DaTuRa at Sapporo Collection 2015

I'm so excited to post this since DaTuRa is one of my new very favorite onee brands! 

Sapporo Collection is a fashion show like the Kobe and Kansai Collection shows that started around Japan to showcase fashion outside of the main city center of Tokyo. The first show was back in 2007, but I only heard of it this year because of DaTuRa's appearance in it! Also, I don't think it's quite as famous as Kobe Collection (which I have heard of before) or maybe it's because it happens later in the season? 

Anyway!

I'm so happy that they chose DaTuRa to represent gal/onee style at this show. Like the other shows, there was a wide range of brands showing, but DaTuRa definitely stood out among them.

First adorable model of the show!

Style Icon: Rady Shop Staff

I always liked doing these kind of posts, so here is the first one!

Lately I have fallen in love with modern agejo onee brand Rady (which you can see from where I posted recently about their shoes!) and have also fallen in love with the gorgeous girls who make up Rady's shop staff! Their staff blog is a great source of inspiration and the best place to see each of the girls in action!

I love how although Rady's brand concept and look is very pulled together, all of the shop staff bring their own personalities to their individual coordinates. Here are some of my favorite looks!

 

Rady casual setups are seriously some of the best. I know they are usually labeled as "room wear," but the Rady girls make them seem like perfectly fine - and stylish! - outfits to wear anywhere!

LIP SERVICE Spring/Summer 2015

Japanese gal brand LIP SERVICE has always been a mainstay for ladylike onee style. While they definitely have jumped on the trends of denim, florals, pastels and jewelry accents, I like their palette of cool blues and soft yellows mixed in with classic black and white. Although their concept of "SWEET ROUGE" doesn't really make sense when you consider this color palette, haha!

Pink GAL

This set completely identifies my aesthetic for spring - pink, girly and sweet, with a touch of gal inspiration!

Resexxy Instagram ♡

Resexxy is one of my favorite Japanese fashion brands. I was pretty heavy into their cool, sexy onee style a while back - this knit setup is still one of my go-to pieces because it's so good. I only got away from them when I felt like everything was starting to look too much the same, or maybe I was just starting to like a more simple (boring) style, but now I am in love again.


The spring/summer 2015 collection "COLOR TRIP" is really nice. But what got me in love with Resexxy again is their instagram! Especially since they started posting some lovely flat lays (which I am always jealous of because I can never seem to get them right, haha)~

Sretsis/Sisters

Japanese fashion has - and always will be - a huge inspiration to me. There is just something so fun and free about it, a kind of playfulness and not-so-serious attitude that isn't as prevalent - with the exception of some designers of course (Jeremy Scott, Moschino) - in Western high fashion. So whenever I discover a Western design house (like Alice McCall) that captures this same kind of spirit, it's always a breath of fresh air.

 

New York brand Sretsis is my latest Western fashion discovery that blends the playful and kitschy with structure and complexity. The brand, whose name is "Sisters" spelled backwards, was started by middle sister and Parsons School of Design graduate Pim Sukahuta, along with her eldest sister Kly (who does marketing) and youngest sister Matina (who designs the accessory line for the brand.) The summary on their website best describes what Sretsis is all about:

 

"Sretsis’ collections read like an adventurous autobiography

as they take inspirations from those around them and what captures

their flight of fantasy at a certain period of time, turning them into

design manifestations on fabrics. Sretsis also offers a modern twist

on classic elements and clichés through proportional adjustments

and carefully crafted materials, but never with direct reinterpretations.

Besides trademark whimsical prints, Sretsis proudly boasts

progressive textile development, always steering towards constant

avant-garde experimentations. Techniques such as embroidery

and appliqué are given facelifts and mischievous wits, 

achieving fresh yet elegant perspectives."

 

I first discovered Sretsis through one of my favorite Japanese model, Rola's, blog. I also began to notice that other Japanese fashion figures I follow on instagram, like Kiko Mizuhara, are fans of the brand as well. Looking at Sretsis' designs, it's easy to see why they so easily and nicely fit in with the next-level styling and aesthetic of Japanese fashion. The spring/summer 2015 collection "The Runaway Rum" in particular seems to take much inspiration from this East/West connection also, as this clip from the collection overview shows:

 

"Welcome to the electrifying world of Sretsis Spring/Summer 2015 “The Runaway Rum” a dazzling collection of misfit rock-stars taking center stage. Drawing inspiration from the eighties youth rebellion movement, Japanese-Anglo anime ‘Lum Invader’ and ‘Jem and the Holograms’, and synth-pop club kid’s attire made relevant with MTV. This season Sretsis takes you on a West Coast road trip, with “Neon Tropical”, through the streets of Sunset Boulevard complete with fancified street wear, onto downtown L.A. with glam-o-rama cocktail dresses fit for a pop-rock princess."

 

Petite on Point

It's no secret that most runway fashion is made for, well... models. As in, 5'9"+, impossibly long-legged, gorgeous creatures who make up maybe 2.5% of the population. So what are the rest of us to do? What exactly does ready to wear stand for even?

 

Enter one of my personal fashion inspirations: Miroslava Duma, Russian fashion writer/editor and founder of Buro247.ru. Never one to shy away from fabulous statement outerwear, voluminous layers and a good midi or maxi skirt/dress, Miroslava shows that RTW looks can work on an average (or below average!) height frame. A trustworthy tailor and sky-high heels also help, of course!

 

And for the record, while Miroslava's exact height isn't available anywhere online, it's rumored she is between 5'1" and 5'3" - which probably makes her about 5'2", which is my height! Thanks to her example, I am definitely ready to try out some of this spring's longer, fuller silhouettes.

 

 

 

 

 



Alice McCall Spring 2015

 

I am totally in love with Australian brand Alice McCall - all of her pieces have a magical, whimsical, girly vibe I so connect with, especially for spring! These are some separates (and onepieces!) I am dreaming of. How cool is that funky lip print?

 

My Christmas Wish List

Just a few things I am wishing for this Christmas. I'm not too sure the coffee mug will be exactly appropriate for work, but I feel like it belongs on my desk... Especially for those days when vodka would be welcome! 

Taylor Swift for Wonderland Nov/Dec Issue

Totally obsessed with these shots from Taylor Swift's cover article for Wonderland Magazine's Nov/Dec issue. The styling is so impeccably brilliant and 80's - I almost wish it was part of the album art for 1989 (which, btw, has been in constant rotation on my iPod... 'Wildest Dreams' is top.) Someone somewhere mentioned that she looks like a young Kylie Minogue here, but I also see a nod to Robert Palmer's backup models with the strong brows and slick hair. Long live 80's style when it's done right!

Read the cover story here.