FASHION BY THE RULES: Lloyd Klein

Thursday, December 6, 2012

WHY DON'T YOU .. day 4

Rod Keenan … WHY DON’T YOU … let New York’s master milliner suggest a chapeau for the cold winter months ahead or see if you can convince him to design one especially for you ? Maybe he will invite you to his atelier! (http://www.rodkeenannewyork.com/)

Mark Cross … WHY DON’T YOU … rush over to Barneys and have a Grace Kelly moment or possibly a Zelda moment and buy one of each, one for you and one for your BFF… Merry Xmas! (http://markcross1845.com/) Taylor Swift, you know that young girl singer, has an amazing attachment to her Scottie!

Marco Santaniello… WHY DON’T YOU… have your pop portrait done by the 21^st century’s answer to Andy Warhol or commission one for your bestie? …he can work from photos or you can visit in Tokyo! (http://www.marcosantaniello.com/) sayonara!

Paola Quadretti … WHY DON’T YOU … shop in the chicest way possible( in a private brownstone) for her latest creations; fab suits, dresses and out of this world jackets all made by hand in Italy? Make it a girlie day with lunch included. (www.paolaquadretti.com) Think 10021

Dragan Mjrda … WHY DON’T YOU … bring a friend and buy a wardrobe of the most stylish and comfortable shoes in the world? Dragan might also personalize to your specifications. Call them bespoke! (http://www.draganmrdja.com/) P.S. I couldn’t live without mine!

Ruven Afanador … WHY DON’T YOU … acquire one of the matador portraits for yourself or a bull fighting aficionado from this brilliant photo portraitist? (http://www.ruvenafanador.com/)

Ruthie Davis … WHY DON’T YOU... walk taller in your skyscraper heels from this new kid on the block, move on from Brian and Charlotte … (http://www.ruthiedavis.com/dindex.html) Do your own thing!

Lloyd Klein… WHY DON’T YOU … arrange for a meeting with the premier haute couture designer in Beverly Hills who houses his business in a castle and get yourself fitted for a holiday frock? … N’est ce pas Cherie! (http://www.lloydklein.com/)

Zachary Selig… WHY DON’T YOU … research the artist and his spiritual and surreal art? Maybe you need a chakra adjustment! … Isn’t that just the most divinely inspired notion? … (zack@zacharyselig.com)

Diana Vreeland … WHY DON’T YOU …. Read the newest, latest and greatest book about me by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, it tells my whole life story, warts and all? Or buy it for a fellow fashion freak. (http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=empress+of+fashion&tag=googhydr-20&index=stripbooks&hvadid=25029154675&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=s&hvrand=2710250991804684361&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_3tjhkh95kj_e)

Monday, November 26, 2012

HARBINGER OF DESIGN ... Lloyd Klein

The Harbingers of Design… week 2

This series will spotlight global innovators who are original, known, lesser known and some perchance even already highly regarded and respected within their areas of expertise. The common thread is style and fashion; whether it takes its form in interiors, apparel, accessories, retail, photography or any of the related professions that surround fashion and style. Please note that some of my “cast members ” have chosen to follow a path than includes utilizing the “tools” of the past thereby rendering a new and modern vision for today’s climate of fashion and style. These “createurs” are at the vanguard of design and style … in my opinion … and so I will introduce them to you on an international stage starting today .

Let’s talk fashion, today we speak of fashion in its truest form... clothing. This might seems a bit of an understatement when we speak of clothing is haute couture, in the sense of made to measure, and by hand and then we speak of ready to wear and yes you are all familiar with that term … as an FYI , don’t think Calvin Klein!

What or who you might not be familiar with is today’s Harbinger of Design; his name is Lloyd Klein. All facets of this designer’s world are available at his eponymous shop in Los Angeles which houses the universe that is Lloyd Klein. The clothes range from languid to razor sharp and from demure to cutting edge and from the dramatic to the demure. One is palpably taken by the influences of Ferre, St. Laurent and Gres. Yet when the influences and inspirations are mixed into the Klein cocktail” the result is decidedly distinctive but these are pieces that are not the clothes of uninformed or wishy washy. We are talking bold, we are talking statement, we are talking stand out and most of all we are speaking about clothes that are crafted and created in ways that are usually found in Paris rather than in Los Angeles.