// Inspiration overload

Posted on | March 21, 2010 | 5 Comments

Lately I have been browsing Japanese (street) style galleries, probably more than it’s legal to do so. I find them extremely inspiring! They are so much less trend dictated than so many western ones. Take a look to Chictopia and you can probably put over 80% of looks to some few basic silhouettes (just start counting for example short full skirts with cinched waist… …or then, don’t). Take a look to DROP SNAP — and you will have absolutely no idea what is coming next.

Ouch, my brain hurts! I probably should have born in Japan. I would have mauve hair and a happy mishmash of wardrobe. I would have converted my loved teddybear to backpack early on the eighties. My legging collection would demand an extra cabin. And nobody would suggest me wearing a belt when I’m hiding under my beloved pile of oversized garments.

All images from DROP SNAP. Excuse the amount of them, I just could not hold my horses.

Posted on | March 21, 2010 | 5 Comments

// Winter inspiration (wish it would be spring — but the reality bites)

Posted on | February 26, 2010 | 3 Comments

Some of you might have noticed that my winter everyday style has quite a lot masculine elements — and when I browsed my inspiration folder I noticed that many of the wintery images indeed are of men.

I also noticed that The Sartorialist still is my favorite street style blog. Scott is sometimes claimed being somewhat conservative — but personally I value the variety, his attention to subtle detail and his overall ambitious take on street photography. The Sartorialist is never a cavalcade of stereotypic hipsters wearing the IT-items of the season (occasional disease of Nordic street style blogs) and I can’t really blame it on focusing just beautiful people, there’s always something remarkable in the outfits and personal style.

I know that I have to widen my perspective to Asian street style… …I truly have a fascination to especially Japanese aesthetics and although I feel total alien to the culture (never been there, never actually known anyone from Japan) I think that I have been somewhat influenced subconsciously by the popular culture imagery. Any suggestions of great sites?

One thing I really value in The Sartorialist that Scott actually photographs all age groups. Maybe not in the actual demographic proportion — but all age groups are represented whatsoever. This image is one of my definite favorites of all winter outfits I’ve ever seen — and should be added to Wikipedia, key words aging gracefully.

All images from The Sartorialist. Thank you, Scott!

Posted on | February 26, 2010 | 3 Comments

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