hiroaki kanai lookbook

I shot this lookbook for RCA graduate Hiroaki Kanai a few weeks back, photographed by my friend Masayo Matsuda.  It's been awhile since I was in front of the camera rather than on the sidelines doing the styling and it was fun to get back into it.  I loved the silhouettes of Hiroaki's outfits with the highwaisted trousers and cropped, cinched jackets.  Fun leather gloves and the bold magenta and blue were such rad outfits.  






















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chadchad of the day 7.4

navy jumpsuit & black belt / Issey Miyake Men
blue sunglasses / Resurrection
blue clutch / Louis Vuitton

This was the outfit I wore to day 2 of London Collections: Men, and definitely my favorite.  I'm a sucker for jumpsuits and this pleated navy number was simply perfection.  It's from the Issey Miyake Men FW12 collection and my fashion editor used it earlier in the week in one of our menswear editorials for the next issue of 1883 Magazine.  Big shout out to Jean-Philippe from Issey Miyake for letting me wear it! 


These photos were taken by Miyelle Karmi, a street style photographer whose website me/ELLE/you you must check out.   I accessorized the look with my bright blue clutch and sunglasses to make the tonal blue seen in the cuffs a little more obvious. Also huge thanks to Juyoung Lee, the designer from Korean label Resurrection, for giving me the sunglasses.   


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Larry Tee feat. Charlie Le Mindu

My friend Larry Tee (aka the creator of Electroclash and co-writer of RuPaul's 'Supermodel') has recently launched this fun new single 'Charlie' with the help of hair genius Charlie Le Mindu.  Gotta love those poor awkward little doggies in wigs, I'm especially a big fan of Amy Doghouse and La Ruff.



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SS13 Menswear Trends

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, quite a few menswear trends have emerged from the SS13 shows during London Collections: Men with neon, specifically hot pink, being one of them.  From the bright jumpers and blazers at Topman Design (left) to the sporty stripe details at Sibling(centre) neon was making a resurgence from it’s early 90′s heydays.  Edward and Benjamin, the boys behind Meadham Kirchoff (right), even went so far as to dip-dye their models hair to match their pattern heavy neon looks.


To see more emerging trends for SS13 and to read rest of my blogpost on 1883 Digital, click HERE.


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MBC Korean Cultural Festival

A K-pop storm is brewing across the other side of the globe and is poised to unleash it’s sugary, dance-infused goodness onto the western world. South Korea has been curating an army of overstyled and plastic-faced girl and boy bands with obnoxious names like B3AST, f(x), SHINee, U-KISS and MBLAQ in the hopes of cross-over success and Saturday night saw one of their first UK invasions in the form of a ‘Korean Cultural Festival’ with headliners EXO-K (above) at the Indigo O2.


To read the rest of this post on 1883 Digital, click HERE.


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xoxo 1.6: behind the scenes of 1883 Magazine issue 5

Behind the scenes of 1883 Magazine issue 5 featuring Willy Moon, Charli XCX, Spector and Josephine de la Baume.

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ss13 menswear favorites

After the short but sweet three day menswear fashion week debut at London Collections: Men, the 1883 Magazine fashion team has rounded up their favorite catwalk looks for SS13. Here are mine:

(l) This sherbet yellow three piece suit  from Hackett London makes me wish I had a tea date with the Queen or knew how to bet on horses.

(r) Chinese designer Xander Zhou was my favorite collection from day one.  Not many guys can pull off lavender and prison stripes, but this look makes me want to try.  

(l) I love the pink knit t-shirt from the Baartmans and Siegel collection paired with the rose tinted sunglasses.  Plus the mesh slip-on plimsolls were totally my childhood summer shoe - I immediately ordered a similar pair online when I got home that night.  
(r) The American style football jerseys with matching shorts at Topman Design made me wish for a sportier disposition.  Alas...


Check out the rest of the fashion teams picks on 1883 Digital by clicking HERE.


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Liza Novikova FW12

Here are a few selections from a lookbook I styled for RCA graduate Liza Novikova.  We shot them in east London on a semi-sunny day with photographer Tomas Hein, but for the life of me I can't remember the models name. Oops :) The 'Art Dècolletage' collar above with the compass is by Della Reed @ Guts for Garters.



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pringle of scotland ss13

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