Matthew Bell for Boys By Girls

This is one of my favorite menswear stories that I have worked on in awhile and I'm very happy to share it with you.  It's the Matthew Bell cover story from issue 5 of Boys by Girls magazine, shot by Editor in Chief Cecilie Harris and it features some really striking menswear from FW13.  Favorites include the blue look by Wooyoungmi, both the pinstripe top & matching trousers (want that so bad!) as well as the the gingham outfit from Christian Lacroix, the textured orange jacket by A.Sauvage, the pink floral jacket & matching trousers from Katie Eary paired with a Dalmatian print shirt by Joseph Turvey along with so many great pieces from James Long, Markus Lupfer and Xander Zhou.    If I had this wardrobe to chose from every day I'd be in some sort of heaven.




















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I've decided to start writing a new feature on thexoxokids all about my fashion wants. A wish list if you will. Stuff that if I had the disposable money to do so, I would buy and then feature in 'chadchad of the day' outfits.



My first such want are these impeccable jackets by ADRIEN SAUVAGE, a designer from Ghana who's brand A.SAUVAGE was recently picked up by Harrod's department store in London. The first is a digital houndstooth, very bold, very fun, very now and the second is a native patterned tuxedo jacket made from kente, a fabric indigenous to Ghana. Read more about how he photographed his friends and family wearing his recent collection during his first trip home to Ghana in 11 years in this GQ article.




My next want is this neon yellow shirt from Kokon to Zai's AW 2011 collection, and perhaps the platform shoes as well.  I've been featuring KTZ a lot recently, both in outfits of the day and catching them in street fashion pics.  I love the twist on the Palestinian keffiyeh scarf which the pattern is based on which has been so overused as a hipster accessory in the past.  Never thought I would promote that pattern but KTZ did an amazing job of reinterpreting it.



Finally are these lovely woven leather shoes from H By Hudson Origen which can be found on ASOS.  They remind me of the mesh slip on shoes my mom used to buy me every summer growing up from the now defunct Canadian store SAAN, but of much better quality of course.  They would look great with a pair of brightly colored shorts with the hems rolled up and a crisp patterned shirt buttoned all the way to the top.  Keep away from the beach though, mesh shoes and sand never mix.  


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