Color Block

I loved how this guys was not afraid to combine all these primary colors for an individual look! Even yellow Wayfarers!

Carnevale!

Naturally, Carnevale wouldn't be complete without a few good masks.

One of kind makeup. A little Clark Kent meets, Goblin meets the Lower East Side.

He told me he'd have to kill me if he told me where he got his tie. I did find out it's from Bologna and...get this...it's made of wood! So cool. It's sectioned and so smooth with each piece strung on an elastic cord to make it pliable and lie flat. His hat is from a designer at the weekend market on Prince Street, NYC.

Leopard ascot and lots of Old School charm balanced each other out for a suave look.

Venetian Elegance.

Late Valentine's Love

Miu Miu shows it's red hot side.

Raspini shows a few hints of Spring with florals and open toe sandals with splashes of red.

Bows and hues ranging from dusty rose to 'cipria,' or powder, will be a big trend for SS 09.



Flavio Castellani instead showed off rich mauves and creams with a good dose of ruffles balanced out by more structed shapes and leather.

Lovely Chaos

By far, one of the most originally-dressed fashion divas in Florence... AND she's a shoe designer!!

Not Your Average Winter Coat

I loved the colorful lining on this dashing gentleman's coat. He's also a rising design mogul in the Netherlands (although I spotted him in Florence). You can find Simone Cortellini's classic-with-a-twist tailored dress shirts at:

Graafsedwarrsstraat, 21
6512 EP Nijmegen

www.giglio.nl

Dam, Amsterdam that is

Those Dutch girls love their bikes

Long Hiatus

London Calling

So it's been quite a long time since I've updated my blog. Sorry for leaving you guys in the lurch. I do have a semi good excuse though. In Sept and beginning of Oct I've went to London, Amsterdam and all over Sicily so there are many many Many photos to post and lots of things to talk about. Like first of all, I couldn't think of two more completely different places in the world like Amsterdam and Sicily. They might actually be the exact polar opposites of each other, from the weather to mentality, from food to lifestyle. It was such a treat seeing these three very diverse areas all in a matter of 3 weeks. I don't even know where to start. Let's go by sequence of events.

London. Ah London, so royal and grand, and this time around, very sunny, a rare sight. From the gaudiness of Piccadilly Circus to the grandeur of Tower Bridge and the cool hipster scenes of Hoxton and Spitalfields, London has many faces and intriguing nooks to explore that you have to visit at least 4 or 5 times I think to even start to grasp all of its personalities. I was able to capture a bunch of great street fashion at the ever-alternative Spitalfields Sunday market where the extreme hipsters and vintage cats come out to play and parade in all their I-don't-care-pomp and zany concoctions. The street musicians crooning out rock tunes with a definitely Beatles-influenced twang provided the backdrop for wonderfully priced pop-up shops, thai and japanese food vendors and an overall international crowd that flipped through records, flicking their hand-rolled cigarettes and just looking what they try so hard not be - cool. A lot of young 20-somethings had spread out the contents of their duffle bags openly hawking their used clothes, accessories, books, small appliances and CDs for £2 to £5 a piece. Like these guys and gals here.



Others were just hanging out, having a couple beers lounging in their leopard and plaid prints.


Some great street photos:

Our happy go-lucky chaps that provided the wonderful music.