Style Inspiration

[Arwhyayen]

Straying away from photos that guide us to somewhere or someone we hope to be.

I think words can do the same too.

I was watching 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' and Sean Penn's character was relating to the protagonist

about a snow leopard and its elusiveness and said, "Beautiful things don't ask for attention".

It seemed like something Yohji would have said.

I think the appeal of certain images is instantaneous, and can be added to the 'inspiration' bank for some of us, so to speak. these images can be gathered together to form a kind of singular image of inspiration, but ye, I think you're right regarding quotes, and that is a brilliant example.

Kensington pool hall, '84. Looks like it coulda been yest.

[1 9 9 3]

[conqueror]

^ denudes?

i've never really liked jonze before, but i'm so looking forward to her. i recently grew my moustache back and am 'inspired' to start wearing my light pink ocbd again. i think a lot of us on here can probably relate to be lonely people addicted to technology and wearing fruity clothing.

Edited January 13, 2014 by conqueror

[excelsiom]

Edited January 19, 2014 by excelsiom

[howl]

The Sapeurs of the Congo

 

...Soon Yves Kandaiz, a Sapeur friend of Kalubi, arrives dressed in a flowing black all-Yohji-Yamamoto outfit—a skirt and hooded-jacket combo that makes him look like one of the sand people in "Star Wars." Brazzaville Sapes worship classical fashion. Kin Sapeurs, they tell me, adore Yohji because his style is violent and brutal, in line with the spirit of their city. Where Salvador and Elyfontaine, over in Brazzaville, dressed, strutted and spoke like someone from a Somerset Maugham novel, Kalubi and Kandaiz take to the streets in an utterly different way: Kandaiz extends one arm and holds his jacket open, as if spreading a wing, to reveal the Yohji label inside. Kalubi stomps in the dirt like he's marching off to war.

Edited January 22, 2014 by howl

[D.MAN.P]

Disappointed he didn't take pix of the du. La sapes usually just #menswear in the congo

[howl]

the adoration of yohji was just a point of relevance to what we are interested in, here on sufu.
sure, the sapeurs are mostly #menswear, something many on here don't relate to but the aesthetic is beside the point.

 

"Watching him walk onto the dance floor I realize that when men dress as Sapeurs they become different people. Their gait, their gestures, and their manner of speaking are all transformed. The clothes are the gateway into a whole other way of being in the world."

 

 

this is the point. about attitude. about how they overcome their situations by using fashion as a means of elevating themselves to the level of self-worth they believe they are worthy of.

[D.MAN.P]

Reminds me of lolitas who go princessmode when they dress up. Least they arent in danger of jadedness. Make believe sometimes feels more genuine than the real thing.

Sounds nice i guess even if i dont buy it. The whole idea, the way it resonates has that romantic quality thats bound to catch on with ppl kinda like what you said earlier about beautiful things. But in practice we can prob think of a hundred beautiful things that ask for attention.

[frasier oiseau]

[untrue]

[Nebulae]

"Forgetting is a human specialty that was greatly refined by the recently deposed century.  We’ve kept the wrappings, though: the styles, the anecdotes, the narratives (the sexy ones, not the academic), and we are using them to deposit new contents inside."

 

"Borders are largely imaginary and will become wholly imaginary, soon to be replaced by aesthetic differences.  In other words, there will be privately constructed borders created by everyone everywhere, enforced by pocket nukes capable of eliminating entire cities or regions.  Arbitrary moral systems will back up private aesthetic borders, making it imperative for everyone to receive the correct medication."

 

"It is by definition anti: antiauthoritarian, anti-institutional, and anti-art, antianything, like Marlon Brando’s answer “Whaddya got?†to the question “What are you rebelling against?†in the movie The Wild One."

 

And this struck me as quite poignant:

 

 

And then some color/aesthetic reference:

[frasier oiseau]

[Schoon]

Ive got a bunch so im gonna put the pics into spoiler tabs

 

so hard to find pics of neon signs that arent of tumblrcore phrases

geodes are fucking rad

i draw a lot of inspiration from skateboarding/skate culture 

graff

 

[Denton]

[shoestring]

[watsoncrick]

 

 

[timeless]

Edited January 30, 2014 by timeless

[bobbyzamora]

 

this extra from seinfeld

[MonsieurUntitled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2014 by MonsieurUntitled

[SSchadenfreude]

 

 

 

 

 

[e0d9n0b5]

one of the greatest to ever do it

 

[koven]

^ denudes?

i've never really liked jonze before, but i'm so looking forward to her. i recently grew my moustache back and am 'inspired' to start wearing my light pink ocbd again. i think a lot of us on here can probably relate to be lonely people addicted to technology and wearing fruity clothing.

 

 

most beautiful boring movie ever 

[spacepope]

 

 

 

 

 

[conqueror]

most beautiful boring movie ever

pretty much - i was really disappointed. looks great though.

[Glasshands]

"He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch.
And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct."

[howl]

Edited February 5, 2014 by howl

[Nullsleep]

[Schoon]

Already looking forward to spring

[Trouble]

Edited February 4, 2014 by Trouble

[jamokes]

spacepope, don't remind me! i have a velvet hat from that collection, but what i really want is one of the matching coats

 

i think the omo valley's natives are masters of accessorizing

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://imgur.com/a/BAdeo#0