The Modern Costume Dressers...

I'm just having a little scroll through some interesting folk that I often see when I'm doing my international fashion weeks catch up. The following also embody, much like Patrick McDonald, the modern costume dresser...

Anna Piaggi - journalist at Italian Vogue (style.com); 

Anna Dello Russo - Editor at large and Creative Consultant for Vogue Japan (annadellarusso.com); 

Daphne Guinness - designer, director of a few videos, fashion article author, scent creator for Comme Des Garcons and all around Haute Couture aficionado (http://whatchocolatebunnyears.blogspot.com); \

Susie Bubble stylist and fashion/style blogger of stylebubble.typepad.com

Anna Piaggi 

Ellen Von Unworth (left) costuming herself in a menswear style reminiscent of Annie Hall/Annie Lennox with Anna Piaggi

Rosita Missoni (left) with Anna Piaggi 

Karl Largerfeld with Anna Piaggi

as described on Style.com by Laird Borrelli: "...kiss-curled hair, pencil ringed eyes, colourful canes and fantastic hats..." Karl Largerfeld notes Piaggi's penchant for inspired style as "appetit graphique" 

                    - she is literally a walking work of art from the colour of her hair to the contrast of her shoes and epitomizes a look that I think would work well as a portrayal of dressing as an art form particularly if I counter balance it with something very simple and trend orientated... I genuinely appreciate her constant and boundless combination of textures, prints and colours!

Anna Dello Russo 

The motto immediately noticable on her blog/site: "I don't want to be cool I want to be Fashion" and was once described by Helmut Newton as a "fashion maniac".

- She embodies the eccentric aspect of designer dressing often going out in looks entirely from a themed designer show. I appreciate the way she picks up on the stronger and more fashion forward trends of the fashion weeks and builds a look that really portrays the theme from head to toe. 

Daphne Guiness

 Note the last 10seconds of this interview...

Described on whitechocolatebunnyears.blogspot.com as someone who's "...pursuit of style... [is] not an avenue for self-aggrandizing ostentation, but rather a process of spiritual discovery." As a descendant of the Mitford Sister's and heir to the Guinness brewery throne, she has always had the means to access haute couture and thankfully doesn't embody the category of monetarily endowed folk for whom money cannot buy style. 

Susie Bubble 

British born Chinese girl by way of Hong Kong who is a fashion/style blogger with a genuine interest in documenting designers that are new to the industry or generally under appreciated - this, in my eyes, gives her much more cred-ability than other fashion/style bloggers who persist in taking numerous, unentertaining and/or inspirational photos of themselves. In autobiographical list of "10 things about Susie Bubble" she notes - "My love of fashion was initially an act of rebellion against my parents and the 'popular' people at school - which then developed into something all consuming and now is my number one passion." I believe this statement again because of her in depth research and documentation of designers and creators of all kinds that aren't necessarily a visible blimp on the fashion radar. 
- She is a layering kind of dresser that feels a little less considered/specific in comparison to the aforementioned 'costume' dressers. She is eclectic and adventurous in her combination's of layers, textures, colours, prints and general ornamentation. Susie's genuine individuality is glaringly obvious and cannot be denied as a style that is totally unique, inspired and unhindered by commonly accepted understandings of what is fashionable.