Sesame Street: The Typography Edition

I will admit, the new D&G for Fall 2011 tickled me pink and made me crave Alphabets like a junkie, but this line is great.  I literally want everything in it even though you could see me coming from a state away, I don't care I love it.  These images courtesy of Vogue, enjoy:

No H8 in 2010... but it's 2011.

It's fairly common when I ask myself wtf, but this took the cake today:
Lee Hyori in Vogue Korea May 2010

 

I didn't realize Adidas sponsored the Amish, but it makes sense. This entire image however does not make sense. So she got married and then she put on this jacket and grabbed a basketball and just stood this way.  Everyone was forced to stare at her all confused, it looked like this:

Yep, that photo is from istock, do not steal.  Back to the topic at hand:

I guess she changed, I don't know, Kate Middleton changed a bunch at her wedding too.  Then 5 minutes later she goes and changes again:

At this point I have sort of given up. I mean just pick one, do you want to wear the pants or the skirt? I can't stand when people wear both. Also, the size of your hair concerns me.

Clown Baby started a Clothing Line...

I'm not entirely sure when anyone started to look to clowns for fashion inspiration, but it's been happening for  years. One could write an entire thesis on clown influence in fashion and you wouldn't even have to include Lady Gaga.

 

This is horrifying. Look, I saw It as a kid just like everyone else and at no point did I think, "Yah know, that guys got it going on".  No! No one thought that, and that is why the above image makes absolutely no sense.  Emmett Kelly was apparently the only one truly inspired by those hobo clown statues or he has some sort of It fetish. I don't know the answer, but what I do know is that this is literally wrong. Where would I wear this to? And no, you can't answer Halloween Party, no one is allowed to use that time old scapegoat. Clothing is meant to be used in social, everyday settings. Could I wear this to beach? To the office? On a date? On a boat? Seriously Emmett, wtf man, wtf...

Speaking of wtf:

Would you hit it? You can answer honestly no one is judging you and if you said yes you're probably alone anyway. What we have above is a hot mess. Listen clowns are fun, this one isn't. He would come to your house and wait around outside on your front yard, giving your neighbors that sad face. Soon the police would show up and he'd give that exact same sad face as they drove him away. It always ends like that for clown boys doesn't it? Never a break. Maybe it's the whole can't-keep-your-shirt-on thing, I don't know, because I'm not a social scientist, what I am though is a person with eyes and this makes them happy and yet truly sad.

Next up:

I feel like a broken record here but: Where the hell would I wear this to? The hat? Can it even clear doorways? So many questions about this look that should have been addressed before it walked down the runway. Clearly Gareth Pugh is not a questions kind of guy. When he says jump you jump, don't try to be a kiss ass and ask how high. If you were to ask how high he would make you wear this. The only thing I find more upsetting than this outfit is this:

Did 'She Who is Over Exposed' really jack this ride? I mean honestly, does this not look like the cheap Miley Cyrus for Wal Mart knock off of Gareth's disasterpiece?  Not surprised, and you shouldn't be either. She Who is Over Exposed is almost more famous for her non-original original ideas as she is for her music. Team Gareth on this one.

In closing, here is the most famous clown in the world. Don't remember her name though... BoBo? Cracksie? It doesn't matter.

No H8 in 2010, but it's 2011...

Sometimes, I see fashion spreads and my jaw just hits the floor. Other times however, I see them and it makes me both sad and confused.  Today I will share an open journal entry with you about the following image:

Dear Journal,
  What the hell happened here...? Where is this girl going and who did this to her? Is she a soldier in the Salvation Army, because I've heard that's tough work and she looks like she's been through the ringer. She looks like she's sneaking away from the Salvation Army and she's hoping her manager Phil doesn't noticed she jacked a boat load of stuff before she walked out those doors. She's looking back with that 'Oh Shit' face like she can see Phil through the window and she is hoping his eyes don't stray from the boxes of molding clothes he's sorting through. All things considered, she literally made it out with some of the worst stuff the Army had to offer. I can literally smell that coat from here, that damp old stench that you only find in a grandma's closet. The Native American wall decoration she's wearing as a necklace, the multiple beaded lamp strings she had tied around her neck, it's all just bizarre. She then apparently, on her way out, snatched that hat right off a Styrofoam mannequins' head.  Also journal, she is wearing a belt with some sort of pouch hanging off of it. Is she going to the wilderness to grow apples now that her time in the Salvation Army has ended. What a mess.
Goodnight Journal

I'm Melting!

In honor of the fact that it presently "feels like" 120 degrees in Minneapolis, thank you July, I am doing an homage to melting fashion! Hooray! I knew this heat wave was good for something.

These melting shades, which I literally need/want right now, were made by Dutch designer Anna Ter Haar. I have to admit I am a sucker for dramatic, comical fashion. So obviously these shades do it for me.  They're just that perfect mix of humor, intrigue, and suspense that served shaken not stirred, pack the perfect punch!

Here is a straight melting photo shoot: Michelle Buswell by Rennio Maifred in Marie Claire Italia October 2010:  Now that's hot...

I love the cloths in this shoot, but damn this girl is sweating all over them. If I saw those cloths sitting all pretty in the store, I would smell them, to make sure it wasn't the one she wore at the shoot. I know that sounds silly, but you would too. Trust me. You would. Look, photo shoots can get silly, we all know this, but this one is actually really ridiculous.  Why is this girl in the desert wearing all this random layering? She should be in Antarctica, with polar bears, doing the exact same poses, and for me it would have worked better.

We just hit a home run...

Grand Slam asked us to do what we do best and that's of course getting businesses noticed.  They wanted to do something fresh, new, and bold, so this is what we did.  It was exactly what they wanted, the guys were happy, the kids were happy, the only people unhappy are the parents whose children will beg them to go to Grand Slam!  All and all this was a serious home run!

Cafe Latte gets a makeover!

    I LOVE STRIPES! Wow, that was a bit of an outburst, but I honestly have a deep love for stripes.  They just scream chic, stylish, and sometimes prisoner, but not in this case.  In this case, these stripes are like a keyboard that just plays, "Here comes amazing cake!" over and over again.  They should literally install speakers and play classic ice cream truck music because let's face it, this is awesome!

Ranger Rick and his Flashy Ride!

    Meet the Ranger Mobile, because everyone should have a custom ride.  This vehicle was designed and produced for the National Park Service, that's pretty neat!