Menswear Fall 2015 Style Inspiration

As we approach mid August,  I start to officially get my early developments going for  my Fall wardrobe.  I have been cinematically inspired by a few nostalgic pieces such as Slums of Beverly Hills, Clueless, Stand By Me, and Juice as of recently.

Two California-based brands have inspired my wardrobe even more by their Fall 2015 look books for menswear.  Everything about the color palette, fabrics and styling have had me wanting every piece!  Check me out:

Brixton

   

    
 
California-based brand Brixton gives us Bay Area in the 1970s with a modern realness twist.  I definitely dig it.

http://www.brixton.com

The Hundreds

   

    
 
The Hundreds look book brought Fall colors to life and action shots definitely helped with that.  I wish I could be copping everything in these shots especially that mauve colored light weight jacket, whew! 

http://www.thehundreds.comp

-FMN 

  
 
 Can you believe it’s been twenty years since the classic teen-flick Clueless was released to the world?  Neither can I!  The fact that twenty years ago today I was watching this movie in a theater as a seven-year-old (you do the math) has me totally buggin’.    
Clueless is one of my favorite movies of all time, as it is not only a funny, satirical look at Beverly Hills culture, it is also the greatest fashion movies of all time.  Designer Mona May handed us hot fashion on a platter that many of us had never heard of. 

“An A-Whatta?” 

    

 

The costume design by wardrobe stylist Mona May was way ahead of its time and brought high-end designers to people’s consciousness such as Azzedine Alaia, Fred Segal, and Jean Paul Gaultier matching plaid jackets and skirts.  People were introduced to a quirky, colorful and playful yet sexy Californian way of dressing and we all gravitated to it yet are inspired and pulled inspiration from it, even until this day. 

Cher’s Entire Wardrobe in 50 Seconds: 

http://youtu.be/F6eLxe5hMzg

    

 

   
    

Get Cher’s Style! 

 Dress available on  http://www.nastygal.com

Dress available on http://www.nastygal.com  

  Stuart Weitzman minimal strap heels http://www.stuartweitzman.com

  Tartan plaid sweater featured on http://www.urbanoutfitters.com

  Printed skirt with zippers on http://www.urbanoutfitters.com

   

 Nude Mary-Janes at Neiman Marcus  Red Rouge Matte lipstick by Tom Ford http://www.neimanmarcus.com 

 Dionne’s a Total Betty!

  

  

  

  

  

 

Steal her style!  
  
     

  

    

  

    
  

Murray had some equally dope style! 

   
   
  

 Stussy sweatband at http://www.urbanoutfitters.com  
  10Deep 1990s poncho http://www.10deep.com

  
 Nike Air Flight ’89 High 

    

 Sooo, in conclusion, Clueless is one of the most definitive teen movies of the 1990s, and the greatest fashion movie of our time.  Let’s celebrate at a Val party, play suck and blow, or just sit at home and veg while watching Clueless for the 1,000th time this week while reminiscing better times in 1995.  

Honorable Mention: 

 Clueless Original Soundtrack is now available  on Vinyl!  Exclusively at http://www.urbanoutfitters.com  
  
  As If!  The Oral History of Clueless is now available as well!  

 Ok fashion world, I’m outtie! 
  

Summer Staple: The Bucket Hat

The Bucket Hat has been a part of our wardrobes since the early 1900s.  First worn by Irish fishermen to protect themselves from the rain and sun, they were made popular in the 1960s by fashionable women who turned the bucket hat into a fashion staple.  

The bucket saw a resurgence in the 1980s with the  East Coast rap and b-boy scene, and continued into the 1990s into the mainstream and became a  pop culture staple.  

My favorite 1980s and 1990s bucket hat references over the years: 

LL Cool J went back to Cali with the Kangol bucket  in the 1980s

 
Nas stayed Illmatic with the raw New York  style 

 

Spike Lee 

  

 
  Classic EPMD record rockin’ the buckets 

 

The Verve lead singer in a bucket hat and Wallabees.  ‘Nuff said.

  

 

Johnny Depp rocked the bucket hat in the trippy classic film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 

  

In the Summer of 2014 going into 2015, we’ve seen a complete resurgence of the bucket hat on the fashion runways, campaigns, and most importantly, the streets.  ScHoolboy Q  has been credited with bringing the bucket hat out of oblivion since rocking it in 2014. 

  
    

APC Paris Spring 2016 Menswear Collection

 

Ami Spring 2016 Menswear Collection 

   

  
  

What to wear with your bucket hat:  

Look 1

 
     
 
  Look 2

 
 
   

       

Men’s Fashion Week Spring 2016: Favorite Picks

Ami 

Paris-based designer Alexandre Mattiussi has been the main event that I look forward to for the past three Men’s Fashion Weeks.  Each season, he has managed to design extremely cool and stylish clothing for the every day guy.  Mattiussi’s Parisian touch is always the cherry on top of another successful men’s Spring collection.  These are five of my favorite looks from the Ami Spring 2016 runway show. 

              

 No. 21

Back in Milan, designer Allesandro Dell’Acqua brought the cool-factor to the runway with these unique but wearable looks.  He opened the show with all white looks with elongated tee shirts and shorts, and continued to surprise us with sleeveless wool coat-vests, military green bomber paired with pops of white, black, denim shorts and all-over prints.  I get a very Los Angeles grunge-meets-Milanese refinery from this collection.  I need each one of these looks in my closet stat! 

          

Port 61

I was pleasantly surprised by the Port 61 looks  and enjoyed the mix of laid back style mixed with edgy, artistic patterns and details.  Spring will be all about light pastel colors, navy blue and the fisherman  jacket is here to stay in an elevated look with ethnic prints and light colors.  

         
A.P.C

Clean. Stripes. Bucket hats. Fishermen jackets. ‘Nuff said! 

          

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Steelo Inferno: The 1970s Are Back

     The 1970s.  The decade of decadence, they say.  Although I was born seven years outside of the decade (you do the math), my inner free-spirited flower-child hippie has always felt connected to the time period where love was all you needed, and you could be just about anyone you wanted.  

     As Fall 2015 Fashion Month has come to an end, we take a look at one of the strongest trends we saw on the runways, and the nostalgia of the 1970s was potent!  
     Among the hundreds of shows that we saw in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, respectively, here are a few of the shows that had us swinging upside down for the ’70s! 

Jeremy Scott:  London Fashion Week Fall 2015 

Anna Sui: New York Fashion Week Fall 2015-2016 

Balmain: Olivier Ruesting brought the sexy, disco aspect at Paris Fashion Week Fall 2015-2016

Miu Miu:  Paris Fashion Week Fall 2015-2016 

Some of my favorite classic 1970s references: