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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Listen to Rick Owens.

Late last year, Details released an article titled "Rules of Style from Rick Owens".
This article really stuck with me. I enjoy when designers give you a small glimpse into their world. It shows how they feel about everyday style and you get an idea what type of person they are from day to day.
Now, I'll be honest, all the rules I don't particularly take with me. I break a few. I see them more as guidelines (small Pirates of the Caribbean reference).

So here are a few that I take to heart:

4.
When a suit gets middle-of-the-road it kind of loses me—it has to be sharp and classic and almost forties.


5.
Hair and shoes say it all. Everything in between is forgivable as long as you keep it simple. Trying to talk with your clothes is passive-aggressive.

6.
There's something a little too chatterboxy about color. Right now I want black, for its sharpness and punctuation.

9.
With layering, sometimes the more the better. When you layer a lot of black you're like a walking Louise Nevelson sculpture, and that's pretty attractive. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable is also one of the most attractive things you can do.


If you'd like to read the whole article, click the link up top.