Over on Popnography, Shana expressed her approval of Matt Dallas' "angle" at Golden Globes' "Young Hollywood" party -- "sort of a naughty older brother to Harry Potter, perhaps." We thought we'd weigh in on Mr. Dallas as well.
The cute and foppish styling is working for him here, and, if you're familiar with him from Kyle XY, you know he's always boyishly clean shaven, so the scruff he's got going is sexily refreshing. His outfit overall is perfectly "young Hollywood" -- casual but fashionable -- and we're totally gushing over the two-toned scarf. He's also ahead of the spring season curve with that navy blazer. Hint hint.
First off, we get it -- you're tired. You haven't been home in three months. You're being paraded around like a pageant queen. You're getting down and dirty with Vegas girls. Fine. You can start to get lazy with a schedule like that. But, nevertheless, can we please put just a smidge of effort into your wardrobe? We had high hopes after your delectable GQ cover, but after the Sports Illustrated fiasco and some worrisome appearances on your book tour, we're beginning to doubt your ability to function without an A-list stylist at your side.
Case in point: your recent bookstore stop in Los Angeles. It's not really that your choices are that bad, but you look so disheveled. Tuck your shirt in, comb your hair and wear some nicer jeans. You are a superstar now whether you like it or not, so start dressing like one.
Stylelist advice: you're a tall lanky guy so don't weary baggy clothes. You look like a scarecrow when you do. What's more, throwing on a blazer every once in a while will do wonders for an outfit. It still looks casual, but stylish at the same time. You've been warned, sir. -- SETH PLATTNER
Cheyenne Jackson was of course at the 14th annual Out 100 last month as one of our honorees, and he looked stunning in a perfect gray suit, white shirt, and black tie. He took a slightly...different approach at last night's opening for Liza Minelli's one woman show, Liza at the Palace! That's not to say there weren't some highlights from the outfit: the splash of purple color looks great on him, and we are totally digging the cute Clark Kent glasses. But the jacket is far too boxy.
Cheyenne, you're a tall guy -- and we like that! But an oversized blazer just makes you look like a big kid whose mom dressed him. And is that a third button we spot? You're not an NBA player. Two would have been plenty. Don't get us wrong, you're totally hot and we would totally do you -- we'd just make you take the jacket off before we got started. Kisses!
For more photos of the crowd at Liza's big night, check out Popnography.
For being so young, the Jonas Brothers -- that's Nick, Joe and Kevin if you don't know already -- are surprisingly immune to outright fashion fumbles, and it was really no different with these boys last night at the American Music Awards (hats off to their stylist). That's not to say they totally nailed it, but we do like how they pull off dressing as an ensemble and peppering their combined look with dashes of individuality.
From left to right, Nick takes best dressed of the group with the in-season gray plaid three-piece suit. The tie is just a tad too wide for our tastes, but, for being the youngest of the threesome, he's showing the most maturity. Joe, in the middle, plays the pinstripe well, and we love the lavender shirt, even it is make him look more like Wynona Rider than he already does. And Kevin there on the end would probably benefit from a one or two-button suit rather than the boxy double breasted he's wearing, but it rounds out the retro feel the guys are going for, so we'll allow it. And, like brother Nick, his tie is fun, but just a little jarring considering the rest of the outfit(s). Still -- they're totally cute so, really, who cares.
The gays were out in droves last night for the premiere of the new Harvey Milk biopic, Milk, and among the hordes of 'mos was the beloved envelope pusher, photographer David Lachapelle. With his boyfriend, Drew Kuhse, in tow, both men were rather eye-catching in their shiny suits but their ensembles came off a little zoot suit-y for our tastes, especially since the costume-ish look was even more pronounced due to premier's rather casual feel -- the mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, wore jeans!
Nevertheless, that's the beauty of being gay! We can wear whatever we want, whenever we want and to whatever event-honoring-gays we want. In fact, Kushe looked kind of cute with his pink tie splashing up against his dark suit. Even Lachapelle himself wouldn't seem quite so Lou Bega if he'd lose the hat and the silver chain. But then he just wouldn't be David Lachapelle if he played it safe, right?
For more coverage of the world premiere of Focus Feature's Milk, head over to Out's own pop culture blog, Popnography.
Franco's character research into Scott Smith, Milk's longtime
boyfriend, even got into 1970s San Francisco fashion trends, he told us: "The 'Castro clone' was a style of dress that was pretty
common -- a lot of flannels and construction boots and jeans. I
remember reading someone complaining that the guys were actually
trying to be too butch." (None of those are present in this gallery of photos from the magazine.)
While we like Franco in, well, anything, that got us thinking about his personal style, which thankfully is a little more contemporary with a classic edge. On the far right, above, on a recent TRL appearance to promote Pineapple Express with comparatively drab costars Seth Rogan and Danny McBride, Franco looks relaxed yet James Dean-ishly stylish in the dark denim and cropped motorcycle jacket (one of our fall favorites).
In the same vein, he was spotted roving in NYC looking equally put together, dressed dark again, with skinny jeans, a tee, another cropped jacket and great looking boots. We love how appropriately bunched his jeans are at the bottom, giving just enough break throughout the pant. While we would have preferred a plain tee shirt rather than something graphic, his dark hair (dyed perhaps for some new role?) and the gradient sun-shades are altogther cinematic.
Passing Judgment: Jeremy Piven at the Emmy Awards. Piven (pictured left) usually does a good job of channeling the sartorial whims of his Emmy-producing Entourage character, Ari Gold, but he was a little off at last night's award ceremony. While he took home the statue for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, that gargantuan tie swallowed everything in its path: the suit, the man and the statue. Any otherwise dapper outfit (love the pocket square) was simply overtaken by a tie that looks like a cow's tongue. We know you're short, Jeremy, but let's not overcompensate too much. And while I like the suit, I also would have preferred an of-the-moment peaked lapel for something a little more formal. Better luck next year!
Open For Business: The new Armani flagship in Milan. Ralph Lauren on L.A.'s Robertson Boulevard.
Our economy is tanking, so we all have to stretch our wardrobe as far as it will go. Our neighbors to the north feel our pain, and Vancouver's Wings + Horn offers stylish reversible tees, now available at Blackbird. [Material Interest] Black and white, the spectrum's simplest colors, are anything but when it comes to getting dressed. Digest these pointers so you don't end up looking like a mime. [Haute Concept]
As fall lines hit stores, everyone is plastering the blogosphere with
"must-haves," as demonstrated here on Refinery 29. But, lest my fashion sensitive eyes deceive me, some of
the must-haves feel like already-haves from seasons past.
Shawl-collars? Leather jackets? Plaid? I understand the extension of a
trend, and I suppose it means I'm ahead of the curve, but something
fresh would be, well, refreshing. When you start naming pieces as ubiquitous as sweater vests "trends" you're losing sight of the inherent meaning of the word.
Where are the season's actual trends, like those photographed by Walter Chin in the recent Out spread? Where's the trouser-cut denim? The shearling? The workman's wear? The cropped coats? When it comes to trends we want the new, the noteworthy and the not-so-obvious. Looks like these are meant to come and go. The herringbone blazer and military jackets are the new classics, not trends -- and they most definitely should already be in your closet. One upside to this whole nomenclature mess? It's a great time to stock up on basics.
I don't know if I would put that much effort into getting dressed for the premiere of a movie that is so pot-centric you leave the theater feeling like you've just puff-puff-passed yourself, but Daniel Craig is working that Tom Ford three-piece suit the way 007 would be expected to. The chic gray is perfectly toned with his just-tan-enough skin, the lavender pocket square is a nice touch, and that he's showing a bit of his shirt cuff says he's got the eye for details (or his stylist does, at least). I like that he's taken a perfectly tailored and, given that it's Tom Ford, totally high-end suit but still made it casual with the sunglasses and scruffy face. He may be channeling Mr. Ford himself a little too much with the big sunglasses and extremely spread collar, but no doubt Craig has the pecs to flaunt so we'll forgive him and at the same time thank him for the gratuitous display.
And, for the record, she looks fabulous too. She being Satsuki Mitchell, who does well as an accessory on his arm.
Passing Judgment: being that he is headlining the Fashion Rocks concert, it's no surprise to see Justin Timberlake grace this year's FR mag cover--and he is "gracing" with all the svelteness of a high class waiter. [The Cut]
A happy belated Birthday to the ever
inspiring and always fabulous Tim Gunn! At 55 he's still working it
like he owns it, because he basically does. [AP]
If you have, like $18,000 to blow on just whatever, you can get your very own pair of vintage (and we mean vintage) Levi's from the 1890's that were found in a mine in the Rand Mining District, on the Mojave Desert,. California. Sounds like a totally legit investment. [Kottke]
Did they or didn't they, did they or didn't they? In what is likely only a brilliant publicity stunt on Marc Jacob's part, everyone is still guessing whether he wed is three-month Brazilian boyfriend this past weekend. It's almost too much to handle, but you bet your bottoms I'm going to do my best to keep up. [The Cut]
It looks like someone's shelf life is about to expire; it's being reported that Jil Sander is up for sale. The label was purchased by a private equity fund in 2006 (which bodes so well for a designer label), but they are claiming fatigue of "waiting for Jil Sander’s bottom line to match its critical acclaim." [WWD] Vanity Fair has just released it's annual best dressed list. Topping the list of men? David Beckham. Coming in at number two? His bulge. [The Cut]
After the continued success of Prada's women's scent Infusion d’Iris, Spanish company Puig is releasing a men's Infusion fragrance in October. Similar to the female version, it combines Florentine iris with cedar, vetiver, olibanum and benzoin, and comes in a bottle modeled on the women’s version. Sounds like Prada is running a little dry on originality over there...[Cosmetic News]
Karl Lagerfeld does it for the girls and boys with his new fragrance,
Kapsule. All three unisex scents will hit the States in November.
Some of Lagerfeld's favorite scents? Fresh bread, vanilla, woods and
spices. Fresh bread? Can we expect to smell like a bakery with these
new scents? Come November, we'll find out. [WWD]
For all you art-saavy men out there, it was just announced that Christie's will auction off a large portion of Yves Saint Laurent's art collection in February. Estimated at nearly $600 million, his well stocked collection includes pieces from Picasso, Mondrian, Matisse, Goya and, of course, Warhol. I've got my bidding paddle ready! [Fashionista]
Passing Judgment: David Beckham wore some hideous--and I mean hideous--eye wear when leaving a restaurant the other night. Usually he's so impeccably dressed. I'm calling for five more Armani Underwear ads to make up for this atrocity. I'm already in touch with his people. [The Sun]
The thought of Pierre Hardy designing shoes for The Gap sent our little heads swirling with the possibilities of the vast array of footwear he would create. Alas, the only thing we'll get out of him for fall is a pair of combat boots and a taupe desert boot. He's such a tease, that Pierre Hardy. [Material Interest]
Our favorite Project Runway alum Christian Siriano hit the red carpet at last night's premiere of Sex and the City at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. While his designs for Project Runway and Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham are quite fabulous, his own style stooped to new lows. He stepped out in a metallic gold lamé tuxedo shirt. Miss Siriano is one pair of roller skates, a big fro and a line of cocaine short of a Studio 54 swingers party. Not fierce, Christian. It's not a hot tranny mess. It's a flat-out mess. Even Patricia Field was embarrassed for him.
Brad Pitt stepped out with a very pregnant Angelina Jolie in Cannes today looking quite dapper and a little Clooney-esque. He worked the red carpet in a made-to-measure, black, two-piece, notch-lapel wool suit with a white shirt, a black silk jacquard tie and a pair of black cap-toe leather shoes, all by Tom Ford's Menswear Collection. The power couple attended the Kung Fu Panda premiere at the 61st Cannes International Film.
I love Valentino. The man has made some incredibly sexy clothes for men and women. But since he retired from designing clothes, I'm concerned. While I'm sure he would like everyone to think that he has been relaxing in Saint Tropez, it looks like he has been spending some quality time with a bottle of St.Tropez sunless tanner instead! Lay off the bronzer, Valentino.
Of course, the big irony here, is that this photo was snapped last night while he attended Tom Sachs Bronze Collection for Lever House in New York City. Valentino didn't get the memo that the art would be in bronze, not the attendees.
Out covergirl Tilda Swinton and Justin Bond of Kiki & Herb and Shortbus fame, hit the red carpet together at the Costume Institute's Gala on Monday night. And, they look eerily similar—each one channeling a different era of David Bowie's career (who was also in attendance that evening). Could these busom buddies have been separated at birth?
Model-turned-actor Jason Lewis of Sex and the City fame, is still mighty delicious (even with this One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest expression on his face). You'll see much more of him in the coming days as the Sex and the City movie in which he appears nears its May release date. I mean, let's be honest, Lewis definitely upped the queer viewer ratings for the show in its final season. But did he have to wear his Adidas sneakers in the photo above? A pair of Gucci loafers would be perfect with this simple and casual outfit. And why are both of his hands in his pockets? That usually means he's hiding something.
My sassy sister at Popnography and I both love us some is-he-or-isn't-he Hayden Christensen, and you better believe that I was in the audience for the opening night of the sci-fi nerdfest with a side of man candy that is Jumper.
When I came across this photos from his recent TRL appearance, I hardly recognized my leading-man-crush because he looks like a completely different person. Maybe he has found some powerful antiaging moisturizer because he looks about 16 years old, or his makeup artist needs to be shot. But his outfit is cute, classic, simple and absolutely foolproof. While wearing all-black might lack imagination, I kind of love the renewed interest in 90s minimalism.
Even when Ricky Martin is on his knees and giving his best "O" face, he manages to look quite dapper in a beautifully-tailored, two-button, gray suit with a black skinny tie. The hair could use a little help. Of course, having a few fossils in ill-fitting clothes stand behind you can also make you look better by comparison.
At a reader's request, here are before and after photos of Mika's fresh new look.
I almost didn't recognize Mika in his spit-polished style. It's amazing what a comb, some hair relaxer and a bit of good product can do to tame some unruly curls—not that I have anything against curls. Mika looks quite handsome when he's not sporting his usual casual garb. The guy cleans up well, what else can I say?
Meet Canadian designer Karim Rashid—and his pink getup.
This is the same man who once told fab Magazine (thanks Queerty!), "I use pink a lot. I’ve been using pink since I was a teenager. I went
to my high school graduation in a pink satin suit with pink hair and
pink nails in 1976. It’s not like I’ve changed a lot. It’s always been
a part of me. Pink is strong."
I love pink as much as the next queen, but this is much too much! Rashid looks like he's preparing to join the gay gang, The Pink Panthers (that's a reference to the film Jeffrey, by the way)
I love Seal. He usually has great style—he's Heidi Klum's baby daddy for Imitation of Christ's sake! However, it seems that Seal's style sensibilities took the night off when he was snapped in Las Vegas for Andre Agassi's 12th Annual Grand Slam for Children. A white tuxedo jacket, a gauzy white button down, a white scarf and a white leather bag? Where does he think he is? The White Party?
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