https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:46:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-729258 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:55:10 +0000 Jaime 729258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm, how did I not comment on this thread? I totally understand your attraction without being able to say what exactly make this look so, well, cool. Totally different and unexpected and yet pleasing to the eyes - like a work of art. I could live without the purple lips though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-729238 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 02:06:58 +0000 Ariadne 729238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is the Yamamoto doc I was thinking of--I didn't know about the new one--now I have two to watch!<br /> <a href="http://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/notebookoncitiesandclothes/notebookoncitiesandclothes.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wim-wenders.com/mov.....lothes.htm</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-729164 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:40:03 +0000 Caro in Oz 729164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think there is 80s &amp; there is 80s. A lot of Yamamoto is timeless imo. I used to live in a city (Melbourne) where a lot of women wear this look - it's almost an anti-fashion thing especially for older women who aren't classic dressers - I love it but it's too much black for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728392 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:15:32 +0000 Deborah 728392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, no one where I live wears this this type of look either:). Where I live is pretty conservative. I see some of these elements in some of the street fashion pictures I see on line and I am personally attracted to Japanese design but I think I prefer say one avant garde garment mixed with something more classic as a whole outfit can look a little contrived (to me). We are the same age, and I think you look more fondly upon 80's style than I do lol :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728240 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:22:35 +0000 catgirl 728240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting comments, everyone! Deborah, this is new to me, and I love seeing a style on the runway that so personifies my fantasy wardrobe. Maybe it is that 80s influence? Though some of it is so out there it seems hard to date it - I've never seen anyone wearing this style, at least where I live!</p> <p>KD, the samurai influence is there for sure! And very appealing. Did anyone besides me ever read those awesome Lensey Namioki samurai books as a kid? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728184 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:28:05 +0000 krishnidoux 728184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Androgyne Dandy chic, unapologetic: oversized yet extremely structured like menswear. Contrasts play between dainty and maxi, between short and long, thin and broad. vertical lines. Appeals to the urban warrior woman as its armor-like details (broad and short topper, extra fabric in the pants pckets) remind of the Samourai. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728078 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:32:34 +0000 Claudia 728078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The very first thing I thought of was Tim Burton, too.</p> <p>Tim Burton meets vintage Eileen Fisher? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728050 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:04:17 +0000 Deborah 728050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The strongest influence I see is the 80's. I also see what I feel are many predictable elements often used in "avant garde" fashion. Unless you are tall and slim this is not particularly figure flattering. Don't get me wrong as I do appreciate and even like Yamamoto designs, but it just doesn't look fresh to my eyes. I feel I have seen it before. I don't mean express a negative but want to be honest about my emotional esponse to this particular outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728046 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:27:47 +0000 deb 728046@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yohji Yamamoto film.</p> <p><a href="http://thisismydreamthefilm.com/main/" rel="nofollow">http://thisismydreamthefilm.com/main/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728039 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:10:06 +0000 catgirl 728039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Caro those are amazing!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728038 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:08:51 +0000 catgirl 728038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I may or may not own several Jack Skellington accessories... scarf, beanie, rhinestone Zero pin. Huge fan of all his films! Yes i see the style connection here! Inspired of you both to come up with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728037 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:00:53 +0000 rae 728037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High-five, Nadya!</p> <p>Una and Ariadne - maybe only the true hipsters survive the apocalypse. Beatniks. Slam poets. People who drink coffee in shops converted from bomb shelters. Oh, and Tom Waits, the original hipster; I think he's going to live forever. I don't think of homelessness, either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728036 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:00:07 +0000 Caro in Oz 728036@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Avant garde, deconstructed, archetectural with a very Japanese aesthetic - I love Yamamoto. Here are some pieces from the 80s. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728035 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:56:16 +0000 Ariadne 728035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Post-apocalyptic hipser! Love it. Although I wonder how many hipsters would survive the apocalypse...? Are there indie coffee shops in the post-apocalyptic world? ;)</p> <p>It's really fun reading everyone's thoughts on this outfit. Yamamoto is one of the designers who, to me, best epitomizes fashion as capital-A Art. Dries Van Noten (who doesn't even do haute couture) is another. I love this quote from Wikipedia about Yamamoto: "probably the only designer you could name who has 60-year-olds who think he's incredible and 17-year-olds who think he's way cool."</p> <p>Following my deer-trail thought process, I was just reading about Dries Van Noten and his Wikipedia entry describes him as eccentric and cerebral. Along with avant-garde, I think "eccentric and cerebral" (in a good way--I love eccentric cerebral types) is what would come to mind if I saw someone wearing this outfit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728027 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:15:41 +0000 Nadya 728027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! I just saw that Rae alluded to Tim Burton too. I feel better now ..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728025 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:07:53 +0000 catgirl 728025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, I agree "homeless chic" sounds so offensive, nor do I find this to be that style. I think of it as my favorite descriptor, "post-apocalyptic hipster" - which is what ultimately led me to the idea of UWP. It's a bit of Allsaints but much more Asian in influence. I don't aspire to hipsterness, but I see that in some of what I like.</p> <p>All of this designer's stuff seems JUST. SO. COOL. </p> <p>Thanks for the brainstorming - Rae, you're a natural! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728020 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:54:56 +0000 Nadya 728020@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Miss Havisham meets Jack Skellington? Said with love for the look and the designer, it's just what popped into my head when I saw the photo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728010 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:26:38 +0000 cjh 728010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, for "free" association thinking, you have nailed a lot of it. Architectural but malleable (not even soft), was my first impression. Angular, which makes for androgyny. </p> <p>They don't say Clean or Minimal to me either. Geometric, futuristic, graphic, substantial and textured fabrics (menswear) so not really ethereal in construction, although perhaps in concept.</p> <p>Practical, durable, bold, confident - seems to me a person who is already totally comfortable in her own SKIN, would just wear these as if part of her totality. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-728000 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:12:27 +0000 rae 728000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Freewrite time!</p> <p>What these ARE to me:<br /> Avante garde. Ethereal. Surreal - unexpected draping and proportions sort of like a Dali painting. Somewhat architectural. Textural. Slouchy. Distressed/Deconstructed, but in a crafted/purposeful/mad scientist way. Darkly whimsical, a la Tim Burton. Menswear inspired. SURREAL is hitting home again... these seem to be twisted classics, similar to the way a surrealist painter twists the photorealistic image into something dreamlike.</p> <p>What these are NOT to me:<br /> Minimal (too many layers and details to be minimal IMO). Rugged. Natural (for example, the distressing on the tuxedo top is limited only to the bib - if it were distressed in a way to look natural, the wear pattern would be different). Severe. Girlie. Modern. Futuristic. Bright. Optimistic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-727999 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:11:13 +0000 Ariadne 727999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I LOVE Yohji Yamamoto. In my fantasy lifestyle I'd wear his clothes all of the time--on my tall, androgynous fantasy body, of course. There's a documentary about him floating around somewhere that I keep meaning to watch.</p> <p>As to how he pulls it off? Fierce independence, prioritizing the textures and shapes and elements of the garments themselves over conventional figure flattery (I'd argue this outfit does have an element of figure flattery to it, because the outfit's cleanest, narrowest point is still the true waist), and heavy dose of pure genius? </p> <p>I wouldn't call this outfit clean-lined or minimal. I've heard this type of style described as "homeless chic," but I strongly dislike that term.</p> <p>One thing I always wonder is if I'd react the same way to outfits like this if I saw them on someone walking down the street as I do when I see them in catwalk or pricey online boutique photos. Would it still scream "genius"? I don't know. I don't see many people walking around in Yamamoto!</p> <p>There's a blogger I've followed for years who wears, or a least used to wear stuff like this and looks amazing in it... she doesn't post photos or outfits anymore, though, just illustrations. <a href="http://upanddowntown.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://upanddowntown.blogspot.com/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-727982 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:45:03 +0000 cciele 727982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Huh, I guess mulberry lipstick is trending! :)</p> <p>At first glance I saw a play in proportions -- shrunken jacket, oversized pants. Maybe a mix of fabrics -- woven, knits. And a neutral palette to let color take a back seat to the cut of the clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-727979 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:37:56 +0000 Jonesy 727979@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are fabulously cool, modern clothes. That's about as far as I can go in terms of analysis :). Unique, somewhat androgynous, obviously not available at the local mall. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-727935 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:50:10 +0000 catgirl 727935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh man, this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.stylebistro.com/runway/Paris+Fashion+Week+Spring+2012/Yohji+Yamamoto/Details/jbeVgWGxnvB" rel="nofollow">http://www.stylebistro.com/run.....beVgWGxnvB</a></p> <p>*rifles through DH's closet with scissor in hand* </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-727934 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:45:13 +0000 Mochi 727934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know what you mean, though the breakdown/analysis would be way beyond my meager abilities. </p> <p>I lived in Tokyo during part of the '80s, and the couture out of there was breathtaking. Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo, etc etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-we-deconstruct-this-amazing-look#post-727932 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:42:29 +0000 catgirl 727932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Found it on Pinterest and instantly loved it, right down to that fab 80s lipstick color. What do you think? I see cropped, androgynous, RATE, slouchy, rolled up sleeves, short over long (both in the body and the sleeves!), neutral colors.... </p> <p>Does it have clean lines? Is it minimal? Would it be the same without the belt? Trying to advance my style skills here!</p> <p><a href="http://www.stylebistro.com/runway/Paris+Fashion+Week+Spring+2012/Yohji+Yamamoto/Details/UMx8a-xwW4D" rel="nofollow">http://www.stylebistro.com/run.....Mx8a-xwW4D</a> </p>