Geeky Chic

"i tore a page out of your fantasies
read between the lines,
and trimmed the edges
before polishing it off with splash of red" © fashionandfables

HOT! By the way folks, I want you all to know that i dress like this every day, i swear i do! Every single day!There just isn't anyone to see me as i am hidden away at home behind my mac talking to myself as i work.
okay, okay, i don't. But i will from now on. mark my words! I love this, i love everything about it: the layering, the proportions of the jacket and pants, the snazzy glasses and of course the LIPSTICK!. I was considering a pair of specs like those. But yah, my brother has one, it looks great on him.. on me... i am not so sure. might stick to my old ones... but never say never.
oh oh, and FYI the picture is from Mango's new look book i go while i was in Lisbon. Oh, yes, i was in Portugal. Seems like ages ago now... but that's another story.

Chanel Iman for Italian Vanity Fair

"I enlisted for a battle
expecting light artillery at best
but became entrenched in a warfare i didn't know existed
after months of attrition
i came out camouflaged and slayed the dragons
to surrender to who i always knew i could be" ©fashionandfables

Miss Iman's shoot in this month's Italian Vanity Fair. She is quite the looker.

V Magazine's trip Uptown

"I do not mourn us
i follow the solemn procession uptown
mindfully in black
but appearances do not conceal
the tangled forks of rage nesting on my head" fashionandfables

Mario Testino for V-magazine. Hot shoot.
very.

Hervé Léger

"I wasted my week on billowing dreams
hiding under seams and inside sleeves
being swept away by cascading illusions
until i fell
into a right fit
with a pair of slippers to match"© fashion and fables



Once upon a preconceived idea, i thought it was best not to wear too fitting clothes. I am too small; I will resemble a little skeleton. une petite skeleton, mais no?mais qui? actually i think someone planted that into my mind when i wasn't looking.
But since i am nearing an mid-20s life crisis. I hear i should be anyways. doesn't everyone have one? Give it up for 28. yahhhh
So i was thinking of changing my wardrobe into a more Herve-leger body-con one to suit this transition.
Anyone looking to buy me a Ferrari or find me a 22-yr old boy toy by the name of Robert Patterson is so more than welcome.
I like the colour red, and prefer my boys french or latin, cheers!


Herve, Leger. I just like to say his name. don't you! herrrrrrrrrrrve. oh the french. Actually, you all do know his real name was Hervé L. Leroux. Well herveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee brought in the bondage dress look which can work. You might need some resuscitation after awhile, but it works.
i picked up a pick one in topshop-on sale. of course. For like 15 quid. I know. High five me!
And pink makes it less, well, one has to ease into a mid-20s midlife crisis.

if i could afford the above nrs.
dreams.

Costello Tagliapietra heralds a return

"i pried open the back door
and sunk into your arm chair
fiddled with your papers
bit into your pens
and waited

you walked in
handed me chrysanthemums
and put on a kettle for two"© fashionandfables

I am back.
I know, i know, i didn't really say goodbye properly. But i never really spend much time on such. I am much better at hellos.
so. hello again..
New York sends her love, Japan bows respectfully of course.
And i say " enough with the civilities... i am ready to get this party started already"

Tried as i did to resist, i bought some fashionable goodies.
Notable about 5 pieces from Costello Tagliapietra's line for Uniqlo.
i know bad bad girl. oeps. But they were on sale. Like ON FREAKING GREAT SALE in their flagship store in Ginza. i couldn't resist. I tried but i just couldn't.

And as you all know C&T are one of my all time favourite designers. Mainly because they understand drapery and colours like no other.

Above are a few numbers from their collection. I wish i could have gotten my hands on the yellow nr, but alas, the fashion gods willed it otherwise.

I love my boys. And how cute are they in their suspenders and their matching plaid shirts!. love it.

The Waiting

"You missed me by a day
but i did wait
poised in the corner
caught all manner of shadows
and blisters
i waited and waited
but there were no footsteps and my feet itched for the sun" ©fashionandfables

Moods of a Man

"My 4 o'clock shadow heralds my ever-changing temperaments
that i myself have yet to name
my sigh i assign my distress
or was it my contentment, sometimes i am a stranger to these tides
shall we say my joy is a chuckle?
before my desire suckles hungrily
savouring delight before it ebbs
my moods, i believe are enigmas © Fashionandfables


Moods are not always communicated effectively through words, sometimes they get lost in translation, in attenuations, in expectations . So it is only fitting that the "Moods of a Man" blog be a collection of images symbolic of various notions and associations we as a society have of masculinity. So that means of course plenty of images of sturdy walking boots, pictures of sexy women in various stages of undressing, cigarettes make a number of cameos. as do gelled-back James dean-esque hairstyles, there is lots of denim, heards of beautiful men; the rugged archetype is not forgotten, and we have the close-ups of amazing furniture, snapshots of books, nature, cars, designer jackets, and the list goes on. i like. at least in my current mood, come morning light i might not :)