Uptown Armour, Downtown Heart - New York Fashion Week Outfit Deets [filler]

Tuesday - Trying so hard to be so Rad

If I am inspired by a designers aesthetics or am wearing their creations I see it more as a collaboration between what the designer was trying to do and my response. It's a little like a conversation. That Tuesday I had only a couple of shows to go to: Rad by Rad Hourani in the morning, and Frank Tell in the evening. I won't be talking about the shows themselves in this post, but I did want to mention my how Rad has inspired me and how it came out in this outfit. If you know Mr Hourani's clothing, you know he rarely strays from blacks, whites and greys (I believe he has experimented in bright red and blue but couldn't find the photos online), so you may be questioning how my multi-coloured, multi-print ensemble has anything to do with the man. Well I was very close to doing an all-black deal but than realized it wouldn't have anything of me in it. So I started with a base of Radesque clothing: Black well-fitting shorts, leggings and a black square cardigan (crazy Uniqlo find?) and combined it with layers that are a little more colourful and printful. Somehow I dunno, it worked? It lost a huge amount of Rad's clean geometric lines though but one day I'll own one of his lovely jackets that can be worn in 50 different ways and I'll be cleaned up a lot... Until that day, I'll be my usual colourful messy self thank you.

Details of the Paul Smith digitally printed shirt



Izzy makes my uber-comfy Docs look sooo good!

At the SLU office in-between shows [Uniqlo square sweater jacket, Vintage poncho coat, Vintage Mao jacket, Paul Smith floral shirt, Vintage flower pin, Leggings from Hong Kong, Fleece Dr Martens] All photos are by Izzy of The Dandy Project

Before braving Lincoln Centre uptown Izzy and I had lunch at Curly's on The Frogges recommendation. Super yummy, well priced vegetarian and vegan fare. Yum!

Delightful cow salt'n'peppa shakers with my Spitfire sunglasses.



Oh Hey Stock-photographer me!



Best thing about the place are the crayons and blank placemats. If you're really lucky maybe your picture will end up on the Curly's wall of fame!



My Cubana Nueva The menu description needs to be included, these vegeterians are so fun: Cubano Nuevo roast loin of soy, virginia baked sham, swiss cheese, pickles and mustard pressed in a wheat hero.



Izzy's burger and buffalo fries mmmmm

With a good meal in me and my downtown armour I was ready to face Lincoln Centre and its pompous officials. At the very least Franks show was well worth the trip, more on that in another post.