Classical AI Shoes

Ofri Cohen of Spotlight Time is very clever...she used the AI program Midjourney to create a marvelous collection of shoes that utilize a classical-Renaissance motif. The chunky soles or shafts of boots look like friezes of ancient Greek or Roman architecture. I would love a pair of the boots...any pair will do. I hope someone actually makes these soon (they could easily be 3D printed)!

https://www.instagram.com/spotlighttime/

BEAUTY: Clothing--Misc. London Fashion Week Men's

Here is a wrap-up of some miscellaneous details I found interesting during the SS '19 shows at London Fashion Week Men's:

E. Tautz's Patrick Grant showed a collection inspired by the dignity of workers and trade unions. Long a supporter of British manufacturing, spinning and weaving, Grant put slogans from historical British labor movements on shirts...slogans such as "MY FATHER WAS A TEXTILE WORKER," "GIVE ME A FUTURE," and a black skull from an 1848 Punch magazine cartoon calling attention to low-paid, downtrodden garment workers; the number "2 1/2" next to the skull was the sweatshop labor payouts at the time, in pence. Fittingly, the show took place at the headquarters of the TUC Trades Union Congress near Covent Garden.

And now...SHOES!

Martine Rose showed some slick, square-toed loafers in a variety of materials...

But the best of the crop were Charles Jeffrey's fantastic striped, laced, and strapped platform loafers in a ton of colors...and if they are too flashy, they come in a classic somber grey as well... hee hee...
I've been hankering for some platforms for a while...and Robyn fueled my hankering!

https://etautz.com/
https://martine-rose.com/
http://www.charlesjeffrey.net/

BEAUTY: Clothing--Dsquared2

Now on to Milano...

The Caten twins' first priority when casting for their Spring Summer '17 presentation at Milano Moda Uomo was to see if the models could walk in towering platform shoes. Once they passed that test, they were dressed and in the show! And the glittering red, purple, pink, and silver platforms were the standout oddity in a show that referenced several overlapping English music/fashion movements like the Two-Tone Ska scene (black and white checks with porkpie hats), Skinheads (braces and bleach-spattered jeans), Mods (the classic fishtail parka here spangled with paillettes!), and even a flash of 70s Glam Rock (silver lamé pants à la Iggy Pop and a head of curly hair à la Marc Bolan...and of course the platforms themselves à la Ziggy Stardust). The Caten twins also explained that the collection was a celebration of their own homosexuality and came out for their bow wearing thigh-high black glitter platforms with rainbow ribbons in homage to those who lost their lives in the senseless slaughter in Orlando this week.

http://www.dsquared2.com/us