Lastnightspirates.com, Steve Strange 50 at Punk

Steve Strange style award goes to Daniel Lismore. We know fashion’s moving fast at present but he managed to bat new romantic eyelashes with Basquiat daubed eye-shadow whilst making a direct nod to Warhol with the soup and Marilyn wig – one step ahead on party themes for House of Blue Eyes, Warhol Party at Can Can Thursday night. This stylish boy has star quality, most of them were sequinned and stuck to his lips.

Check out our hot Warhol Jumpsuit – hideous.

Apparently 50 is the new 40 which doesn’t surprise me cause Mr. Strange himself didn’t look a day over it. Strange by surname, pleasant and low-key by nature. Fashion blogging is a funny thing as you wind up giving the up-down look to everyone like the evil fashion week people – you all know who you are(that’s not directed at ANYONE I know, you’re all amazing). At least now I have an excuse but the length and depth of the stare has increased meaning I look like a right bitch. Oh well out with the camera….

Bold Stripes

Vertical and horizontal stripes have gone bold again. We spotted this at Coachella in LA I think they look (see report)best when layered with other patterns, the lovely young man in the red and black pants had paired them with a swallow-print top.

I did a wearer trial on the black and white ones with my marching band jacket but you can buy them in our shop for yourself

Pirates

So obviously can’t comment on anything New Romantic without referencing pirates. I loved last nights pirates. I felt distinctly boreing in my pirateness. Last nights pirates were hyper-colourful, layered cols and patterns with a undertones of African Tribal. Textures and prints were layered to perfection. We spotted the lovely Martha on the underground and were waiting for a chance to jump carriages so we could pap her feather Mohican – luckily she was going to the same place as us so we had a nice chat along the way. Lanvin have done lots with hair feathers for AW(check Kingdom of style) but I prefer the punky extravagance of this take – how fun would it be with oversized studs all the way down the sides….

Smooth Criminals 1920’s

Ok so it’s started already jacko style is filtering through big time. Even before he croaked it and went to Never never land forever Man About World had spotted Brick Lane’s own Jacko – this is what started the Man and Marion friendship/fashion obsession.

Lace

Traditionally an AW fabric(relates to what I said in last post about ignoring seasonal attachments to fabrics), I’ve seen so much of this across london at the moment, plastic pants anyone??(actually yes seen that too). I like the assymetric placement of lace. Spotted lovely Nadir last Friday at Calling all Tribes birthday part in the MacBeth and he’d made a wonderful mask from sculpted lace which seemed almost like an organic extension of his cascading curls . Really strong trends for mask and balaclavas – now that all the nasty business with the Irish has passed – all over catwalks at for AW09 – another report to follow. Venetian style mask also worn front and back of head by Dan. Not for the faint hearted, onle for those with serious commitment to fashion causes – a whole lot of effort to manage these in vertiginous heels in a swelterting basement in Soho.. This trend seems a suitable reaction to the five minutes of fame culture. I think masks raise a lot of interesting contradictions between blog, club photography, fame, celeb culture, outward appearances and the underlying vulnerability in all of us….or maybe that’s just me.

Check out our stunning lace jacket.
Since gloves are so hot we’ve also done pretty lace gloves – we think these would look even nicer on boys…
And if you fancy a frilly lace top… this would look great over metallics

Tough Wrists

A tougher more punk influenced look than what we’ve seen on catwalks. Lots of layering on both wrists with manchettes underneath. Like I’ve said already layered up fingerless gloves, satin, bangles. It’s all OTT hands. In Victorian times a lady wasn’t supposed to touch a man without a glove on(unless it was her husband or brother) – I guess fingerless get round this problem quite nicely.

Dark Eyebrows

Two very different takes on a similar make-up theme here. Alejandro had a lot of looks going on – multi-layered rings, fingerless gloves, see-through top, big shoulders but those eyes….spot of for AW fully filled in black for added darkness right into those shady eye corners. Fashion and make-up is like armour at the moment..tough, intimidating and impenetrable but batter-ram your way past to discover the personalities underneath – it’s wonderful.

Another summer fur wearer. You heard it hear first. Not sure if practical is the right word but bare skin underneath makes this an altogether more wearable look and if you’ve got a body like that then why bother covering it up. It was the face and the hair that really caught my attention. Hair sculpted to 1920’s perfection and beutifully balanced out with dark new-romantic come-hither eyes. Despite the angularity and form to the hair and features the dark rose-bud lips gave this hard edged look an air of blood-bitten romanticism.

We felt a bit like this by the end of the night…

Off to Dalston super-store tonight hope to see super people. BITCHY LUV U X

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