influence: ladygunn magazine

Photography: Michael Donovan
Styling: Chrissie G

behind the scenes

Peek behind the scenes of an IDLM photoshoot. This video features Molly Myrsten from Next Models on set of a product shoot for new fall pieces at IDLM.



Styling by Chrissie G. Video by Elijah Chhum.

runway/ourway: theyskens theory spring 2012

JACKET: Horace Twist Leather Biker Jacket
TANK: Costume Dept. Textured Lycra Tank Top
SHORTS: Take Off Your Clothes Vent Harem Shorts
BOOTIES: Jeffrey Campbell Dollywood

5 ways fridays: skinny straps tank by alexander wang

5 Ways Fridays is here again, and just in time for the heat! Today we're pulling together several ensembles using the Skinny Straps Tank from T by Alexander Wang.

1st Way: With Flare Pant in Night Garden Print from Stolen Girlfriends Club
2nd Way: With Ruched Skirt from T by Alexander Wang

3rd Way: Under Kill City Leather Jacket and paired with Horace Leggings.
4th Way: With Thvm Hi Rise Lapis Jeans and Genesis Scarf (Coming Soon!)
5th Way: Teen Queen Jeans from Stolen Girlfriends Club, BOTB in the Dark Bralette and Jeffrey Campbell Moondance (both worn throughout) 

lookbook: the damned 25 to life

We love everything that Jeffrey Campbell does! We are especially excited about these new styles from The Damned, their ultra cool men's line. We were so pleased to participate in their SS12 lookbook shot right here in NYC. Photographed by Helen Pearson and featuring a variety of great dude models and amazing lines, it was right up our alley. Check out some looks from the shoot, and get excited for their upcoming men's styles coming to IDLM this summer!

 Model wears Eye of Horus Hat by Actual Pain

 Stay tuned for new styles available this summer!

 Model (left) wears Lifetime Everything You Wanted Pullover

Model wears Chain Lock from Bond Hardware

 Model wears Lifetime Everything You Wanted Pullover and Window Lock Hinge

 Model wears The Decay Ring from My Enemy by Chris Habana

Model wears Neoprene overcoat from SIR New York

5 WAYS FRIDAYS: STRETCH CREPE SHIFT DRESS by FACTORY

Time for a second round of 5 WAYS FRIDAYS, a time when we discover new looks for some of our favorite pieces. Today we explore the super sexy Stretch Crepe Shift Dress with Chiffon Panels from Factory by Erik Hart. We love the cut out and sheer details, but don't forget some of the more modest ways to wear this. Let's multitask!

First Way: Over Obesity and Speed Dress, and paired with Jeffrey Campbell boots
Second Way: Under Factory Blouse with Belt, and paired with Jeffrey Campbell boots

Third Way:  Under Cheap Monday Tess Jean Jacket, with Samantha Pleet Blouse, and paired with Jeffrey Campbell boots

Fourth Way:  Under Capulet Leather Jacket, and paired with Jeffrey Campbell boots

Fifth Way: With Blessed Are the Meek Leggings, and Jeffrey Campbell boots

5 WAYS FRIDAYS: UNIF BARE SHOULDER BUTTON UP

Sometimes it takes a second look, or another eye, to realize new ways to wear certain garments. Even the most statement making pieces can live a very versatile life and serve an important purpose in your wardrobe. Today we examine the many personalities of the Unif Bare Shoulder Button Up.

First Way: Shannon Sweater by Cheap Monday, World Trade Leggings by Blessed are the Meek, and Helix High from United Nude
Second Way: Nigh Shift Skull Studded Denim Shorts by Blank Denim and Jody from Jeffrey Campbell

Third Way: Hitch Ring from Bond Hardware, Rayon Poly Ruched Skirt by T by Alexander Wang, and Tardy by Jeffrey Campbell
Fourth Way: Cutout Leather Jacket by Kill City, Very Tight Black Stretch by Cheap Monday, and Evans from Jeffrey Campbell
Fifth Way: Colorblock Panel Stripe Tee with Pockets by The Urban Apparel, Tess Jean Jacket by Cheap Monday, Very Tight Black Stretch by Cheap Monday, and Evans from Jeffrey Campbell

STILL-LIFE: EARLY SPRING, IT'S IN THE BAG!

Here in New York everyone is psyched on the unseasonably warm weather and are anxiously peeling off winter coats in exchange for something brighter. We here at IDLM have hand picked some of our favorite pieces to start off the spring season: sculptural wedges, psychedelic florals, and of course a cheeky plastic-cum-leather tote. 

From left, clockwise: "Have a Nice Day" Leather Corner Store Bag by Cast of Vices, Cross Cut Sunglasses by Copy, Glide-Lo by Jeffrey Campbell, Knot Back Dress in Day Garden Print by Stolen Girlfriends Club, Skull Ring Set by Monserat De Luca, Window Lock Hook by Bond Hardware 

IDLM EDITORIAL

 Team Jacob Crew by Stolen Girlfriends Club, Star Shorts by Samantha Pleet, and Ronson Shoes by Jeffrey Campbell

Cab Coat by Kai- aakman, Vegan Leather and Ponte Shift Dress by Factory, Ad-longs by Jeffrey Campbell

Shoelace Knit Front Tank by Bedford Street Laundry, Crepe de Chine and Georgette Shirt Dress by Alexander Wang, Phoenix Wedge in Ice Gray by Maurie and Eve, and Washed Lampskin Double Pockets by Barbara Gongini

Denim Vest by Barbara Gongini, The Outrider Hat by Heather Huey, Oversized Chiffon Collared Shirt by Factory, Second Skin in Rust and Navy Jeans by Cheap Monday, and Buckle Up Boots by Jefferey Campell

Top Hat by Heather Huey, Belted Coat by Kai-aakman, and Hilda Shoe by Miista

 The Fez Hat by Heather Huey, Studded Sheepskin Vest by Blackheart, Silk Flare Pants by Stolen Girlfriends Club, and Sawyer Pump in Black Pony Fur by Jeffrey Campbell

Photography: Jordan Walczak

Styling: Chrissie G 

Hair/Makeup: William Scott

Model: Erika at Next NY

All clothes from I Dont Like Mondays 

FASHION FRIENDS: ΔΔ Xavier Valentine ΔΔ

NAME: XAVIER VALENTINEΔΔ
AGE: 24
ZODIAC : LIBRA / SCORPIO
LOCATION: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, USA
OCCUPATION: ARTIST, MUSICIAN

SARAH: Describe your personal style in 5 words, please.
XAVIER: Braid, perforate, length, reflect, chiffon.

SARAH: Your work is both performative and sculptural, and you have a show up now. If you could be the curator of an exhibition with your dream artists (your friends and people you have never met), who would you include? What kind of work interests you most right now?
XAVIER: I'm not much of a curator, I've attempted (it), and had a one-day apartment show with a friend of mine in September that was a lot of fun, but that really proved for me it is maybe too stressful to be responsible for other people's work and how it is going to be represented. However, there are a good handful of people that I would love to collaborate with. I'll just list them in no particular order. 1. Will Reeves, who is an amazing sculptor and did some of the most beautiful metalwork I have ever seen. 2. Matt Underwood, who's installation and video work is lighthearted on the surface, but ends up really seeming like a Dennis Cooper book. 3. Gottfried Helnwein, though there is no way I can produce work as amazing as his just yet. 4. Stellarc because the marriage of performance and technology and the body is 100 percent fascinating and I would love to help develop programs and technologies that act as parasites with him. The sort of work that interests me right now is firmly squared in interdisciplinary site-specific installation. I aim to create environments, spaces, and ambiences that do not or can not exist otherwise, so I like to see things like this as well.

SARAH: Tell us about your current installation.
XAVIER: Currently, I have a show up called ATLAS at the Granoff Centre at Brown University. The gallery that represents me, RK PROJECTS, was approached a little over a year ago to propose a project that would utilize the main gallery space in the building (which is super beautiful). At the time, I had been reading Roland Barthe's lecture on neutrality, which was really having a lot of impact on me, so it ended up being the start point for a year's worth of discussions and experiments in various media to explore those concepts of the neuter and precipice and what that might look like. The collaboration and production that resulted was a large wall mural of a gradient from black to white (vertically oriented), four plaster pillars dip-dyed by hand to be a gradient horizontally, a digital print on silk chiffon, and a 42 minute long collection of videos. It was probably the hardest and most gargantuan project I've ever been a part of, and so, the most rewarding, also.

SARAH: So I know you have a fondness for vintage clothes, whats your strategy when navigating the decades?
XAVIER: I'm not so sure I have a strategy, I am lucky enough to be slender and fairly tall, so I can wear most things so long as they are long enough. I have a particular fondess for women's clothes from the 40's, the cut of these garments are very striking. Especially underpinnings. What I usually end up wearing, in terms of decades: 70s platform boots (except I just got a pair of Jeffrey Campbell shermans with the mirror covered heel that I am in love with, and a pair of Miistas that I similarly fawn over), a pair of baggy black silk trousers that are cropped and tapered, a cropped black chiffon shirt (I have a pretty large collection), and a beautiful Calvin Klein collection lambskin jacket that feels like butter. When it gets cold out, I have a very favourite black cable knit 1980s United Colors of Benetton sweater that I live in. I also have a beautiful mustard floor length wool overcoat with very exaggerated shoulders from Amsterdam that is pretty stunning. So 70s and 80s, I live in that.

SARAH: You are musician/ artist; how do music and fashion connect for you? or music and art?
XAVIER: Music and fashion have always had a very close relationship, as the two dictate each other. It's been a long time now since fashion followed function instead of aesthetics. For me, when I perform live, the costume is just as important as the music, it's a wasted opportunity otherwise, and the audience can feel it. Music and art are basically inseperable as well, for the same reasons.

SARAH: You often use a symbol to represent yourself. What's its origin?
XAVIER: When I first started truly working with installations, I primarily used lasers refracted and aimed to create shapes and spaces within spaces and shapes. These pieces were about genderless creation of new locales, and my music reflected this similar idea. The symbol came from a diagram I had drawn of a beam of light hitting a mirror installed on a ceiling. It created an arc of light under which smoke lazily drifted up. This seemed fitting for all of my artist endeavors and thus it was born.

SARAH: When I first met you, I pretty much died at your beautiful ombre hair! How is that going?
XAVIER: Thanks! My hair is no longer ombre, though soon after I met you, I died it a nice grey-pink that has since washed out. Now it is just blonde and long and wavy (and seriously damaged).

SARAH: Lastly, what is your ultimate fashion no-no?
XAVIER: I have a few: no tall boots on short people, velcro sandals with crew socks, cap-sleeve solid jerseys, and i do not like stilletos on women, only on men. Oh, but everyone should wear heels, all the time.

JEFFREY CAMPBELL Resort 2012: Love Affair with LA

CHECK OUT the new Resort 2012 collection from Jeffrey Campbell! The look book celebrates west-coast cool and JC's signature street style. Resort 2012 pumps up the height and the shine, and of course stays too cool for school. Browse their current collection in our shop, and stay tuned for new products!