Quotes from recent GQ article about Ricardo Tisci:

“The dietary staples of Tisci’s new gentleman are these: one part Southern Italian bedazzlement, one part Parisian restraint”

“Streetwear, after all, is all about the notion of style as a value independent of occasion. There’s no such thing as “formal streetwear” or “resort streetwear”; the whole premise of a term like ghetto fabulous is that true style transcends context.”

“A dog is much better than a human being,” Tisci insists. “I think humans, in the society we live in today, are a little bit unfaithful. So many people are insecure about love. Dogs are the only creature that still has a heart and a brain and is still your best friend.”

Inspiration is all around us everyday. I randomly stumbled across this GQ article, thankfully I might add, and found the quotes above describe perfectly the thoughts in my head, which I have so often attempted to put words to unsuccessfully. Take for instance, “True style transcends context.” Wow. 🙂 I really try to do this with the clothes I wear, and it’s one of the reasons I don’t follow trends; what is trendy eventually dies, but what is classic, doesn’t incite a sense of regret upon looking at it after a change in fashion’s season. 🙂 Autumn and winter forever elude the refined fashion choice. It is never winter. Always spring. Forever summer. 🙂

“Part bedazzlement” and “one part restraint” is pretty outstanding too. I like this because of what I learned about how I dressed as I became older: less is more. 🙂 I often tried to buy what I thought was the coolest, what I saw on a celebrity, or something in a magazine; all along not knowing that-besides that not really being true to myself-there is no way to keep up. Being a little more reserved in my choices and taste has paid off; in one sense, financially-due to not having to spend as much on clothes-and really nice things I own tend to stand out more. Hence, they are better utilized with what I wear. They enliven everything instead of becoming lost. I am by no means an expert or anything, so I don’t say this arrogantly, but only to explain what I attempt to do. I don’t go totally outside what is conventional, nor do I do so little as to become stale or boring.

The other quote about dogs and humans isn’t really related as much to clothing, but I decided to include it because of something I was thinking about the other day. I believe we all have the capacity to treat everyone we come in contact with gentility, grace, and warmth. Ever see how people greet a young infant? They smile. They laugh. I think we sometimes just want to make that baby smile, and when he or she does, it’s a magical feeling. 🙂 I don’t think it’s possible to see a smile more pure or a better display of the beauty of humankind, than in the smile of a baby. Well why is it that when the baby gets older, much older in fact, and starts to look more like an adult, that this goes away? Why do we build up, just to tear someone down? It doesn’t have to be that way. If we can do it with dogs and babies, we can do it with those around us. What people need today-although it has often been said before-is love. In the rest of my time on this earth, this is what I will strive for with everyone I come into contact with, regardless of the hurt of my past. It will be hard, and I will fail, but I will keep going.

I will also dress damn good while I’m doing it. 🙂