What I Wore

Shirt: Zara
Pants: Custom Levi's 511(Seen Here)
Boots: Dr Martens 1460
Collar: Found at a Punk Store

Virgin Blak Review

     I said in my most recent "Fashion Needs" post that I will be reviewing an entire brand, VirginBlak.com, on their clothes. I think the brand has some seriously amazing pieces that can't be found anywhere else. They use quality materials to make great pieces that combine punk, goth, and high fashion together in perfect harmony. Pieces shock and stimulate. I especially love their unique and avant-garde shirts in beautiful black or white, their studded black leather fingerless gloves, and many other accessories like shredded knit or leather scarves. In fact, I just checked out the new arrivals, and I am obsessing over their zipped up sweaters and the zippered shirt. I urge you to take a look at their beautifully crafted studded leather moto jackets like this one. 

 Here are a few selections from my wishlist.

Exposed Zip Front Shirt
$35.69

Stud Gloves

$18.99

Custom Spike Sunglasses (B-Type)

$55.99

(Take a look at Lady Gaga wearing these sunglasses back in April 2011.)

Strappy Sleeved Long Sleeve

$37.99

Cutout Hem Long Sleeved Tunic

$33.99

Double Strapped Two Zip Skinny Jeans

$64.99

Wrinkled Liquid Faux Leather Long Sleeved Tee

$33.99 

Faux Leather Slanted Apron Hem Tee

$31.99

 I will be purchasing some of these items in the near future and look for Virgin Blak in future "What I Wore" posts!

Photo Credits: VirginBlak.com

Fashion Needs

     I must say that my personal style is flowing and transforming into a more gothic and dark look. However, I don't mean that I will be wearing heavy makeup any time soon or listening to gothic music. I do have an obsession with the color black and love leather gloves and unconventional looks. I also love quality, fitted looks that don't need to be cheap but also don't need to break the bank. For this, I always look at Forever 21 and Zara for good clothes and accessories that fit my style mold. I've recently discovered a new place, called VirginBlak.com that sells fantastic goth and punk looks that make me swoon. In fact, I might do a separate blog post in the future exclusively about the brand, as the stuff I love from there is too extensive to include with this post.

Zara Dark Coat

$119.00

Zara Goth Leather Gloves

$39.90

Zara Black Leather Studded Gloves

$59.90

Zara Oversized Trench Coat 

$229.00

Forever 21 Cut-Off Pullover

$17.90

What I Wore

Shirt: Zara

Blazer: Vintage

Jeans: Forever 21

Brooch: Hurst Jewelry

Shoes: Converse

Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2015 Ready-to-Wear Review

      Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2015 collection was shown in a black oak room that displayed two massive white sculptures of orchids. The brilliant white sculptures were designed by Marc Quinn, an artist who focuses on nature as well as the human condition. It brought an artistic beauty the show worked around in. When the first model emerged, her knee high lace up boots clacking to the beat of the music. Her face was incased in a black plastic mask that brought about an avant-garde feel. With McQueen, avant-garde is always expected. There was a harmony of Eastern influences. Samurai armor-like harnesses and face masks layered over soft florals of kimonos. This wasn't all together new territory for McQueen, considering Lee McQueen's Spring/Summer 2001 "VOSS" collection, which dealt with Eastern Exoticism, for example. However of course, that collection was much more uncomfortable and extreme. This time around, Sarah Burton has relaxed the aggression and given a much more soft and elegant look for the McQueen buyer. This doesn't mean that Lee McQueen is lost, it isn't an abandonment and reinvention of the brand. There still is avant-garde dark beauty that made people pay attention to Alexander McQueen. Upon further investigation into these beautiful clothes, I noticed that harnesses and different panels aren't neatly sewn together or layered over each other. Rather, they were pieced together loosely, exposing thin amounts of skin. So, the not all the clothes aren't as simple as they may seem. Sarah Burton must love her details. But of course, the devil is in the details, as they say. Even though the clothes were heavily structured with sharp tailoring and rich fabrics, there was a sexuality to it all that's quite riveting. Perhaps it's the shiny black leather straps up against sheer sleeves. Perhaps its hard black leather painted with vibrant reds and whites. There's a force in this collection, it makes me smile that it hasn't been lost in the brand since the loss of it's creator more than four years ago.