Coutorture

An Outfit On Our Current Shopping List

coutorture — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:54:50 -0800

Mociun jeans, $196 @ Anica, Dolce Vita madison platforms, $127 @ OAK, orange knitted zip back top $70 @ Topshop.

We're going to have something of an indulgent moment here and tell you all about our personal shopping habits-we have you in mind, though, don't worry. First off, it's mostly online (save for sample sales and the occasional girls day out) and it's mostly through Shopstyle; a sister website to ours that acts as an aggregate, among other things, for hundreds of e-commerce sites. When we see a shoe here, a blouse there, we add it to our stylebook on shopstyle or to a folder in our bookmarks bar and have a think. On our current list? Mociun's amazing high waist fake batik print jeans, the highest of high platforms by Dolce Vita (we won't be wearing these every day so we think it's best to stay at a lower price point), and a quirky orange zip-back sweater from Topshop. As an outfit, we think it would be pretty killer, even if the onslaught of orange still scares us a bit.

Our New Love: Mociun

coutorture — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:35:49 -0700

Talk about getting a lot for little bit of money; as unsettling as it might feel to spend three hundred dollars on anything these days, Mociun will at least give you bang for your buck. In the currency we call print, that is (teehee). This brand, designed by Caitlin Mociun, takes cues from Bauhaus and illustrator Karl Blossfeldt and puts out the most visually stimulating garments we've seen in some time. The Fall 08 mood was captured perfectly, we thought, in this season's look book. With the back drop of rather dismal scenery, 'real-life' models were photographed in these wonderful prints. In addition to this, the photographer imposed a yellowed/worn hue on the scenes (by way of the film or post-production we don't know), giving the photos a nostalgic mood. Mociun, from inspiration to collection to look book, is proving to have some very interesting contrasts. You can buy the Fall 08 collection, right here.

Mociun: Fall 08 Look Book

coutorture — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:13:11 -0700

Mociun Fall 2008 Look Book. Photographed by Kara Healey.