Hoodoo much ? CoN's Skeleton Key Boots !

Not only is the name of these CoN (Chronicles of Never) boots reminiscent of the New Orleans-based horror movie with the same name, but also their shine and construction bring about a certain allure of mystery. These boots would definitely be at the top of my newly-formed Desert Boots list were they not $450.

The Bliss of Apposite Gingham

In case your fashion sense has been hibernating recently, let me break it to you: gingham is back and à-la-mode! As long as you don't go into gingham overdrive, it can serve your otufits as being that splash of colour and texture we all should wear in the spring and summer seasons, without making your outfit seem contrived, on the contrary giving it a younger rebelde look of nonchalance.

A combination that is a perfect example of how to make gingham work for you comes from the cover of the May 2009 issue of GQ. A fashionable blend of Dolce & Gabbana bespoke silk suiting, combined with a Thom Browne blue gingham shirt, yields a suprising yet somewhat unexpected cathartic product. It is definitely one of my favourite GQ "looks" so far, because the more I look at it the harder I find trying to bring the combo down from casual-business limbo. The playful texture and crisp tailoring work well together regardless of where the status quo finds you, either in business or casual situations.

Having none other than American heart-throb Zac Efron serve in re-ginghifying (I might have just created a new word!) fashion in style, is the "cherry on top" of this chequered denouement.

GQ - May 2009

Ruinosus Angelus to Angelus Lapsus

A chance find on a random fashion blog, which brought me to the above outfit, made me first think why in the world this kitschy Playmate Angel was ever given the right to exist. This train of thought continued into why strapping a model with faux

-wings and bringing the concept "Angel" into a playful fantasies universe would be so appealing to soany people.

I asked myself why the concept of Angels as divine vehicles of the three Abrahamic religions (Islam, Judaism and Christianity) has emerged as a persistent element in our collective thought and most important what has it meant for the evolution of the human self. In response to the first issue I quickly thought of the human penchant for recreating the essence of the divine through acts of artistical creation. The closer to perfection and reality the artist got, the closer to the act of divine creation he considered himself to be.

On a second, less recondite line of thought, I wondered how Fashion would work towards the integration of a second skin, of an exo-skeletal, artificial shell. I also thought of whether it would just be creation for the sake of artistic license to incite controversy, or whether it is something more, that falls on the borders of envy towards the act of divine creation, and is actually an neoteric attempt at emulating the very act of 'de novo' genesis.

Unlike their Divine architect, Angels are beings of two worlds, torn between their spiritual origins and their physical duties. Divided from the immutable, sacrosanct Divine, Angels lean more towards human nature, where erring is possible. Religious texts often give these so called Fallen Angels as examples. Symbols of incogruity inspired by the unbeknownst vitiation of the Divine essence, and a thin line between ruin and damnation brings doubt to the presumed infailability of Divine work and hope in that it is remotely possible for Man to get closer to the work of God and Nature, whether it be daedalian or imitative in nature.

A subconscious analogy between Angels and Humans and the newly discovered common denominator, their propensity for sin, is now possible. A higher being's capacity for "falling" easily becomes justification for one's own human failing, followed by an increased acceptance of one's subjacency and complacency for Sin.

Rendezvous with Winter

The oversized scarf and the matching gloves and coat from New-York based Duckie Brown , gives off an almost moire-like vibe which definitely stimulates the little part of my brain that holds the fashion sense. If I lived in NYC or London this would definitely be a winter-posibility (sans earrings of course).