Sunday 17 April 2011

Lost & Found

Menswear has a degree of detention to it compared to womenswear, in that the retail silhouette is a little more stencilled in place with a shirt or t-shirt with jeans or shorts combo. The runway breaks down all the boundaries, but sometimes this doesn't always de-construct the typical frame. Which is why a designer like Nico Didonna was such a refreshing thinker to collaborate with. His tapestry is to play with structure and texture, making a simple and polished coat from afar look like a labyrinth of intricate design and possibilities up close. There is a structure that can be camouflaged or played with, like a jigsaw puzzle with countless ways of completing. Nico introduces the ability to interpret shape, with coats that are craving to be moulded around each man and every mood. Asymmetric straps dart across like weaponry that asks for a stylish attack on the eyes, or could simply be used to corset a coat into a polished presentation. It's the subtle curves and weave of the coats that take the aesthetic on an unexpected adventure, where the coat transforms and evolves dependent on where you look at it from. He makes a tamed tailored creature into a wild and eccentric beast.

One of the best spectacles is the dark olive coat that oozes Gothic warrior intensity when the hooded waistcoat is buckled into the look. Taken off it could be a Prada man about town, but with the hood up and aware it becomes a man of the shadows who disguises himself with irresistible impact. Showing Nico's art in construction and deconstruction, I'm wearing his clothes against the art of the countryside, showing how the adaptive clothes can fuse into any landscape. Starting off with the olive green coat that looks like a quirky gentleman from the manor house, I then become a mysterious figure from the enchanted and Gothic woodland.

Nico's boutique is situated in Soho, and his website can be found at http://www.nico-d.com/ And credit where due to my brother George for taking the photos.





35 comments:

  1. LOVEEE this post. Are you not going to credit your brothers photography?! he did a sterling job!! Love love love it. YES.

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  2. love your outfit!
    your coat in the pics 4 and 5 are my favourites!

    G

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  3. great coat, amazing location and stella photography x

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  4. very nice photo-shooting!! congratulations!! xxx

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  5. That sweater is particularly gorgeous. I also love the coats. Oh to live in London!

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  6. the vest is fantastic! Very special cut. Looks great on you. I love hoods.
    Wish you a wonderful Sunday evening.
    :-)

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  7. I love your clothes, you are gorgeous and amazing. I like your style very much. Bye ^^

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  8. I want that chunky knit sweater in my wardrobe. Or, we could just trade entire wardrobes!

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  9. wow this is great, your writing is also inspiring to me.. & i agree that the clothes seem to be very adaptive to anywhere..

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  10. really love your style! followed :)

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  11. Some great pieces there! Love the leather especially!

    www.thehallowedground.blogspot.com

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  12. wow! you have amazing style! and i love the hair! <3

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  13. Nico Didonna made an awesome work and your post is fantatsic. I'm agree with your description and I have to be honest.. ver very good pictures! :D lovely garments!

    xx

    www.sickbytrend.com

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  14. I totally love your haircut, wow is really amazing!

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  15. I love it all & i want it all haha

    Out of topic but I just love your haircut!

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  16. Hi,
    Thanks for visiting my blog!
    I loved your photos!

    i'm following your!

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  17. The woods is such a perfect backdrop to these outfits. I also love the texture on the jacket in the first pic. Great looks.

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  18. i love your style lovely post, xx
    <3

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  19. very nice photo-shooting!! Thanks For sharing. :)

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  20. Nice pictures!!
    I like it!
    Rocio C.

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  21. wow wow wow, thanks for introducing me to nico

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  22. i love the pull!! it's perfect!!

    xoxo

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  23. Charles amazing outfit! Great coat, vest, sweater...
    Everything is great!

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  24. amazing your look, i really love it!

    xx

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  25. I love your hair and I love your blog

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  26. great outfit! your hair is also quite nice :)

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  27. That vest over that pullover is genius. The texture, the structure, everything. Genius.

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  28. oh how i love that waistcoat must get one asap!

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  29. I went to denim excess last year it had some Awesome Deals and amazing denim pieces

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