Dreams/Nightmares Become Reality

Last night I had the strangest dream, I was front row at a fashion show and men in bearded skull caps came out and were dancing in nothing but manties.

 

What's that you say....this wasn't a dream? 

Frankie Morello actually opened his fall 2011menswear show with nearly naked men in faux beards and manties doing a little ballet number (note the super cute/manly ballet slippers).

Throughout the show these men were tumbling into boxes, hiding in boxes, and standing on boxes.

 

Pretty much anything that could be done with a box they were doing. 

  Watch out behind you!!! Mantie man is about to pounce!  

 

It looked more like an ill choreographed gymboree session than a fashion show.  

 

After watching the show, I was slightly horrified and a tad amused.

My only question is what is the ungodly price of humiliation these models/dancers were paid?

Tailoring Philadelphia

I recently visited the Tailoring Philadelphia Exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Museam.

These are only a few of the garments in the exhibit but have a central theme of detachable elements of the design.  The only thing I have seen in fashion today with a detachable element of design are those tacky cargo pants that can be unzipped into even tackier shorts. The way Toscani and Larson incorporate the detachable element of design into their garments is so incredibly elegant and seamless it is a wonder why this design element never really caught on.

If you enjoyed these garments as much as I did and would like me to post more photos from this exhibit let me know!