Monday 7 June 2010
Thursday 3 June 2010
Vintage with an Attitude
Being one of the greatest masters of photography at our time, Irving Penn, is a piece of vintage you cannot miss...
Look at the poise and class and elegance of every single man and woman he'd photographed, you'd be amazed how in style they still are from the pictures taken half a decade ago.
From what I see from the photos, vintage is manifested through the clothes they're wearing, the poise they're adopting, the feelings in their eyes and the attitude they're imposing.
Vintage is timeless because it is a core value and an attitude.
These people who were photographed by Penn are timeless not only because they'll always be loved, but because they're firm believers of art, or music, or movie, or culture. That attitude made them the successful bunch and survived through time...
Irving Penn, on the other side of the camera, beautifully captured that attitude and managed to put them in the time capsule.
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Vintage For Me
I'm a typical Hong Kong gal, typical in a sense that I only want stuff that are in shape and with reasonable price, so vintage doesn't exactly sound like the thing for me...
My first vintage item (a pair of baggy LEE jeans) was purchased when I was about 14 proved my definition completely right because it stinks like hell, the only reason I got it was because I couldn't afford a new pair and the one I got is only 100HKD ( less than £9!)
Until now I'm still not much of a vintage fan coz I've heard too many stories about the old leather jacket with a mysterious picture in the side pocket or the diamond ring taken from the dead old lady's finger etc...
But somehow somewhere... I found myself buying vintage again... I started to appreciate more of the tailoring and the style in vintage stuff when I forgot all about the scary stories... sometimes you just can't find the same piece of jewelry or the same dress anymore because that ring's designer no longer makes jewelry or that dress has a history that cannot be replaced...
Besides, fashion without the vintage part is like the present era without history... so here I am with my new vintage cardigan from Nottinghill and me playing around with my birthday balloons! x
Men's canvas bags @ Asos
Available at Asos for £28
It's in the men's section but we think any girl could wear it just as well as the next man - No sexism allowed around here!
Okay so it's not real vintage it's imitation but it's still pretty hot. We love it, we want it.
Plus it's really cheap...well quite cheap :-l
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