Ute Ploier FW 08 via royboticsteez.blogspot.com

Well today has been all about the last minute inspiration. I've been weeping to the Hiss Squad that I'm facing the SS09 Men's shows with a sense of dread. I can already see the knobby knees in baggy linen shorts rolled up three times for that "editorial" look. What is happening to menswear I've been wondering? Why is it so moribund next to the dynamic breakthroughs we saw in womenswear for FW 08. Well via this really great new blog, http://royboticsteez.blogspot.com/, I stumbled across the work of Ute Ploier. It is a very familiar vocabulary (given than Ute was trained by Raf Simons) but backtracking through the season's there seems to be a very interesting signature evolving through the line. It happens on those more "off"/unwearable" pieces. Ute shows in Paris and what I love about the work of Austrian designer is the way she chooses to explore the tension between street/sportswear and tailored pieces. We'll be watching her SS09 show with avid interest.

Every morning I wake up and ask myself the question "Well...What do you believe in today?". Pumping out TI over the past 8 months has forced to me to look all around for inspiration. But sometimes I run dry . This afternoon I got an email from Kayode Ojo from Tennessee who's headed to SVA to study photography this fall, KO wrote :

"I saw this and I thought of TI. The blog is fascinating. It keeps me sane. People in Tennessee are like "What's Balenciaga?"

I checked out KO's recommendation and was speechless. It was a MAJOR thing. Here it is for your viewing pleasure. Thanks so much KO. I'm emailing you after posting this!