I am part of the minority that rides the Los Angeles subway downtown as my daily work commute. As the world knows public transportation is shunned in LA.  For me, there’s no other convenient way for me to spend the morning… Coffee in hand, WWD or latest fashion mag… Why waste this precious reading time stuck on the freeway!

So as I work my way through a stack of WWD’s, I came across this awesome spread titled “Olive Garden”. Olive is being seen as a big trend color for pre-fall 2010.

Shot by John Aquino,

this spread is a fun mixture of earth tones and metallics in

various fabrications and accessories.

WWD Olive Garden

• Dsquared2’s silk dress and belt.

• Tory Burch metallic nylon jacket, a nylon and spandex mesh dress with gold sequins and wool leggings.

My favorite piece is this bronze blazer.

Gives the play on earth tones a chic elegant touch.

WWD Olive Garden

• Devi Kroell’s silk blazer over a viscose, nylon, cotton and mohair top and silk skirt. Fiona Paxton necklace.

I know I haven’t done any features on menswear a while…

This topic was beyond perfect return for the 

Dapper Gentlemen!

Unless you’ve hibernating this winter, you’ve heard Ke$ha’s break out single “Tik Tok”. Just like most of these bubbly pop/dance songs great to dance too, listen too while in the car… But as for a meaningful life message, they are lacking…

Ke$ha

But there was one line that stuck with me

“We kick them to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger!”

At first I was like ewww… But when I gave it more thought… Mick’s style, presence and swagger (if we must) is iconic and could be hot if properly replicated…

Mick Jagger

So boys take notes…

Mick is well known for his British-Rocker-Chic look:

• Skinny jeans, skinny leather pants and skinny trousers.
• Perfectly loose fitting rocker tees in solids (black, white, navy and burgundy).
• Leather jackets, velvet smoking jackets, bright show stopping blazers.

Below I have put together some basic pieces to begin your Mick Jagger look…

Mick Jagger Look

Top

D&G Black Velvet jacket

Black Leather Biker Jacket – Topman

Navy Velvet tailored jacket – BLAAK HOMME

Seven for all Mankind

Middle

White and Violet stripped shirt – Topman

Grey Cashmere blend sweater – J. Crew

Black button down – Topman

Hotg Hand-Made Stones T-Shirt Topman

Brown & Black Figleaves men’s classic v-neck

Bottom

Tapered carrot-leg jeans – NUDIE JEANS CO

Black Tonic trousers – Topman

Grey Razor trousers -Topman

Hard worker jeans – JOHNBULL

If you find his look works well for you,

I recommend picking up  some brighter and more colorful pieces

such as purple button down or mint sweater.

Elle.com recently featured a photo gallery featuring

a peek into Rebecca Minkoff’s closet.

Rebecca’s youth driven handbags and ready-to-wear continue to increase in popularity, especially with young celebs like Blake Lively and Bijou Phillips. She relaunched her ready–to–wear line for spring 2009 and now it time to get a peek inside the designers closet!

Rebecca Minkoff via Elle.com

What’s she’s wearing:

Right to left:

• Alexander Wang jacket, Nicholas K dress, Juan Antonio Lopez boots, Rebecca Minkoff bag
• Rebecca Minkoff fall 2010 jacket, Vintage Chanel top, Alexander Wang jeans, Kookai necklace

“My fall collection is inspired by Paris. This jacket (shown in wool) will also come in a thick sweater-like material.” –Rebecca Mikoff

• Zara blazer, Pinkyotto dress, American Apparel thigh-highs, Loeffler Randall boots

California had its first real winter storm yesterday, and I couldn’t find my wellies!!  So I began searching for some new ones and I thought I’d share my faves!

Rain Rain Rain go away

Clockwise from center

DSQUARED2 Raining Boot Base Rossa

Urban Outfitters Leopard Print Rain boot

Hunter Women’s Original Rain Boots

Sperry Top-Sider Sadie Low

Kate Spade Randi

Forever21 Glitter Rain boots
Center:

BCBG Max Azria Vintage

I love the studded BCBG boot, it adds rough edge on a fun boot.

The girly pink kitten heel of the Kate Spade boot would make wading in the water glamorous!!

“V LOVE U JUST THE WAY U R” by V MAGAZINE

by Terry Tsiolis for the upcoming

V MAGAZINE (issue #63): “The Size Issue.”

V Magazine #63

The Alexander McQueen Armadillos will be the make or break item of high fashion editorial for while!

V Magazine

Tall, Thin, Short, Curvy, Punk, Prep, Dom, Deb. Whoever you are, and whoever you want to be, we’re with you all the way! – VMagazine

V Magazine

-V63 hits newsstands this Thursday – January 14, 2010.

Photographs by Terry Tsiolis

Styling by Jay Massacret