by Le Fist
Alessandro Dell’ Aqua N. 21 Yes, him of the waters. It seems a bit nothing, and it kind of is — the slogan tee. However, I quite like the way it plays with Chanelism. Black on white. N. 05. Etc. Somehow cool.
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: alessandro dell' aqua, black and white, pre-collections
by Le Fist
I apologize, once again! No excuses this time. The Lazy Blogger has sunk further into languor’s apathetic embrace. Well, new year, new beginnings, and all that. It so happens that I’ve been home. Real home, the Motherland, so to speak. I’ll keep the name of this country anonymous – let’s just say that its somewhere in West Africa. It’d been so long since I last went that I got scared of going – a vicious cycle that kept on spiralling […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: colour studies, Lazy Blogger, photography, travel
by Le Fist
The circus has rolled in once more, along with it the usual cast of characters – ringmaster, clown and magicians. As with any circus there is always The Good, The Bad and the Damned. OK, I made the last one up but “ugly” is a subjective thing. One man’s Beautiful is another’s Rodarte, ouch! Anyway, I’ve got some ideas for posts on fashion week. One of them will be what I call The Barbie Syndrome — female designers objectifying themselves. […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: fashion critique
by Le Fist
Well, its like tumbleweeds a’ rolling round these parts. Talk about ghost-writing! Yes its been a while for sure. A lot has happened in the last few months since I last clickety-clacked my trusty keyboard. Most of it good. Pretty much all of it good. Moving home, new projects and lots of amazing personal developments. But that hasn’t been the only reason I stopped blogging. To be honest, it had become boring. There’s an information overload out there and it […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: le fist noir
by Le Fist
A friend introduced me to this the other day and I haven’t stopped listening to it. You may have heard of The Weeknd but if you haven’t you probably would have sooner or later. It was late at night, and we may or may not have had a dirty ciggie but we had most definitely knocked back a few glasses of “dirty” Pimms. Ah, the rites of spring. Anyway this friend of mine fancies himself as a bit of a […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: abel testfaye, music, the weeknd
by Le Fist
There’s been quite a few amazing designer retrospectives as of late: YSL, Vionnet, Yohji Yamamoto, the 30 Years of Japanese design at the Barbican in London, the new Alexander McQueen… And now Madame Grés. Or Alix as she was known at the start of her career. Its on at the Musée Bourdelle, near the Tour Montparnasse in Paris till July. I was actually there on Monday with some friends but stupidly forgot that this was Paris and some museums are […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Alix, exhibitions, Madame Gres, Musee Bourdelle, paris, retrospectives
by Le Fist
Circa 1993 there was one album that no fashion show, elegant soirée, discerning music head, chill out lounge from Brighton to Ibiza wouldn’t beg, borrow or steal from — the legendary K&D Sessions by Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister. This double disc “tome” of an album contained remixes of songs by Bone Thugs ‘n” Harmony through to Lamb and it achieved that Holy Grail of music by producing versions that were arguably equal to and that sometimes surpassed the […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: G-Stone Master Series, Kruder Dorfmeister, music, peter kruder, Richard Dorfmeister
by Le Fist
Exit 29_ Perfect. White suit. Bianca Jagger fast forward >> 2012. Ice cool. Perfect proportions, perfect casting [Karmen Pedaru (ELITE)]. PERFECT MOMENT. Image Marcus Tondo/GoRunway/Style.com
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: karmen pedaru, white, ysl, yves saint laurent
by Le Fist
There’s that scruffy art school vibe about him. Well, he did study at Goldsmiths in London. He kind of makes that pudding bowl-y haircut work. Not too much hair gel, a little unkempt, a bit overgrown. The crumpled shirts. Nothing particularly unique in the style stakes but its more often than not about attitude rather than just the clothes. And then there’s that voice. Soulful, growly and so expressive yet balanced with a delicateness that makes you hang on to […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: james blake, modern muse, music
by Le Fist
A rather beautiful book_ Hardcover: 102 pages Publisher: Hatje Cantz (14 Sep 2005)
Categories: amazing • Tags: black and white, grey, ingar krauss, photography
by Le Fist
I haven’t done a post on music in ages so I thought I’d share some of the albums that are currently working my B&W P5s overtime! PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake – The new Kate Bush? Radiohead’s The King of Limbs – Another great moodpiece. Hiroshi Fujiwara’s In Dub With Luv – His albums are so bloody rare so I pounced on this when I saw it in Colette. James Blake – Perfect dreamy electro. Bet this makes it to […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: music, the seduction of Ingmar Bergman
by Le Fist
The show season’s nearly over, not without a whiff of scandal, drunken proclamations and talk of ominous place-shiftings at a high level… The clothes almost seem like an afterthought. Anyway, zees eez not zee playhss for shameless gossip. Its been an odd season. I’m not sure how I feel about most of the shows. A lot of them inspired a feeling of blahhhh, more than anything else. I think to myself, how would that look all in black? Or will the world […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: celine, colour studies, fashion critique, pink
by Le Fist
New Glamour In Your Life_ I came across these the other day, a series of photographs of Chanel packaging and cosmetic campaigns from the 20s through 50s. With Peter Phillips’ animation of Chanel cosmetics hot off zee press it seems quite timely to go back to the original Design Classics. More so tan (sic) the clothes the graphic identity of Chanel never seems to date. Drool.
Categories: needful things, Uncategorized • Tags: branding, chanel, graphic design, typography
by Le Fist
A while back I did a couple of posts that thinly disguised my hatred for the PLAGUE OF PLAID that had infested menswear. OK, that sounds a bit pompous and high-fallutin’. I still stand firm. Well, sort off… I’ve been drawn as of late to the geometrically patterned chemise but I’m leaning towards gingham as opposed to plaid. Thus, I don’t feel such a hypocrite. Its that slight feeling of spring in the air that gets one thinking about the summer […]
Categories: love love love • Tags: france, French Trotters, menswear, shopping
by Le Fist
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK If you’ve been down Hoxton Street [quickly becoming the new Redchurch Street -- more on that later] then you’ve probably seen her. Dark hair, zingy, colour-loaded outfits usually including at least one shade of neon, accessorised with a smile and sometimes her infectious laughter. Shiba Huizer always makes me smile. We got to know each other whilst I helped my friend set up his shop, The Willow, last year. Shiba also, always, carries her big […]
Categories: amazing, love love love • Tags: photography, shiba huizer, Viviane Sassen Flamboya
by Le Fist
I’m sure I’ve raised a few looks recently as I snapped away at pavements. For some reason I’m turned on by plastic. Not in a sexual, deviant kind of way! Nothing wrong with that, mind you… Inspiration can come from anywhere but I’m not even sure that I’m inspired by these images. Intrigued may be a better word. There’s something about the texture and shapes of these discarded bunches of plastic and industrial wrapping that have drawn me as […]
Categories: just damn weird • Tags: photography, texture, yvessaint laurent
by Le Fist
Its been a year already. The Willow Shoreditch, an unbelievably beautiful shop in Hoxton, London, owned by one of my closest friends, is a year old today. What I love the most is the attention to detail in everything he does. Nothing is over-worked and everything comes beautifully packaged. Apart from flowers, The Willow does great salad boxes feshly prepped each morning, super-tasty cakes and seriously good coffee. And let’s not forget the one off objects, unusual vases and special […]
Categories: amazing • Tags: the willow shoreditch
by Le Fist
Forgot about this one. I took it in a nightclub/ theatre in the Pigalle. It was at a BBB [Black, Blanc, Beur] party. Can’t remember the actual name of the club. Anyway, BBB keeps changing location every week, Its held now at a club off the Champs-Élysées. Anyhow, had a crazy Vodka-infused night there a few weekends ago. Verdict on new location: Nah. Or maybe I’m just getting too old for this sort of thing.
Categories: Uncategorized, Wacko Jacko • Tags: michael jackson, paris, travel
by Le Fist
Hmmmph, I thought blogs were meant to be of the moment? Its more like “off minute” round these parts. Yes, the Kertesz show that I was banging on about earlier. Months earlier. That I saw Months Earlier. Twice. That I was going to blog about. Well like a sourdough “Mother” its been bubbling away at the back of the fridge that is my brain. Never too late. Is the show still running? If you saw it, well done. If you […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Andre Kertesz, paris, photography, Robert Mappelthorpe
by Le Fist
Navy, Sky, Grey, Buttermilk, Fawn, Cranberry Black + White (A lot of white) = Fashion HEADRUSH Admittedly, its been a bit Sleepsville ’round these parts as of late. No more excuses about being too busy. I’ve just been plain LAZY. Paris kind of does that to you, I guess. It’s so easy to go horizontal. Stroll over to the Tabac, pick up my daily supply of Nicotine from my pusher-friend at Le Progres on Rue de Bretagne; maybe grab a […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: dries van noten, fashion critique, menswear
