Helloo Again!!!

Hi All,
So if you were wondering where the blog went, it was flagged for "questionable content" (I had a post on an editorial that was semi-nude" and was meant to be down for 3 days while they reassessed - however in a reality it was 3 months. As soon as the suspension happened, I started a replacement blag at http://rag-pony.blogspot.com and have been updating it religiously since.

I think I'll stick with the new site (as its a hassle to get everyone to changed their hyperlinks etc) but shall be transferring all the best content from here to there.

Major apologies to everyone who wondered what happened - I contacted as many of the followers on here as I could. It broke my heart that something I poured so much of my self into and worked so hard on could be frozen at the click of a button (who on earth flags a bog for magazine editorial content? I have seen a million times more nudity, gore etc on other blogs - even fashion ones). If you want to stay up to date, feel free to join the Rag Pony Facebook Group

Thanks and apologies - and I hope you like the new site if you haven't seen it already!
x

Anticipating: Karen Walker

You all know I'm a total Karen Walker groupie, so understandably I am dying with excitement to see what she pulls out of the bag at New York Fashion Week.

Lucky for us, our boy Isaac from Isaac Likes is over in New York and went to visit Karen. His post is a must read! He has some tantalising hints of what the collection is like:

- "plenty of masculine blazers and pants (including beige pleated), lots of prints and some straw hats"

- "Gold buttons on blazers feature a peace sign"

- " 'It's a nautical resort, holiday kinda feel.... There are lots of tanks and navy blazers and stripy breton tee shirts and just that really great 60s seaside resort feel which I've always loved.' - Karen Walker "

- Chukka boots

Oh man, sounds too good. Im dying!

And I thought I'd include some of my favorite looks from her recent collections. Can't wait to see the upcoming show!

Source: Style.com

Igor + Andre

Danny Roberts' illustrations of fashion editorials, models and bloggers are killer. He turns what are often refined, aloof and unattainable images into pieces of work full of life, movement and beautiful imperfections.

Left to Right: Fashion Toast and 4th And Bleeker

Source: Igor + Andre

Isaac Likes RAFW

Isaac Hindin Miller from Isaac Likes has super kindly answered a few questions for me about his recent trip to Sydney for Rosemount Australian Fashion Week.

What were the highlights and lowlights of RAFW?

Highlights: seeing a collection as progressive as Gareth Pugh, but as clean as Prada from Dion Lee; going to a real life 40s style salon presentation at Jayson Brundson; the new social media running circles around the old schoolers in terms of speed, accessibility and all round coverage of RAFW; and of course meeting my new best good friend Steve Wood - photographer extraordinaire. Lowlights: Having a breakdown due to everything going wrong on the second day - internet went down, security were being big bums and no food all day all got a bit much.

Source: Vogue Australia

Trend wise - what were the biggest and what were your personal favorites?

The Balmain shoulder - seen on almost all of the catwalks, all week I was shaking my head at the blatant copying going on, then I suddenly thought to myself - hey, somebody's gotta do it first - then other people start doing it, then it becomes a trend - and that's where we're at now. Harem pants for Africa, but my favourite pants were the cropped cigarette pants, the best of which were pleated. I love girls in pants.

What looks/trends do you think will translate best over here in little old NZ?

That's a hard one because the Sydney style is such a different one to what we wear here. Almost all the designers cater largely to PYTs - think bleach blonde, big boobs, see through skirts - cocktail frocks and the like, which is something very few NZ designers do. Sydney designers seem to be far more trend driven that NZ designers too - I think we're not quite so influenced by international trends down here, which has its positives and its negatives. Positives are that we're sometimes more original, negatives are that many of our designers put the same thing down the runway year in and out. It will be very interesting to see how many of the NZers get into the Balmain shoulder come NZFW. 

Who was the best dressed person you saw?

My friend Nadia. I love how she dresses like a schoolboy/sailor boy, and everything she buys is like $3 from a thrift store. I never find anything at thrift stores! The standard of dress over in Sydney was really quite incredible - the magazine girls were wearing the most amazing clothes at 9am every morning, and lots of them got changed over the course of the day. Once again, I loved the girls in pants. So hot.

Source: The Sartorialist

Speaking of which, is Scott Schuman sartorially exceptional in real life?

Scott Schuman is exceptionally small of stature in real life, I'd say he must only be about 5'4 or 5'5 at the most. He generally wears pretty standard American style stuff . That was the first photo taken of him at RAFW that I know about - I got him at about 8:45 am on the first day. 

Source: Isaac Likes

What were the most noticeable signs of the recession?

There weren't many that I could see, nobody talked about it too much, everyone was still wearing crazy expensive clothes and the catwalk shows were still pretty big events, so I don't think there were many at all. Maybe less international media than usual? Certainly less NZ media presence than normal. 

What effect/influence do you you thing blogging and twitter has had on RAFW?

So much effect and so so much influence! After the first day of what we were doing - live video interviews, twit pics while catwalk shows were taking place, videos of the shows and backstage photos up within 15 minutes of them finishing - a lot of the traditional media started getting pretty snarky towards us, and most of our traffic levels doubled and even tripled. I think this was the first ever fashion week to be Twittered and Blogged on such a massively quick scale like what we did, and I think it's changed the nature of the game forever. At the same time, the traditional media still has its place - doing things so quickly means not being able to review collections with the same depth a newspaper or online magazine does. So I think we have our place, and they have theirs. But they didn't know what had hit them.

What's in your Fashion Week Survival tool kit?

Gum, Burt's Bees, laptop, camera, video camera, media pass. Water if I can get my hands on it.

Image Sources: Antipodes, Source, Source

Most “Ocker” fashion piece?

I don't know about ocker, but there was a hell of a lot of extreme Sydney pieces - entirely see through dresses worn with nothing underneath. Almost every designer did at least one of those. Oh, and bikinis. Those Australians don't know how to do a catwalk show without one.

Thanks Isaac! And thanks for the great (and tres speedy) coverage of RAFW.

13/04/09: Fashion Toast

Love this Erin Wasson X RVCA dress. Body con + floral = sick. Perfect for Runi Neely - was just a matter of time before she got her hands on one. God I wish I had a pair of those Emma Cook for Topshop boots also.

Source: Fashion Toast

Fashion Copious

Hey all, John from Fashion Copious kindly invited me to do a guest blog post! Check it out!

Red Bricks

White tank, denim cutoffs, studded belt, Raybans = always works. Foolproof.

Source: Fashion Toast

If You Ain't Cowboy You Ain't Shit

I so want a massive black tee. And tats like Erins.

Ps: Her pants look kindof like my SGCs. 

Source: SRC783

Miami

I miss the height of summer already. And these shots are summer (in Miiaamii) too a tee.

Stockholm blogger Carolina Engman of Fashion Squad (and others) does the campaign for Norwegian brand Bik Bok

Sources: Fashion Squad &  Refiner 29 - Pipeline

Am-Lul

Loving this blogger Gala.. Only just found her. Love her style!! 

And she has the perfect topknot. And sunglasses (a la Lennon/Olsen).

Source: am-lul

Acid, Cropped, Tied.

Love a good early-90s fashion trip.

Source: SRC783

Tatiana On Vogue

Over at Jezebel, Tatiana-The-Anonymous-Model gives her (very good and articulate, as always) two cents worth on Cathy Horyn's New York Times article that I've previously mentioned.

Rosy Poesy

Im a big fan of the stunning and talented Clemence Poesy. These were just posted on Garance Dore. 

Shes stunning, french, has amazing style and is a super talented actress! I loved her in the film In Bruges (with the v cute Colin Farrell and the v funny Brendan Gleeson). I also love that shes the face of Chloe's perfume - along with other faves of mine Anja Rubik and Chloe Sevigny.

Fashion Toast = Tres Balmain

LOVE Fashion Toast.. Rumi's outfits are always mind blowing. This is her latest; the dress is vintage but the first thing I though was "so Balmain". V fab..

Sasha Mail

Discotheque Confusion just posted these... Too cute!! Sasha is adorable (one of my faves) - I so wish these were real.