What Fall Should Look Like....

Image courtesy of Lorenzo Melgoza

The Fall collection by Prada is fantastic this year. I'm loving the tiny sweaters on men. The colors and textures are also really exciting. I'm a strong believer in color equality. Mix black and gray with brown and tan and yellow and green etc. Be brave !

A Woman is a Woman!

All the Trappings!

I collect images of things that excite me. Recently I've been very interested in the bizarre. Not the kind that is vomit inducing or photoshopped. The type of strange that might currently be illegal to recreate. This grizzly bear chair below, for instance, is both un-p.c. and amazing...As always portraiture can be some of the most fascinating photography. On second thought this post is probably about things that have a lot of hair... Didn't even realize until just now. I now see that the biker dude is somewhat out of place. But in my opinion he's sort of a mid-century Wild-Bill. No?

Looking at these photo's (yes, even the bearded lady) makes me feel a bit ashamed about the lack of inventive facial hair these days. Sure the standard beard is popular on the post undergrad set. Daring hipsters may dabble in the handle bar mustache. Its the sarcasm and irony behind it that upsets me. Why play it off as a joke when you can instead stand behind your facial hair with conviction. Young men of America should try to be a little more creative. Try out the massive side burn look perhaps. Why not? It's just hair.

And I shall name my first born Lee Hazelwood

As I was flipping (scrolling?) around on the internet today, through my favorite fashion blogs, I got to thinking about Lee Hazelwood. A drunk, a cowboy, a song-writer best know for his collaborations with Nancy Sinatra, and a man with one of the coolest names ever. An old friend and I developed an obsession with him several years ago. Something about his persona envelops everything cool. He dressed horribly and wonderfully at the same time. His songs are sort of creepy in a way, and his voice is like Johnny Cash meets Barry White. If I had a time machine I would definitely go back to the late 60's and track him down. The music isn't 100% fantastic but certain tracks are amazing. "Some Velvet Morning" for example deserves a second listening. It makes you want to put on a white cashmere suit and snake skin boots and ride a horse through the desert.

Javalina Summer 2010

I was lucky enough early this summer to design a collection for Love Me Again. If you live in Charleston, SC, and you've never been you have to go check it out (138 Coming Street). Jenny, the owner, has amassed a great collection of vintage duds for both men and women. The jewelry is also fantastic.

The collection I created for the shop was mostly inspired by materials I found around town. Read Brothers Fabric on King Street, for example, has tons on vintage silk and satin with a great faded look to it. I went to an antique mall in Mount Pleasant and found an old lace table cloth, perfect for summery tank tops. It's really exciting to use fabrics in an unconventional way, so I purchased some wood-grain upholstery fabric for mini-skirts and camouflage flannel for high waisted shorts. The garments I created are still for sale until the end of the fall. Check it out Monday-Friday, 11-5!

Javalina Sketches

Here are some sketches from the past 6 years of Javalina.