At the moment I have a bit of an obsession with the 22 year old Brazilian born model Alice Dellal. I have included images of her previously in a post on Dominic Jones jewellery but at the moment it is her street style and catwalk appearances that have caught my eye. Dellal is without a doubt an unconventional, distinctly unusual, rebellious model- how many other girls do you see parading the catwalks of fashion week with half shaved heads and nose rings? I personally think that her punk-rock, dishevelled mess style is a refreshing change from the groomed glamour or waif like weirdness of other traditional models. I am distinctly envious of her wardrobe of leather, ripped denim and studded waistcoats- how does she manage to make florals look tough?? She always manages to look completely at ease and comfortable with her image without it having the contrived 'I'm so hard' appearance of certain other 'celebrities' who have tried, unsuccessfully, to capture the punk-rock aesthetic.
My appreciation for Dellal's style was doubled instantly upon witnessing her on the catwalk for Pam Hogg's AW10 collection. Pam Hogg is the original self-taught London punk designer. Her collections of metallics and skin-tight lycra bodysuits are a perfect reflection of her experiences onstage as part of industrial and post-punk bands. Hogg's clothes are the type of fashion attire that only extreme personalities can pull of successfully, hence why Lady Gaga was seen rocking out a 'super-hero' style orange Hogg leotard recently with charisma and typical Gaga attitude.
I've had a discussion with a lot of friends recently who are growing tired of Gaga's predictable 'out-there' and 'arty' fashion creations. I personally love that she is doing something besides the typical stereotypes of Pop and other mainstream musical genres. I love to speculate on what she will wear next and I am forever wonderfully surprised- a jacket of shoes, a cape of human hair, a head-dress of a bat skeleton. It's wacky, it's weird and I love it.
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