Family in Pink

Since I have a God daugther since a few months back I'm getting really familiar with babies' fashion. The 1970s is reigning as an influence to what the parents suit their kids up with. Loving it and total trip of nostalgia since I'm a child of the 70s. My God daughter is seen in pink alot which surprises me a bit because I didn't think that her mother would go for the really girlie-girlie stuff but life is full of surprises.

The thing about families (since I took a swing at the subject) is that there are different kinds of families. Some you are born into, some you choose and some you are chosen into.

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Peacock

Like peacocks we men like to spread our wings. And why do we do it? For self gratification, to be told that we look great and that we are wonderful specimens of human kind. The simplest reason of them all is of course - to be loved.



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Branding

Branding seems to become more and more important. We rarely just buy a thing these days, we buy a brand and the values of just said brand. Even people are brands. Madonna and David Beckham to just mention two. Why do you think athletes and actresses are put in commercials? Because we look up to them and in a vain attempt we think that something of them will rub off on ourselves when we purchase the products they endorse. There is also a symbiosis between the product and the celebrity. The traits of the product "spills" over on to the celebrity and více versa.

Even us mere mortals can be said to be doing a bit of branding when we display our lives and our thoughts on Facebook or when we like me create a blog. I write here because I like it but it is also blatant marketing for myself, my knowledge of fashion and my skill as a writer. As I mentioned before a brand needs to contain values. Then what values should my own brand be infused with?

I think that most people would say that I'm nice but who wants that as a value. Nice is all well and good but not very sexy, and when push comes to shove we all want to be desirable. I have been said to be enigmatic and mysterious. I like the ring of that because who the hell wants to be like an open book. Other characteristics that I'm told by others that I have are bravery, drive and fearlessness. By some who are perhaps not that fond of me I'm called pushy and aggressive. As all other things in life it is down to perspective and the feelings you invoke in the people around you.

So the values of the brand Patrick could well be Brave, Enigmatic and Fearless.


But in the end, the cold, hard truth of who I really am is known only by me.



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Nautical Fashion

Every year at late spring or in the summer it shows up like a letter in the mail, the nautical fashion. Red, white and blue, and the style is basically the same from one year to the other. Since blue is one of my favourite colours I always seem to fall like a wall of bricks repeatedly. For some reason the urge hasn't popped this year. I wonder why but on the other hand summer isn't over.




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Oscar Jacobson's New Campaign

Swedish company Oscar Jacobson has recently shot their new fall campaign. The photo shoot took place at the wool producer Loro Piana in Quarona Sesia in the north of Italy. The photographer is Patrik Sehlstedt and the stylist is Ursula Wångander and the model's name is Christian Brylle. I like the photo shoot and the feel is different from Oscar Jacobson's former campaigns. I definitely think that the company is on the right track and I look forward to keep an eye on what happens in the future.

Pictures courtesy of Oscar Jacobson.

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Victor & Rolf Fall Collection 2011

Victor & Rolf, this Dutch duo is spectacular and the boys really think outside the box. I find it hard to believe that anyone would think like these Dutchmen. Mindblowing shows and clothes that look like no other. That being said all of their positive traits don't always lead to an appealing result. When you take a look at the Victor & Rolf fall collection for 2011 the word beautiful doesn't really spring to mind. The clothes look like they were being made for a bad and low budgeted Sci-Fi movie. If you send out something on the catwalk that looks like a distant cousin to Star Trek you have reached deep waters and you have to pray to higher powers that you have the strength to tread water until you can get the customers onboard again. Quirky entails the large risk of ending up strange instead of elegant.








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Jay McCarroll

A few moments ago I saw an episode of the latest season of Project Runway. Automatically I start thinking about previous seasons and there has been some colourful people who have made theri claim to fame. The most colourful of them all is probably the winner of season one, Jay McCarroll. He dressed in all colours of the world and looked a bit like he had been dressed by a blind man but I hadn't wanted to have him any other way. He was truly and really himself. That is admirable and his clothes weren't the only thing that was colourful. He had and has a personality to match. A person who would make any circle of friends even more heavenly.


From the pictures I have found he continues on his colourful path and if you go to this webpage you will his beautiful textilies.




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