Caligula Paradiso, Trailer Trash Inferno 19.06.09

One night passes-on, another is born, such is the transience of nocturnal life. Unfortunately missed the birth of Caligula – we were knee-deep in HTML(ooo sexy) but it’s always nice to check out a new venue a few weeks in and it didn’t disappoint. The crowd were beautifully turned-out, sophisticated, laid-back and friendly. Chic angular shoulder pads and flirty whispers were exchanged in candle-lit corners.

Friday also saw Trailer Trash pass on to meet it’s maker, not sure if it’s maker was ready for it – wow Hell’s gonna be so much fun. If I was to die tomorrow I’d like to be sent off in a blaze of sequinned, neon electro glory too. Twas a celebration of a wonderful life. Tears were shed(or was it sweat), condolences exchanged and all wondered how the sleazy void would be filled. Emotions ran high and the kids were quite literally swinging from the rafters. I will be having a mass said – hoping the lovely door bitch in the pink bra and Tutu can be the priest.

Crystal ball moment….in the not too distant future men and womenswear will be obsolete – we’ll just have Peoplewear(apart from bras and jockstraps, although you never know on that one either). Looks that we’ve seen a couple of seasons back on womenswear are rapidly filterting through in menswear and it’s very very exciting indeed. Male, female, dogs, cats – GIVE A SHIT – we’re inspired. We’re seeing a lot of product requested for boys shoots too so I’ve made a decision and I’ll be introducing Peoplewear in the very near future.

We saw some great looks at both nights so here’s a little overview from the BITCHY crew:

PIERROT BOYS
Pierrot was the sad clown pining for the love of Columbine who left him for Harlequin. I think she made a bad choice, there’s something beautifully melancholy about this look. Ruffs have been making appearance on womensear catwalks for the last few seasons and I think they’re the perfect accessory/detail to frame a pretty face. This austere black/white look is key at Chanel AW09 with ruffs a prominent feature on the womenswear collection. This oversize polka-dot print looks great – much newer than Harlequin which is starting to feel a bit tired. I’d love to see some oversized pom-poms too.

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BIKER GLOVES
Hot hot hot. These are an absolute must for boys and girls. Such an easy way to give an edge to the simplest outfit. I want a pair with big evil fuck-off studs across the knuckles so I’m going to hunt them down and customise them – like RIchard Shoyemi, also papped this week by Man About World. These are a must going forward to AW. Like the idea of layering over brightly coloured satin lady gloves.

BOY JEWELS
Pearls – recently reported on Man about world and seen again at Caligula, ties back in with the Pierrot/Elizabethan ruffs look. We also love this guy who had some sort of notebook necklace – what was written on it? Maybe his name and address(we met in Trailer Trash so these things sometimes get erased from the mind) or perhaps he’s been travelling around Pantoning his life. This hand-written paper look has also been sported recently by Douce Angoisse with her Toilet paper necklace. I heart the Horse rosettes(which again were seen all over D+G AW womenswear) – I want it in leather with a nice black resin horse cameo and some horse hair cascading.

NICE GASHES
Loving all three takes on this look for various different reasons. This stylish lady gave structure and colour to a daring oversize keyhole with a stunning Geo belt for added oomph. With so many oversize shapes, studs and emebellishments filterting through for AW we like the idea of oversizing the holes too. Skeletons have been represented in print in McQueen for SS and we love the revealing detail of this skeletal bandage dress which echoes the anatomical structure beneath the flesh. Strategically placed black holes over a preppy white shirt keeps the look contemporary and not too punky.

SEQUINS
Designer Alessandro Dell Aqua’s new phrase is “Bourgeoise Revolution”, a reaction to sensibility. Well no sensibility seen here and lots of sequins. He’s sent sequins down the runway for AW09 and these boys are hot on his sparkly tails. The one item I would have mugged for were the Jeremy Scott Trackie bottoms. I LOVE JEREMY SCOTT and I LOVE the seamless High-Low pairing with spanking white Reeboks. I’ve said it before but with the Olypmics fast approaching gymnast style is going to filter through big time.

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