Dressed to Kill @ Style Starts Here

I just looked in the archives, and realised my last post was made on the 4th of February. My apologies to Ryan and to the readers. Early February, real life took a turn for me, and I’m still unwinding from it. I plan to return to my old schedule though and post at the least once a week.

One of the things that changed in this 5 month period is that Lissa Maerten’s Cattivo stopped existing and got absorbed into Style Starts Here - in cooperation with Simone Designs. A short while ago I had the pleasure of receiving a few copies of one of the outfits released under this new label. From what I’ve seen so far, this place definitely deserves its name.

The outfit I’ll be reviewing is the D2K Outfit, where D2K stands for “Dressed to Kill“. The outfit consists of a blazer, a tee shirt and a pair of jeans. The jacket is available in eight different colours. These are Navy, Olive, Slate, Copper, Khaki, Desert, Light Blue and Light Gray.

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Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: Yes, 4 out of 5 colours shown - 1 bought | Friends List: Yes

Notes: On Daman: Skin: Hunter Espresso by Sezmra Svarog (Nora Fashions & Bodyskins). Hair: Toby by Asuka Martin (Dernier Cri). Shoes: Lowtop chucks by artoo Magneto (Akeyo). Piercings: Facial Spike set by Radical Twang (Reaction) and Industrial set by Deekay Xavier (Deeks)

Post Category: Casual, Jackets, New Items, Outfits, Style Starts Here

1 comment July 26th, 2008 at 11:24amDaman Tenk

Shirts @ Style Starts Here

Well-made and inexpensive. When clothes fit that description, what more do you need to say?

Usually nothing. But in the case of Simone Stern’s “Style Starts Here” collection, that’s only the beginning. Let’s begin at that beginning. This paisley shirt, for instance (as usual, do please click the photos for a more detailed version). To make such a complex pattern work on a second life garment is outrageously ambitious: muted contrasts, shading and, on top of all that, seam-matching. As in a real life shirt, it’s not possible to make the pattern continuous across seams, but some shirts’ seams will work while others won’t and, of course, the shading and wrinkles must look consistent across the parts. There is no way that this shirt should work as well as it does. But it does. For £50. Every shirt I’ll show you is £50. (more…)

Disclosure: Seen in World: Yes | Review Copy: No | Friends List: No

Notes: On Mr. Oh: Nora Entice - Hunter Almond by Sezmra Svarog (Nora BodySkins & Fashion). Heze scripted glasses by Solar Flare (Solar Eyewear). Trousers from Form Black & White suit by Adam Soler (Lookr). "Implant" group freebie cyber-attachment by Broder Kubrick (BroGear). Guitars as described above.

Post Category: Casual, Period, Shirts, Simone! Designs, Style Starts Here, Urban

Add comment February 11th, 2008 at 10:50pmMr. Oh