Ooh la love.
Giuseppe Zanotti shoes are what genius looks like.
Sexy, playful, decadent, Giuseppe Zanotti design make Maestro Manolo Blahnik look a little like
- dare I? -
A yawn.
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Originally published December 2005.
With the New York City transit strike on, thousands are forced to schlep on foot through 20-degree weather to their 9-5 hustle.
Will comfortable be the new haute?
Fortunately, I’ve the luxury of working from the shoebox I call home; my commute consisted of rolling out of bed and plopping on my desk, making my
five-inch heeled, over-the-knee boots a more sensible footwear choice than usual.
Other New Yorkers may not be as blessed, and while we may disagree on whether or not transit workers are right to strike, I believe we can concur on one thing –
That the Transport Workers Union has forced thousands of Manhattanite women into Uggs is a serious, selfish offense.
Dainty 14k gold grenades hang from an airy, thin chain. A pistol dangles from a fresh water pearl choker. A gold machete is decorated with a single pearl drop on its blade.
Dubbed “Disarming Weaponry,” jewelry line Family Julz’s first collection is a play on decorative femininity and utilitarian violence, a juxtaposition of the beauty of weaponry to current anti-war simmerings. Launched September 2005, Family Julz is the high-end extension of Bijules NYC, street jewelry best known for its graffiti nameplate necklaces and the model/DJ designer behind them, Jules Kim.
“Family Julz has so much more to say then the street line Bijules NYC,” says designer Jules Kim. “It says that women can be empowered yet protective, that men can be assertively stylish, that America has a real fucked arms problem.”
It’s a study in possible contradictions and tensions, similar to the meaning behind one of Jules’s tattoos. “The Sumi brush writing on my side reads ‘Il faut se preter aux autres et se donner a soi-meme,’” says Jules. “Which translates to ‘It is necessary to give to others in order to gain for yourself.’ Montagne, a French philosopher, wrote this and I live by his words every day of my life.”
That philosophy seems all Family Julz, a line brought to life by a supportive family, but designed for strict individualists. “I asked my friend Frenel [Morris] from Still Life NYC what I should call my new hot ass project,” says Jules. “[I told him] that I was trying to expand to a larger market… and that I could only do that with the help of my family.” Hence Family Julz, though Jules stresses “each wearer is an individual, and their choice to wear my work is what fuels my fire.”
Besides plans to collaborate with other companies and expand Bijules NYC with more accessories, tees, and toys, Jules has got two more tattoos in the works. And with their ironic femme fatality, they also seem sisters of Family Julz: “The new set will be two Ssang Jang Gum, double twin short swords on the back of my forearms,” describes Jules. “These swords were used in the Korean royal court by the female guards who hid the weapons under their sleeves.”
You’re doing the unnaturally “natural”-waisted skinny jeans, the cincher belt at your belly button that makes it hard to breath, the capelet that elegantly nails your arms to your sides.
The only thing missing from your chic trip back to neo 1950’s looks?
* Husband that’ll give you an allowance to buy said clutch and pinch your cheeks and tell you to get back into the kitchen not included.
» Convertible crocodile clutch purse on sale now, at Bluefly.
Hello, lovelies.
The dot-com is taking a short soy latte break – mean while, I’ll be blogging my “Best of.” And I’d love for you to leave some smart remarks about what you’d love to see more of on KRiSTOPHER DUKES .com:
a. star style dirt on Kate Sienna Moss Miller.
b. discounts and coupon codes.
c. fashion news and product reviews.
All this praise for the return of the one-piece, all this love for the neo 1950’s swimwear cut to cover everything.
I’m declaring war on fashion’s continuing infatuation with a new New Look: “It’s about looking like a lady!” the WASP-y waisted protest.
More like looking ultra conservative and constricted and like you’ve a husband who’ll pinch your cheeks and tell you to get back into the kitchen.
Here’s how I do one-pieces: a la Eva Herzigova swim wear, sexy-fresh with cut-outs that make the wearer look like a confident, independent woman who makes money dancing on poles.
» Eva Herzigova swim wear available at Yoox.com
One last thing, doll: thanks to a suggestion by reader Alexis, I want to know what YOU’RE reading, listening to, watching, wearing, wanting. Send me your list – products should all be available for online purchase – and a pic of you looking your chicest. I’ll blog it next Tuesday.
Ooh la love.
I blinked, and now it’s almost summer.
Farewell SPF 25, hello SPF 45. Tah tah, sporting fur for warmth, give me a kiss, rocking glammy dead animals gratuitously.
This Dolce & Gabbana handbag of ram fur and eel skin is calling to the animal lover inside me, I love this Dolce and Gabbana handbag’s solid white made rich by the different textures.
What about you, doll?
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