reyalfashion

What I Wore

Mustard On My Tweed

Chambray shirt, H&M. Plaid tie, ALDO (Style Advice: Plaid Ties). Vintage silver tie bar. Tweed jacket, Topman (Topshop). Mustard corduroy trousers, Club Monaco. Shoes, Royal Elastics. Leather belt, Calvin Klein. Glasses, Tom Ford. iPad case, Mujjo (gifted).

A New Way To Suit Up

Sure, a patterned or tweed jacket is traditional, but that’s no excuse for it to feel old-fashioned. A smarter way to suit up while still evoking the style of a modern-day gentleman is by pairing a well-cut blazer with an unexpected shirt and trouser combo, especially when color is introduced into the equation. The Italians pair separate jackets and trousers to produce a look that’s like a suit, but less finicky and much more adventurous. They call it spezzato. Done right, this mix-and-match approach will express your personality without compromising the fit and polish of a suit. Here’s a few tips on mastering the technique.

To welcome a change of pace during warm-weather months, interchange your light and dark suits. Pair a navy blazer with khaki trousers for a classic combination, or try the reversed for a look that is just as effective. If you’re a little more daring and are ready to enter the patterns and colors territory, a herringbone or plaid jacket lets you turn up the volume and make a statement. A black and white herringbone jacket will almost always create a shade of gray that will compliment any color. Tweed will do the same trick. When going in this direction, it is generally better to do the patterns on the top and keep the solids on the bottom.

GET THE LOOK

PUNK: Chaos to Couture

Best Dressed at the Met Gala 2013

The Met Gala 2013 is here! But I’m sure you already know this. It’s been trending worldwide on Twitter for hours, its taking over the popular page on Instagram, and its liked by all of your friends on Facebook. Unless you live under a rock—in which case—you wouldn’t be reading this anyway.

The big red carpet affair inspired the world’s biggest celebrities to channel their inner rockstar and strut their stuff in their best edge couture. Here are my TOP 10 Best Dressed of the night (in no particular order).

Anne Hathaway in Valentino — Edgy. Sexy. Couture.

Nicole Richie in Topshop — Shows you how to be edgy without a spec of black. Literally.

Coco Rocha in Emanuel Ungaro — What Jennifer Lopez’s dress should’ve looked like.

Sienna Miller — Love the juxtaposition of hard and soft, ladylike and fuck you.

Karlie Kloss in Louis Vuitton — Schooling you on how to be edgy…with florals! Now that’s a skill.

Cara Delevingne in Burberry — Nobody does studs and spikes like Burberry.

Anja Rubik — Eat your heart out Michael Jackson. Now that’s a thriller dress.

Rooney Mara in Givenchy — Giving you more than a girl with a dragon tattoo.

Sarah Jessica Parker in Giles Deacon — D.R.A.M.A.

Nina Dobrev in Monique Lhuillier — Being edgy is being rebellious, and what better way to be a rebel than rocking pants and leather on the red carpet?

And no, I will not talk about Kim Kardashian’s ~~fuckery~~ outfit.

What is the Met Gala?

The Met’s spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. The exhibition will feature approximately one hundred designs for men and women showing how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk’s visual symbols.

The exhibit focuses on the relationship between the punk concept of “do-it-yourself” and the couture concept of “made-to-measure,” and will be organized around the materials, techniques, and embellishments associated with the anti-establishment style.