Posts Tagged ‘casual’
It’s almost New Year’s Eve. Usually, if you’re going out that night, you think sparkly dress, bare legs, and heels. This year, seeing as we’re beginning a new decade, I propose something a bit different yet still appropriately festive AND comfortable. Definitely cannot forget comfort on a night when you’ll likely be imbibing too many alcoholic substances and be in close quarters with loads of equally inebriated strangers. Of course, if you’re into the meat market scene this most likely won’t appeal!
But this outfit is something I’d love to wear on such a night as New Year’s Eve with the pants rolled a bit, a tank for those overheated interiors, and a lighter weight maxi coat for when you have to brave the cold in between stops.
I’ve got an early vet appointment tomorrow, so it’s unlikely I’ll be able to post, but I want to wish all of you who read Pour Porter a happy 2010 with best wishes for a very good upcoming year! Thanks for reading!
Voluminous draping characterize the work of Buenos Aires based Jessica Trosman, and while the draped look is ever so popular these days, Trosman manages to make her work stand out. This is draping minus edgy and aggressive. The pieces are playful, full of colour and texture, and have a wonderful sense of movement. And from the little I can see on the site, the accessories are inspiring works of art in their own right.
Trosman cites National Geographic and nostalgia for Charles Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Mies Van de Rohe as inspiration, and while you might expect boring minimalist rigidity given the mid-century and modernist architectural references, there is none of that in any of her collections. Hooray for that! I’m excited to watch the label continue to develop. I’ve posted pieces from the S/S 08, A/W 08, S/S 09, and S/S 10 collections, but really you should visit the site to see the complete archives-it’s all quite beautiful. Again, click the images below to enlarge
Hengst seems to be a label with a fondness for the past given the retro vibe evident in each collection. There are plenty of easy pieces that, while not earth-shatteringly innovative, would make nice additions to anyone’s closet. I’ve posted pictures from the S/S 09 and Fall 2009 collections.
Have I featured Berlin based Pulver before? I don’t have time to go back in the archives and look, but I feel like I’ve featured them before. Anyways, if I have it’s been awhile so if this is a repost, no matter!
So big surprise, I’m posting yet another label whose pieces are pretty timeless and minimal. Pulver was started in 2003 by Elisabeth Schotte, Therese Pfeil, and Franziska Piefke , and the design collective’s clothes are for women who prefer a casual, boxy cut and a masculine edge, which of course I love! I also like that their look has remained consistent through the six years they’ve been designing.
I’ve posted pieces from Winter 07/08, Summer 2008, and Winter 2008.
Swedish brand, Hope, is another label chock full of slouchy, wearable clothes that you’d be hard pressed to not integrate easily into your existing wardrobe. Again this is a label I’d found out about several years ago but never featured, and recently I’ve been seeing select pieces on a few U.S. based webstores (lagarconne and creaturesofcomfort in particular). Designer, Ann Ringstrand, worked for H&M as assistant buyer and designer prior to founding the label.
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