Pink Rock Candy – Top fashion trends, news and shopping of 2010

Marc, oh Marc, what exactly are you doing? I just found out that you have a t-shirt with Hillary Clinton’s face on it, and that’s not even the worse part. You are actually charging money for it, $38 that is, meaning people are expected to buy it. And, If you do buy a Marc Jacobs for Hillary tee all the proceeds go to her campaign. I for one, have a couple of problems with MJ’s little foray into political paraphernalia.

First of all, I don’t actually care who you would like to be president, congressional representative, mayor, or even high school treasurer, all I want from you are amazing, usually cheeky clothes that I probably won’t buy but will salivate over until a deep depression sets in. However, in the event you, for some reason, decide to run for president, feel free to make as many tees with your own mug plastered across them as your little heart desires. Perhaps, you could have Dakota Fanning in your “I care about education” commercials and Victoria Beckham in your “I’m sympathetic to immigrants” commercials.

Also, If you are going to put a political figure on an over-priced t-shirt why put someone who is as unstylish as Hillary. I get it, there’s some sort of ugly suit dress code you have to follow if you want to be a female political leader, but personally,  I think a female politician who really wanted to stand out would at least try not to look so homely. If you really want to support Hillary, why do you just start dressing her? I promise that would do more good than a simple tee.

So, what do you think about the tees? Yah or Nah?

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Rob Diament from Temposhark, an awesome band I wrote about a few weeks ago. Being my first actual interview, I think ever, I was obviously really nervous, but Rob was totally sweet, charming, and let’s face it, he knows his shit. We chatted not only about Temposhark’s upcoming album The Invisible Line, but about the internet’s effect on music, music’s effect on fashion (and vice versa), and— well, you’ll have to read the interview to find out what else, but I promise it’s worth it!

Chelsea Rae: Let’s start with the basics. Why did you and Luke [Busby] decide to start Temposhark?
Rob Diament: I had already started making music on my on, and I was writing songs with a producer called Youth (Martin Glover from Killing Joy), in London. I started out writing on the piano when I was about 13, and then I met him when I was 18 or 19. He took me under his wing and kind of taught me how to work in the studio.

At the same time I was hanging out a lot in Brighton with Luke. I used to go to school with him, but we didn’t really know each other very well in school. I went to a party in Brighton, and really got on well with him. I loved the music he’d been making, so we— actually it was my idea, I kind of forced him into it— I brought him a song and said, “look, would you produce it?” and he tried to produce it, but it didn’t really work out. Then, we just tried to write a song over one of his tracks.

It was a really creative time…Luke lived with Tasha from Bat for Lashes, which is a cool band that is coming up right now, and they were all creating and writing songs and some of them were fashion designers and some of them were performance artists. They did a lot of live shows with visuals, and would spend weeks making these films. Then, you’d go to the gig, and you couldn’t even see the screens because it was so badly set up. But, we had a lot of fun! We even put on a musical, not like a musical in the sense of it being a musical, but it was kind of a joke. It was kind of tongue and cheek, mocking every body. So, yeah, that’s how it started…

Finish the interview after the jump.

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When I think of Vivienne Westwood’s collections, it’s more about the artistic nature of her creations and the subtle performance each piece of clothing puts on as it is swept down the runway on some lanky model than anything else. In a Ready-to-Wear collection however everyone wants practicality, and that is why Westwood’s designs can be shocking to the untrained eye, but I however see loads of practicality in Vivienne Westwood’s tribal inspire Autumn/Winter 2008 line.

Exhibit A: Very few people may be able to pull off the overly long braids, over-sized safari helmet combo without looking in the mirror and laughing at themselves, but look past the obvious frivolity and see the extra long skinnies and gorgeous cream jacket with just enough avant-garde added to the sleeves. It’s actually quite functional, and very few people would complain if they owned such beautiful pieces.

Exhibit B: All I have to say is, Bag. Sweater. Tights. Vargas Girl knickers. HELLO!

Exhibit C: This look is probably the most simple look of the entire collection. It is casual, but it’s exaggerated size makes it fresh instead of matronly. A little whimsy is thrown in with the sling shot necklace, which can actually be useful if you happen to be channeling Dennis the Menace for the day, or if you are going small (very small) game hunting. It actually might be my favorite part of the outfit.

Though the collection as a whole is a story, I think part of Vivienne’s appeal is that every look she sends down the runway has it’s own mini story to tell. Peep the entire collection on style.com and tell us what the collection says to you (or just spill about your favorite/least favorite look).

Yesterday I was featured on a great blog called The Vom Squad. The Vom Squad is a group of really smart, fun, snarky blogs that choose to march to their own beat and love it.

Read the post here…

I count myself as a fairly fashionably person, whether that’s how others see me is up for debate, but for the purpose of this argument, let’s say I am. While surfing through the Forever 21 website, something I haven’t done in a while, I stumbled across these beauties (at least they would have the potential of being beauties if connected to an actual shirt) in their Twelve by Twelve collection.

I couldn’t quite understand why someone would want to purchase just the collar and cuffs of the shirt and I really don’t understand why a retailer would make something like this available to the public so far away from Halloween. I guess they are for layering under blazers and dresses, but I’ve never liked the idea of only wearing 1/3 of a shirt. What if I got hot or someone spilled a drink on me? I couldn’t very well take my jacket/top layer off and show the world my lack of clothing underneath. Why can’t you just buy a complete shirt, they’re about $5 more, but infinitely more useful.

Just looking at the pictures remind me of the Project Runway challenge this season when they had to design a suit for Tiki Barber, and Sweet P just tied some fabric around her model because she couldn’t finish the shirt. Maybe the notorious Forevs designers thought that was a fashion statement.

To be honest, I’m confused and am getting even more confused as I write this, so I’ll leave it to you dear readers. How would you wear these collar and cuffs (if at all), and what might the Forevs designers have been thinking?

p.s. If you want to hate Forever 21 for these collar/sleeve contraptions, just take a peek at these really cute Colorblock Leggings to douse your anger.