fashion east fw13

The Fashion East Installations have been one of the highlights of London Collections: Men for the past two season - young, innovative designers not afraid to go a little crazy and make some very fucking badass installations.

Meadham Kirchhoff

This is the second season the boys of Meadham Kirchhoff have gone into menswear, and once again it's just really cool. Last season saw the models sprawled onto mattresses in a messy bedroom like installation, while this season they were all posed dramatically with candles and piles and piles of trash bags. The embellishments on some of the cardigans and such were lovely and I personally was very much into the pearl & gold earrings. Sporty Nike socks under black leather sandals were fun too and made the dandy waistcoats and girly hair a little more down to earth.
























Nasir Mazhar

Leopard print rhino mask? Check. Bucket over a models head? Check. Sportswear goodness? Double check.






Maarten van der Horst

Love the graphics, love the long haired rock boys, love the black and white wheatpaste style graffiti with pop culture references. I could see a lot of people wanting these jumpers.




Kit Neale

Blonde, Andy Warhol like boys in a flurry of prints, wearing fluffy cartoon slippers in a diner is right up Burger Kim's alley. I'll have that with Liver & Onions please.






Bobby Abley

Yesssssssssss. Spacesuits and teddy bears - nuff said.






Joseph Turvey

Dalmations are so hot right now. I love that he's keeping his illustrations as part of his designs. Time to buy a puppy.




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Gabe & Tomo's Excellent Adventure

1883 Magazine / Issue 7
Photography / Kristin Vicari
Fashion / Chad Burton
Models / Gabe & Elite, Tomo @ Next
Hair / Marcia Lee @ Phamous
Makeup / Lucy Gibson @ Phamous





















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chadchad of the day 7.5

polka dot suit / Topman
floral vest top / American Apparel
blue clutch / Louis Vuitton
sunglasses / street vendor
blue loafers / G.I.L. Homme

Thanks to Pause Magazine for this street style snap out my outfit on Day 2 at London Fashion Week.  I wanted to play with pattern and varying shades of blue for this look and it was one of my favorite outfits of the week.  Unfortunately I don't get to keep the polka dot suit as it was a loan, but the rad floral tank top is all mine :)  Too bad I'll have to wait til next spring to wear it again.

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1883 Editor's Pick

I wanted to share one of my favorite images from issue 6 of 1883 which is my Editor's Pick, shot by the super talented and totally sweet Cecilie Harris.  Orange was my inspiration for my first ever pick as Fashion Editor, and I chose to feature a striped eel skin and wool top from Lanvin for the boys and a very Grandma's curtain print pair of Dolce & Gabbana boots for the ladies, both from FW12. Below are a few other shots of models Sam from Next & Caitlin from Select which didn't make it into the magazine but which I love just as much.



ps. you can buy issue 6 of 1883 Magazine here.

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kim won joong for Prada FW12

Just went through the Prada FW12 collection more thoroughly and to my surprise saw my friend Won Joong Kim / 김원중 strutting his stuff in Milan.  I walked in a few shows with him back in Seoul and he was always a hilarious kid with a rad sense of style.  The Korean street fashion magazines were all over him and he was doing editorials left and right in all the top fashion magazines in Seoul. Glad to see he's starting to pursue work overseas and succeeding!  Below are a few candid snaps I took of him over the years backstage during Seoul Collection.

Me in some ghost-like makeup for Jehee Sheen FW11 with Won Joong.  

Jin Wook Yoon (윤진욱), a kid who's name I don't know, me and Won Joong at a Seoul Fashion Week after party.  

Rocking burnt orange backstage at Kimseoryong Homme FW11.  

Showing off his pearly whites backstage at Farenheit Homme SS11.  

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