Hold Me Tight!
What could be classier than a giant white hand on the back of your dress, readers?
Classy.
Oh yeah: almost anything…
Hands off! The Hold Me Tight Dress by Dimepiece Designs 
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Hands off! The Hold Me Tight Dress by Dimepiece Designs
Daylight Robbery? Ann Demeulemeester cotton sleeves
Spare sleeves: they come in handy for those of you who have an extra pair of arms, you know?
In all seriousness, sleeves like these ones are the kind of thing we see fairly often on Yoox.com, and not at all anywhere else. Clearly sleeve-shoppers mostly use Yoox, then. Hmmm.
How much would you pay for these, though, assuming you were in the market for a pair of sleeves that don’t have a shirt attached to them? How about £169/ $256? Does that sound reasonable? Or are you just wondering why in the world these would cost more than an entire outfit for many of us? Well, that one’s easy: it’s because they’re by Ann Demeulemeester, obviously. Designer brand = licence to print money, you see. And once again, we find ourselves wishing we’d thought of it first…
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PSA: Socks and swimwear should never mix
This is a Public Service Announcement brought to you by The Fashion Police.
As summer approaches, we’d just like to take this opportunity to remind you that socks and swimwear DO NOT MIX. We understand that you may find it tempting to wear socks and shoes with your swimwear. Actually, no, scratch that: we DON’T understand why you’d want to do that, unless you actually are a British pensioner, and in the habit of wearing a knotted handkerchief on top of your head along with your socks/slip-ons/swimwear combo. That would explain the sock suspenders, too.
In conclusion, though: socks and slip-ons are the perfect way to ruin a totally cute bathing suit. We’d like to thank Kate Sylvester’s runway model for her assistance with this demonstration.
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Dress of the Day: Tavãn & Mitto structured shoulder tight fitting dress
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Black Milk leg bones leggings: for seriously skinny legs
The last time we saw skeleton leggings it was around the time of Halloween last year and whilst we were not happy about their existence, at least they could be justified as part of a Halloween costume. This time however, it is 6 months away from Halloween in each direction and yet Black Milk are still selling these leggings. Complete with pelvis bones.
From what we can determine on the internet, they are very popular even though we are yet to see anyone actually wearing these on the street. Mind you, we are not sure that the human x-ray look is one that will ever catch on enough to be worn in the street.
So who is buying them? Is it you? If you have $60 to spend on these, you can buy them here.
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Style on Trial: Reiss Sophiana wrap front jumpsuit with pockets
We all have mornings when we wake up feeling good about ourselves, just as we all have fat days. It is on such mornings that we might think about working a new trend, trying a new, cutting edge look, pulling that jumpsuit out of the wardrobe and giving it a test drive…
We at The Fashion Police sincerely hope that the jumpsuit in questions is not the Sophiana oatmeal wrap front jumpsuit with pockets from Reiss.
When an outfit looks this bad on a smooth plastic dummy with no lumps, bumps or bending-over-rolls, alarm bells should start ringing. We’ll politely skip over the fact that pockets look as if they were designed to draw attention to the thigh area, and the universally unflattering, geriatric shade of oatmeal grey-nude, and jump instead straight to the rear view. Which, again takes us to a geriatric place – a sagging, high-and-elasticated-waisted geriatric place that we would frankly rather put off visiting until our golden years.
The model on the website has styled this with killer cage shoes, shades and a studded bag… and yet all we can see are the sagging knees and seat. But maybe you can see something more? What do you think – could you make this jumpsuit work for you? If so you can buy it from Reiss for a casual £95.
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New shoe line Acrobats of God: Ecstatic for elastic or a bit of a stretch?
There’s definitely something cool about Acrobats of God, the new shoe line from designer Nicole Brundage. It’s kind of hard to do something new and fresh in footwear that isn’t too gimmicky or unwearable. So kudos to Brundage and her collection of woven elastic and leather shoes featuring funky wooden heels and a pretty unique vision.
But the line attracts some unfashionable comparisons. First, a lot of the elastic here – especially the black and nude – reminds us of bra straps. Another negative association? The elastic-trim craze of the late ’80s and early ’90s which saw everything from overly chunky heels to grandmotherly loafers sporting spans of the stretchy stuff. Nowadays it’s mostly relegated to “comfort” footwear and the panels on boots to allow large calf sizes to fit in the same shoes as their skinnier counterparts.
Obviously, these designs are more fashionable than these counterparts, but are they attractive and would you wear them?
[View more of the line on The Cut, and purchase at Opening Ceremony or TheCorner.com.]
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Handbag of the Week: Miu Miu bird suede and python clutch
OK, so £880 is just a little steep for a clutch bag, but when the clutch in question is as adorable as this one… actually, even then it’s too expensive for those of us on a police officer’s salary, but bird print is huge this season, and we think this is one of the nicest uses of it we’ve seen so far.
If you think so too, and you’re not at all put off by the price, this is by Miu Miu and you can buy it at Net-a-Porter.
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