Revolting or Revolution?

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C: My stomach turned. Everything I hold dear drowned in a stiff puddle of denim gathering about the model's arse. It's 10 years since Levi launched the first engineered, twisted leg jean. To mark the anniversary, they've unleashed this creation. I've been expecting the demise of the skinny leg for a while now, but truly - tell me this isn't the future? Gag. 

Hit the Decks Boys

C: As with skinny jeans and the white school plimsole, what seems ubiquitous now once sat several seasons on the shelves with no one buying (apart from those surfing the fashion forward). Deck shoes are nothing new of course, but last summer there was a huge increase in available colours and variations on the basic design. There wasn't much take up.

However in the past few months, what was once the preserve of Polo wearing yahoos and jocks, has been increasing spotted dangling from indie gents' pale, limp ankles, usually very worn-looking almost to the point of disintegration. The deck shoe looks certain to replace the tired old plimmy as slip-on of choice. Get wearing now to achieve that desirable knackered look - nothing better than snow and salt to ruin a shoe!

From top: Sebago £119; ASOS £40; Superga £115; Topman £45

A: Well, if we are being totally frank, C&A are a bit late on this one, but before you all start flicking your weaves in utter disgust...... Just know that your beloved bloggers were probably pre-occupied with dumping those post Xmas muffin tops from their torsos. Ciao!

Versayce's Armagaddon European Tour: Part 2, Berlin

C: A plague of British trendos and musos are flocking to Berlin's cheap, spacious apartments and haunting its relaxed and extensive nightlife as they flee the polar opposite at home. Our presence has been noted, and we're to blame for buy/renting stuff and making prices creep up. Well, hello - you remember the European Union right? You've always been really keen on it. Freedom of movement and capital ring any bells?? Well, this is it. DEAL!

If Vice magazine were a soap opera, London would be its script writer but Berlin would be its set. Here's a quick look at what I found for the casting couch. Photographs courtesy of the gorgeous folk from Stil in Berlin and Street Clash (see Cuff Links).

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C: I was resistant to the whole Docs revival that began last year. I give in.
A: Yawn.

C: Quiddich aside, this chap exhibits a real sense of style, avoiding any obvious trends whilst still looking fresh. And that, for me, sums up the best of the best in Berlin.
A: Something kinda Ooh(!!!) indeed! This guy's look is fresher than a jewish bagel on a Sunday morning. 11 out of 10!

C: You know, it's so-so until the socks. Then it rocks.
A: So. Ok. This guy looks good, but not amazing. I bet anyone a Larry Clark dvd that this guy spent a good 30 minutes in the mirror perfecting the sock-boot-trou section. Oh, and lose that stupid hat.

C: This is either suffocatingly backward looking. Or so cool that I don't get it 'cus I'm just not in that league. I suspect it's the latter.
A: Take away the pimp coat and replace those H.I.D.E.O.U.S boots with some chillaxed plimsoles and we might have a winning look on our hands. For now, somebody please tell 'Huggy Bear' to get off the the street corner before I get all 'Shaft' on his ass!

C: Me and this guy have SO got to meet and swap fugits (fucking ugly knits). They're sartorial one-trick ponies: one wear and it's OVA.
A: Ferosh! Last year.

Pins and needles

C: Three things which determine if a man is still eligible to wear skinny jeans. 1) Age 2) Being in rock'n'roll. 3) Having the BMI of a heroin addict. La Moss' last be-dicked accessory scored 3 out of 3. Congratulations Pete, you're a winner. Jamie, with his 1 out of 3, is looking a bit sausage-legged and desperately "youthful". But check the double-breasted pin-stipped suit jacket!! 80's stockbroker is a look so ironically now! BUY BUY BUY!!!

A: The things men will do for a piece of Kate. Squirt crack blood on oil canvases, Make horrible covers of good 60's songs, the list goes on..... Shoving toothpaste back into a tube ala Mr. Kills seems like an easy break here... Unfortunately, despite the lush DB piece, that fringe needs a serious work over, what did he cut it with? A machete?

Versayce's Armagaddon European Tour: Part 1, Venice

C: Doom! Doom! Listen to it, sounding out wherever you turn like a deafening cathedral bell. Doom! The world's ending. It's everywhere: western banks are disintegrating like Hobnobs in hot tea, the country keeps flooding like some incontinent old tramp, the ice caps are now mere kippahs, kids glibly killing each other like they're living out Grand Theft Auto and global warming has yet again failed to provide us with a decent summer. Doom! So, before this 8 billion car pile-up happens on Global Highway 66 - I'm flicking two-fingers up to it all and going on some holidays. First stop Venice! After all, with these rising oceans, it'll be a baroque Atlantis before November's out. Here's my fash report...

No one actually lives in Venice, you know. It's a just ceaseless tide of tourists, coming in by train, coach and monster sea liners which must appear like a fridge-freezer does to an ant. I think even the people serving in bars and shops are bused in every morning from the Slovakian boarder. Do you equate tourists with style? I do not. Tourists dress for *gag* comfort. Comfort may be easy on the body, but it's is an offence to the eyes. Look...
And that's despite:
Clearly some potential, but no evidence of style anywhere, despite 3 days walking the streets. The only thing that's idiosyncratic in the sartorial life of Venice, to its waterways (and probably its gay saunas) are the gondoliers. After some years of getting away with wearing what they liked (t-shirts with the slogan "We're raping your wallet" perhaps?), they must now sport a strict traditional uniform, which has a simple charm and shows off their big arms.

And that's about it. Slim pickings, eh? Next stop: Berlin!

HomoElectric August...

A: While on the trot again on Friday at Manchester's finest underground labyrinth, Legends, possibly the only place in the world where you actually have to queue to have a cigarette(!!!), I noticed a few themes in the clothing department amongst fellow attendees...





A: And then I saw this....


A:...... Hats people, we just don't see enough of them any more don't you think? Especially up here in the north, if it weren't for the camo pants, a gold star would have been awarded.

Amsterdam Street Style

As promised, Versayce is bringing you street style on a global level. This week we take a look to see what our dutch fashion frenemies are wearing on the streets of Amersterdam. Courtesy of our friends over at DamStyle.


A: God, don't you just hate those Japanese kids!!!!! They can wear whatever they damn well want too and get away with it in broad daylight! They should be a law against this level of cuteness.

A: Geekalicious! This guy needs to teach all those 'Westwood boots rolled down' wearing queens a lesson!

A: Boy do I love purple and Boy Oh Boy do I love plum. This boy would have got a ten out of ten if it weren't for that arts and crafts hideocracy around his neck.
C: Yeah, wtf is that thing? An arts and crafts Speak'n'Spell?!

A: First Year fashion students alert! Duck & Cover! Don't try these looks at home kids! Serious case of the TTH (trying too hard) that needs to be remedied!
C: Mr Left - only androgynous guys can get away sporting granny's jacket. Surprisingly you're too butch for it. Mr Right - pointing your toes together doesn't make you look quirky. It makes you look like you're trying to look quirky.

A: This outfit is totally ridic. And I Love It!!!!!

A: Ahhhhhhhh... The old Allen Poe meets Comme Des Garcons look. This guy looks more tres-gic than tres-chic. Better luck next time!
C: Is he a street performer? It's a look I wanna toss coins at, for some reason.

For more Dutch looks, click on over to DamStyle

Manchester Style at Clique!

A: While on the razz on Friday, I noticed amongst a flux of playsuits and lenseless glasses, a number of drool inducing shirts on the boys of Mancunia, here are a few of my favourites...

A: This Autumn, it's all about plaid & tartan for men, shirts like this are already started to pop up everywhere, from New Look to French Connection. I love how this guy jazzed it up by wearing a bow tie.

A: Usually 2 in 1 shirt combo's make me reach for sick bucket, but this one actually made grab my camera instead. The neckline really makes this top work. I am hoping to see more tops like this on the high street this season.

A: My favourite look of the evening. This vintage ethnic top makes me Hulk-green with envy.

Reykjavik Style

Here at Maison Versayce, we like to think global. So without further ado, here are some of Reykjavik finest 'dressing up box' men's looks, with extra spice from C & A.

A: When grandma died, this dahling spawn was first in line for the fur coat, opting for vampiric pimp look for Spring/Summer 08'. Somebody hand me a cross and some garlic, asap.
C: Mm..mm...mmmm...MULLET!
A: Double Breasted Cardigans. Hot. Badly made ones. Not. Neither are those fug bowling shoes. Dis-missed.
C: Yuck! More colours than a decorator's overalls.
A: Leggings on men. Never a good look. This guy is suffering from a serious case of TTH (trying to hard)!!!
C: Who told Axel Rose about NuRave?! Hello operator, Folice please.

A: Effortlessly chic. The turqouise shoes and funky knitwear definitely put this Homme in to my plus column.
C: Hair: check. Beard: check. Cable knit: check. Shoes: check. We've got ourselves a winner! Please see me round the back for your prize.

Photos courtesy of Reykjavik Looks