I’ve decided that for my first new post in half a year, I’m not going to talk about school and I’m not going to tell you how amazingly well my shorts turned out (project for my Intro to Sewing & Drafting). I’m not going to complain about Fashion Students and I’m not going to list the courses that I have next semester or how excited I am for them to begin. No, instead I’m going to post photos and inane commentary on stylish male celebrities.
I was inspired to make this post after seeing photos of Christopher Walken at LAX wearing a suit and black Uggs. Uggs! I once saw a businessman in the Pearson Air Canada First Class Lounge wearing a beautiful grey suit, paired with camel coloured Uggs and I wanted to hug his feet. I happen to be of the opinion that Uggs make feet look like little bears and are therefore undyingly cute. At this point in time the Ugg boot on women is pretty suburban, having saturated itself as a trend, therefore it’s reasonable for the Ugg-wearing trend to be passed on to the men. What I love about Christopher Walken wearing Uggs is the fact that he’s being honest with himself- it’s not masculine and it’s not particularly ‘cool’ to wear them, but damnit, he knows they’re comfortable and the perfect plane footwear!
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| Black Bears! |
So basically, I like men with the humour and the courage to wear things for themselves. I wouldn't say that my taste is revolutionary (definitely a Sartorialist bent in there), but I like when men have fun and wear colour! When I was working at American Eagle, a very chic Dutch woman and I were chatting as she picked out a polo shirt for her husband; I was very happy to see her choosing between the Royal Purple, the Orange or the Salmon Pink. They were, she told me, in their 70's but that didn't mean that they couldn't wear colour. In fact, she laughed, it was the exact opposite- old people had a duty to wear colour and brighten up their life! I liked the freedom and happiness she found in her approach to clothing- I mean, who doesn't smile at a fuschia pocket square or a forest-green pair of pants?
Lapo Elkann definitely derives joy from the way he dresses. He works hard, plays hard and embraces contrast:
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| Super rad accessories! |
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| He looks like a boxer at his first fancy dinner party and yet still totally wears the suit- Lapo's clothing never wears him. |
In my opinion, Gary Oldman has a similar approach to dressing in that there is nothing that is off-limits to him. Re-appropriation is the name of the game, and accessories are the main players:
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| Of course you wear a silk scarf from which to hang your sunglasses! |
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| Artfully tousled hair |
And of course, you can't write anything about men's style without including Mr. Jude Law. You just can't. He does the slouchy, insouciant thing too well.
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| Men look really great in scarves- Jude knows this |
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| I feel as though he takes clothing with a more typically 'female' silhouette, and uses them in the right way to give his style a little bit of an edge. I mean, menswear has been inspiring women for years, so why shouldn't it be the other way around? |
