There’s a strange new feature at Suicide Girls:
Fashion_Suicide is a project of SuicideGirls. A global team of all SuicideGirl street photographers brings world fashion to you, from high to low, punk to posh. Today’s photo comes to us from SG Brit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Are you a SuicideGirl with a discerning eye for fashion and a passion for street photography? Drop us a line at Fashion_Suicide and contribute your own vision of the world.
It’s named appropriately, as discerning fashionistas can also observe here and here (shamefully the latter effort is from Sydney).
And it’s not exactly taking off. Says Fractal:
Good God…Please tell me that outfit is some sort of joke, or this is a “What NOT to wear” column.
I think we at LP can do better. Use this thread to submit the fashion dos and don’ts of today’s world. I’ll kick off over the fold with the inappropriate outfit to wear when you’re getting a celebrity divorce. Yes, folks, it’s Heather Mills-McCartney seeking to achieve her apparent aim of becoming the new POSH.
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Innsbruck winter season fashion report #1
Do’s: Camper’s new winter range. But we all knew that Camper shoes are the hotness, they are pretty excy though.
Do’s: Converse’s new winter range. I never would have guessed that the humble Chuck Berry All Stars could be turned into a sturdy winter boot that looks good but apparently it’s possible.
Don’ts: White puffy jackets with fake fur hood lining. I just went to the local snackbar for lunch and 7 high school girls walked in wearing identical puffy white jackets. Very very lame.
Don’ts: Tequila, rum, red wine, whiskey, pear schnapps, unidentifiable other drink mixed with ample dancing and cigarettes. Not specifically a fashion tip but I wasn’t looking so hot on the weekend.
Damnit. I forgot the beer. I wonder what else I’ve forgotten…
Thanks for kicking off the report from such a glamorous location, mick!
I mean beer, ciggies, pear schnapps!
I’m a bit worried that some of the, quite fashionable, clothes I was wearing might not improve after a wash or two. Not to mention the shoes…
What’s with the modern habit of wearing striped ties with checked shirts? It is wrong and everything clashes and epileptics around the world are thrown into fits by these stupid combinations.
Of course, we should go easy on those wearing these outfits for personal use, and concentrate on the dealers.
“Chuck Berry All Stars”?!?!?!?!?
I’m pleased to see higher waisted trousers/jeans making a comeback.
Tradesman’s crack should be banned – especially if you aren’t a tradie.
Another definite no-no, despite the current ‘fashion’ is the bubble skirt.
“Tequila, rum, red wine, whiskey, pear schnapps, unidentifiable other drink mixed with ample dancing and cigarettes”
Quite. You need to have control groups, mick. I suggest repeated experiments excluding first cigarettes, then dancing.
Yoiks, that’s a scary picture.
Maybe she wants to be the new Victoria Beckham, but to me she looks like the new Strother Martin.
“What we got HEAH, is a FAIL-YAH to communicate…”
I’ve worn a paisley tie with a checked shirt and pinstripe pants. Actually, I wore it at my PhD graduation ceremony. It looked good. The pants were Ben Sherman and the shirt was Herringbone. I even had a fashion consultant with me when I bought the outfit, and to quote him, “According to all the rules it shouldn’t work, but it does. Weird.”. I think the only reason it looked good was cause of the Herringbone shirt. Anyone can look good in one of those things.
Ah yes, Herringbone. If only they were cheaper… sigh…
OMG! Fashion_Suicide keeps getting worse!
http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/18733/
Mark, I wish. I also wish I could get them over here somewhere. Maybe when I go to London next month I might have a chance.
Don’ts: Most items of clothing sold in maternity fashion stores.
Why must they torture me? Surely being a round ball is bad enough?
I want a pair of peep-toe wedges, preferably in tan but I’ll settle for black, not too high and most importantly not too thin at the base.
But I’m too lazy to go looking.
And what colour will your legwarmers be?
I had a pair of bright red woolen leg warmers when I was about 8 years old that I just loved. I wore them every day in winter.
The thing is that I just don’t feel ready to embrace the 80s again. Maybe I am just in denial that I could be old enough to remember anything “the first time around”. I have also never felt comfortable with stone wash.
I won’t miss the picasso butts though (i.e. plumber’s crack intersected by a g-string).
Looks like it’s gofugyourself.com for goths. Gothfugyourself?
Will be looking around for suspicious looking people with cameras just in case anyone might be taking my picture. Not that I’m anywhere near as bad as the last link from Kim. That is just scary.
Cristy – why do designers think that pregnant women want to wear frills and bows? I can’t think of anything more likely to make me vomit. Last time I just gave up and stretched all my t-shirts as much as possible for as long as possible. Anything to avoid maternity shopping.
Legwarmers??
Oh, I see. You thought I wanted to wear them. No I just want to buy them and take them out of the cupboard and briefly admire them sometimes.
I like this blog – he’s a professional catwalk photographer but on his blog he puts street photos, mostly taken in Manhattan.
Laura, that is a fantastic blog.
Laura knows all the fantastic blogs!
That Teutonic legwarmers foto almost but not quite scalds my fashion nerves. But then again I’ve seen a St Kilda lady of the night sporting a yellow top with ‘Bitch’ spelt out in rhinestones, a pink vinyl minskirt, black fishnet stockings and flip flops. And I regret to say not new flip flops either.
But aren’t we all style casualities in the long run? I’m the one 92 from the left, down 131 rows, in the boating jacket, tapa-print shirt and RM Williams boots. And old school cricket trousers I hope.
Maybe Suicide Girls should stick to, like, naked chicks with tatts and piercings?
http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/18733/page1/#post6399221
Also, I note that Pavlov’s Cat has an American rello who’s commenting:
http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/18733/page1/#post6400200
Mick, Hel-Looks is really good too – street fashion from Helsinki.
Nabakov thanks for that link. Just the kind of thing I love.
tapa-print shirt – what, with wee snacks printed on it? (Or just stains from lots of little snacks the night before?) Obviously I am fashion challenged.
IT IS STILL BAD!
http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/18814/
NO! NO! NO!
SAVE US!
SAVE OUR CITY!
NO NO! IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE!
THE HORROR!!!!!
http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/18850/
Only Fractal is maintaing my sanity:
http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/18850/page1/#post6463964
All hail Fractal!
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Say what you wish…i’m never ever going to give up my red suede docs or my Lip Service clothes….
Omigod.*looks down* I’m wearing them atm.