We Will Miss You Jonas Fred

I loved your blog and I hate to see you stop blogging. You were an inspiration to me for both fashion, style and blogging. We will miss you Jonas Fred and your blog The Journal Of Style.

Picture - Hedi Slimane

My Love For Balenciaga

I love Balenciaga. There I said it. It is one of my favourite fashion houses. They have fantastic menswear as well as womenswear. Have a look at the 2nd jacket in the 2nd picture. Wonderful design (click on the picture to enlarge). The button arrangement is fantastic. Take a look at all the jackets they are all beautiful. My request to Nicolas Ghesquiere and Balenciaga. Come to India. Come to Cochin. Or at least start online shopping to places other than USA. Optional request- Start a Balenciaga loves India Campaign. Now that would be fantastic. (I will be more than happy to design it for you). Wait, on second thought I will. I have motivated myself to draw a few designs for Balenciaga loves India (my fantasy). They will be up as soon as I finish and considering the lazy bum I am give me a few days.

Road Safety and Style

The campaign you see above (the campaign makes me want to wear that vest. I blame advertising for this too. I envy you people) is a french road safety campaign featuring Karl Lagerfeld. It reads "It's yellow, it's ugly, it doesn't match anything, but it can save your life." Below is something I found with a slight recumbence to the safety vest we see all around us on policemen and security guards.
The photo is from Romain Kremer's Spring Summer 08 collection. Ah how the policemen and security guards would be a pleasure watching with this on. You could wear this too (that is if you can get your hands on them) when on a walk at night in this LOVELY GOD' OWN COUNTRY of ours (please forgive my sarcasm) where street lights don't work.

Beat The Heat

I can't take it anymore. Kerala is one hot place to live in (hot meaning scorching hot temperature). This led to me googling for ways to keep cool and beat the heat. Most of it was too expensive for me but I learned something interesting. I found out that eating hot and spicy food can cool you down in hot climates. I stopped wearing shoes in Cochin unless I really have to. Only sandals for me but the picture above has inspired me to start wearing shoes again (sockless like in the picture). The picture also makes me want to start wearing bright colours again (I want those shorts!). Now all this would have been easier if I could find some money lying around for first class tickets to my vacation home in Switzerland (Munnar or Ooty would be fine too).