Burberry Brothers

Current Jams: Jolene by Dolly Parton
Don't even judge, I'm re-discovering Dolly's greatness--she's a feminist in her own right with a pretty little southern voice :}

Seriously, WHERE HAVE I BEEN???? You must think this is Rockie's blog with an occasional snippit from me every now and then, but I'm trying!! I've finished my internship and am now fully immersed in summer school--don't you just LOVE trying to graduate on time?

Anyways, with all the recent releases in Menswear, I've become quite inspired by the men and not so much the ladies, as far as my casual wear goes. I've been especially inspired by Burberry Prorsum's Spring 2011 Menswear collection:


In the first look (left), Burberry sets off the slacks with man-glads (gladiators for males) and tops off the plain T with an embellished jacket, giving us their representation of the hip, casual male. The second look is more of a kickback, in my opinion, to the 1950s male upgraded via leather chain belt. BOTH looks which you can easily achieve (can we talk about how much I love those man-glads, b-t-dubs???).

The third look updates the '50s male further updating the sweater vest, making instead, a leather-vest, :D. And finally, look #4 ties in all elements--casual, hip male, 1950s, modern interpretation--to give us the guy whose trousers you want to steal and whose jacket Karen O would wear (see!).

Overall, I think it's safe to say that I would wear any of these outfits. Literally. I don't care if it's meanswear, in fact I think there's a lot to gain from the designer men's lines. For fall then, to shake up your wardrobe, I'd suggest mixing crisp with grunge like Cristopher Bailey did here for Burberry. So go ahead, mix fine linen trousers (tapered of course!), a silk/flowy blouse, and a black leather belt/vest/wristband, and maybe even something studded to go all the way to interpret this look.

Email us (thewanderlusters@gmail.com) your best interpretation of this look and we'll feature our favorite in an upcoming entry!

Till Next Time,

Sati