I WANT THIS!

Romain Kremer sunglasses . . . I would kill for this!!!

Erik

Erik from Ja'mie Luca on Vimeo.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane

I don't know if I am having a Joan Crawford moment at the moment . . . but her spirit has been on my mind . . . well, I watched Mommie Dearest the other day . . . and now this film . . . Damn . . . they don't make movies like they use to . . . I mean, the acting . . . DOWN!!!

Jake

Jake from Ja'mie Luca on Vimeo.

Did you know?

American law does not protect most fashion designs. Copyright law views fashion designs not primarily as artistic works, but rather as “useful articles,” and useful things are not granted copyright protection. This rule reflects the fact that useful things are supposed to be the domain of patent law. But clothing designs virtually never qualify for patent protection, because they are almost never “novel” – i.e., truly new – in the way patent law requires.

Copying helps to create trends. It then helps to destroy them: as more and more designers hop on to a trend, the look becomes overdone, and the most fashion-forward consumers hop off. Copying, in other words, accelerates the fashion cycle.

I guess, you really don't have to have a background in fashion to design clothes . . . look at Kim Kardashian???? As long as you have a name . . . you're a designer!!! WTF

Sliimy

Amazing video!!!!

Max Headroom

To all the children that doesn't know how this person is . . . well, you probably wasn't born then . . . so google him . . . he's a fashion icon from the late '80s!
Giving you oversize jacket and platinum blonde pompadour!!!!

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland is so so AMAZING!!!
The Red Queen stole the show!!!!
Johnny Depp was good too . . .

Ben & EGR

EGR FW 2010 from Ja'mie Luca on Vimeo.

Over the weekend, Ben (Editor in Chief) was in LA visiting me and doing some work as a model as well . . . He did my very good friend's lookbook: EGR (Mexico) . . .
Check it out!!!

Quote Du Jour

"For me, fashion shows are not for the public, they are trade shows for the press. There should be privacy and mystery. There is no excitement about anything anymore as everything is available immediately and all the time — you don’t have to wait for anything. I don’t belong to the generation of spending time on the Internet. I think it’s too fast and too fake. It’s sad because everyone is running after everything, but after what? Everything is too quick. There is no room in your heads for all this information. No one retains anything." -- Isabel Marant

Quote Du Jour

"I never wanted to please, as long as I could follow my beliefs. I always and only thought about my own time and the birth of an entire generation. I heard so much about my proportions, and how absurd and unsuccessful, for instance, my skinny jeans and silhouette would be. I also heard about my lack of definition in masculinity, as I was aiming to try another definition. I also was questioned about my attraction to music, as I still believe there is no fashion without music."
- Hedi Slimane
http://www.style.com/stylefile/2010/02/the-future-of-fashion-part-three-hedi-slimane/

Raf Simons

RAF SIMONS AW 10 CASTING from RAFSIMONS.COM on Vimeo.

LOVE!!!

Ash Wednesday

Second Editorial:
Model: Matt M. (Re:Quest)
Shot: Jamie Luca

Issue 2: Editorial 1

First look on our upcoming issue from Nicholas Harmer from Australia.

McQueen

R.I.P McQueen

I am deeply saddened by the loss of my hero!
I cannot tell you how much he had inspired me throughout the years!
I can't even talk about it!

Pix Du Jour

How GENIUS is this!!!!

Pavel

Pavel from Ja'mie Luca on Vimeo.

BLOGGERS ENDANGERED! THANK GOD!

Disgruntled Magazine Editors Are Tired of Bloggers Getting the Good Seats at Shows

According to the Independent, fashion bloggers have lost themselves in the industry. Those Internet-savvy folk who once possessed the voices of honesty and reason have become slaves to designers and fashion houses in the interest of freebies, self-promotion, and the good seats at shows. In a sea of publications afraid of pissing off advertisers, and critics afraid of being banned from shows, they started off with the opportunity to say something different. But now, disgruntled magazine editors and industry veterans say, that time has past.

The Independent points a finger at Tavi, the polarizing 13-year-old blogger who stirred a small controversy when she sat front-row at Dior's spring 2010 couture show with a giant bow in her hair. (She later pointed out that she's short and her bow only made her as tall as other front-row guests.)

Sarah McCullough, Selfridges' creative concepts manager and an avid blog reader, said: "It's mind-blowing that bloggers like Tavi are at the couture shows and being showered with all kinds of gifts. It has soured things a little bit for me."

Robert Johnson, associate editor at GQ has a theory as to why bloggers like Tavi are so appealing to labels:

"Bloggers are so attractive to the big design houses because they are so wide-eyed and obsessed, but they don't have the critical faculties to know what's good and what's not. As soon as they've been invited to the shows, they can no longer criticise because then they won't be invited back."

Because so many glossy monthly magazines print scathing, honest reviews of the shows, and style spreads without kowtowing to certain design houses — also their advertisers — who forbid editors from breaking up certain looks or running those looks on certain pages. It's hard to find anyone in the fashion industry who doesn't fear pissing off a designer within an inch of their life. It's also hard to find people who will turn down a lovely gift from Christian Dior. If even the industry veterans and studied critics, as Johnson says, "know what's good," it doesn't matter a whole lot if they can't say what's not. (And some, like Cathy Horyn, are very open about being banned from shows for seemingly benign comments, and continue to pen what appear to be honest reviews.) But let's face it — when Tavi gets invited to a show, and sits front-row with a giant bow on her head and blue hair, or interviews Siri Tollerød backstage, people talk. Top buyers and many editors don't have that effect. Tavi is not just there because she won't write anything harsh.

-- copied from The New Times, The Cut

Finally, editors a striking back at these so called fashionistas . . . I sick of seeing Bryanboy, Tavi and Style Bubble in front rows!!! What does a 13 year old girl really know about fashion??? I'm sick of these betches!!!!

WTF

I love it when "artists" like Kelis try to be avant garde and gets it the wrong way!
WTF is this get-up?
What a shame that those McQueen Hooves shoes was wasted on THAT!!!

Wooyoungmi- Fall 10

Fuzz. Bow Tie Pinch. Robe Side Tie. Braniacs. Wooyoungmi served it up this season. I can easily see the brand developing more and more. I see them experimenting with different things and subtlety referencing other designers through the process which I think is perfectly natural for them. The minimal take on bow ties were a favorite of mine and the fit of the jackets with the side tie looked like it made sense without being too casual. I liked the braniac hats too. It was a nice touch to add the fuzz fur effect on some pieces. It reminded me a bit of Jamie’s Prada pants…exploding in gray. The only issue I noticed was the fit of some of the pants.

Tim Hamilton- Fall 10

Blue, Black, Gray Done Right. Shiny Pants. It was yet another show in which black and grey really dominated the show. Per usual there were a lot of pieces I could see myself in as it was nicely styled. In two jackets he successfully blended black and grey in a side color block- which I think can be trivial for many designers. I appreciated the blue near the end of the show along with the scoop neck sweater. I do think some of it has been done beforem but his pieces look much more refined. All in all good show, with a few stand out pieces. I would swear that's Malfoy in the last picture!

Gaspard Yurkievich- Fall 10

Shades of Grey. Off Kilter Stripes. New Suit.The collection shown in Paris this season seemed to be part continuation, part exploration of the increased amount of suiting Gaspard has expanded to include. He took the lines of a few of his suits he had shown before and did them again in more shades of grey. Additionally he showed a lot of disconnected stripes and belted blazers (almost a signature in the styling of his shows). I missed some of the accents and graphic touches that I have come to love from the past collections. It seems as if the styling was just a bit melancholy too. Where was the richness? I am a big fan of Gaspard’s aesthetic, but found myself slightly disappointed with some of the recycled looks. Maybe he is just sticking by his design with his suiting. Which I do appreciate he is giving new options. As a whole I did think that it was good- especially the little bits of color I saw and the suiting for reasons already stated!

Quote Du Jour

" . . . so when people complain that those £4,000 Balmain jackets don't suit anybody, they're just missing the point. Those jackets aren't about making anyone look good, they're about making you look like you're wearing Balmain. You see? Different." -- Hadley Freeman (Guardian)

Damir Doma- Fall 10

Black. Layered. Safe. Texture. Damir Doma stayed true to its tradition this season again. The line continued layering in a way that lends itself to possible new shapes while sticking between a gray and black color selection. I can’t help but notice the serious martial art-like influence Damir Doma shows every season. Contrary to last season, as noted I felt like it was missing a flow or sort of ethereal mystery that really attracted me to the line. Then again maybe I am just a bit nostalgic from the beautiful red they employed in their spring summer line shown back in June in Paris. I was missing the risk I guess in a sense. It was layered nicely and did have a concrete perspective. I did enjoy the beautiful leather/shearling jacket and the different incarnations of the pattern used at the end.