Thursday, January 26, 2012

Jean-Paul Gaultier Goes Back To Black- Spring 2012 Couture

Jean-Paul Gaultier resurrects the spirit of Amy Winehouse in his Spring 2012 Couture collection in Paris. It's a pastel-punk twist on the good old days of Back to Black, perfected down to Amy's notorious beehive, cat eyes, beauty mark and sultry 50's style.











-Olive

Thursday, January 19, 2012

In Case of a Revolution, Break Glass

We never have "time" to solve problems or assess that nagging question our brains supply us with because we're too "busy" shutting it up and staying in the assembly line with the rest of the soulless fools. The question in my mind usually being to the effect of, "Why the hell does this matter and why am I doing it?" Sadly, the brainwashed portion of my brain answers quickly and says, "Well, because this is what you are supposed to be doing." When typing this out, I see how pathetic it really is. It's a wimpy piece of paper with no support that can be blown over easily. It's a veil that seems so sinister and debilitating for some reason, though in reality, it's really very weak. It's easy to rebel once you decide to start though. That poor excuse of "supposed to" is what makes me do things that damage my soul and waste my time? It can go to hell for all i'm concerned. Each person has their own golden thread of time, so why are we all trying to ride on just one? If it's so easy to look behind the veil, to rebel against "supposed to", why doesn't it happen more often?? Fear. Those who let fear handicap them and govern their every move are those who simply cannot see past the veil. This is not just a rant about teenage rebellion or a preach about "sticking it to the man." It is something my entire existence has been feeling with a growing energy and has been trying to find a way to explain it in words so that it can be given justice. It is a letting go of everything I was ever taught to think, feel, say and believe. An experiment of erasing it all and seeing what could happen by starting over. It is a yearning to question all "normality", pick it up, and shake it out. What if what the world believes could be no other way, could in fact, be another way? What if we've just been living in this subconscious routine so long, that a true revolutionary spirit has become dormant?

Let's stop letting fear be our internal monsters.

Every part of me, belongs to me. I won't allow any part be destroyed or brainwashed.

-Olive

Monday, January 16, 2012

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Wild Fox: Pony Tale

Behold, Wild Fox Spring-Summer 2012.







































If you looked inside a pink crystal, I believe this is what you would see. And what's better than Jeffrey Campbell platform ballet shoes?


Nothing.


-Olive

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Homme Boys

Currently the most inspirational boys in fashion. What I wouldn't give to play dress ups with them...or dress down....


Can I please just touch you?


Taking over Lookbook one rad outfit at a time is, Vini Uehara. 






      


Model, Fransico Lachowski. This what they mean by sexy as f**k.
     


        
        


And where would we be without, Ash?        
                             
     
     
     


Cole Mohr. Pure Love.
       
                            
         
   
       
          
    
       
I love seeing the evolution of men's fashion. It's a corner of fashion that I feel like is still so unexplored and there's still so much to do. I constantly find it inspirational.


School has really been cramping my style but, the evil regime will come to and end in 18 days when I graduate early and start my real life (please don't dissapoint me, world.) Then it's the start of a chapter of my life i've already dubbed, "The Freedom Days." 


Dear God. It feels so good have finally blogged something of quality after so long...


-Olive