Weekend Eye Candy - Hermes, 1960

It seems appropriate after our look at wearing plaids this week that this gorgeous coat and suit set by Hermes from 1960 should come along.  Note how the designer uses the same plaid in different sizes so they combine beautifully.

Stinky Pinky

Menggabungkan tema movie pada iStyle kali ini, iCreate berkolaborasi dengan designer Didit Hediprasetyo dan photografer andal Arseto Adiputra. Menceritakan individu dan kelompok kaum urban yang senang mendokumentasikan momen kehidupan. Dua perpaduan style yang dapat dilihat di fashion spread kali ini, couture dan street. Dikemas secara ringgan dan fun namun tanpa hilang kesan high fashion, iStyle kali ini unexpected dan let’s say: everybody can make a movies…!.

Directed & Phtographed: Arseto Adiputra

Art & Fashion Direction: Didit Hediprasetyo

Ast. Stylist: Moch. Reza Rizky, Natalie, Ghina

Make up & Hair do: Billy Krisna

Model: Barbara – Kate – Nadia – Rob (DAMN-Inc), Kourtney – Thyddi (FAME), Monica Sue, Dinda, Manda, Rani

Ast. Photographer: ARS Studio team

Location: ARS Studio Jakarta

Un-Published picture:

Wardrobe:
Didit Hediprasetyo, Christian Louboutin, Hermes, Chanel, Longchamp, Vabane, Chautte, Mellisa flat - 707 Kemang, Havaianas, Converse

Hermes SS'12 Sandals

New sandals seen on the catwalk at Hermes for Spring/Summer 2012. The straps cross the foot diagonally making it look pretty simple but in a chic way. Love the new colors - yellow ochre and carmine red, which inject some freshness to the usual neutral tones by the luxury fashion house.

[pix from style.com]

Trendspotting: Neutrals for Summer

Don't you guys feeling the heat these days. While on the northern hemisphere they're now preparing for summer to arrive, right here in the equatorial we're already having the pinch of the scorching weather first hand. Very hot indeed, even the bushes near my house are set ablazed due to the nature's own radiated energy.

Anyway, mentioning hot weather and summer - the neutral tones that blend with the beach are the key to melting into the summer this year. White, cream, sand, taupe and light beige are going to be this season's hot favourites. As summer heat are very demanding, cotton and linen are the fibers to be worn, alongside with the lighweight materials and mesh-knitwear that allows more ventilation to the body.

Talking about beach - I think I need to go to Pulau Perhentian or Sipadan to whisk off this work stress...

Linen cardigan - Dunhill

T-shirt - Acne; Trousers and belt - Hermes; Sunglasses - Raf Simons

Swimshorts - Orlebar Brown

(L) V-neck sweater - Alexander McQueen

(R) Jacket and shorts - Jil Sander; Rope sandals - Dolce & Gabbana

(L) Double-layer sweater and shorts - Dolce & Gabbana

(R) Shirt, shorts and rope belt - Dolce & Gabbana 

(L) Knitted top and trousers - Salvatore Ferragamo; Sandals - Gucci

(R) Cotton shirt - Dolce & Gabbana; Trousers - Louis Vuitton

Cashmere jumper - Maison Martin Margiela, Trousers - Yves Saint Laurent,

Rope sandals - Dolce & Gabbana

[pix from the guardian UK]

Hermes 'Ulysse' Diaries

Do I write? No, I don’t. Well, yeah… sort of if you’re referring that to blogging. But writing as in handwriting – no, I don’t. I don’t call my handwriting a proper ‘handwriting’ though, but more towards scribble to be honest. Sometimes I don’t even know what I’ve written on the paper the other day, coz it’s somehow so hard to read. It's hideous. Kinda similar to the physicians’ scribbles coz I believe he also don’t even know what he had jotted down on that notepad. I think that’s the big disadvantage of living life in the wake of digital technology where everything now is just through typing instead of handwritten. From the PC to the mobile phones – all you see is the keyboard that you can just ‘press the buttons’ to key in your input. Similar to what you’re reading now. I think if I write all of these statements properly on a piece of paper, and scan it then posted it in here… my goodness, I think you’d mistaken it as the Sanskrit instead!

Anyway. My mom still writes until now. She has lots and lots of journals her own that she’s been writing through the ages which I think can be its own library by itself. I always see her, whenever she got time to spare she’ll be sitting on one side and pull out her journals and jotting down stuffs. The funny thing is, all of her journals are the hard-covered logbook! Yeah, the kind of A4-sized logbook that I normally used during those days to jot down the things I did in my lab sessions. Another thing, sometimes there's no 'period' or 'semicolons' or even 'punctuation' marks, that all sentences flows endlessly and you must take a deep breath to finish reading it. Haha... very interesting. Me and my siblings always go thru her journals to see the contents coz it’s not really that big a secret anyway. We were somehow quite astonished to read what she’s written coz everything is about her life story. The history thru all the years that she’s been living – from the moment she enter her first school back in the 40s, to the time she married my dad and had to follow him moving to different cities and different states due to my dad’s job requirement, to the stories about her giving birth to all of us 8 siblings. And that also include the stories about my brothers and sisters wedding day and they got kids… everything really a life story. All handwritten, and it’s remarkable! Sometimes I wonder, if I could published her life story and made it into a novel or memoir for others to read too.

Btw. Despite of the technology that really moves faster than a speeding bullet, some people out there still like to go on a traditional route of recording things through writing. And that’s why the business of paper-based diaries and notebook is never being out of sight. Just take a look at Filofax or Moleskine; do you think they got sidelined even that everyone now owns their iPhone or BB? No, they don’t. And they certainly won't.

And if you too belong to that category, you can be a handwriting Sartorialist if you’re seen carrying this Hermes diaries. The colors are subdued, yet utterly delicious. The supple, grained leather that looks buttery soft would definitely make anyone around you go gaga when they see one. I like that these Hermes diaries went for mujirushi concept of no label, just like Muji, the brand. Otherwise it'll look too conspicuous if the label really appears. One good thing about this diary is the flexibility to change the contents inside coz you can add/remove the papers as you wish since it has ring binders on the spine. Price? Okay… they’re not cheap, but at least they’re Hermes – that alone would made you already go gaga ooh la laa!! (Ahaks!)

[pix from stylist issue 60]

Seeing Double: That Scarf with White Piping...

Is it the case of 'Oh, can I borrow your idea?' happens among the top designers? If that saying goes - great minds think alike - being played again and again, I think chances that you'll discover same styles among the big brands is very high.

Take this one for example. The dark colored scarves with white piping on the edge are seen in both seasons this year. First up is Hermes, seen on Marlon Teixeira during Spring/Summer 2010 shows. I bet those who wore it last season... well, please hang to it, dude coz you can reuse the style for the current autumn season. Why? Coz it seems that Emporio Armani also got quite similar to that, though for the chill weather the scarf has gone slightly oversize. In fact, the way the scarves are wrapped around the neck is also the same.

Isn't it kinda seal the deal in term of trending, that accessorizing can also be seasonless? I think so...

[pix from gq style]

The Luggage Issue

The luggage to choose from in the previous issue of Shortlist. If only I had a massive bank balance, I would definitely choose the Hermes Kelly 'Relax' in the house signature tangerine color. Yeah, the one that I saw at the Hermes store in Rue Boissy d'Anglas during my Paris trip last year. Looks so tempting... and by which I think inspired Hackett to copy the bag with their own version of City Luxe holdalls in cream (but I think the design is a bit off, yikes! Just lose the zip on the front, you smartypants!).

Anyway, my second fav which is the true classic and the ultimate travel companion is Louis Vuitton monogram Keepall. In choc brown and dark choc leather trims... what more luscious can you get?!

I snap this pix while ogling at Hermes Paris in Rue Boissy d'Anglas.
[read here for my previous encounter]

[pix from shortlist and asos]