Happy 100th Anniversary, Selfridges!

For one afternoon, I spent a glorious few hours in Selfridges (in London) while my friends went to find food or something.
I tried on some Maison Martin Margiela, some Dior Homme sunglasses, molested a few weekender bags and tried on a ridiculous Y-3 hat.

The sales people were all super stylish and super nice. I was shocked at how extra accommodating with their customers. I had one guy talk to me for 20 minutes about pants. I loved it! My best shopping experience ever.

I walked out with a structured pair of steel blue slim trousers by Reiss. Slight sheen.
And a slim fit limited edition Burberry polo in a silk knit with an extra giant logo on the chest. I don’t think I’ve ever even worn that shirt but it’s such a beautiful. Sometimes I take it out and look at it. It’s just such a great jet black and the embroidery is so gothic but still sporty.

But the hottest accessory I got out of the excursion was the most yellow shopping bag I’ve ever seen. Even more yellow than Yellow Rat Bastard. Like a bolt of retail lightning.

To celebrate Selfridges’ centenary this May, the company has teamed up with a few brands to offer limited edition items in their signature Pantone 109…

Converse trainers, £75

Watch by Toywatch, £122

Levi’s jeans, £150

I want this and will kill to get it:

Polo shirt by Ralph Lauren, £65

These and other items (including a guitar!) are all available at Selfridges.

Happy 100 to my favourite store!

One gun add it on to the one gun…

Wayne Fitzell

I recently stumbled upon Wayne Fitzell, an MA graduate from the famous Central St. Martins.
He recently showed at London Fashion Week and as I perused his collection, the clothing grew on me. I especially dig all the pieces with the giraffe motif.

I do like the proportions and the subtle mix of street style and safari sleuth. He uses details mostly seen on smarter sportswear pieces. I’m way too boring to wear 99% of anything on any runway so I’m not running out to purchase anything but I do think it works as a collection. I’m not big on the muted colour palette personally but he’s definitely one to keep an eye on. The pieces are inspiring, clean and incredibly rebellious. In a sea of Cheap Monday jeans and vests, it’s nice to see something a little more avant-garde but also wearable on many levels. I’m so sick of pure 90′s all over the place. I like taking inspiration from different eras but doing a blatant head-to-toe throwback for an outfit is, in the words of Tim Gunn, too costume-y IMO. That’s where wannabe hipsters and mall rats get fashion wrong.

Anyway, if Y-3 were smart, they’d grab this guy and give him the reigns.

Speaking of minimalism (and buzz collections for that matter), Calvin Klein Fall 2009 received a lot of praise, eh? I’m still hearing about it.

I posted a video from that collection courtesy of Mens Style in February. And if you look closely, you can see me looking really fat sitting next to Chase Crawford.

What I failed to mention was that I did get to party with Patrick Wilson that night in LES. He took me back to his hotel to party some more and we tried on a few of the free stuff that got driven back by Marcos. Let’s just say I ended up flagging a cab down at 6:30 AM in front of the Maritime with a stinky index finger. Mmm hmmm…

Christian Schoeler

I think if you want to get on my good side, you should buy me a print by Christian Schoeler.

Or better yet, contact the artist and commission him to do a painting of myself.