A personal piece of style history...
December 23, 2012
December 4, 2012
November 15, 2012
November 4, 2012
October 24, 2012
LIMI feu S/S 2013
Paris...
LIMI Feu Spring/Summer 2013
Sorry to keep posting so many videos — this one is just too good to miss.
At once androgynous and feminine... very sexy...
Personally, I think it's time for the Yamamotos to do a family collaboration...
*Please watch full screen...
LIMI Feu Spring/Summer 2013
Sorry to keep posting so many videos — this one is just too good to miss.
At once androgynous and feminine... very sexy...
Personally, I think it's time for the Yamamotos to do a family collaboration...
*Please watch full screen...
October 13, 2012
October 12, 2012
October 5, 2012
October 3, 2012
REGULATION : Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto is delighted to introduce his new line:
REGULATION.
A name connoting control, direction, order, supervision...
Sign me up!
REGULATION.
A name connoting control, direction, order, supervision...
Indeed, this brand new line is playing with the theme of uniform, in order to deliver “clothes with discipline”.
A theme Mr Yamamoto is deeply familiar with, uniform being one of
his favourite subjects: from military jackets and coats to clothes
inspired from his early years, he definitely knows how to make the
uniform desirable.
The line's label will feature the word “REGULATION” in capital
letters, as if it were simply stamped on the original YohJi Yamamoto
signature, announcing the simple and raw characteristic of this new
line.
Around thirty styles will compose the REGULATION range for its
first collection (S/S 2013). With lower prices and more casual style
than the other two feminine lines (Yohji Yamamoto Femme and +Noir),
REGULATION can satisfy women in their twenties, as well as women in
their forties who might already be faithful customers of Yohji Yamamoto.
The exceptional nature and character of Yohji Yamamoto clothes have
created a new kind of a uniform, the Yamamoto one, which the brand's
believers wear in their own way.
Thus this appears as quite a logical result that Mr Yamamoto would
eventually offer a collection considering uniform as a literal
Leitmotiv.
Sign me up!
September 8, 2012
September 7, 2012
September 6, 2012
PUNK : An Aesthetic
New book published by Rizzoli---
never before published photo of Debbie Harry
never before published photo of Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry, © Chris Stein, 1976
© PUNK: An Aesthetic edited by Johan Kugelberg and Jon Savage, Rizzoli, 2012
August 29, 2012
Back In Black...
Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and
easy - but mysterious. But above all black says this: "I don’t bother
you - don’t bother me".
― Yohji Yamamoto
― Yohji Yamamoto
"The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Photo by Paul Empson
Photo by Paul Empson
Creative direction and styling by Allegra Colletti
Leather mini dress worn as tunic top by Gucci
Wool gabardine skirt by Yohji Yamamoto
July 30, 2012
July 24, 2012
RUDDER : Consulting for IDEO
Fashion design direction —
Prop styling by Allegra Colletti
3D inspiration/mood board for major American fashion brand. Client confidential.
Play a little every day...
July 8, 2012
New York Style Hot Dog: Streetstyle @ the Met
Diamonds, pearls and Vanessa Bruno
Taken in the cafeteria of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Or Tommy Ton. Tommy can you hear me...?
July 7, 2012
June 13, 2012
June 9, 2012
June 7, 2012
June 6, 2012
June 5, 2012
Haunted by Hitchcock...
HallgrÃmskirkja, the largest church in Iceland: View from inside the clock tower
May 31, 2012
May 30, 2012
May 21, 2012
May 16, 2012
allegracolletti.com
blue plexi hat by Phillip Treacy
photo by Judson Baker
I'm proud and pleased to announce the launch of my personal website, featuring a tightly edited selection of my favourite images...allegracolletti.com/
May 4, 2012
Remembering Keith Haring...
Grace Jones performing at Roseland Ballroom, NYC on New Years Eve: 1987
wearing a towering skirt and body paint, both by Keith Haring
wearing a towering skirt and body paint, both by Keith Haring
Today should have been Keith Haring's birthday, but we lost him too soon. Anyone who grew up in NYC during the eighties has lived with Keith Haring as part of the urban landscape, his public artworks appearing frequently on buildings, sidewalks and playgrounds. He was an artist who took graffiti to a new level and taught New Yorkers to embrace street art. I miss his work and continue to look for it on a regular basis. Whenever I come across a bit, usually in and around SoHo, I get the overwhelming feeling that everything is right with the world. That's one powerful gift he's left us.
Thank you, Keith. Wish you were here...
April 16, 2012
If you were some sort of sea creature...
What would you be? I would be a Vampire Squid. It may look intimidating, but it's really just an old softie. Plus, as my friend Jae observed, it has such a lovely skirt. The next best thing to a Yohji cape!
*Thanks to runner for the image.
March 26, 2012
Streetstyle: Leather leggings...
silk top with erased chalkboard print, A. F. Vandevorst
faux leather and lycra leggings, H&M
high heeled combat boots, Veronique Branquinho
aged silver compass on chain, Carol Christian Poell
crystal glass particle coated fiber ring, Carol Christian Poell (not visible)
crystal glass particle coated fiber ring, Carol Christian Poell (not visible)
brushed steel handcuff, Helmut Lang (old school)
March 25, 2012
Metaphors...
Chinatown, NYC at lunchtime. Zong zi: handmade rice balls, sold out of a cardboard box on the sidewalk.
Achingly beautiful...
March 23, 2012
DIY...camel coat...
Giant safety pins nip in a vintage men's camel hair coat, lending some edge to a timeless classic.
March 20, 2012
March 19, 2012
The apple doesn't fall far...
My father studying abroad in Madrid, Spain (1963)
Dad moved from Sicily to Brooklyn, then Queens, with my grandparents, finishing high school in the NYC public school system. After college, he went back to Europe for a year of study in Spain and, later, received his Master's Degree in Foreign Language (Spanish) from Hunter College in Manhattan, where he met my mom, who had also moved here from southern Italy with her family. Mom received her Master's Degree in French. I was their first child — born and raised in NYC.
Dad's the one with the pinstriped jacket and the book. I believe he's even wearing an ascot; hence, my proclivity for nerdy, intellectual types.
March 15, 2012
March 10, 2012
March 2, 2012
Kaiser Chiefs: Start the Revolution Without Me...
Preview the British band's new U.S. release in full
Photo via theyshootmusic.com
Less than a year after releasing their fourth album, The Future Is Medieval, in the U.K., the band has significantly reworked the track listing for the U.S. market, retitling it Start the Revolution Without Me. The tracks toggle between the band's indie power pop and a distinct Kraftwerk/electronic influence on several tracks. Start the Revolution Without Me will be available on March 6th, but you can stream the album in full now.
Click to listen to Kaiser Chiefs' album 'Start the Revolution Without Me' — rollingstone.com
February 24, 2012
Androgyny...
It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.
— Dame Vivienne Westwood
— Dame Vivienne Westwood
February 19, 2012
Streetstyle: How to wear ruffles...
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grey merino t-nk, J. Crew camo ruffled skirt, Junya Watanabe dk brown boots w/black laces, Veronique Branquinho brushed steel silver handcuff, Helmut Lang silver chain earring, Metal Pointu's |
February 18, 2012
February 16, 2012
February 15, 2012
February 13, 2012
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