Showing posts with label irina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irina. Show all posts

Monday, 18 June 2007

Sartorial Fascism: Ode to Irina


Sweet ROFLhouses, the cryptic nymphet. Loving her is such an acquired taste sort of experience, like seltzer water. When you see her, she’s not that slim definition of “gorgeous” that you’re brainwashed into during school; she’s not curvy, blonde, or blue–eyed. She’s almost fowl–esque, her eyes are kind of close together, she has an aura of awkwardness and falling over things, her nose is a teeny bit blobbish at the tip, and the heavy shy–girl bangs. But then, if you kind of squint and then open your eyes normal, she’s an absolutely stunning biyatch. And she reads Dante, so I’ve heard, through the grapevine of Fbook. She plays drums in Babyshambles, even though that means chilling with the shower–needy Pete Doherty; she’s also doing a collab with Sean Lennon. I’m obsessed with her cigarette–sucking, indie dressing persona. Her adverts are really so nice, so nice, they make me want to suck crack out of a cigarette. And seeing her on the runway makes me down some Stoli and Diet Coke Plus.

Love,
Natski

Sunday, 17 June 2007

Delirious: Gucci Resort


After the excesses of Dior's airport lounge and Chanel's hangar and unabashed opulence, it was refreshing to see a back to basics show like Frida Giannini's resort collection for Gucci the other day. Still rocking and still full of pheromonal zest but with a more subtle, feminine edge, Giannini has made Gucci her own.

Sticking to a monochrome-plus-one palette, this show held a candle to the Brian Setzers and wild childs of the world. Fantastic were the jackets and structured, masculine shapes but also beautiful were the prints and pleats of the skirts, and the stabs of acid brights. Giannini also showed less can be more with a Margiela-esque ensemble that worked well with Hye Park's focused gaze, and the boys' belted jackets and tailored trousers were seriously rocking. Though perhaps a little too close to Americana for the resort beaches aimed at, the collection also had its fair share of sophisticated evening attire in the form of gorgeous halter cocktail dresses but ultimately, this show was about attitude - and Gucci woman wouldn't have it any other way.
- David