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Style Shots—Classic Menswear Fall Edition
Photography by: Swabreen Bakr
I caught up with David P. Lochner over at one of the best vintage shops that caters exclusively to men, Briar Vintage in Old City, Philadelphia. Love the fur detailing on his coat and the textured socks. As always with menswear it’s fun to see what details are emphasized with the color schemes, in this case the yellow pocket square pulling out the yellow in the plaid pants was a great touch.
Style Shots—Fall Fashion Trends at The Sartorialist ‘Closer’ Book Signing
Photography by: Swabreen Bakr
Originally published on: Philly.com/Style
On Saturday, Scott Schuman aka The Sartorialist and Garance Dore visited Philly for a book signing at The Barnes Foundation. Philadelphians put their best threads forth and wore some awesome ensembles inspired by Fall 2012’s biggest trends, leather, black and gold, camo, over-sized jackets, and pattern mixing among others. It was really inspiring to see all these fashion-conscious young people in one room.
Style Shots—GQ x GAP Ian Velardi
Photography by Chaucee Stillman
Words by Swabreen Bakr
I’m kind of … ok pretty obsessed with this GQ for GAP collaboration featuring the best new menswear designers in America 2012. The Fall 2012 trends for womenswear include a lot odes to masculinity so with that inspiration in mind-and my current love for black and white minimalism-I put this look together featuring Ian Velardi’s Triangle Print shirt ($60), with a cool leather jacket, Uniqlo jeans, some ultra feminine high heels from ASOS, plus a pair of Warby Parker glasses for this cool and confident look.
The shirt that I’m wearing is a men’s xtra-small, it fits quite nicely in the shoulders and neck but the arms are a bit long. It’s super comfortable and is pretty sexy with a nice pencil skirt too.
This GQ for GAP collection has a lot of super cool items, I highly recommend both men and women check out. They’re a couple of items in there that are unisex enough that a girl with the right attitude can rock. The ampersand sweat shirt and pom pom beanie from Saturdays along with my other purchase BLK DENIM’s Liberté tee are two good options.
Style Shots—Modern Luxury
Photography & Words by: Swabreen Bakr
Chaisley was first featured on URBSVOX.com as one of our Philadelphia Creatives; in addition to being an inspiring entrepreneurial young woman she also has a killer sense of style. She favors contemporary brands with clean lines and a comfortable feel like Alexander Wang and 3.1 Phillip Lim.
Although her outfit looks understated, she’s rocking some seriously cool digs that altogether encompass Modern Luxury.
Sunglasses: Claire Goldsmith
T-Shirt: Alexander Wang
Jacket: Theory
Jeans: Current/Elliot
Boots: Roberto Del Carlo
Bag: Ruby Zaar
Watch: Men’s Yacht-Master Rolex
Wrap Bracelet: Club Monaco
Style Shots—Menswear Pattern Mixing
Photography & Words by: Swabreen Bakr
A well dressed man is a thing to behold, here we have Wale, one of Esquire’s ‘Best Dressed Real Men’; a lawyer by day in our own fair city of Philadelphia and owner of an amazing menswear fashion blog where you can see him wearing goods from his upcoming clothing line.
One of my favorite things about menswear is that the closer you look the more interesting details you find. Here we find a lot of subtle things, like the color of one of his bracelets matching the buttons on his jacket, the yellow in his pocket square compliments the yellow thread on the jacket itself. The color scheme and texture of his shoes and suitcase also work very well together. This type of subtle detailing and accessorizing is definitely something to consider when putting together an outfit. Between the pocket square, jacket and shirt you have an fantastic mix of patterns. Pattern mixing is big for Fall in women’s wear, here’s a good example of how a man does it.
Style Shots—Beau & Co. Chambray Pt III
Photography & Words by: Swabreen Bakr
That crisp fall air has arrived! We’re continuing our chambray series with bespoke menswear brand Beau & Co. Now you gentlemen get to layer up and transition summer staples into fall.
Michael Beaumont says,
The chambray shirt is again a great choice for this time of year as when worn underneath a knitted garment or a blazer, the cloth is very good at retaining warmth. We’ve paired the shirt with a pair of trim dusky blue chinos, a navy Beau & Co. merino wool v-neck sweater, and a pair of tan British lace up shoes.
Paring multiple shades of complimentary blues is something we’re particularly fond of this season, it’s great for all skin tones, and works well with most colors of shoes and belts you’ll have in the closet at this time of year. Wear this outfit to the store, a date, or even work on a Friday.
Style Shots—Black & Gold
Photography by Rashid Zakat
Words by Swabreen Bakr
Summer 2012’s fashion consisted of a lot of intense color blocking and neon colors, Fall 2012 is way more subdued with trends like leather, gold and burgundy dominating. This statement peplum top from Zara nicely channels Fall’s opulent noir trend.
This look is styled with a lot of gold accessories; some vintage, some real and some costume, the more the better! Fall’s big plum color trend is channeled in the nail color. Your nail color is an accessory too, play it up!
The Scene: Fashion’s Night Out Philadelphia
Photography & Words by Swabreen Bakr
Philadelphia participated in its first ever Fashion’s Night Out. When this event was first announced a few weeks ago Mayor Michael Nutter spouted some rather lofty goals,
“Philadelphia is now able to show the world we are a city that’s ready to assume its rightful place among the fashion capitals of the world. Whether it’s New York or Paris or London or Milan, we are a city of creative ingenuity and entrepreneurship.” - Source
Although I agree with the last part of his statement, Philadelphia still has a long way to go before we can try and compete in the league of fashion capitals around the world because although we have access to fashion, we don’t necessarily have style. Like it or not we live in a city where you’ll see guys go on a date to 3-bell rated restaurant or a high-end and much lauded cocktail bar in cargo shorts and flip-flops. In the winter most women stick to boot cut dark denim jeans, knee high black boots and black North Face jackets. I guess the old adage you can buy fashion but not style definitely applies to us.
Joan Shepp boutique
In order to help propel Philadelphia into worldwide fashion scene, The Philadelphia Collection is taking place over this coming week. There will be 75 events from pop-up shops, to fashion panels and runway presentations. We’ll be posting a guide to some of the events we’re most looking forward to.
There is a lot fashion available here with our indie boutiques, outlet shops and international retail shops, but currently we are just not a fashion conscious city. However we definitely are a city filled with creatives who have a strong sense of entrepreneurship; in the last year a lot of independent streetwear brands have launched. The fashion scene is bubbling but it’s not quite mainstream yet, however you see pockets of it with the monied women at high-end events, and with young people’s street style.
Indie brand Couture Vulture
Style Shots—Purple & Gold
Photography & Words by: Swabreen Bakr
Spotted Devan around Rittenhouse and loved this ensemble featuring the trendy berry colors for fall, accented with vintage gold accessories. A nicely put together late summer outfit.
Style Shots—Beau & Co. Pre-Fall. Chambray Pt. II
Photography & Words by: Swabreen Bakr
Continuing our summer chambray series with Beau & Co. custom clothing. Here is an example of transitioning a Summer look into a Pre-Fall look.
Michael Beaumont says,
The first look is for those hot summer days, spent relaxing in the city with friends, or even at the beach. We paired the chambray shirt with a pair of unlined cotton shorts, reminiscent of the traditional khaki and finished the outfit off with a pair of blue suede loafers and a matching cotton belt. It’s an easy look to dress up or down, just by rolling up the sleeves and tucking in the shirt, you can go from a relaxed coffee shop outfit, to a night at the bar.
The second look is for those late August days when the sun starts waning sooner and early September nights out that call for a jacket to hold off a crisp Fall chill.
Michael adds,
Again using the chambray shirt as the base, we opted for a medium weight faille/bengaline short, in navy, paired with cream full canvas blazer and matching tasseled loafers. Another very versatile outfit that dressy enough to get you into a bar or restaurant at dinner, but also casual enough for wearing throughout the day. The weight of the fabrics used are prefect for that time of year, all are thin, but work really well to trap in a little warmth when layered together.
