How to Spend It: The people's prints / Digital vs print

I intentionally placed doubles for the images. The fuzzy ones are from my scanner and the clear pics are from How to Spend It's swanky website.








I know it may only be a matter of getting a new scanner, but it may also be about how the digitalization of print publications has been changing how netizens view editorial content.






Sure, plenty of us still get our fashion fix from The Fashion Spot. But seeing how things are going, can anyone predict how long TFS will retain the same level of relevance?






In any case, what's important is we retain the same level of access.






With the New York Times online page soon putting up a paywall, and the Financial Times continuously influencing other print outfits to follow its successful FT.com pay model, prospects do not seem bright.






It seems one has to shell it out, one way or another.






Of course, that is also the reason behind the success of free online-only publications, like The Contributing Editor.






So a question to those with tablets grafted to their hands: don't your palms miss the feel and smell of both glossy and grainy print, where there's no need to flip anything for spreads?




I cannot predict who will win, or if any side needs to. Like this last image, a web-only outfit, attests, unlimited space is one of the internet's advantages. Hope you enjoyed this delicious set!

Details to follow

Ikat and faux fur

To my surprise (okay, I was aware of it, but not the date), all the lights on the street shut off and our house stood out of the dark. Then I remembered that it was Earth Hour. Thinking fast, I grabbed the faux fur jacket I thrifted recently and wore it over the Dries Van Noten ikat tee I wrote about just a few days ago. I like how the ensemble turned out against the black backdrop.




The scarf I borrowed from my sister (from a flea market trip that she didn't tell me about), and here also is my "Salvador" onyx necklace. The fake fur pattern is not as gaudy when worn — after all.




I know I couldn't hide my oily forehead — with the heat and the jacket, the shine could probably generate some kilowatts — but this has something practical to it. I have just had my US visa approved and an April trip to New York confirmed. I know it sounds silly to wear faux fur in spring (not sure yet if I will), but I really have no gauge, since I am quite sensitive to the cold and the last time I experienced spring was in 1999 (kids were skating in Innsbruck — or was it Salzburg — only in their tees while I had thermals and fleece).




Some advice from New Yorkers out there? What are we expecting in mid-April? The flight jacket I thirfted is still with the tailor for repair. A shirt, cardigan, and blazer? Denim and fleece? Wool? What would you wear?


Faux fur jacket and scarf: both thrifted; ikat tee, Dries Van Noten; jeans, Bench; belt, Brave Beltworks; necklace, Bosquejo

Wearing batik to the office

I still have memories of my grandfather going to certain official functions wearing batik prints. He brought up his family in Davao, in southern Philippines, the same place I bought this shirt from.

I like it because its blue theme guarantees that it is not that outlandish. Also because of the gold detailing.




I wore the shirt yesterday with a kimono robe I paired with a tank long, long ago. Plus navy wool tie, mustard skinny belt, and drawstring pants.

More than two cultures and three textures in one outfit.


Shirt, from Davao; wool tie, kimono robe, Liv Sport belt, and Izzue pants: all thrifted

FT How to Spend It: The Merchant Prints

Jacquard and tapestry jacket, silk and wool scarf, and knitted silk cardigan: all by Gucci; trousers, Lanvin

Though I am all for wearing prints and even floral in fall and winter, one must admit they only bloom on spring. Tapestry! Now that has yet to enter my menswear vocabulary; the pattern on the jacket reminds me of Latin American motifs.


Cotton Pourpe Gladiola jacket, matching trousers, cotton jersey t-shirt, and calf leather Pourpe belt: all by Bottega Venetta; hand-embroidered cashmere scarf, Baba Art Emporium

Quite different to see these Bottega Veneta prints under the sun.


Cotton shirt and painted felt trilby: both by Alexander McQueen; silk scarf, Baba Art Emporium

This Alexander McQueen shirt also takes on a totally different context worn casually and with a scarf.


Cotton reindeer-print shirt, Dunhill; cashmere scarf and jodhpur trousers, Baba Art Emporium; straw hat, Paul Smith


Crumpled silk jacket, matching cotton t-shirt, flocked cotton trousers: all by Emporio Armani; leather and macrame sandals, Lanvin

I want the silk jacket, but the flocked trousers look exquisite — especially since the design is not always obvious.


Silk twill shirt, silk twill Carré scarf, woven cotton and leather Acores belt, and leather Syphnos sandals: all by Hermès; cotton shorts, Emporio Armani; antique loom-made throw, Baba Art Emporium

Will you wear a throw as a scarf?


Cotton shirt, cotton string vest, and paper hat: all by Paul Smith; wool trousers, Dunhill; distressed leather boots, Alexander McQueen

I like the silhouette, even if it is old and a bit tired. This picture makes it worth reminiscing about.

Photographs, Yval Hen, Styling Damian Foxe
FT How to Spend It

wowzers....

Mary Katrantzou's Fall 2011 Collection is amazingly eye popping! A lot of the non super structured pieces are really wearable, and the prints are incredible... like wow. 

Love it!

xo, 

Brittany