'. And of course we can't forget about all the catwalk stars: Emmanuelle Seigner, Nataila Vodianova, Beyonce, Julliane Moore, Lauren Hutton, Karen Elson, Anja Rubik, Chanel Iman, Karlie Kloss, Daria Werbowy, Freja Beha, Daphnne Guiness, Stella Tennant etc.

Well, I think that this is one of those most feminine collection in season which we'll remember for long time. It's just exqusite, tasteful and extremely sexy. So... just enjoy this video!

Love, 

Joanna

The best campaigns of the year 2010 (part IV)

Mulberry, fall/winter 2010

 Pringle of Scotland, fall/winter 2010

 Roberto Cavalli, fall/winter 2010

Sisley, fall/winter 2010

 Siviglia, fall/winter 2010

 Stella McCartney, fall/winter 2010

 Tom Ford Eyewear, fall/winter 2010

 Tommy Hilfiger, fall/winter 2010

 Topshop, fall/winter 2010

Yves Saint Laurent, fall/winter 2010

This is the last part of the best campaign which I've chosen. Of course you probably have another opinion about this subject and I respect that, because it's so important to have your own point of view nowadays:) 

Well, most of this campaigns are from fall/winter season and I want you to know that I didn't do it on purpose. But I have to admit, that I don't like summer in fashion, it's so predictable, the less the best;) Spring and fall are the best seasons of the year in fashion industry, because you have much more clothes (like coats, furs, scarfs, hats, sweaters etc) to wear, but it's not so cold yet! Well, I changed subject a little bit, but I hope you don't mind... And which one from all of this above campaings I like the most? Pringle of Scotland with beautiful Tilda Swinton for it's simplicity and masculine.

Love,

Joanna