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Introduction
If there is one thing, one idiosyncratic quirk, that plagues the English populace more than any, it's procrastination.
There is always somewhat of an angst when starting a new article; a wrangling in my stomach and in my head of which I know wasn't left by Saturday night's ill-advised kebab choice. It is so easy to be put up on a pedestal as an omnipresent of knowledge; acting as ubiquitous in all stand-points of style and genre as my current level of energy/ intoxication will allow. With any measure of pedestal comes the pressure and expectations that are, ironically, expected. Sometimes the only way to deal with them and avoid falling off your pedestal is to procrastinate. I mean look at me; already I am 125 words, 589 characters or 714 characters with spaces into this article and I haven't even told you what to wear, covered a trend or style stolen an uninformed celebrity. Half of you don't mind, half of you still haven't even realised what I did there. Procrastination.
Lookbookdotnu.
LookBook.nu is the coined culture of fashion indulgence and inspiration. The invitation-only community is not too distant from a Wisteria Lane connotation; it screams “the cool kid's lunch table.”
I've waded through countless denims, leathers, gilets, shoppers, checks, stripes (so on and so forth) to bring you my top Lookbook looks and looking at how you can get the FashionBeans lookbook-look alternative. If you comprende – you are a God amongst men.
The Looks
The looks we are going to recreate today are shown above. So from left to right:
Lookbook – Look 1: Hard Candy
Un-aptly named 17 year old 'Skank' Phillip E shows off one of my favourite lookbook.nu looks of the year. His acid & pastel style is flawless (and I throw blunt objects more often than I throw that word around). What is great about lookbook is that it brings you back to basics and allows you to see the colour combinations and you realise why this is so important.
Phillip has used peach, grey, white and black as his beginning, middle & end. Now toss a dash of nonsensical lime green in there and what do you get?
Well, I'm back to throwing blunt objects again.
Get the FashionBeans Hard Candy [Colour] look:
Lookbook – Look 2: Vanilla Skin
If there ever placed a call for the minimisation of shorts in all concerns, this would be fronting the campaign. Spain's very own (to be realistic, I could have told you he is from North Korea, it's not like they'd know) Ramon is showing off his British aptitude for weather: “It may be 40 degrees but I'm still anticipating rain with these boots!”
I admire his refusal to make any sort of boot redundant in the sunny/rain/sunny/rain months (as far as the Brits are concerned at least) of May, no, June, no, July; oh I don't know.
Ramon's Levi vintage, bear mangled, non-church appropriate shorts are almost certainly (if my pedestal serves me right) DIY. Mr Spaniard's look not to uncommon of the 80's Balearic beats Ibiza scene, it is one to be obtained and mimicked throughout SS10. Tip: For paler skin, tone down your look by favouring pastels. Neon hues will wash out your skin tone and make you… wait where did you go? I kid.
Check out Tom Bloomfield's DIY Fashion Fix of a student's dream: Jeans into shorts.
Ge t the FashionBeans Vanilla Skin [Era] look:
Lookbook – Look 3: I'm only gonna let you kill me once
With the A/W outlook established and leather going nowhere it is too early to say “denim is dead” but not soon enough to say “leather is living!”
Luckily for me I only have to kill Alex E from Montreal once to steal his leather & wool jacket. My geography teacher was called Sarah (I don't even think that is correct) she was fresh out of University and had really big, globes… any offered help finding Montreal?
Some find the black leather and black jean combo to be a bit drab. Markedly, the high street stores are picking up on this and will be showcasing more levels of leather-variety in AW10 than you can shake a bald cow at.
Get the FashionBeans 'Really long title name' [Material] look:
Lookbook – Look 4
This is for YOU to decide. I want each of you reading this article (yes you so don't click away) to leave a link in the comment section below to your favourite LookBook.nu upload. Then with it, post a brief summary as I have done above on why you like it, how it ties is with current trends, what you would change/add, and the winning submission will be feature on-site next week with full dedication to yours truly, wait no it would be my truly – does that even work?
In any case of lexical confusion I mean you!
Happy book-looking look-bookers, L x
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The first one has a lot of hypes on look book,maybe that’s why you picked it ? because i have seen much better.The second one,look at those shorts……YMCA ?
I never thought i would be so negative on a fashion beans post before but this is the worst post in the history of this site :(
I also dont mean to be negative but I don’t really like any of the looks in your lookbook selection. In fact they are vile….sorry
I’m sorry you were so obviously disappointed, maybe you can suggest a look you like? Perhaps there’s a link between look 1 having so many hypes and it actually being a good look? It has an amazing colour pallet on key with the pastel trend, did you overlook this? As for look 2, most are sartorially educated to appreciate the denim short, even few stretch as far to be open to the idea of short shorts what with the circa of the 90′s prep look. Maybe you don’t like them because you can’t pull them off? -Keep checking for more in the series on what to wear for your body type.
I hope you’re more content with future posts :)
I like the first and last look, the middle is good, but not really my style at all. My favourite look:
http://lookbook.nu/look/617365-Preppy-ing-For-Summer
I love the hat which goes with the shirt, the leather jacket is beautiful and the overall fit of each item is perfect, looks a lot like the outfits I create.
I’m always content with the posts on here Luke,i have learned a lot from this site.
Maybe it’s just me being bias on the looks you chose as they are not my thing (the last look i like) and i apologize for being a bit of a dick about it,but that is what the comment section is for,positive and negative views.
Anyway here’s some looks i like.
http://lookbook.nu/my_looks/14044-Dennis-R#more
http://lookbook.nu/look/48503-lovin-JOYCE
http://lookbook.nu/look/269607-fashion-in-motion
http://lookbook.nu/look/159391-rockwell-parking-robbery-1-1
They are all from the same person however.
I messed up the first link,ignore that.
I really like the first one… the other two scream gay porn and Emo… But please don;t get me wrong i love fashion beans and love your posts….But i mean i find the “Deep Slashed Shit” so common i mean everyone from John paul guttier to gap have the same shit… and when it comes to the shorts… i mean i get that the shot shorts are really in but to me over all thats just to much skin for me.
I really like this look (in fact most of the looks from this chappy) because I think its achievable. And his style is very much like my own, so I can relate to it http://lookbook.nu/look/863717-Ed-Banger
It stands out on the street, although not as much as the looks in the article. it’s simple, casual and refined with just a wiff of the yacht club. Most importantly its not overbearing, it shows someone with style, makes a good first impression but doesn’t shout like looks 1 and 2. I suppose it shows the contrast between feeling comfortable in what you wear and still being stylish, and carving out your own niche, creating your own style and being different.
I do quite like look 3 though.
Hi I really like looknu and can you please invite me? my email is Closing.the.doors@gmail.com
Hi, firstly i can’t believe it has taken me so long to stumble upon this site (it’s brill), so i’m a newbie. any way my thoughts:
Look 1 is ok and I would say more than achievable, Look 2 I am not sure on reali not my cup of tea, and in all honesty I don’t think you recreated it that well, the outfit in the main pic thrives off of the DM’s in my opinion, and you have used sandals.
Look 3 I do like and i dress simular to this at times, and I think you recreation this time is spot on!,
It’s only my opinion and I do not mean to be rude :)
Nice article and I’d agree that the first look is pretty cool and the colours work really well. I love the jeans and you don’t see many men choose the light pink AA hoody so props for that!!
As for the second look, the less said the better, but for me it just doesn’t work. The outfit as a whole just doesn’t seen to fit together and seems mix match for me.. But that’s just my opinion.
The 3rd look is pretty good but there are far better looks on there.
The thing with Lookbook is that alot of Hype doesn’t mean that the outfit is amazing!! Just look at the highest Hyped looks of all time: http://lookbook.nu/top/all
Needless to say the first two looks are nothing out of the ordinary, but people seem to hype not just because of the outfit but because of the photo, setting, editing, model or individual aspects of the outfit, which is perfectly fine as I myself do the same (having Hyped over 2000+ looks!)
For me, this is my most favourite look: http://lookbook.nu/look/194783-Set-Sail
He’s just got everything right! All of the items fit well and go together perfectly. I see alot of looks on Lookbook that I think would look better with such and such item but I honestly can’t improve this look one iota.
Well there’s my pennies worth :) (Think I’d quite like to write for Fashionbeans now..)
http://lookbook.nu/look/878969-a-case-of-you
The colour combos in this look are pretty immense, I think this guy is one of the top lookbookers (if that’s what you call them) but he has some pretty class looks on there. This look pushes all the right buttons for the summer though with the nautical shorts, stripes and anchor combo and the contrasting cardigan just makes it all stand out. Not much I’d change to be honest… :)
I personally find 99% of the looks and guys from lookbook.nu 100% feminine,no masculinity at all in them,no offence but my arms are probably bigger than some of the guys legs.Some dress quite well,but if they aren’t homosexual then it’s even worse cause at least in my eyes they surely project images as homosexual guys(again no offence,this is nature,not choice)
I love when I get article-feedback but if you each read each others comments you will see that you cannot please nor justify with your choices to everyone…
…@ALEJANDRO LOPEZ HIGH disregards the deep slashed tee for its generic context “everyone from John paul guttier to gap have the same shit” -where as the other comments shun the picks for their unachievable and undesirable ‘out-their’ness’.
As for @Ryan B and others who don’t favour the ‘recreations’- lookbook.nu already shows you where the original pieces are from. To mimic that would just be mimicking a website in its entirety. The looks I have put together draw on inspiration of the originals: concepts, colours, eras and materials. If read rather than looked at, this will come apparent. Still, we can look forward to seeing @KINGSTON’s more homo habilis looks.
I will do something I have never found myself doing before and that is to find another person finishing a post:
“I suppose it shows the contrast between feeling comfortable in what you wear and still being stylish, and carving out your own niche, creating your own style and being different.” -Johnny H.
L x
@Kington: How exactly can the way in which one chooses to dress, deem them as a ‘Homosexual?’ Is there no chance at all that the 99% of the men you are referring to are in fact just fashion forward, unique, interesting and creative with their style? You have to remember that practically ALL of todays Menswear has massive influences from womenswear (we’re usually a few season behind though), therefore I think you are completely missing the point with what a lot the men on Lookbook are achieving with their outfits. If you are a larger bloke and could never see yourself pulling similar outfits off, that is where you just need to find a way to adapt certain looks to your own body and maybe ‘butch’ it up a bit. The same way in which I do with alot of womenswear……oh, and for the record I am straight. People will always make narrow minded assumptions on people and the way in which they present themselves, unfortunately thats just the way the world is. But in the fashion world, that attitude will get you absolutely nowhere and 99% of the time you will find yourself to be wrong.
Ash
Spot on Ash.
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Hey Guys, once again what a great post, very beneficial and informative as usual.
From all the lookbooks I have seen the one that has caught my eye is this one: http://lookbook.nu/look/787355-UNRAVEL-IN-THE-SUN
For me the first thing that stands out is the blazer and it is all because of the color and also the great use of the pocket square. Also the colour contrast to the rest of the outfit. The fit of the blazer is perfect, this season fit is everything. A fit too big or too small may completely ruin your outfit. The brogues also round up his outfit perfectly, adding to this very vintage but up to date outfit. Clashing vintage with casual looks seems to also be a winner this season. If you take a look at this you get a closer look at his outfit: http://cometothewildside.blogspot.com/2010/06/unravel-in-sun.html I like the way he has open one button on his oxford shirt and his trousers are rolled up, this is what gives the out the smart/casual balance. These little tweaks to outfits is all the craze right now, for summer. If I was to change anything it would maybe to change the shoes (as much as I love brogues!) boots would also work really nicely in this look. If you leave the brogues I would change the colour of the sock to stand a little better maybe mustard yellow, tan, or even red. Favourite pieces of all are definitely the shoes and the pocket square.