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What is TooMuchPatentLeather?
My name is Alex and this blog is more of a diary or mood board, expressing my own original thoughts about fashion, beauty, art and what exactly is too much. The title of this blog is like my personal style in that it is ironic- there can never be too much patent leather. Fashion is more than self expression or art, it is a form of communication and this page will be committed to communicating both simple and elaborate conceptual ideas and also opinions. Whenever I place pictures of myself I am not using professional photography tools. I do not own or claim property on any images. Feel free to leave a comment expressing your own opinions and constructive criticism. Thanks for reading!
There has been a lot of ethereal connotations in recent trends in fall fashion and normally I would vomit glitter excitement about that, but right now I feeling more constructive through destruction. When is this too much? What is unnatural beauty, and why do so many people not like it? Manipulation of certain key features of a design can choose to flatter or deconstruct and change. Often designers choose to flatter features, but what happens when they are determine to change and construct something new. Destruction is creativity and there are some interesting visual ideas as a result. I love the lip by McQueen, Ara Jo, and the more practical Marc Jacobs and the most practical out of all of these examples Rodarte.
Moving from the abstract 'artsy' ideas, here are some more real life examples of what I am attempting (probably not so successfully) to communicate. Each of these designers took their design, and for me, destructed some silhouette, pattern or format that is commonly perceived one way and reinvented that idea in a new, novel way with an addition of styling that produces an interesting outcome. Let me know what you think, and thanks for reading!
Am I the only person that puts themselves through having a crush not just on the one person that is not available at all, but also the person that i'm not totally attracted to? (if yes then please just indulge me) Its the fantasy I guess that takes me in, just like the whole Native-American/Western/Cowboy/Salon trend thats not so trendy anymore. Everyone loved it, and some still do, but there was something a bit shallow about it. Not enriching, but like a costume, I guess thats the game of following trends. Either way, I still absolutely loved the idea of a feather tattoo but more importantly am killing over for the tapestry pattern thing that must happen. (see my little web cam photo near end) The resulting imagery is the good that came out of the trend (notice how its NOT so (look how many parenthesis I can use in a paragraph) literal).
First things first, I am completely tormented with the platform right now. It can't get any better, the thick heel, the added height, the whole that heel is wider than the models leg thing (...I don't know). I've included some of Jeffrey Campbell, and I honestly don't care whether thats expected, they're just amazing. If you don't own platforms either (a) stop reading this (b) get your credit card out now, you'll thank me one day. Seriously though, I'm obsessed.
Mugler
JC
JC
These would be perfect for me.
I guess now for the transition and conclusion. The play on play of orange Mugler is breathtakingly genius. I've also become mildly possessed by all things Mugler, but I think it might pass. Until then.
