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RAYMOND CHIU
I am a studio engineer and work in retail. I run RaymondChiu.com and Bornatdusk.com. It’s august 23, 2010. I am wrapping up my studio session with Robin Thicke and we are headed for drinks. The weather in Vancouver BC is neutral today. Not too hot, not too cold.

I am wearing black LABEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION low rise trousers from ss09. They are flowy up top, but taper from the knee down. Definitely my favourite pants at the moment. On top, I am wearing a grey reversible cotton screen printed LABEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION long sleeve from ss09. I like simple footwear with precise craftsmanship and tend to be drawn to the timeless classics from CARPE DIEM. Today, I chose black calf laced derbies from fw03. I have worn the same 3 rings for the last two years– A MARGIELA spiral thumb, WERKSTATT silver hammered ring and another WERKSTATT punched wound round ring. My fragrance for this summer is CDG harissa from the red series. Perfect if you’re looking for something light, yet still noticeable by your peers. Plus, the ladies love it.

MR SEKIMACHIHATO
Quit my marketing job to become a full-time house-husband and casual blogger at http://sekimachihato.blogspot.com/
Currently living in Hong Kong and about to return to Tokyo in a few months time.

So I’m a house-husband. The rain finally stopped so after hanging out some washing I took my son for a walk outside in the sun. I wore a fine stripped gray three-quarter sleeve shirt from UNITED ARROWS, skinny fit beige pants from UNIQLO and a thin leather belt from TOMORROWLAND to keep them up. As it was hot outside I should have opted for some leather sandals but instead wore my navy leather deck shoes from I.T. My accessories today included my silver CASIO databank watch and a simple silver bracelet from the France based Japanese designer HIROKO OMARI.
My 3-months old son was wearing a cute stripped outfit from GAP Japan.

LAURA CHÁVEZ SILVERMAN
I am Laura Chávez Silverman. I am a writer, gardener, cook, nature lover and blogger at www.gluttonforlife.com. I live in Sullivan County in upstate New York.

Today, 7.23.10, is cool and rainy. It’s a casual day at home for me, and I’m baking peanut butter cookies, so the Dries, Rick Owens and Marni are in the closet. I am wearing JAMES PERSE dark grey sweatpants, a navy cotton-cashmere t-shirt by VELVET and my comfy black clogs. My accessories include my favorite TIFFANY diamond studs (a wedding gift from my amazing husband), a delicate silver chain ring by GUINEVERE RODRIGUEZ purchased at her shop in Williamsburg, and the small tattoo of the California state bear that I have on my inner left forearm. It’s a tribute to my home state and to my former husband who died in 2003.

WILLIAM MARTIN-GENIER
Working on a cold June afternoon at the Rose Bakery remembering the why and how of an outfit for The Considered Ensemble.
http://bulletproof-stilettos.blogspot.com/

Back in february, the days were short, the weather chilling and the sky had the shade of a black black bird not brushed by the sun since several months. That was the very first morning of a week of excitement, emotions and beauty: this morning was the beginning of mens fashion week Fall 2011 in Paris.

The first show I attended this season was based in a garage in the hip and arty neighbourhood Le Marais, and was given by a Japanese designer. I love fashion, but I love it even better when it is thought after and not in the immediate consumption: my passion for modern architecture, which I had the time to enhance during these long winter days, lead me to like structured garments, making a long a thin looking silouhette.

I chose a top both architectural and blurry by KAI AAKMANN. It was a black cape, in cotton and wool. They say that Parisians love black. I must say this is one of the few sayings that is still true. I put on black slim jeans by MARC JACOBS – don’t get me wrong, the brand did not made me buy those trousers. It was rather that specific look the cotton had – unusually tightened. As much as I love new designers, much more daring than the established Parisian houses, I enjoy having some timeless – and yet modern looking – pieces. I decided to accessorise the clothes with a black and silver HERMES Kelly bracelet. Eventually, let’s be honest and practical: Big bags are too large to be carried at shows, however I had to carry many show tickets for that day. I chose an YVES SAINT LAURENT  black pouch from Fall 2010. However I carried it by the top… Not by the wrist strap, that I hid into the bag. Boots, black boots, then I was ready to go.

As I arrived to the garage for the show, the wind was blowing, and I loved that feeling the KAI AAKMANN jacket gave me, that of a perfect unity between the concrete, harsh environment that was the courtyard in front of the garage, the wind and the urban landscape.

Paris, February 2010.

RHIANNON LEIFHEIT
I live in Atlanta, Georgia and blog (http://www.liebemarlene.blogspot.com) and sell vintage clothing on Ebay for a living, so I’m in thrift stores all the time and only really dress up on weekends. Otherwise it’s always ’90s dresses and brown leather fringed loafers.

I’m wearing a navy blue 1950s dirndl sun dress with a tiny little floral dot print. I haven’t really been into ’50s things lately but this dress is simple and looks more casual without a blouse underneath so I like it. It has a really fitted waist and full skirt and little silver metal buttons that go all the way to the neck, and I usually button things all the way to the top. I have on brown leather SWEDISH HASBEEN sandals to make the outfit look more ’70s than ’50s, and I’m carrying a navy and white striped canvas tote bag from H&M. I have pale blue nails and a big (fake!) turquoise costume ring on my finger, and when I go outside I’ll put on my tortoise cat eye sunglasses from KAREN WALKER even though they always give me sunglasses crease on the nose.

Saturday, June 5th at noon: I’m about to take a day trip to Milledgeville, Georgia to see where Flannery O’Connor lived.

FIONGAL GREENLAW
Men’s Wear Designer, Illustrator.
www.fiongal.co.uk

My “Turnip Trousers” from my A/W 2009 collection: Oxford-Bags style made from beige cotton drill, high waisted with horn buttons. Teamed up with grey army braces I bought from Squadron HQ on Kentish Town High Street. A white vintage shirt with a point placket and bib, bought for £15 (haggled from £25) from Spitalfields Market. My Dad’s red polka-dot neckerchief, that he begrudgingly gave to me, tied in a jaunty fashion around my neck. Two silver arm bands, from John Lewis, on my shirt sleeves. Complimented beautifully with a pair of CHARLES JOURDAN brown-and-white correspondent shoes that a good friend of mine gave me because they were too small for him (he found them in a charity shop in the Isle of Man). As for cologne, I ALWAYS wear DIOR’s Suavage.

I’m wearing this in Soho, outside the French house on Dean Street, enjoying a bottle of French cider.

SHANNON LEE SINCLAIR
Fashion & Beauty Photographer, NYC based
http://shannonsinclair.com/ & http://crushmetender.blogspot.com/

My favorite black DARYL K dress. It has silver buttons running up sides of legs, around arm holes and then back down. You can unsnap as many as you want up the leg and under the arm. Black, loose fitting 3/4 length sleeved shrug from TEMPERLEY LONDON as a layering piece.
SHELLY STEFFEE amazing red, metallic leg skimmers. I love them since they’re footed. White SHELLY STEFFEE reversible scarf. Black suede DKNY sporty toe heals. TROVATA, wool toggle coat. Black Marc by MARC JACOBS leather bag. Pefume by ANNICK GOUTAL Paris. Crystal and gunmetal rings by NOIR Jewelry.

12th of December 09, evening Holiday party

OKAPI AKIMBO
Dj/Artist/Performer
Sydney, Australia

Tonight i am wearing two singlets because it suddenly got cold again but I’m not ready for a jacket. The underneath one is black and the one on top is bright neon orange. I’m wearing a badge I made myself that is made of sparkly stickers that says ‘faggette’. Around my neck I’m wearing my new favorite neon kerchief, something like an Andy Warhol print, it has a green background with purple, pink, orange and yellow fruit. Im wearing a high waisted body hugging purple and blue leopard print skirt. On my legs I have a pastel purple pair of stockings that I bought when I was living in Japan, with vivid purple fishnets over the top. On my feet I have 90’s style space boots (because i like to be tall but tonight I’m not wearing heels) with black calf length leg warmers over the top. On my left arm is seventeen bracelets in pink, purple and silver and on my right fourteen clear, silver, green and blue bracelets. Above my cupid’s bow I have spirit gummed a tiny jewel. My ears are stretched up big now with new pastel pink tunnels my friend, and local piercer, gave to me. My eyes are all dusty and sparkley with BEN NYE sunset colors and gold i.d. BARE MINERALS makeup. The hair wax I got in Japan, that I’m wearing tonight, makes me smell like sherbet. 

Gig 10.41pm 4th December

SANDRA JUTO
Illustrating and crocheting in Gothenburg, Sweden

A dress big as a tent from H&M – black, white and grey big squares. H&M trousers from many years ago, I describe them as MC Hammer-trousers – black. Under the MC Hammer-trousers I’m having black H&M tights, under those I wear a pair of black panties also from H&M. On my feet: woolen socks and warm grey ballerina slippers from MUJI. Under the big tent like dress I’m wearing my black nightgown from Åhléns, which I kept on because it was so cold in my apartment where I got dressed. On my hands I’m wearing pearl white wristwarmers made by myself (Wrist Worms), on my finger I’m having my thin silver wedding ring, on my head I have dark brown hair which is in need of some new colouring. My eyes see through a pair of GUCCI men’s glasses, which I’m grateful for every day; without them I wouldn’t see a thing. I’m also wearing happy thoughts in my mind.

December 3, 1:15 pm, in my studio, Gothenburg, Sweden.

ROZ
Student and model living in rural England

I’m currently wearing a sixties geometric print blue, green and purple sleeveless dress that I found in a vintage shop in Edinburgh. This is layered over a simple grey long sleeved top. Over the top I have a crocheted cream short sleeved vintage cardigan, handmade in Shanghai and given to me by my grandma. This is cinched in with a thin vintage black leather belt with a silver rounded buckle- the belt is tied rather than fastened. With this I have black tights and some vintage men’s black brogues. I have a set of 3 victorian silver cuffs/ bracelets in varying sizes with swirled patterns on them. My necklace has an owl on it- my lucky charm. I also have various vintage rings (in blue and green) that were also my grandma’s. The perfume that I am wearing is Miss DIOR Cherie.
I wanted to wear something a bit bright and cheerful because of the miserable weather, but made sure that it was eclectic too by layering the crocheted cardigan. I always love wearing family pieces as they mean more and usually have stories behind them.

4:30 in the afternoon in the West Midlands, UK.

LIV LUNDELIUS
 Fashion Designer London/Berlin
www.blushless.com

Liv is wearing a black wild draped asymetrical microfibre mini dress by BLUSHLESS. Black Garters and stockings, vintage leather boots with black patent snakeskin leather applications and copper metallic leather at the back, MAC red lipstick and red nail polish (uslu airlines), fake lashes and 3 golden glitter stripes in the face, a long self knoted chain necklace, bleached blonded messy waved hair and golden and silver tiara (bought on the street in NYC) on the head.

London November 2009