December 17, 2011

Argh...pt 2...


shot in DUMBO: Brooklyn, NYC

December 11, 2011

Fear of Flying...

Photo by Martin Bone 
allegracolletti.com

It's everything... 

November 30, 2011

Streetstyle: How to wear sweat pants...

 

grey wool/satin knit pants, Sacai
dark navy tropical wool cutaway blazer, Yohji Yamamoto
white rayon t shirt-?
black sheer striped u-nk T shirt, 51inc
silver shell lapel pin, Mina Perhonen
brushed steel handcuff bracelet, Helmut Lang (old school)
black suede ankle boots, purchased on 8th Street

November 1, 2011

Art Attack...Nick Cave...

Nick Cave: For Now
Chelsea, New York 



 


October 5, 2011

Streetstyle: What to wear to a rock concert...



light grey XL t-shirt, J.Crew
dark grey t-shirt, Target plus size dept
skinny knit tuxedo pants, Jonathan Saunders for Target (living in these)
motorcycle boots, TAO for Comme des Garcons

September 21, 2011

Music...

makes everything better...

September 13, 2011

Rapture...


Debbie Harry, 1988



September 12, 2011

She's got legs...

She knows how to use them.


hosiery ad, Round-the-Clock (1987)
 song by ZZ Top

September 10, 2011

How to wear fur...


Gianfranco Ferre ad by Albert Watson, 1989

September 9, 2011

Symmetry...

Perfect symmetry is ugly…I always want to destroy symmetry.

Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons

September 8, 2011

DIY: Menswear...



recycled vintage T-shirt jacket, Chris Easter 

September 7, 2011

Style Icon: Chrissie...

Singer/songwriter Chrissie Hynde turns 60 yrs old today...


September 1, 2011

Art Attack...Robert Longo...

 Robert Longo : Men in the Cities, 1979










 robertlongo.com

August 31, 2011

What I'd wear today...


 Y-3 Fall 2011
 adidas.com

August 30, 2011

If I could get my hands on Chrissie Hynde...

This is how I would dress her...
 

black leather coat
black wool sweater
black leather button front mini, all by Chanel
motorcycle boots, Yohji Yamamoto


black pony cropped jacket, Adrienne Landau
white tuxedo shirt, Just Cavalli
black suede laced front pant, Alexander McQueen






dark navy waxed cotton and gabardine coat, Costume National
raw denim mini w/folded hem, Y-3
shoes, Stella McCartney
via allegracolletti.com

August 17, 2011

August 16, 2011

Colour...


silk twill top, Madras for A.P.C.

totokaelo.com
I just like this print...

August 15, 2011

Work in Progress...


hair accessories, Leah C. Couture Millinery

in studio, NYC










































July 4, 2011

Mermaid shoes...

I wanted some animal print shoes but found these 'seaweed-y' flats instead...


shoes, Jean Michel Cazabat

June 29, 2011

Escalate...

We're riding on the escalator of life...
We're shopping in the human mall...

—Robert Hazard

June 18, 2011

Tell me about it...stud....


 motorcycle boots (detail), TAO for Comme des Garcons

June 17, 2011

Yohji Yamamoto...

The man himself...

June 16, 2011

Yohji: Making Waves...

Wapping Power Station, Wapping Wall
London, ENGLAND













Photos by Allegra Colletti

June 9, 2011

I'm nobody! Who are you?...

Are you nobody, too?...
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

— Emily Dickinson

And all the more relevant today.
In a world where Andy Warhol's prediction that in the future "Everyone will be on TV" and have "15 minutes of fame" has most definitely come true — How dreary to be 'somebody'! How true...

May 16, 2011

Let nothing stand in your way...


allegracolletti.com


May 4, 2011

Savage Beauty...

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York