Where the Wild Things Are

The SCAD Museum of Art’s fashion exhibitions have been consistently amazing ever since its opening. I knew the new “Little Black Dress” collection would be no different. What I really loved about it was, despite its name, this exhibition featured some of the best black dresses ever created. They weren’t necessary “little” but they were the epitome of a “black dress”. They even threw in the classic all-lace button up dress worn by Marc Jacobs and later parodied by Seth Meyers at the CFDA Awards. And if that wasn’t enough, the museum was gracious enough to feature a small number of SCAD student designs from last year’s fashion show. Not too shabby.

Givenchy

Stella McCartney

Zac Posen

Marc Jacobs

Seth Meyers

After just recently finishing an extensive project on the prolific designer Sonia Rykiel, all I can think about it her timeless sweater that is still around today. Rykiel pioneered the graphic sweater by being the first designer to put words and images on the outside of the garment. You can find imitations of her work at countless retailers like H&M, Forever 21, Target and high-end labels like Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui. One thing is for certain, the Sonia sweater is going nowhere for a long time.

The Sonia Sweaters:

Others:

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Forever 21

Moschino

Old Navy

J.Crew

To be completely honest, I am so annoyed when people are inspired by the most obvious things. I hate to say it, but if I hear one more fashion designer say that they were inspired by flowers or a certain decade, I just might lose it. Therefore, I make it a priority to find the most unique, odd, or random things to be inspired by. That way, you become truly one-of-a-kind. For example, when someone says “Hey, did you see that military inspired collection?”, no one is going to know who and what they’re talking about because there have been literally hundreds of militant collections. But when someone says, “Oh my god, did you see that amazing psychadelic cowboy collection?”, everyone is going to know exactly what they’re talking about. That’s my goal. Read the rest of this entry »