Good morning, Wednesday...you're gloomy but so very warm- 62 degrees today here in NYC. Crazy.
So if you men folk are wondering why Jason Wu is not channeling the French New Wave when it comes to your wardrobe, I feel your pain. The men of the French NW are equally as stylistically orgasmic as the women. Think Jean Paul Belmondo or a young Alain Delon- the look was a bit spy/jetsetter/macho/sexy as hell. The perpetual cig is probably way out of style now, but you can see where rock stars like Pete Doherty tried very hard to cop this look (Pete copping many other things as well, mind you) and make it his own...
But you simply can't touch these French types when it comes to that sexy je ne sais quoi- I remember noticing in Paris how all the men did this undone yet somehow done thing with fantastic aplomb.
I love that this look is classic, but not overly conservative or stuffy. If you love this look, I recommend some vintage touches- if you are a dude who likes vintage check out one of my favorite shops for such things called Rue St. Denis over in the East Village. They have a huge selection of menwswear, and, coincidentally, they are French. If you don't want to go full new wave, then take pieces and make it our own and get modern on it- a trench, a hat, some Persols. If you can get within a quarter inch of Belmondo's cool, well then, good on ya. Cause that's what's up this sexy Frenchie kind of Wednsday in the 718. French kisses in the USA. XO