Fashion

The Creative Professional

So the NY Times Fashion section today writes about the plight of one of my favorite species. The poor suffering white man. The Metro Sexual is finally dead.

The look of success is now one of a “Creative Professional”. More checks and gingham and less solid and stable. I remember a few years back during the dotcom era when suits just were on vacation. Bannana Republic was the new corporate casual and the client based look was gone. This was due to the decreasing interface between vendor and client, but this one is a little different. No one wants to look like a criminal.

I love it. So I’m thinking about men and style and what precode films they could watch that might sympathize with this new sterotype they have to endure. Public Enemymay be just what the fashion police ordered. How can you resist.

There is also the upcoming movie Public Enemies with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. It’s so bad to be bad!

Some Joan Crawford Fashion

portrait by Ruth Harriet Louise
Can we just talk about the fabulousness of this? First of all the hair, my god, the hair. It’s so short and almost boyish. Actually, let’s just call it boyish. She looks like a boy. But then she’s got those half-moon eyebrows. So lunar. The thick neck, the nose. Did she have work done? I love the focus on her smooth perfect skin. And where on earth did that necklace come from. I wonder if this picture has ever been imitated?

Some Fun Joan Crawford Fashion